NikkiCFC 8,327 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 32 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said: and rejoice in the fact that our club have never yet contemplated playing a weakened side in a semi-final. Don't let me down Frank. But someone mentioned that Conte 2 years ago started semi final vs Spurs with Hazard and Costa on the bench. Even Fabregas. Anyway, what would need to happen so you can say Frank let you down? It is not like we are like Liverpool or Leicester with clear starting 11 and big difference in quality of two possible teams. Clearly our best defensive line is Alonso, Zouma, Rudiger and Azpi. We played in this lineup just 3 games this season. And won all three with clean sheets. Giroud is our best striker but was 3rd choice for more than half of the season. In midfield Frank is also changing all the time and he does not have idea what is our best lineup. Maybe our best performances this season Everton 4:0 and Liverpool 2:0 came with Barkley and Gilmour starting in midfield. Kovacic and Pulisic have been our two best players this season and both have not been regular starters this season. CHO or Pedro for Willian on RW can easily be better options. No matter what competition we play Frank seems to change all the time so whoever starts on Sunday I do not think we can say Frank throw FA cup. Johnnyeye and Puliiszola 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryebread 22 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 One piece of skill won the game. Puli motm for me again Vesper, BXL70 and Johnnyeye 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 It was like watching Sarriball. I am not sure we can win many games playing this way and definitely not the way Lamp want us to play. We created a few and we concede almost nothing although i'm not sure i can credit our defense. We played Norwich who didn't play their full first team at SB. Johnnyeye and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,198 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Brilliant tunnel-cam shot reveals Giroud and Pulisic planning their goal https://www.chelsea-news.co/2020/07/video-brilliant-tunnel-cam-shot-reveals-giroud-pulisic-planning-goal/ Chelsea weren’t great against Norwich, in fact they weren’t even very good, but they did manage to get a goal with one moment of brilliance. Christian Pulisic, one of their best players on the night, showed quick feet to lose Todd Cantwell on the left, and delivered a ball across the 6 yard box which Olivier Giroud nodded home. Chelsea TV had footage from the tunnel which showed the two players speaking before the game, making gestures that indicated they were planning something very similar from the start. The tunnel cams are a new addition to the league, and if they’re bringing stuff like this to us, we can imagine them sticking around. Blues11, Johnnyeye and Muzchap 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues11 213 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Felt we controlled the game but teams are starting to really press our wingers and let the midfielders have more space since there's absolutely no creativity there. Our fullbacks also offer pretty much nothing pushing forward....As constructed we're such a predictable and easy side to defend. I thought Cho finally had some pep in his step so maybe he can help spark this lackluster attack. I would let him run the full game if fit against Man U. Johnnyeye and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhead23 1,147 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 3 points is again the only positive for me from this game. There were so many mistakes which could have gone against us if the quality of our opponents was better (No disrespect to Norwich) ... Through balls nearly falling to our opponents, bad positioning, cant break the defense, bad passing, weak on the ball. After watching yest game I was wondering if Lampard's tactics are wrong or the players are just making silly mistakes. One thing I dont understand is why do we always keep starting from the back and trying to reset the attack from the back everytime when your in the final 3rd, none of our defenders look comfortable when they are pressed. This fixation needs to stop as it doesnt matter what formation we play it seems like the same. I hope the gods are really kind to us like they have been because only that is going to safe us in the next 3 games which are clearly against quality opponents. Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Well I'm happy - I asked for the footballing Gods to give us this and they did 👍 coolhead23, Johnnyeye and killer1257 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhead23 1,147 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 36 minutes ago, Muzchap said: Well I'm happy - I asked for the footballing Gods to give us this and they did 👍 Please do it for the next 3 games as well Johnnyeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 On the game I thought Kovacic was really good, I cannot see him not been a pivotal part of the midfield for a long time. He carries the ball so well and his movement is sublime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 28 minutes ago, Special Juan said: On the game I thought Kovacic was really good, I cannot see him not been a pivotal part of the midfield for a long time. He carries the ball so well and his movement is sublime. Agreed. If he could just add something like 5-6 goals and 5-6 assists a season he would be an untouchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohops 7 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Special Juan said: On the game I thought Kovacic was really good, I cannot see him not been a pivotal part of the midfield for a long time. He carries the ball so well and his movement is sublime. Plus his defensive work rate is 2nd only to Kante. Always tracking back unlike Ruben & Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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