closed Southampton 1-1 Chelsea

[killer1257 3,282]

2 minutes ago, Milan said:

Zouma next to Thiago Silva is a beast. Zouma next to Rudiger is another Rudiger...

Thiago Silva is the brain of the defense

[boydjoman 10]

Time to bring Ziyech and CHO on. We need way more creativity otherwise we won’t score.....

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

It isn’t lack of movement. It isn’t that we are static. Our decision making in the final third is simply championship level atm. 

[Muzchap 8,966]

2 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Southampton have been wide open and totally unable to defend for ages. And yet we can’t exploit that at all because none of our midfielders can play creative, piercing passes. Not Kante, not Mount, not Kova. 
 

We’re playing right into their hands.

You can only play a pass if the forwards are making intelligent runs. 

Ours are not.

It's simple. We could have Messi and Ronaldo up front and nothing would change.

We allow their defenders time to get settled and make a challenge. 

 

[Muzchap 8,966]

1 minute ago, MoroccanBlue said:

It isn’t lack of movement. It isn’t that we are static. Our decision making in the final third is simply championship level atm. 

Lack of movement == static? 🤔

[Pizy 18,852]

I’d replace Mount with Ziyech at the half. Kante has been winning the ball back like a machine and Kova at least keeps things ticking over. Mason has offered nothing at all here yet.

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Kante is showing why he is by far the highest earner at 300k a week. Broke them up so many times, but the final third -abysmally slow on what the aim of the game is. Stick it in the fucking onion bag !

That Liverpool bastard gets one chance and has animal cunning to put it away

[Muzchap 8,966]

1 minute ago, MoroccanBlue said:

It isn’t lack of movement. It isn’t that we are static. Our decision making in the final third is simply championship level atm. 

Because we give their defenders time to get comfortable.

Tammy basically falls over his own legs - what threat is that 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

That left side was so open for the first 30 minutes and we could not do anything about it.

[Vesper 30,091]

2 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

It isn’t lack of movement. It isn’t that we are static. Our decision making in the final third is simply championship level atm. 

yes, it been shambolic once we get within 10 metres of the box

[Azul 1,615]

3 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I sometimes feel the word 'better' isn't enough to transmit the whole story. I often prefer to talk about player A being more 'talented' than player B, or about player A being more 'effective' than player B. Talent speaks of a player's technical quality, of what he can do. Effectiveness speaks about what he actually does. If we could get an honest public comment from TT I wonder if he would say that he agrees Hakim is more talented but that he believes Mason will be more effective overall. I'm not saying that is my opinion but there is a reason why TT is preferring Mason and I wonder if that might be it.

 

The reason is form, and that is the only of reason why Mount starts. If you believe that Mount is better than an in-form Ziyech then you're deluded. Ziyech is by far our best attacker/midfielder, the things he has done with Ajax in the CL is something that none of these players have achieved. Ziyech in good form is basically world class, while Mount is good. The difference in both of their ceilings is astronomical

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Just now, ZAPHOD2319 said:

That left side was so open for the first 30 minutes and we could not do anything about it.

because of alonso obviously

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

8 minutes ago, lucio said:

Kante is awful 

He should have been sold before the start of last season. Not because he's bad but because we've seen over and over again that our squad doesn't support a really effective set up with him in the side, and because summer 2019 was the time to maximise his market value.

Edited February 20, 2021 by OhForAGreavsie

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3 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Southampton have been wide open and totally unable to defend for ages. And yet we can’t exploit that at all because none of our midfielders can play creative, piercing passes. Not Kante, not Mount, not Kova. 
 

We’re playing right into their hands.

Looks like they are playing a much deeper line today because of all those defeats. But yeah, this defense wont be unlocked by the midfield we have right now. Need a few changes. Lets see if Tuchel is the anti-Lampard and doesn't wait till the 65th minute for changes

[Muzchap 8,966]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

I’d replace Mount with Ziyech at the half. Kante has been winning the ball back like a machine and Kova at least keeps things ticking over. Mason has offered nothing at all here yet.

Uh?

Azpi offers fuck all. Remove him. Or take Reece off and bring on CHO

Tammy needs to go- I have seen drunk people with better ball control