Gonzalo Higuain

[BlueLyon 9,359]

He already shown more passion in single game from the bench than Morata did in whole season 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

quiet game but good movement, already better attitude than Morata. could have taken that through ball first time and surely would have scored no idea why he took a touch. good link up play. 

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

So is he still fat and slow? Can fairly shift despite not being really quick and pace has never been something hes credited with either. Goals will come, movement was good, link up was neat and tidy.

[communicate 2,703]

How is his holdup play? Did he fall down a lot under pressure from behind? 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

3 hours ago, communicate said:

How is his holdup play? Did he fall down a lot under pressure from behind? 

Been reminded that bullet points don't work here. Everything I put into those points has disappeared and can't be bothered to type it out again so deleted for now.

[Unionjack 7,531]

9 hours ago, communicate said:

How is his holdup play? Did he fall down a lot under pressure from behind? 

Seemed pretty strong actually.

I know peeps will say awww bless him for letting Willian take the penalty but one side of my 1 grey cell would prefer to see him really keen to get off that duck egg so his nerves could go.

Thought he played pretty good. Good hold up playm ran around finding space. Not got fed enough I didn't think.

[Special Juan 28,092]

7/10 decent debut, only really had that one sniff but his all round game was decent.

Plenty more from him to come.

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

7/10 decent debut, only really had that one sniff but his all round game was decent.

Plenty more from him to come.

Yeah I thought he was fairly quiet but everything he did was tidy and crisp. Just seeing his ability and strength to hold the ball up was fantastic after 18 months of Morata trying to.

Made a couple of good runs too. His movement looks excellent as at times he'll drop deeper which should give opportunities for Hazard/Pedro/Willian, etc to run in behind and exploit. We could really do with the offensive midfielder (Barkley/Kovacic/RLC) getting on a good wavelength with him too to make runs in behind. And his movement in behind the defence looks good too. 

Promising debut and I do fancy him to score a few goals for us.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

 

[Iomie142 2]

Ruud Gullit has claimed ‘old fashioned’ Gonzalo Higuain will struggle at Chelsea after completing his move.

Higuaín finally completed his move to the club after months of speculation, but Gullit claims that he will struggle to adapt to life in the premier League.

Higuaín struggled for goals at Milan and only managed 8 in 22 appearances, which is not much better than what Alvaro Morata managed this season.

Gullit said this on   Icchelseanews.com: ‘I hope I am wrong, I really do, but Higuain is an old-fashioned striker who needs crosses and, if he plays up front all the time, he will not see many balls there because of the way Eden Hazard and Willian play.

‘Those two always come inside, and dribble or shoot, and try to do things themselves.

‘So they don’t need a player up there who is a target man, because Chelsea don’t use one and, under Sarri, they never do.

‘Instead they need a centre-forward who can play in midfield too, and be effective on the ball as well as be a finisher inside the box. Roberto Firmino, who comes so deep for Liverpool, is the perfect example.

‘That is how Chelsea’s front man has to play too, which is why I am not sure Higuain is the answer. At the very least, he has a difficult job because, with the way they are set-up, he will not be able to play the way he wants.

‘We will have to wait and see, but Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud are both good strikers, and it has not worked out for them.’

Do you guys agreed with what he said?

[Vesper 30,085]

If he is right we are well and truly fucked. Willian deffo needs to put more crosses in from the right as he is right-footed. Shame he is a ball hog. Azpi needs to do more too, but he has to lag back because Alonso couldn't defend Barbie from Domestic Abuse Ken. Alonso is also statistically the worst crosser in all of the Big Five leagues. Get him off our team!!!

[Special Juan 28,092]

Ruud Gullit He talks as much shite as Pochettino did today.

[mccg 1,528]

Former German Star Questions Why Chelsea Signed Higuain

http://chelseafconline.com/2019/01/former-german-star-questions-why-chelsea-signed-higuain/

[BlueSunshine 672]

3 hours ago, Vesper said:

If he is right we are well and truly fucked. Willian deffo needs to put more crosses in from the right as he is right-footed. Shame he is a ball hog. Azpi needs to do more too, but he has to lag back because Alonso couldn't defend Barbie from Domestic Abuse Ken. Alonso is also statistically the worst crosser in all of the Big Five leagues. Get him off our team!!!

Crossing has been one of our bigger weaknesses for so many years, yet the board has failed to address that problem (no surprise there tbh), but the good news is that even with the current roster, we can instantly get vastly better at that aspect by just playing Emerson and Odoi over the two donkeys that you mentioned.

Emerson in particular has shown that he can put good crosses in the box no matter if he is near the corner flag or from a deeper position, and even though crossing isn't Odoi's strongest attribute, he is making some very good low crosses in the near post with his runs. In theory, Higuain can take advantage of those plays since he has good aerial ability and positioning.

We just need to be optimistic that Gonzalo isn't past it and that Sarri won't go back to the deadly (for us) duo of Alonso and Willian.