closed Man United 0-0 Chelsea

[OhForAGreavsie 6,075]

39 minutes ago, Vybz Kartel said:

Whether its Poch, Allegri or Hiddink we need to make the change early so that we can actually get something from this season. We all know  if it carries like this Lampard is going at some point this season so why wait for the inevitable. We did this in 2015 and it cost us top 4 when we stuck with Mourinho for too long

I don't believe for one moment that the club is considering sacking Frank. Nor should they be.

[Special Juan 28,141]

I'm fuming with that, unlike some of you jumping for joy at a clean sheet. That was shite, lifeless and against a team that is as bad as them at the back with what we have spent is pathetic.

We are all sat praising a goalkeeper that nearly passed it into his own net and Silva who did play very well, is that what we have become?

Fucking crap, lifeless and I bet Frank had that big daft grin on his face of relief.

[Fulham Broadway 17,317]

3 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I don't believe for one moment that the club is considering sacking Frank. Nor should they be.

Some people on here think theyre playing Fantasy Football

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

37 minutes ago, Jason said:

These games against Sevilla and Man United remind me of the time when Mourinho decided to start parking the bus after the 5-2 loss at Spurs in 2014/15 and relied on individual brilliance. Had Hazard back then to make the difference. No one capable of doing it now.

But its been like this relying on individual brillIance since the end of 2019 to now. As has been discussed in other threads. 
 

21 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

If we stay near the top of the table and get a few more defenders in January, these team could become something special. Our schedule until the January window opens is really encouraging.

really? Wheres the goals coming from? Look at the second half. Look at v Sevilla. Its either be solid and struggle offensively or the opposite way round.

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

But its been like this relying on individual brillIance since the end of 2019 to now. As has been discussed in other threads. 

Yes but we were actually exciting to watch as a team in the first half of that 2014/15 season. We were also exciting to watch as a team early on under Lampard, before it all changed from one thing to another till I'm not sure anymore.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Well thanks for the depressing conversation guys and gals.
I'm happy with the result - we have stopped leaking stupid goals and the team looks more organised.
Lots of new players all needing to bed in and arguably the toughest league in the world.
If we are still having shit at Xmas maybe I will change my mind about SFL management. Just sad to see a forum of Chelsea fans being super negative about every aspect all of the time...

A man with sense

[OhForAGreavsie 6,075]

56 minutes ago, Patrick Bamford said:

They celebrate a draw againts a shitty ManUtd.

WTF is this? 

Calibrate your expectations. Temper your impatience.

[YorkshireBlue 3,277]

7 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I'm fuming with that, unlike some of you jumping for joy at a clean sheet. That was shite, lifeless and against a team that is as bad as them at the back with what we have spent is pathetic.

We are all sat praising a goalkeeper that nearly passed it into his own net and Silva who did play very well, is that what we have become?

Fucking crap, lifeless and I bet Frank had that big daft grin on his face of relief.

So the 3 big saves he made are all Wiped off because of 1 shit pass? Also man utd are by no means a BAD team 

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

really? Wheres the goals coming from? Look at the second half. Look at v Sevilla. Its either be solid and struggle offensively or the opposite way round.

Exactly. Its hard to pin down progression when you are sacrificing one area of the game to improve another.

Sure, we defend better with 7 defensive players. What happens when you want to win games? Sacrifice defensive solidity for attacking threat? Back to square one.

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[Jase 43,479]

A back 8 (or 9) and then just the 2 upfront...

[killer1257 3,282]

A back 8 (or 9) and then just the 2 upfront...

Would have worked perfectly if we had Hazard or Cesc in the team. Mou and Conte only got results in these big games because of them.

As long as Jorgi and Kante are our best midfielders, we will never find the right balance. Next season, it will be Rice and Kante, which is much better defensively, but lacks much offensive potential



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[Tomo 21,751]

46 minutes ago, Jason said:

These games against Sevilla and Man United remind me of the time when Mourinho decided to start parking the bus after the 5-2 loss at Spurs in 2014/15 and relied on individual brilliance. Had Hazard back then to make the difference. No one capable of doing it now.

I fairness, we barely scored at OT even with Eden.

That said, the next couple of weeks will tell us how good this result was, Krasandor, Burnley and SHU coming up, no excuse for anything less than 9 points.

[milka 3,393]

Our attack has now failed to score in two consecutive games yes but we have two consecutive clean sheet something unreal with Kepa .

[Vesper 30,184]

52 minutes ago, Supermonkey92 said:

 Kante actively breaks our own attacks down.
 

someone had to take over for Willian

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Tomo said:

I fairness, we barely scored at OT even with Eden.

It's more about the overall approach.

1 minute ago, Tomo said:

That said, the next couple of weeks will tell us how good this result was, Krasandor, Burnley and SHU coming up, no excuse for anything less than 9 points.

Exactly. Playing defensively (at the cost of offensively) against Sevilla and Man United might be acceptable to an extent but no one is gonna accept this against teams in our next 6 games. All against lesser sides before we face another big one in November.

[Laylabelle 9,535]

Tbf our last league win there was in 2013 so dull and unexpiring as it was hardly unexpected. Just need to break away from this now and manage to do both

[milka 3,393]

[Jase 43,479]

8 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Would have worked perfectly if we had Hazard or Cesc in the team. Mou and Conte only got results in these big games because of them.

As long as Jorgi and Kante are our best midfielders, we will never find the right balance. Next season, it will be Rice and Kante, which is much better defensively, but lacks much offensive potential

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I don't know if Lampard will go to 4-3-3 at some point but since he hasn't done it so far this season, then it's all the more stupid that we did not address our midfield problems and allowed some to leave. Because we pretty much only have Jorginho, Kante, Kovacic and Gilmour for the midfield two. Jorginho and Kante are getting run into the ground. Kovacic not getting many minutes for whatever reason. Gilmour is injured and still young.  

EDIT: Oh wait, he did against Liverpool but only 1 game...

[Fulham Broadway 17,317]

1 minute ago, Laylabelle said:

Tbf our last league win there was in 2013 so dull and unexpiring as it was hardly unexpected. 

The United stat was more shocking -first time theyve failed to win any of their first three home games since 1947 or something

[killer1257 3,282]

someone had to take over for Willian

At least, Willian did not lose the ball like Kante does on a regular basis

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