21. Ben Chilwell

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

^^Firstly, I'm not offering my own opinion, just reporting what committed Leicester fans have said. For all I know, had I watched the performances they have, I would have disagreed with them.

I'm not a big believer in stats. The 'metric' (in reality it's no such thing) I prefer is opportunity cost. When I'm trying to assess a player I'm constantly asking if I could reasonably have expected him to do better in that situation? How many players can I think of who I think would have done better there? I'm less interested in forward or back, than in good choice or  bad choice. I don't care how often a player shoots, I only care whether or not the choice to shoot was a better option than any pass which might have been available.

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Ben's choice of passing and his pass execution are aspects of his game which have received particular criticism on Foxestalk. For example, they say he chooses to go backwards too often when options to go forward are available. I give a lot of weight to fan opinion; how many pundits know the Chelsea squad better than we who watch every game they play? The same goes for team X, and fans of team X.

Fair point about his choice of passing I haven't watched him that much to say anything what I would say is that his passing is quicker, more crisp than our two.



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[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

8 minutes ago, Supermonkey92 said:

Fair point about his choice of passing I haven't watched him that much to say anything what I would say is that his passing is quicker, more crisp than our two.



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I agree, the bar isn't set too high although I think I've always liked Marcos better than many here.

[Superblue 6,370]

His pace and athleticism I think will be seen as a big difference this coming season.

We attacked far too much down the right hand side last season and not only left us lop sided and predictable but on the right hand side we also had two right footed players in Willian and either Azpi or James both looking to get into the same crossing position.

I believe that Lampard's recruitment has revolved around arming ourselves with players that can attack all the different attacking channels and positions, making us much more difficult to defend against.

The left hand side I would expect to see Chilwell and then Pulisic or CHO and the right hand side James/Azpi and Ziyech or Havertz. So the two attacking players playing on the opposite flank to their strong foot, with the opportunities to cut or drift inside for a shot or cross from a different angle and two full backs prepared to overlap and provide the width.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

15 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

His pace and athleticism I think will be seen as a big difference this coming season.

We attacked far too much down the right hand side last season and not only left us lop sided and predictable but on the right hand side we also had two right footed players in Willian and either Azpi or James both looking to get into the same crossing position.

I believe that Lampard's recruitment has revolved around arming ourselves with players that can attack all the different attacking channels and positions, making us much more difficult to defend against.

The left hand side I would expect to see Chilwell and then Pulisic or CHO and the right hand side James/Azpi and Ziyech or Havertz. So the two attacking players playing on the opposite flank to their strong foot, with the opportunities to cut or drift inside for a shot or cross from a different angle and two full backs prepared to overlap and provide the width.

Just like Bayern who we should be emulating. The high pressing, the wing play, the overlapping fullbacks, and quick transitions. Hoping Lamps models his style of play that way.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

BC really sounds daft as a brush in his first interview, using "massive", "stuff" and "you know" twice in every sentence. I hope his not as stupid as Barkley on the pitch.

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

4 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

BC really sounds daft as a brush in his first interview, using "massive", "stuff" and "you know" twice in every sentence. I hope his not as stupid as Barkley on the pitch.

He hangouts with Drinkwater, what do you expect?

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

5 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

He hangouts with Drinkwater, what do you expect?

Yet more Drinkwater Chilwell parallels

[Jase 43,479]

12 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

BC really sounds daft as a brush in his first interview, using "massive", "stuff" and "you know" twice in every sentence. I hope his not as stupid as Barkley on the pitch.

 

7 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

He hangouts with Drinkwater, what do you expect?

JFC! Aren't you lot being somewhat judgmental here? 

[Special Juan 27,424]

Don't worry about it @Jason some members had fucking bullets ready for Chilwell before he even signed.

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

Don't worry about it @Jason some members had fucking bullets ready for Chilwell before he even signed.

I hope Werner and Havertz don't turn out to be as stupid as Rudiger on the pitch considering they hang out with him...

[Special Juan 27,424]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

I hope Werner and Havertz don't turn out to be as stupid as Rudiger on the pitch considering they hang out with him...

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

He can sound as daft as he wants as long as he delivers on the pitch. Thats the important thing, why people care what someone sounds like or what their IQ is or who they kick about with or how many cars they have or whatever when their paid to kick a football is beyond me, just freakishly weird. As long as he doesn't do anything stupid off the park and does well on it, I dont care about anything else. That should be the criteria for footballers. Nothing else really. He will be an improvement on our other LBs. 50m not bad compared to the 80m we were first told to pay. 

[Milan 17,853]

 

[Hutcho 8,443]

Harry kane sounds like a retard but he still scores shit tons of goals every season. And chillwell sounds like pretty much all English 22 year old footballers

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Haha I was not super excited about him either, but to point out stuff like how he talks, he must be stupid?

Are we still in age when people with tattoos are considered crazy then? 

No one should ever judge people by appearance. If for nothing else, for your own sake because underestimating others can put you in a very bad position. 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

I am not saying that the way he sounds has any relevance for his success. It is just that this signing has felt like the Drinkwater & Barkley ones from the very beginning and this corny interview very much adds to that. I obvoiusly hope he will turn out better. No one was talking about appearance tho. 

[Jase 43,479]

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/09/03/gallery--chilwell-captured-in-cobham-action

Looks like Chilwell has recovered? Out at Cobham today doing some fitness work.