closed Chelsea 4-0 Crystal Palace

[Vytis33 1,041]

Ben, Jorgi and Silva all really good today (among others).  There was a goal for Palace in first half if not for Thiago.  +3 and a clean sheet

 

 

 

 

[Magic Lamps 11,449]

1 minute ago, Atomiswave said:

No shot on target for CP

They sat there waiting for the counter and our Defence was just not having it. Simply extinguished every one of their attacks before it unfolded or put in clutch tackles. We made a team that dominated at old Trafford with great Organisation and pace look like Northern Ireland NT. 

[Jase 43,479]

Crystal Palace were obliging opponents but did well enough, especially in the second half, to win in the end.

[Special Juan 27,101]

FL said the incident of the penalty is dealt with, said Tammy just doesn't jump ahead of the que there is a clear PK taker and that's that.

[Puliiszola 519]

20 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Lampard shoe horning in Tammy in isn't helping the Werner situation at all.

Who would you have started on the lw, please would you elaborate on that? Given that werner starts at striker

[Atomiswave 6,072]

Chris shouldnt have a sniff on the pitch now, clearly Silva and Kurk the go to go CB's

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Chilwell MOTM, not bad for someone who’s signed to make Mount happy huh.

I see no difference in two halves and they were both good to me, yet some said we were shit at half time and good game after the final whistle, I mean lol, most of the fans are result driven nowadays which is understandable though.

P.s. I can see why people say Havertz is generational talent now.

[Special Juan 27,101]

I get the Chilwell MOTM but for me Havertz was just brilliant.

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, Ryan Fong said:

I see no difference in two halves and they were both good to me, yet some said we were shit at half time and good game after the final whistle, I mean lol, most of the fans are result driven nowadays which is understandable though.

Guess you could say the same about Lampard then...

 

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Guess you could say the same about Lampard then...
 

Really? Did he say it was shit first half? It takes time to wear out a double decker. Simple as that.

[Stats 6,980]

You see what having a top CB in Thiago Silva does. Improves the other CB. Zouma was brilliant all game alongside him. I think moving forward, bar that WBA game, most of our CB playing alongside Thiago Silva will be a lot better. It is like Joe Gomez. I highly rate him, however if Van Dijk was injured and he had to play alongside Matip/Lovren every week, he would look a inferior defender. Zouma was superb. Has all the tools to be a top CB. Pace, power, brilliant leap, brilliant tackler also. 

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Ryan Fong said:

Really? Did he say it was shit first half? It takes time to wear out a double decker. Simple as that.

The point is, despite dominating the first half, we didn't do well enough to break Palace down. Second half was better because there was more movement and better passing, just like Lampard said. 

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

The point is, despite dominating the first half, we didn't do well enough to break Palace down. Second half was better because there was more movement and better passing, just like Lampard said. 

You can also say they were fatigued in the second half to give us more space to move and pass, based on the first half’s effort.

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Ryan Fong said:

You can also say they were fatigued in the second half to give us more space to move and pass, based on the first half’s effort.

Whatever. Twist it however you want.

Have a nice day.

[MoroccanBlue 5,197]

40 minutes ago, communicate said:

Good win, good epl debut for Chilwell other than that we play very2 slow football, honestly without any clue on how to break them down. 

Our tactical foul really helped, our two cb played very2 well, azpi pretty much handled zaha pretty well and palace was so2 bad, even when they had opportunity to attack us they just kept losing the ball. 

Great shout this. 

The tactical fouling aspect was definitely coached. 

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Whatever. Twist it however you want.
Have a nice day.

Likewise, have a nice day too and stop nit picking who should take the penalty it’s not good for your mood. [emoji3060]

[Blue Armour 4,164]

Pleasure to see Havertz play today.

Looks like all he need was some pre-season fitness to get going.

So confident.

Werner would be good in a more central role, but I wonder if playing as a lone CF against packed defenses like Palace is really his style.

He might be better feeding off knockdowns from someone like Giroud against those kinds of defense.

[Blue Armour 4,164]

Also in terms of defense..

I don't think its a stretch to say that having calm experienced heads like Silva, Azpilicueta and Mendy really helped?

The keeper was barely tested, and Zaha was contained effectively.