closed Chelsea 0-1 Leicester

[Vesper 30,089]

1 minute ago, Clockwork said:

True it wouldn't change our goals from midfield, but from a tactical standpoint it would suit this team. They are excellent defensively and maintaining possession, and they can cover FB runs. By having better FB they create width and overload on the flanks to spread the opposition. Right now we are neither a side that create chances from the middle or flanks. 

I am (I guess most of you have figured this out by now) a HUGE fullback girl

they are such key 2 positions

along with a massively creative trequartista

[LAM09 7,043]

True it wouldn't change our goals from midfield, but from a tactical standpoint it would suit this team. They are excellent defensively and maintaining possession, and they can cover FB runs. By having better FB they create width and overload on the flanks to spread the opposition. Right now we are neither a side that create chances from the middle or flanks. 

Emerson isn't worthy of a place on the bench, so Sarri only has one option.

 

[Vesper 30,089]

ffs

Cardiff nil

Norge Manure 2

[Vesper 30,089]

1 minute ago, LAM09 said:

Emerson isn't worthy of a place on the bench, so Sarri only has one option.

 

that option is BUY FIRPO

[LAM09 7,043]

that option is BUY FIRPO

We'll be lucky to get a CF, if anything

[Vesper 30,089]

1 minute ago, LAM09 said:

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

that option is BUY FIRPO

We'll be lucky to get a CF, if anything

I would lay wager Marina has no clue who Jovic and Haller even are, lolol

[DDA 9,924]

5 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I would lay wager Marina has no clue who Jovic and Haller even are, lolol

It wouldn't surprise me if Marina didn't know who Roman Abramovich is and vice versa.

[LAM09 7,043]

I would lay wager Marina has no clue who Jovic and Haller even are, lolol

I doubt she has any extensive knowledge about the game. That's precisely why we need a Director of football

[Pizy 18,852]

Today was one of those rare occasions where it actually wasn't Alonso's side that was the problem. Chillwell was having a stroll in the park with the freedom of the entire right side in the second half. I swear it seemed like Rüdiger was caught out on an island numerous times all the way near the touchline. Where was Azpi?

Pedro was woeful on that side too. He looked like a spirit took over his body and he lost all his abilities. Shocking.

 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[gdlk 286]

From top 10 teams our FBs are worst ...

[Stats 7,136]

Just got back home from the game and what a poor performance. Hazard was completely off it today and never seen him that poor before. Willian was poor as was Pedro and basically every other player in the team. I thought Luiz actually had a good game and Rudiger didn't do much wrong either and Kepa was good also. Everyone else was shocking. Kante was a headless chicken this game. He was all over the place but barely could keep up and was awful in possession and again looked lost in that role which is a shame after looking at home against City. I don't understand why Sarri took Jorginho off for Fabregas when he should of brought on Barkley for Kante or Jorginho. Bemusing decision. We keep offering Arsenal the chance to play catch up. It is really pissing me off. Why can't we just put together a successful string of victories, but we have games like today, Wolves etc, games where we should be winning where we fuck up. Barkley needed to come on. Don't understand why he kept Barkley on the bench and Kante in that RCM role when Barkley offers much more of a goalscoring threat. Fabregas offered nothing when he came on also. Azpi got roasted all game.

Credit to Leicester though. They fought hard all game and played well. Mendy done a Kante type performance today. Chilwell was MOTM for me. Was absolutely fantastic all game, defensively and offensively. One of the best LB performances I have seen and that is not an exaggeration.

So back on level with Arsenal and a tough game in the week. We just love making life difficult for ourselves.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

This Leicester side wont nick one point off of another top 6 side until the end of a season, just like they havent done in every other game vs the big teams before today. 

The players and Sarri can go fuck themselves after this performance

[Johnnyeye 7,501]

10 minutes ago, Stats said:

Just got back home from the game and what a poor performance. Hazard was completely off it today and never seen him that poor before. Willian was poor as was Pedro and basically every other player in the team. I thought Luiz actually had a good game and Rudiger didn't do much wrong either and Kepa was good also. Everyone else was shocking. Kante was a headless chicken this game. He was all over the place but barely could keep up and was awful in possession and again looked lost in that role which is a shame after looking at home against City. I don't understand why Sarri took Jorginho off for Fabregas when he should of brought on Barkley for Kante or Jorginho. Bemusing decision. We keep offering Arsenal the chance to play catch up. It is really pissing me off. Why can't we just put together a successful string of victories, but we have games like today, Wolves etc, games where we should be winning where we fuck up. Barkley needed to come on. Don't understand why he kept Barkley on the bench and Kante in that RCM role when Barkley offers much more of a goalscoring threat. Fabregas offered nothing when he came on also. Azpi got roasted all game.

Credit to Leicester though. They fought hard all game and played well. Mendy done a Kante type performance today. Chilwell was MOTM for me. Was absolutely fantastic all game, defensively and offensively. One of the best LB performances I have seen and that is not an exaggeration.

So back on level with Arsenal and a tough game in the week. We just love making life difficult for ourselves.

mate, i feel so sorry for loyal fans like you that go to stadium to watch this crap, it must be so frustrating watching the team play like this. The fans deserve much better from that lot, these players need a proper kick up the ass, they should be ashamed to wear the Chelsea badge. Cheers

[BlueLyon 9,359]

One of the biggest issues is also Jorginho.

Ever since he was found out by Everton and then again by spuds, he is a shadow of himself.

He was immense prior to that and we were winning and playing good football. Then it went downhill.

If he is in the squad to keep possesion but we do fuck all with that possesion, its absolutely pointless to have him in first 11.

Kante is also playing in wrong role too because of Jorginho and Sarri.

Sarri needs to get his shit sorted. Playing Eden and Kante who are our best players out of position, playing Willian and Alonso who suck and Jorginho who has little to no impact. 

Dont get me wrong, Jorg is important but for the sake of nice ball rotation and possesion stats, it brings 10 other problems to the table that have to be adressed. 

Sarri will have to change something. You cant fuck up the entire midfield just to accommodate Jorginho.

And Willian playing worst football in ages, but instead of dropping him, Sarri puts him in his favourite place and instead throws our best attacker Eden in false 9 where he cant thrive as much. Eden on left, Pedro in middle because of his runs and tactical understanding and Willian on right is how we should play until we find new cf. Didnt Pedro sometimes play false nine in barca before? 

But just because Eden can hold on ball better, yeah lets just play him in middle because of that and completely fuck up his entire impact he can give from the wings. We have been crap in chance creation before but now its travesty looking at Willian, Alonso, Pedro and Azpi try to create something from flanks.