communicate 2,703 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jason said: Should we be concerned that we conceded another headed goal? 2 at Spurs, 1 against Arsenal, 1 today and 1 at Liverpool (IIRC). That might catch up with us somewhere down the line, especially when we struggle to create clear opportunities. I don't think so, I think it has been discussed multiple times, with this squad there isn't a perfect solution. We can solve our heading problem by playing maybe Zouma but it will create another problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Fabregas and Kante were a bit like lampard and Makelele today an enjoyable to watch Kante breaking up play and fabregas arriving late in the box to shoot at goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 What a game from Kanté! How many times did he get the ball? Did his job perfectly today. Annoying Swansea and disrupting their play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Just now, communicate said: I don't think so, I think it has been discussed multiple times, with this squad there isn't a perfect solution. We can solve our heading problem by playing maybe Zouma but it will create another problems. Changing player won't solve it if the marking continues to be sloppy. Just look at Llorente's goal - why the hell was Moses doing him? Why everyone bar Luiz (IIRC) didn't drop back? Another case of the defence going AWOL with the organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea? 892 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 minute ago, Mana said: While he has been poor in some games, most of the time Hazard is making things happen so I have really nothing to criticise about him. He did well today, so that's why I didn't say anything bad about him. In 2017? Fabregas, Pedro and Alonso/Luiz. But that can change. Sorry, I meant season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard N Y Burgesson 139 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 look guys costa is a great player in his own way. but let me ask you this, is he that good to reject a 70 80 or 90million pound bid for him? My guess is no. thereare only a few players in the team right now who we will gladly reject such an offer.(hazard courtois kante.....you can add if you have anymore people). It might be possible that the china issue affected costa but it also affected the fans as well. Now there is a different criteria for judging a player thanks to china for complicating an already complicated world of football. So i pose this question to you all and i want to see your thoughts. Is Costa that good to reject a 70 80 or 90million pound bid for him? lets forget whether its january or summer transfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard N Y Burgesson 139 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 8 minutes ago, the wes said: Fabregas and Kante were a bit like lampard and Makelele today an enjoyable to watch Kante breaking up play and fabregas arriving late in the box to shoot at goal i would like to see him start more in games like these. (Fab) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Just now, Mana said: But he is even worse now. He doesn't even have his usual shooting boots on. I don't want us to sell Costa, but we definitely do need another great CF in case Costa continues to play bad. In 2017, on average no one can't deny that within the top 3 worst Chelsea players so far in terms of performance, Costa is one of them. And people keep saying "Costa is having a bad patch, stop attacking the poor thing!" Does Costa care about Chelsea so much? Is he a Drogba, Lampard, Cech or Terry? The China thing really raised my suspicions and if he wants to go at the end of the season, why should I let him off so easily? For me technically Costa is quite poor for a WC striker especially his touch but hey he scored a volley with his weaker foot today. Just take the bad and the good with Costa. The only striker in the world that I want over costa for Chelsea is Suarez but that is not going to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 14 minutes ago, Jason said: Changing player won't solve it if the marking continues to be sloppy. Just look at Llorente's goal - why the hell was Moses doing him? Why everyone bar Luiz (IIRC) didn't drop back? Another case of the defence going AWOL with the organization. I saw there was some kind of confusion of who to mark before the set pieces. I think it was Gary Cahill who was trying to arrange other player or he is confused (maybe Luiz too, don't remember but you can clearly see the confusion). I agree with you that Conte need to fix our set pieces marking but for other header goals especially from crossing, not sure it will be solved this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballover 222 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Reading the last few pages was nothing but embarrassing. Thank god that there are some sensible supporters here, because some of the people here make the forum look like redcafe... Great performance, looked very much like the ones we had against Everton and Man U, just weren't clinical enough in front of goal today. Every player knows exactly what he is doing, fantastic pressure and just overall intelligent and well trained football. And yes, even though some players are not at their best (they are not robots ffs!), most of the team plays exceptionally well and we are getting the results. What more do you want? Furthermore, for me, people who criticize Hazard today do not possess the minimum amount of knowledge in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roquila 1,335 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 minute ago, Footballover said: Reading the last few pages was nothing but embarrassing. Thank god that there are some sensible supporters here, because some of the people here make the forum look like redcafe... Great performance, looked very much like the ones we had against Everton and Man U, just weren't clinical enough in front of goal today. Every player knows exactly what he is doing, fantastic pressure and just overall intelligent and well trained football. And yes, even though some players are not at their best (they are not robots ffs!), most of the team plays exceptionally well and we are getting the results. What more do you want? Furthermore, for me, people who criticize Hazard today do not possess the minimum amount of knowladge in football. Teach us senpai. Shower us with your knowlAdge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,914 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I believe we have 3 matches remaining against what I would consider good sides: City, United, and Everton. Cesc should start all but those 3. We look a completely different side going forward with him on the pitch as the playmaking general. With Kante behind him just destroying everything in his sights we can afford using Fabregas against every "small" side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo7 3,496 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 50 minutes ago, Mana said: Two goals in six games = consistency. Please. Even Defoe has a better consistent record in his past 6 games. The Swansea goal scorer today is even better. :/ Ok so we are skewing the data then are we? Costa is the best striker in the world, he scored 1 goal in 1 game. World class. 15 league goals and you are only counting a certain number of games. Close the door on your way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 36 minutes ago, Yeboii said: What a game from Kanté! How many times did he get the ball? The wee guy is a machine he's going to better than Makelele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 It was quite a nervous game. We did not play spectacular but decent enough. Moses and alonso often arrive in really good position but could not deliver the perfect cross. Defensively we looked fine (not great but fine) even with fabregas on, but i think we are too short. I want more of 2nd half Hazard. I dont care if he cannot beat his defender, all i want from hazard is for him to be aggresive, put fear in the defender mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 After the Swansea game, Chelsea won their tenth consecutive Premier League home matches for the first time since 2014-15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I cannot believe how many people fight when we win, which tells you how many people look to negatives so much rather than positives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo7 3,496 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Mana said: HAHAHAHA! "Best striker in the world". 1 goal in 1 game. Most strikers around the world has that stat. Sanchez has more goals than Costa. Lukaku has the same number of goals as Costa. Zlatan is 1 behind Costa. And that's only in the Premier League. Sit down and stop lying. Honestly not even worth speaking to. Plastics everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Struggling to bang goals in vs. the small sides, with the goals drying up further still, compounded with less & less clean sheets. A striker that's been about as useful as Demba Ba for all of 2017 so far. Nonsensical defensive calamity leading to conceding, highlighting yet against how consistently prone to brainfarts the side is after scoring - which, make no mistake about it, looks rare every game. No crisis, perhaps just tired players & methods, but, to not question this, to not demand better, would be typical of a club like Everton or Liverpool, who should simply be counting their blessings. We aren't them; we shouldn't be overlooking and ignoring glaring holes in our game just because we're 'so lucky to have so-and-so'. We all appreciate the win, but only losers are going to bed tonight not expecting more next time. And more the next time. And more the next time again. Winners take strides and set personal bests over and over again. That could never happen though, without someone, whether it's themselves or a coach or the fans, being critical of & thus working on the faults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toli 977 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 9 minutes ago, Leif said: Struggling to bang goals in vs. the small sides, with the goals drying up further still. A striker that's been about as useful as Demba Ba for all of 2017 so far. Nonsensical defensive calamity leading to conceding, highlighting yet against how consistently prone to brainfarts the side is after scoring - which, make no mistake about it, looks rare every game. To not question that, to not demand better, would be typical of a club like Everton or Liverpool who should simply be counting their blessings. We aren't them; we shouldn't be overlooking and ignoring glaring holes in our game just because we're 'so lucky to have so-and-so'. Reading this, one would think we would be in relegation zone or battling to get top 4 .... Every side is struggling to bang goals against small sides. Its the difficult part of the game, to play against a team that is sitting back with 10 players. we still had our chances and did quite well. You can always play better but how about being satisfied for just a moment? we went through hell last season ffs and now people are complaining when we are sitting comfortable at 1st place. Of course this team isnt perfect and it needs new players, but with what we have at the moment, we are doing phenomenal. Pool lost to this side 2-3 at home and City only almost won this game 2-1. in the Premier League there is no easy game and you rarely see Teams winning by a large margin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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