kellzfresh 7,229 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Mateo Kovačić vs Watford: 134 passes (95%) 7/7 duels won, 4/4 successful dribbles, 3 tackles MOTM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Jase 43,479 Posted November 2, 2019 Popular Post! Share Posted November 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, kellzfresh said: Mateo Kovačić vs Watford: 134 passes (95%) 7/7 duels won, 4/4 successful dribbles, 3 tackles Sideshow Luiz, Bosnian Blue, manpe and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 “Kovačić, his ability to play – him and Jorgi together – and then that ability to drive from midfield, that’s not the norm. As a midfield player it’s your worst nightmare having a player who can play and then drive by you out of nowhere.” “He was doing that today to great effect. Really pleased with him.” –Frank Lampard; source: Metro UK Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Improvement of the year definately goes to this guy. He could end up close like Kdb, Salah etc except he stayed here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Lampard on Kovacic... https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/players/mateo-kovacic-chelsea-frank-lampard-17227706 Quote "I think it’s commonplace for players coming from a foreign league to the Premier League to have a period of settling in," Lampard said. "And I think with Kovacic I thought there were some really good signs and positives from him last year. The fact he was changing in and out of the team is never easy, I get that. "And now as a manager I get that even more. I do think he feels at home now. Not that I knew how he was last year but his personality shines through in the group. "He’s a very likeable character with a nice tough side to him, in terms of how I see him on the pitch and off the pitch. He’s a really good player. "He’s now signed to the club, I get that that can make someone feel happy, and he’s been playing really well." ... "Yes. I do [want him to score more] and he does," Lampard added. "The quality he has shown in big parts this season, and I think the natural progression is goals and we are working on that one. The moment Kovacic scores his first goal could be like when Makelele/Mikel did so! NikkiCFC and Strike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,333 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 45 minutes ago, Jason said: Lampard on Kovacic... https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/players/mateo-kovacic-chelsea-frank-lampard-17227706 The moment Kovacic scores his first goal could be like when Makelele/Mikel did so! Kovacic in 14/15 season scored 8 goals in 44 games for Inter! Why was he effective only in that season I don't know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Good performcee again. Forced the first goal with that great run and incisive pass. kellzfresh, OneMoSalah, Stats and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I think for now when we're just playing two of Jorginho, Kovacic and Kante then the former two should get the nod. They have been operating at a world class level this last month and it has to be rewarded. As incredible as Kante is it will send the complete wrong message if we bench Kovacic immediately. 0007, Fernando and Mufassir08 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1905didierblue 748 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 25 minutes ago, Tomo said: I think for now when we're just playing two of Jorginho, Kovacic and Kante then the former two should get the nod. They have been operating at a world class level this last month and it has to be rewarded. As incredible as Kante is it will send the complete wrong message if we bench Kovacic immediately. I think we should rotate all 3. How many consecutive games has kova played in the last month or more? These things end up with injuries. We have 3 players in top form for 2 positions. I would keep rotating them specially with that December period just around the corner. But yes, do agree. Kova-jorginho should be first priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 minute ago, 1905didierblue said: I think we should rotate all 3. How many consecutive games has kova played in the last month or more? These things end up with injuries. We have 3 players in top form for 2 positions. I would keep rotating them specially with that December period just around the corner. But yes, do agree. Kova-jorginho should be first priority. Yeah eventually it will head into that, I'm thinking more very short term. 1905didierblue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Tomo said: I think for now when we're just playing two of Jorginho, Kovacic and Kante then the former two should get the nod. They have been operating at a world class level this last month and it has to be rewarded. As incredible as Kante is it will send the complete wrong message if we bench Kovacic immediately. I actually think all three should be used against City and try to solidify that midfield. We've been very competitive in two games against Liverpool this season using all three and I think at present in the big games we have more chance of getting a result being a little more pragmatic, especially against Liverpool and City. Moving forward though I would tend to agree. Against the majority of teams in the league, I actually think we may be better set up with Kova and Jorginho to help us dominate games. The two have literally taken the piss out of everybody we've played in the league over the last month. I felt certainly in the first half yesterday, we really missed Jorginho. Tomo and OneMoSalah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said: I actually think all three should be used against City and try to solidify that midfield. We've been very competitive in two games against Liverpool this season using all three and I think at present in the big games we have more chance of getting a result being a little more pragmatic, especially against Liverpool and City. Moving forward though I would tend to agree. Against the majority of teams in the league, I actually think we may be better set up with Kova and Jorginho to help us dominate games. The two have literally taken the piss out of everybody we've played in the league over the last month. I felt certainly in the first half yesterday, we really missed Jorginho. I agree we should be using that midfield three at City, but unless Kante has an beyond incredible game (or Kova has an absolute stinker) I feel it should be Jorginho/Kova against West Ham the following week. Way I see it is if Kova gets took straight out of the team now he may lose some of his motivation, it will send a clear message that he's only backup no matter what he does and not only that it will also contradict everything Frank has been saying about selecting on merit. Superblue and Stats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Just now, Tomo said: I agree we should be using that midfield three at City, but unless Kante has an beyond incredible game (or Kova has an absolute stinker) I feel it should be Jorginho/Kova against West Ham the following week. Way I see it is if Kova gets took straight out of the team now he may lose some of his motivation, it will send a clear message that he's only backup no matter what he does and not only that, contradict everything Frank has been saying about selecting on merit. Yeah agree. Don't we have Valencia in between though? Also with the injury problems Kante has had this season, we should no longer be slogging him like we have in the past. The biggest thing to take from all of this though is we no longer should worry about being without Kante for the odd game. Take Rudiger, Luiz, Kante and Hazard out of last year's team and I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have coped (we'd have struggled just without Hazard). This season we have ironically flourished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tomo said: I agree we should be using that midfield three at City, but unless Kante has an beyond incredible game (or Kova has an absolute stinker) I feel it should be Jorginho/Kova against West Ham the following week. Way I see it is if Kova gets took straight out of the team now he may lose some of his motivation, it will send a clear message that he's only backup no matter what he does and not only that it will also contradict everything Frank has been saying about selecting on merit. But on the other hand, if we leave out Kante, it'll send out the message that he's only useful against the big teams. Jorginho & Kovacic are our two midfield passers. We need to carefully manage and rotate them, especially with the amount of games coming up after the international break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1905didierblue 748 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 11 hours ago, Tomo said: Yeah eventually it will head into that, I'm thinking more very short term. In that case, all 3 for both the games after the break, city and Valencia. Need to be compact. Atomiswave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 KOVACIC: 'CHELSEA IS COMING IN THE BEST MOMENT OF MY CAREER' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,383 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Honestly wish he'd improve his finishing. He'd be a world beater with Lampard's finishing. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,208 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 22 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said: Honestly wish he'd improve his finishing. He'd be a world beater with Lampard's finishing. if he was HALFWAY to Lamps in finishing (Lamps is top 5 all-time n terms of a sniper MF) he would be a £100m player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 16/11/2019 at 7:01 PM, MoroccanBlue said: Honestly wish he'd improve his finishing. He'd be a world beater with Lampard's finishing. You can't teach an old dog new tricks I don't think we will never get to see Mateo score double figures it's just not in his style Vesper and killer1257 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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