closed Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool

[LAM09 7,056]

FBs are a huge concern neither Alonso or Azpi are good enough in the buildup against competent oppositions. 

I think Emerson is. Just a matter of whether he'll get a look in

[the wes 7,212]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

And then after the international break, it's us vs Jose at the Bridge. And it's the first game of the weekend! 

That's if Jose still in charge of Utd 

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, the wes said:

That's if Jose still in charge of Utd 

If Moyes can last till April back in 2013/14, then United will likely (and blindly) stick with him. 

[Vesper 30,195]

11 minutes ago, FabHazard said:

Totally agree...We need a world class forward...That will complete this team

Complete? 

LOLOL

Not a chance, it is simply the most glaring need

[blues.bridge 343]

shame about the draw! but at beginning of the match I would have make a  deal this result.
draw in this way burn a lot, but thinking positive:
-they have scored just for one great shoot.
-after 40 days with sarri we are already at same level of Liverpool (one of the 3-4 best team in the world with a fantastic coach), just one year ago this was utopy but also 3 month ago!
I'm sad for today, but i'm excitated thinking what we could do  in the future, maybe with 1-2 great purchases!

[Vesper 30,195]

9 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

12 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

FBs are a huge concern neither Alonso or Azpi are good enough in the buildup against competent oppositions. 

I think Emerson is. Just a matter of whether he'll get a look in

Still do not think he is answer, that poacher goal aside, he is a great backup (IF he is totally recovered from that knee injury, which I still have doubts on)

Sessegnon or Firpo ftw

[LAM09 7,056]

Still do not think he is answer, that poacher goal aside, Sessegnon or Firpo ftw

 

We certainly don't have the pieces in our current squad, but he's the best of the options we have at hand IMO.  

 

A FB/WB among the elite is something we've needed since Conte joined.

 

[Clockwork 1,794]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

Still do not think he is answer, that poacher goal aside,

Sessegnon or Firpo ftw

Ferland Mendy is growing on me, i think he can be better than City's Mendy.

[Vesper 30,195]

Just now, Clockwork said:

Ferland Mendy is growing on me, i think he can be better than City's Mendy.

He has potential yes, but I still go for the two I mentioned, but again, yes, Mendy is is good call, I could see him as better than any we have in a year or two.

[Alabama 1,992]

Sorry guys...

Liverpool ain't anything special... We gifted them the point... 

[cosmicway 1,333]

The litmus test for the premiership will be against City who played us off the pitch three times in a row.
L' pool at home is a point lost now.

[Jase 43,479]

50 minutes ago, the wes said:

I'm just waiting on the kepa Arrizabalaga should have saved that comments

It's not a glaring error but it did seem like he reacted late to it. Think he was expecting the shot to just go over the target but realized the ball was dipping into the top corner and by the time he reacted, it was too late to do anything about it. Maybe if he's a tad taller, he might have saved it and covered that dodgy moment.

And by the way, if people are gonna put the blame on Kepa, then they should do the same on Kante as well. Didn't close Sturridge down well enough. He was on his left foot and we all know he likes to shoot from distance. Kante should have known better.

[FabHazard 655]

11 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Complete? 

LOLOL

Not a chance, it is simply the most glaring need

If a World class striker is there then this team is good enough to be title contenders....We will see how the season goes...I agree with you that FB's are another area of concern but a world class striker can cover all other weak points...No team will be perfect without any flaws

[Vesper 30,195]

3 minutes ago, eemanyooel said:

Sorry guys...

Liverpool ain't anything special... We gifted them the point... 

They have very poor depth (as Fabinho has been a bust) other than Sturridge (who bit us in the arse unfortunately) and Xherdan Shaqiri.

They are fucked it van Dijk or Gomez cant play CB, if Alisson cant go at GK,they are in worse shape than even we are Mignolet, loll, what a cunt), same at both fullbacks and in MF (Henderson is SHIT, its laughable for anyone to say otherwise, after him its Fabinho, lol,  if Keita starts), they have zero winger backups other than Shaqiri.

ZERO chance they can win EPL and CL both, and pretty close to zero they win either. They don't have the depth needed. Shitty does. We should, if we had a fucking competent board.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

8 minutes ago, blues.bridge said:

shame about the draw! but at beginning of the match I would have make a  deal this result.
draw in this way burn a lot, but thinking positive:
-they have scored just for one great shoot.
-after 40 days with sarri we are already at same level of Liverpool (one of the 3-4 best team in the world with a fantastic coach), just one year ago this was utopy but also 3 month ago!
I'm sad for today, but i'm excitated thinking what we could do  in the future, maybe with 1-2 great purchases!

Me too mate, I am excited about the future and we're not even two months into Sarri's tenure here. Liverpool and City are the main favourites, two great managers into their 3rd season already. But do they look miles ahead of us? I don't think so. Better? For sure. But not light years ahead as the media has painted this out. We're the dark horse this season and we look pretty good after a managerial change and also a big, a huge change in the style of play. It all takes time and Sarri has done superb things in a short space of time, enjoying his time here and surely he is the one to take us forward. 

[chelseawise 115]

I am happy with a draw, was expecting a thrashing with arguably the best attack on planet. Four points to Ponder:

1) Hate Luiz but boy he played well today.

2) We need a new striker badly.

3)  Kovacic is a beast, awesome game today

4)  Its fair to say Mosses needs to be shipped out, he just does not offer anything

That being said, I hope we play a reserve team on Thursday and stay fresh for the weekend

[Alabama 1,992]

Just now, Vesper said:

They have very poor depth (as Fabinho has been a bust) other than Sturridge (who bit us in the arse unfortunately) and Xherdan Shaqiri.

They are fucked it van Dijk or Gomez cant play CB, if Alisson cant go at GK,they are in worse shape than even we are Mignolet, loll, what a cunt), same at both fullbacks and in MF (Henderson is SHIT, its laughable for anyone to say otherwise, after him its Fabinho, lol,  if Keita starts), they have zero winger backups other than Shaqiri.

ZERO chance they can win EPL and CL both, and pretty close to zero they win either. They don't have the depth needed. Shitty does. We should, if we had a fucking competent board.

Based on your analysis they can't win neither... On another day one of their players should have been red carded... I can't understand media hype over them... We that are just finding our feet in new Sarriball system and two to three players to become a complete team look on par with them today... City are far more stronger... Shame we invited pressure on ourselves the second half and that Hazard sitter should have sealed the game... We had absolute control over the media best team in Europe and played them off the park bar couple of defensive error we made... It pains me we gifted them the point... 

[Vesper 30,195]

7 minutes ago, FabHazard said:

If a World class striker is there then this team is good enough to be title contenders....We will see how the season goes...I agree with you that FB's are another area of concern but a world class striker can cover all other weak points...No team will be perfect without any flaws

I disagree, the defensive flaws and RW are not capable of being fixed by simply adding a striker, even Icardi or Dybala.

And plenty of teams have had basically no true weak points in the last 10 years.

[Vesper 30,195]

Just now, eemanyooel said:

Based on your analysis they can't win neither... On another day one of their players should have been red carded... I can't understand media hype over them... We that are just finding our feet in new Sarriball system and two to three players to become a complete team look on par with them today... City are far more stronger... Shame we invited pressure on ourselves the second half and that Hazard sitter should have sealed the game... We had absolute control over the media best team in Europe and played them off the park bar couple of defensive error we made... It pains me we gifted them the point... 

The hype is easy top understand, they have a crazy good starting team (IF they start Keita over the thug hack Henderson) That starting 11 has zero weaknesses. Literally zero now that Gomez has exploded at CB.

But people (casual fans) don't know shit about depth, etc.

The big mass media papers and telly shows never cater to truly knowledgeable footie fans like us. They just want to hype up Salah and Rock n Rolla Klopp and those long suffering but adorable (GAG!!) Liverpool VICTIM cunts.

I hate that city, hate the people, hate the team, hate the fans, they can all fuck off.

They epitomize the English tendency to overrate certain things in our country. 

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

43 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Its a bit of a two street sure we will improve our play under Sarri, on other hand so will the opposition, they will figure out our weaknesses and area of exploit. 

 

Yes and no.  We're going to be different, but the book on Sarri and how he wants to build up is already written.  When playing for Italy, Jorginho was man-marked and didn't have a great match.  People started say that he's been "found out" as if no one in Serie A had ever tried that before.