MefiX19 1,092 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, akgw13 said: Since Morata is here for another year, lets try to support him a little bit. I know its hard and he has not helped his case in 2018 but lets just blindly believe and maybe he will pull it off! 1) 2017 Morata had 12 goals before NYE. 2) No longer playing as an isolated over matched target man. 3) Sarri system of movement and passing suits him better than Contes 4) Proper midfield linking with the attackers now so they aren't as isolated 5) Full summer to get healthy + happy at home with birth of his twins. 6) Strikers are pure confidence players, we saw confidence Morata(2017) and no confidence (2018) an early goal this season could bring back his 2017 form! I am not a Morata fan boy, I am not ignoring his recent form, I am simply trying to be positive and support one of our players who needs it. I agree, but he needs to work on his finishing with feet, around 10 of 12 goals came from headers and like 5 of them were assisted by azpi. I hope he can get his confidence back and adapt to sarri's system. Lets hope having one of the best midfields in England will help him with that. kellzfresh and akgw13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I think he will improve in a more attacking set up with Sarri. Thor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Luiz 2,310 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I'm not sure how popular this site is outside of North America, but they have some pretty good articles (and the only American football articles I'll read) Why Álvaro Morata, Mesut Özil, and Paul Pogba Are Better Than You Think Meet the five most intriguing players ahead of the 2018-19 Premier League season https://www.theringer.com/soccer/2018/8/10/17672154/premier-league-preview-alvaro-morata-mesut-ozil-paul-pogba-players-to-watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Good performance by him today. Worked hard, led the line well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Good performance by him today. Worked hard, led the line well.It was certainly an improvement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Led the line quite well, still not strong enough. Go to the gym please. Supermonkey92, DYC., kellzfresh and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abreu03 292 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 What's wrong with this guy? IS SO FUCKING SHIT. Ok. He was never a good player, but he is currently at the 'Torres level'. Unionjack and Blusan Alamb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Oh Boy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 It will be interesting to see how he links up with Kovacic, since they've played with each other before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 15 minutes ago, Abreu03 said: What's wrong with this guy? IS SO FUCKING SHIT. Ok. He was never a good player, but he is currently at the 'Torres level'. Exaggeration. Especially if you're saying that after today's game. DDA and pHaRaOn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Jase 43,479 Posted August 11, 2018 Popular Post! Share Posted August 11, 2018 45 minutes ago, Blue Armour said: Good performance by him today. Worked hard, led the line well. I know it's still early days in the season but pray this doesn't become a thing over the next 8-9 months. We used to praise Torres for his performances but not the main thing he was bought to do - score the goals. Don't need and can't afford Morata to go down the same route. Blusan Alamb, Amblève., xPetrCechx and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,531 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, Blue Armour said: Exaggeration. Especially if you're saying that after today's game. 48 minutes ago, communicate said: Led the line quite well, still not strong enough. Go to the gym please. Sorry llads I didn't see what you did yuvala and Blusan Alamb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 52 minutes ago, Jason said: I know it's still early days in the season but pray this doesn't become a thing over the next 8-9 months. We used to praise Torres for his performances but not the main thing he was bought to do - score the goals. Don't need and can't afford Morata to go down the same route. What happened then was decent goal scoring chances ended up being thrown into the trash.. I'm hoping that doesn't happen here, which at least in this game, it didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
positivefootball 195 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Excellent game by him. Good Center forward play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Improvement today just based on the fact that he didn't fall down after every touch. That alone improved his holdup play and helped the team maintain attacks. 11Drogba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,531 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 If I was him I'd get as far away from the number as possible! Which would be -9 Chelsea’s nine number nines since 2000 - is the shirt cursed? https://www.givemesport.com/1369140-chelseas-nine-number-nines-since-2000-is-the-shirt-cursed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterchelsea 3,221 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Personally think he was the weakest link today. Hearing all this 'led the line well' but not enough for me. No threat at all. Think he'll eventually be phased out for Pedro or hazard up front. Done with him after last season anyway tbh Henrique, Supermonkey92, Unionjack and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Keep hearing the Pedro and hazard as false 9 crazy talk... yeah move the one (attacking) world class player we got to play in more contested areas to exploit his most glaring weakness: finishing... and we complain about morata physicality... have you look at Pedro? He gets away with it because of his pace and because he enjoys more space on the wings, but he’s lightweight. In most of our games we will have the football and will need a cfs who are a threat in the air too. my hope is that morata did score plenty of goals before his injury last season. So hopefully it is just a slump now that he is fit again. Of course he needs to start scoring or we have to try something else. IMO if we go false 9 it only means we have no striker and therefore are fucked. Morata did play well today, but his finishing was lackluster as lacking conviction. His first touch was particularly impressive at times. And he’s always an aerial threat. bigbluewillie, communicate and Blue Armour 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Henrique 9,133 Posted August 11, 2018 Popular Post! Share Posted August 11, 2018 Haha. I think I just watched a diferent game, because Morata performance today was nonexistent. The team was basically playing with 10 men. A CF that after 90 minutes only had one shot (blocked by defense) when the team was already winning 3-0 getting praised by his performance is a "little" odd. ulsterchelsea, nyikolajevics, Milan and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,913 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 13 minutes ago, Henrique said: Haha. I think I just watched a diferent game, because Morata performance today was nonexistent. The team was basically playing with 10 men. A CF that after 90 minutes only had one shot (blocked by defense) when the team was already winning 3-0 getting praised by his performance is a "little" odd. I thought he was alright. Not great, not poor. He didn't actively make us worse like he often did last season. robsblubot and oldportblue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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