closed Chelsea 3-3 Southampton

[Vesper 30,186]

1 minute ago, NikkiCFC said:

lol, they had more shots on target and attempts in general

they are either trolling or delusional

we had two WC players whose individual brilliance got us goals

but overall we were terribly disjointed

they dommed the fuck out of us in MF, especially the 2 half

and if Lamps keeps rolling with Kepa, he deserves the sack in short order

why the fuck did we have THREE CF's in the small squad/bench (4 in reality as technically Havertz can play there as well)

and jack shit for MF options

literally NO CMF or DMF on the bench

unless you count an out of position Reece

smdh

 

[DDA 9,941]

Lampard will not last. 😒

[Pizy 18,918]

Everything that worked brilliantly in the first half just stopped like a light switch was flipped. All because Southampton, a team with nowhere near our talent or ability, simply said to themselves "these guys will wilt if we up our intensity."

We were slicing through them at will with Havertz, Pulisic, and Mount. Werner was terrorizing their CB's with runs in behind. Chillwell looked like a monster marauding down the left flank.

And then we looked like a totally different team second half. Fitness was a huge part of that, yes, but Lampard was again out coached when it came to adjustments in tactics. 

When you combine an already young, inexperienced coach with the hyper condensed fixture list that severely limits time on the training pitch this is a recipe for disaster. 

[Tomo 21,751]

Just now, The Skipper said:

Genuinely reckon we win with Wily playing instead of Kepa today tbh. 

I can't wait to see the back of Kepa and I blamed him for most of the defensive issues in general last season but he made three pretty decent saves today.

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, BluesMadLad said:

Kinda irrelevant when they all haven't been on the pitch at the same time...

Does it really matter?

At least 2 of them have started to play regularly and we shouldn't be in situations where we have scored 3 goals and still don't beat sides like West Brom and Southampton. Never mind challenging for the title, how are we going to finish in the Top 4 if we can't beat the lower sides? 

[The Skipper 20,609]

Just now, BluesMadLad said:

So willy or kepa.... stop blaming Frank for picking kepa ffs he has 2 pick between 2 turds its a gamble either way, they are both unreliable and shite.

I'm picking Wily. The team defends more comfortably when he plays, even if it's just slightly. We win today with Wily imo. 

I'll blame Frank for his horrible 2nd half management of the game too btw. We allowed Southampton to grow back into the game. 

[The Skipper 20,609]

Just now, Tomo said:

I can't wait to see the back of Kepa and I blamed him for most of the defensive issues in general last season but he made three pretty decent saves today.

They aren't decent saves imo. Just normal saves you expect a professional goalkeeper to make. He's so bad that even those saves look decent because it's him. 

[Special Juan 28,141]

Lampard has until Xmas and to be honest if he makes it that far.....It's a race between us and United for Poch

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Tomo said:

I can't wait to see the back of Kepa and I blamed him for most of the defensive issues in general last season but he made three pretty decent saves today.

As someone mentioned elsewhere, you would expect any decent goalkeeper to save the shots that Kepa did today. They were easy-to-save shots. We don't need to lower standards just because Kepa has been a shit-show.

[killer1257 3,282]

Please show me, where exactly I said Kepa is top [emoji3][emoji3]  Garbage players indeed, yet being picked over and over again. Only a complete fool would expect they would suddenly turn into wolrd beaters.

You know we paid 80 million for Kepa? The board demands him to be given some more chances and because Mendy is injured, he gets his chances. That is the problem when you get a 80 million problem. Torres also got way too many chances, but he was also a 60 million problem. Those players will always get millions of chances

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[Milan 17,958]

Just now, killer1257 said:

You know we paid 80 million for Kepa? The board demands him to be given some more chances and because Mendy is injured, he gets his chances. That is the problem when you get a 80 million problem. Torres also got way too many chances, but he was also a 60 million problem. Those players will always get millions of chances

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I understand that from this point of view, but even you have to see that this is a badly run business.

[Nero 1,874]

Why nobody blames Zouma? You all so obsessed with AC

[YorkshireBlue 3,277]

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

Does it really matter?

At least 2 of them have started to play regularly and we shouldn't be in situations where we have scored 3 goals and still don't beat sides like West Brom and Southampton. Never mind challenging for the title, how are we going to finish in the Top 4 if we can't beat the lower sides? 

Of course it matters without silva and mendy are defensive play isn't even mid table worthy. Not once have we seen our full starting 11 this season, no way we draw this game with mendy and silva in the starting 11 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

1 minute ago, killer1257 said:

You know we paid 80 million for Kepa? The board demands him to be given some more chances and because Mendy is injured, he gets his chances. That is the problem when you get a 80 million problem. Torres also got way too many chances, but he was also a 60 million problem. Those players will always get millions of chances

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This. Torres as well as Kepa would have been frozen out way earlier if they hadn’t cost that much 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

2 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Lampard has until Xmas and to be honest if he makes it that far.....It's a race between us and United for Poch

Not too sold with Poch, good coach but i don't feel he has a winning mentality.

[Milan 17,958]

Only one different name in the defence if you compare it to last season (Chilwell) so we could see properly the progress Lampard has made in sorting the defensive calamity. Zero progress.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

Soton's second goal was just laughable. Imagine being an attacker, a new one at the team and seeing that mess. No matter who you are, you will get discouraged.

Working hard in attack and the defence fuxk it up.

[Lomik22 2]

The first game in which I supported the blue. Well then. I hope for the future and for the first victory.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

11 minutes ago, Hutcho said:

12 minutes ago, Milan said:

Sick and tired of this shit happening again and again and again.
Oh I can't wait to hear Lampard's comments how individual errors cost us. FUCK OFF FRANK, seriously. You take the biggest responsibility.

But it was... What is Frank supposed to do. Or you proposing us benching havertz?

Okay its maybe harsh to blame it all on Lampard but if he watched the same game we did, he would of seen Southampton dominate it for 60 minutes essentially and he did nothing to change it. We had warnings before half time. He didn’t change his formation or make any adjustments to counteract Southamptons grip on the game.

He is the manager so he has to he given some of the flack. Okay he made some subs, I, like everyone else, wanted to see Ziyech play but also removing Werner against a team who play such a high line was a huge error. Even more so when you look at how Pulisic looked shattered. 

Also as you put it in your words it was a ‘fantastic performance’ which if you think so yes he deserves some flack because if being a team that is not controlling the game against Southampton at home for an hour and ending up drawing 3-3, playing like this defensively is a fantastic performance after being 2-0 up and 3-2 up... then I don’t know. Individual errors or not, theres got to be a root cause we have made far too many individual errors since he came in. Indicating something else has to be contributing also. 

 

 

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, BluesMadLad said:

Of course it matters without silva and mendy are defensive play isn't even mid table worthy. Not once have we seen our full starting 11 this season, no way we draw this game with mendy and silva in the starting 11 

Funny people say this about Silva when he practically cost us a goal in that 3-3 game at West Brom. 

On paper, Silva is an upgrade over our other CBs but on the pitch, the jury is still out for me whether he is actually an upgrade or will he just be inconsistent as our other CBs.