ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Chelsea vs Southampton PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 2nd October, Saturday 2021 Stamford Bridge 15:00 Kick Off (UK time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Fail to win here and I would call it more than a blip. Hasenhüttl will know exactly how to tackle us, target our weaknesses. TT has to switch stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Saints will take points here. Much like last season, Saints’ will press us and come the second half we will look knackered with the European away game hangover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Bounce back again...if we lose or drop points here things won't look great. The media hype was silly and hasn't helped..just need to focus and get 3 points and move on. Losing to City isn't a issue but it's the way we did..no shots on target is bad and yesterday we had one. Need to improve big time bigbluewillie and NikkiCFC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,393 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) I want see ---------------- Mendy ---Chalobah-----Christensen----Rudiger --Hudson-Odoi---Jorginho----Saul----Chilwell ----------Mount--------Werner -----------------Lukaku Edited September 30, 2021 by milka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea_4_eva 1,182 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 I would drop Lukaku but he is made for these games, not our last 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 We have a run of games that can help us forget about this last week. Southampton will not be an easy win, they will come right at us. Hopefully Tuchel will take advantage of it. Unfortunately we have more of these international breaks coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero 1,874 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Sicarius 610 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Thats only comment i have about our games so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,700 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 City and Liverpool playing against each other. Would be great if we won adn they played a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Last Sicarius said: Thats only comment i have about our games so far The EFL game against Villa was a back four, wasn't it? Looked like 4-3-3. So whoever posted that has had their wish answered. I however would like to see more than one match like this, the back 5 is going stale like it did under Conte. Hopefully TT shows some flexibility. Problem is we didn't sign anyone that would allow us to play with a back 4 consistently (a decent DMF, maybe try Chalobah there against easier opponents?). Edited October 1, 2021 by manpe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, manpe said: The EFL game against Villa was a back four, wasn't it? Looked like 4-3-3. So whoever posted that has had their wish answered. I however would like to see more than one match like this, the back 5 is going stale like it did under Conte. Hopefully TT shows some flexibility. Problem is we didn't sign anyone that would allow us to play with a back 4 consistently (a decent DMF, maybe try Chalobah there against easier opponents?). I posted it on another thread but I don't think reverting to a 4 will be anything close to he disaster it's portrayed as. We were solid as a back 4 under Sarri with Kepa, Luiz and Alonso starting every week and even under Lampard were solid in one once Edou was in the nets. The problem with the back 3/5 is unless Alonso is on form we simply do not have a specialist in the area and it's really starting to show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tomo said: The problem with the back 3/5 is unless Alonso is on form we simply do not have a specialist in the area and it's really starting to show. Well last season Chilwell played well there, but this season he's been pants everytime he's played. I see why TT doesn't trust him yet, he isn't at the same level he was and a fully fit/fresh Alonso is actually a decent player. He needs to pick it up quickly bc he and Reece are by far our best options for WBs when on form. I wouldn't mind to see a back four line-up like this at some point: Mendy James - Rüdiger - Silva - Chilwell Jorginho Kante - Mount Pulisic - Lukaku - CHO Some real grit, strength, directness and pace in it on paper. The biggest issue would of course be Jorginho at holding MF, could make us sus defensively against certain teams, that's why we would need two workhorses in front of him (Kante and Mount). Our only true wingers are Puli and CHO so they kinda pick themselves (we need to sign a winger if we want to go back four full-time, Pulisic can barely be counted on as he's in the infirmary more often than not). Tomo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Play 4312 Kai behind Werner and Lukaku. This system works for our set of players. Ziyech looks very bad and Pulisic is out so not in need for wingers. Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount, RLC, Saul can on play in 3 MF. Even suits Gallagher. James/Chilwell full backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Kovacic can definitely sit this one out after his horrid displays against City and Juventus. I'd go Kante, Jorginho, Mount. Havertz Lukaku Werner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,700 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said: Kovacic can definitely sit this one out after his horrid displays against City and Juventus. I'd go Kante, Jorginho, Mount. Havertz Lukaku Werner Kante available? No carantine anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Sicarius 610 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 4 hours ago, manpe said: The EFL game against Villa was a back four, wasn't it? Looked like 4-3-3. So whoever posted that has had their wish answered. I however would like to see more than one match like this, the back 5 is going stale like it did under Conte. Hopefully TT shows some flexibility. Problem is we didn't sign anyone that would allow us to play with a back 4 consistently (a decent DMF, maybe try Chalobah there against easier opponents?). tbf i dont see this was 4 back. Maybe only on graphic. CHO was on right as wing back and James was as right center. CHO playing on right is wasteful of his strange. We have now very good run of games in league to change something, make experiments with squad/tactic/formation. I just dont want to end like with Conte who stick with one formation to the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Nero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Winning makes everyone happy. I really don’t want to see how fast the fan base would turn on Tuchel if we keep dropping points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Sicarius 610 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 (edited) My realistic(sadly 3 back) team for today Mendy Christensen-Silva-Rudiger Azpi-RLC-Jorg-Chilly Mount-Lukaku-Werner 2-0 with Lukaku goals and Azpi assists. Edited October 2, 2021 by Last Sicarius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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