Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 That is why Chilwell>Alonso. The latter could not have scored that goal to save his life with his turtle pace. Chilwell just breezed past them all. Johnnyeye, Vesper, mkh and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANILA 290 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) OK: Mount, kovacic, mendy, pulisic Horrendous: entire back line, jorginho, werner, havertz, giroud Edited April 7, 2021 by DANILA killer1257 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,326 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Azul said: I hope everyone sees the importance of Kante and Silva now, we dominated after they came on. Must starters when real fun starts. In semis. Vesper and Azul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy 342 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I'd love to see us play more exciting football, but at this stage of the season even I will say the results are more important than the quality of play and match as a whole. You'll never win a league playing like this but you can win a Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 minute ago, OneMoSalah said: True with Giroud his lack of mobility doesn’t help but Abraham strikes me as someone who would suit Tuchel’s philosophy. Obviously he is far from a fantastic player but he showed some big improvement at the beginning of the season, particularly linking the play etc also. Plus every player has shown an improvement under Tuchel of sorts. Jesus if Chilwell can do what he did tonight in front of goal every week I’d happily see him upfront than either Timo or Kai for a period. Basically played with 9 men for the bulk of the time they were on. If we are talking specifically about tonight's game, it was shit overall from the team going forward, if we're being honest. Easy to say Werner and Havertz were shit when the service they got was rubbish. Even Mount, despite scoring, didn't do anything of note. On top of that, nothing really changed even after Giroud and Pulisic came on. The few times we got it right attacking wise, we saw Mount score, Werner send his header just over and then Pulisic hit the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,491 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said: That is why Chilwell>Alonso. The latter could not have scored that goal to save his life with his turtle pace. Chilwell just breezed past them all. Yep Chilwell had that one poor game vs Leeds but otherwise he's been decent under TT. Alonso has oscillated between decent and shockers Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,393 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, Patrick Bamford said: Thomas Tuchel is only the second Chelsea manager to win his first three #UCL knockout games The previous manager to do this was Roberto Di Matteo in 2011-12, the last time Chelsea won the competition 🙃 Johnnyeye, Muzchap and Vesper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,958 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 4 games away from winning this thing, and one of them is against Porto and we are already 2-0 up. Vesper and Johnnyeye 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy 342 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, Pizy said: Thought that was one of the poorest performances of the season. Next to zero attacking threat, midfield buildup was nearly nonexistent, allowed Porto to bully us physically. And worst of all was the constant long, aimless passes from our players. We looked like we didn’t have a clue what we were doing. And yet two fantastic goals and win 0-2. 🙃🙃🙃 Yep! It's quite incredible to still be in with a shout of a trophies and top four, with so few players playing well. But one of the great things we have shown over the years is that we can fight, grind it out and win big trophies even when we're not all that good. Muzchap, Vesper and Johnnyeye 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jason said: If we are talking specifically about tonight's game, it was shit overall from the team going forward, if we're being honest. Easy to say Werner and Havertz were shit when the service they got was rubbish. Even Mount, despite scoring, didn't do anything of note. On top of that, nothing really changed even after Giroud and Pulisic came on. The few times we got it right attacking wise, we saw Mount score, Werner send his header just over and then Pulisic hit the post. This is true. But as we have discussed and will probably further discuss once I reply to the post from the Werner thread the other day, it is not exactly a new thing. As I said after WBA its an accumulation for Werner every games tallying up and for me except one moment tonight I am finding it beyond belief he is in this team from the start most weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Just now, chippy said: Yep! It's quite incredible to still be in with a shout of a trophies and top four, with so few players playing well. But one of the great things we have shown over the years is that we can fight, grind it out and win big trophies even when we're not all that good. We have been poor individually apart from a few players but have fought as a team brilliantly since Tuchel arrived. you more often than not do not win cups with individual brilliance but with gritty defending and the necessary slice of luck Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Had to listen on the radio. Just got home. Boom Mason and Chilly - get the fuck in. Heard Pulisic was unlucky and hit the underside of the bar... Sounded like a decent game - they didn't have many clear opportunities I can remember. More of the same next round. 👍👍👍 Now just beat the Pikey Palace at the weekend and all good 👍 bigbluewillie, Johnnyeye and Vesper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said: This is true. But as we have discussed and will probably further discuss once I reply to the post from the Werner thread the other day, it is not exactly a new thing. As I said after WBA its an accumulation for Werner every games tallying up and for me except one moment tonight I am finding it beyond belief he is in this team from the start most weeks. GOD, PLEASE NO! AM TOO TIRED/LAZY TO GO AROUND IN CIRCLES AGAIN! If we break it down a bit, Werner made an impact in terms of goal contribution early in Tuchel's tenure. So it was normal if he was starting back then and you have Tuchel selecting him for specific games/opponents (e.g. Liverpool at Anfield and Atletico in the second leg), which worked out well. And then you have some games where he didn't play/start. It's also not like the others have been done so great that they deserve to be in the XI every game. Plus with us playing almost every 3-4 days, there's always gonna be rotation. Maybe Tuchel rotates a bit too much from game to game but he was always gonna rotate anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy 342 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: We have been poor individually apart from a few players but have fought as a team brilliantly since Tuchel arrived. you more often than not do not win cups with individual brilliance but with gritty defending and the necessary slice of luck Fair point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,195 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I really like Tuchel's no bullshit attitude he never gaslights Muzchap, Atomiswave and bigbluewillie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,195 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 lol, we forget how tall Tuchel is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiterto 37 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 29 minutes ago, Milan said: This is literally just the first half as the second leg is played at the same stadium, just in different shirts... Stupid. However we have 2 away goals ......priceless!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiterto 37 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I think in the second leg we have to start with Pulsic instead of Werner. With Kante, and Kovacic in the middle we can contain them. Return Leg Mendy Azpi Silva Rudiger James. Kante. Kovacic. Chilwell Mount Pulisic Giroud/Abraham/Havertz anyone will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul 1,615 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Don't want to focus on the negatives, but Werner seriously needs to be benched. It feels like we play with 10 men when he is on. Give CHO/Pulisic a run of games and I'm sure they'll do a better job. Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 The one good thing from this win and a 2-0 win is that our game plan next week should be clear - play on the counter like we did against Atletico instead of trying to getting caught in the fire with Porto like today. Although, Porto will have Oliveira and Taremi back for the second leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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