MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, Mana said: Here's a thing. If Frankfurt/Benfica score first, we are f***ed in the ass because we have no idea how to overcome that. I think the players will be up for it. Especially now given all the eggs are in the basket for Europa league. Inspite the many flaws, this team is well and truly a cup team. This would be the 4th final in 3 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Special Juan said: Danny Drinkwater has to go down as possibly one of the worst ever signings this club has ever made. The fact he is still here and collect tons of cash just really shows how fucking badly run this fucking club is. True. The board deemed Sterling and Stones too expensive, but soon after that they splashed 40m on Drinks. Sure prices get up every year, but even in 2025, spending 40m on someone like Drinkwater will be considered bad deal. If we just needed english player, there were others cheaper and better or younger. Nevermind we had Chlobah who wanted to leave but I believe the right paycheck would keep him here. Surely he would be overpaid, but we would have spent much less money on him compared to Drinks fee and wages. And he had more potential compared to Drinkwater too. Salah, Kdb, Drinkwater,... If our board was competent, we could have this Kepa Azpi-Rudiger-Luiz(Zouma)-Filipe Luis Kante-Matic-KDB Salah-Costa-Hazard (playing good old counter football) Name me one club that fucked up transfers this bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Mana said: Ignoring the EL and the honeymoon period (up to the Spuds Wembley PL game), but let's say apart from Liverpool League Cup game when we had to come from behind, was there any other time we came from behind to win a game? I don't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Mana said: I looked and looked. Can't find any. And if there is, it's probably like one game. So that's the issue. Probably because we struggle against teams that sit back. We've been scoring for fun in Europa because we exploit how adventurous teams are against us. Not to mention if we bring that same mentality there like we saw against City, i'll take our chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 16 minutes ago, Mana said: It's a whole different level from the semis though, keep that in mind. I have. And I'm still adamant in saying that we will up our game in Europa with the factors I've mentioned. Teams will be more open All eggs in Europa basket Mentality in cup competitions > in the league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Mana said: ...but have you forgotten about United in the FA Cup? City in the LC final? Just because allegedly all our eggs are in the EL basket doesn't mean we will win it. I can't see Benfica or Napoli/Arsenal sit back and play on the counter the way United have. City in the LC Final was the perfect example of our players being up for it, and the opposition leaving space to exploit. I'm not saying that we will indefinitely win the EL now that our eggs are in the basket, just that inspite of our players flaws, many of them raise their game when the stakes are high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Mana said: You forgot Valencia, Villareal. We don't know who we are going to face IF we get to the final. Yes they can. You do know that these coaches can adapt to neutralise us easily. And you can bet at least Emery will do that. City in the LC final, yes we were up for that but we STILL failed to have a single shot on target. Emery beat us playing his football. He didn't adapt. His players were up for it and ours embarrassingly weren't. He hasn't once changed his system. Valencia and Villareal have forever been progressive clubs. Never have they reverted to park the bus and counter, that isn't their culture. Benfica the same. If anything, they will try and press us, which will ultimately give us space to exploit. I remember two chances that could of buried the game. Kante's shot and Pedro's poor decision to pass it instead of shooting it after that run by Hazard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Mana said: Ignoring the EL and the honeymoon period (up to the Spuds Wembley PL game - 24 November), but let's say apart from Liverpool League Cup game when we had to come from behind, was there any other time we came from behind to win a game? Spurs in the cup. For all the faults you can lay you at the squad, one thing no one can take from them is they show up when a trophy is on the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mana said: So...if Arsenal are in the final and they turn up, what makes you think we will beat them? Imagine Alonso in the final against Lacazette. There is a blueprint of how to beat Chelsea, and they'll take it. They'll probably try and play normally at home for a while but if they are 1-0 down, they will definitely use the blueprint because unlike Sarri, they will do a plan B. Costly errors. And the chances of them improving that for the EL final are quite slim. Sarri starts Alonso then no mercy if we lose and Alonso is to blame again. He's already been solely at fault for so many goals this season that he shouldn't be anywhere near the XI. Just like Everton. Come the end of May we will come back here and reflect on what happened. Unionjack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, Mana said: Exactly. That's why I'm not confident that we will win the EL. Not because of the players, but because of Sarri's one-dimensional tactics and selection. The Everton game reminded me of that. Hell will break loose if we go 1-0 down. I'd say the Everton game reflected more on how poor our players are ability wise vs Sarri's style. Unionjack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Mana said: Ignoring the EL and the honeymoon period (up to the Spuds Wembley PL game - 24 November), but let's say apart from Liverpool League Cup game when we had to come from behind, was there any other time we came from behind to win a game? We've come from behind only ONCE to win in the league this season and that was at home against Cardiff. Johnnyeye, Bosnian Blue, Laylabelle and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has failed to adapt his style to the pace of the English game, according to ex-Blues winger Paul Canoville. https://www.lovesportradio.com/news/love-sport-exclusives/maurizio-sarri-does-not-understand-english-football-canoville/ Canoville hit the nail on the wall with this one Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,531 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, the wes said: Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has failed to adapt his style to the pace of the English game, according to ex-Blues winger Paul Canoville. https://www.lovesportradio.com/news/love-sport-exclusives/maurizio-sarri-does-not-understand-english-football-canoville/ Canoville hit the nail on the wall with this one Hes got a bunch of players noit suited to 'his style' of football. We talk about the Spuds freeze but our lads dont have any fight in them. It only affects me when I lose the plot at us. So I try really hard not to bitch and whine like many on here, even tho they have every valid reason to do it. But our players make it fuckin hard sometime to keep carefree! If they can't give a fuck if they play like wankers and make us look pathetic why the hell should I not call them what they are? Theree's only 7 I would keep out of them all - and 2 of them will be gone. .I just hope that whoever owns us come the summer of 2020 that they realize the shite we are in and they do something drastic and rebuild us from the top down. Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Vesper and Johnnyeye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,160 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 32 minutes ago, Jason said: they should be protesting the board even more the board gave us Sarri, the bans, the crazy bad buys and sales Johnnyeye, the wes and BlueSunshine 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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