closed Crystal Palace 2-3 Chelsea

[Strike 7,490]

Forget AC for the rest of the season. Play Rudi and Zouma (and Tomori if fit )

[MoroccanBlue 5,382]

Just now, Strike said:

Gilmour was solid. A bit sloppy but also fought well in the holding role. 

Jorginho should start the next one though. A lot less shaky.

This. Thought Gilmour, despite the shaky start, did well today. 

Jorginho's experience highlighted his performance tonight. The way he makes space for himself is second to none on the team. 

[Laylabelle 9,535]

27 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I do find it strange how the general goalposts have been moved.

When we drew vs Arsenal despite largely playing well and smashing them for the most part that's irrelevant because only the result counts now it's the other way round performance matters after all.

Guess cause its a on going thing..today we were shakey..West Ham we were crap..Villa.. we made it but still questions. And yet City! We made that look the easiest one. Havent been playing well yet luckily for most getting results.

The Arsenal result still annoys in a way.. they scored from our corner! Then today we scored..seconds later oh so do Palace. Huge gaps in defence throughout

[NikkiCFC 8,324]

12 minutes ago, communicate said:

That assist to Tammy show the difference between him and Barkley. 

Not sure what you mean?

Barkley had great assists against Spurs, Everton and Watford.

[Vesper 30,184]

10 minutes ago, communicate said:

What we need is a mature cb who can lead our defense kinda like what united and pool did with VVD and Maguire. They cost a fortune though 80 m pound 

Romagnoli

he checks every box

big, strong, left footed, leader, captain

and eventually Rice as well

rock solid pairing for years

[Vesper 30,184]

Mustafi got a Vardy boot rake to his face, ouch

[communicate 2,703]

1 minute ago, NikkiCFC said:

Not sure what you mean?

Barkley had great assists against Spurs, Everton and Watford.

Barkley passing has never been a problem. I am talking about ability to  slow down, asses and make good decision. 

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, communicate said:

Barkley passing has never been a problem

[Vesper 30,184]

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[Superblue 6,372]

Not great, lots of things to work on...but at this stage of the season it's all about the 3 points and the ability and experience of grinding wins out when under pressure will put us in good stead for the future.

[communicate 2,703]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Weird that you think Barkley passing is bad. He has so many assist from through ball this season. 

[killer1257 3,282]

Romagnoli
he checks every box
big, strong, left footed, leader, captain
and eventually Rice as well
rock solid pairing for years

He does not look strong though. According to Wikipedia he weighs 75 kg. According to other websites, he weighs 78 kg. AC weighs according to wiki 81 kg, which seems accurate. From the body pictures I have seen from Roma, he does not really look strong.

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[Jase 43,479]

19 minutes ago, communicate said:

Weird that you think Barkley passing is bad. He has so many assist from through ball this season. 

So many assist? Barkley only has 5 this season and let's evaluate them...

• 2-1 win vs Spurs - assist was for Alonso and it wasn't even a through ball
• 4-0 win vs Everton - there was the through ball for Pedro but the other was just a pass to Willian, who scored from distance
• 3-0 win vs Watford - okay, one through ball here
• 2-1 win vs Hull - assist from a free kick

How is 2 through balls from 5 assists considered "so many"? 

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9 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

He does not look strong though. According to Wikipedia he weighs 75 kg. According to other websites, he weighs 78 kg. AC weighs according to wiki 81 kg, which seems accurate. From the body pictures I have seen from Roma, he does not really look strong.

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have you watched him play?

I have for years

and years

he is the real deal

and he is plenty strong

either you or someone else said this same thing before

smdh

[NikkiCFC 8,324]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

So many assist? Barkley only has 5 this season and let's evaluate them...

How is 2 through balls from 5 assists considered "so many"? 

I think 5 goals and 5 assists with less than 1500 minutes this season is very solid input from a squad player.

Btw assist against Spurs was for second goal (Alonso).

[Tomo 21,751]

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

So many assist? Barkley only has 5 this season and let's evaluate them...

His assist was for Alonso.

[killer1257 3,282]

have you watched him play?
I have for years
and years
he is the real deal
and he is plenty strong
either you or someone else said this same thing before
smdh

I have watched him this season 3 times and he did not look good against Boga for instance. To me he seems not as strong, but I have maybe watched the wrong games. It was me that said that haha. Nice memory [emoji39]

I would rather prefer the guy you brought up Milenkovic. He seems like a real physical player. Weight is 90 kg according to wiki

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[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, NikkiCFC said:

I think 5 goals and 5 assists with less than 1500 minutes this season is very solid input from a squad player.

Btw assist against Spurs was for second goal (Alonso).

Stand corrected on the goal vs Spurs then but it still wasn't a through ball. 

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18 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

 

 

I have watched him this season 3 times and he did not look good against Boga for instance. To me he seems not as strong, but I have maybe watched the wrong games. It was me that said that haha. Nice memory

I would rather prefer the guy you brought up Milenkovic. He seems like a real physical player. Weight is 90 kg according to wiki

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Nikola Milenkovic is also 6 feet 5, versus Romagnoli 6 feet 2

and I never said we should not move for both

all 6 of our CB's are not good enough

I would not shed a tear of all 6 were sold down the road

one good game from Zouma doesn't change a damn thing for me

he is horrid on the ball and still makes errors too much

we need to start cashing in (not just the CB's) and sort the GK and back 4

plus grab Havertz

if we want to win the league and CL, it HAS to be done

we are not remotely there yet at all

anyone who thinks this group will grow into that level is delusional IMHO

and I really do mean delusional

it is not going to happen

they are what they are