closed Chelsea 1-1 Southampton

[Laylabelle 9,395]

Nawww lovely

[ZAPHOD2319 4,531]

Somewhat happy I missed the second half to go Christmas shopping with my wife. Will watch the pens later. 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,163]

Seemed like Kepa was not standing in the middle when Smallbone was going to take PK as if to coax him to shoot that side, he did and missed terribly.

 

Also Mount needs to learn how to take PKs, he missed against Norwich too and it was a nothing goal really as we were already winning, got lucky he could take it again.

[nyikolajevics 2,599]

1 minute ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Somewhat happy I missed the second half to go Christmas shopping with my wife. Will watch the pens later. 

Christmas shopping? 😱😱 You gave me more stress than our most recent two games did. I thought summer has just ended..

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

Just now, chelsea_4_eva said:

Also Mount needs to learn how to take PKs, he missed against Norwich too and it was a nothing goal really as we were already winning, got lucky he could take it again.

He provides too much leeway for the keeper to know where he's going in his run up. Lampard did as well at times but when he did he slotted it bottom corner every time. Impossible for the keeper to get. 

[OneMoSalah 8,797]

3 minutes ago, Mana said:

This does not mask over a poor performance tonight. That's 2 poor EFL performances on the trot.

Don't care much really, but it's a concern. Shows yet again how poor we are going forward. Also the defence has surprised me, being that shaky in the last 10 minutes.

To be fair the defence was shaky since the goal, Sarr really struggled after it and James also struggled on the right I felt particularly second half.

Would say that Trevor was the only one out of the 3 who played a half decent game throughout really, although he could do better in some part still. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,531]

2 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

Christmas shopping? 😱😱 You gave me more stress than our most recent two games did. I thought summer has just ended..

Only 9 more Saturdays!

[nyikolajevics 2,599]

16 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Lyanco looks a decent Brasilian CB

Was signed for 7 million pounds from Torino, still he hasn’t played one PL game, only featured in Carabao Cup, even though Vestergaard left. Seem solid though.

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Nero said:

What happenend to Ziyech? He was our best player in pre-season. Now plays sooo bad 🤢

It was pre-season. I remember some people here were screaming at me by blowing the Ziyech trumpet back then...

[Vesper 29,076]

QPR got FUCKED so bad by a SHIT offside call

the defender played him on by 2 or 3 feet and they ruled the goal out

it was not even close

[Vesper 29,076]

unbelievable how poor English refs are

[Nero 1,847]

 

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13 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Only 9 more Saturdays!

What?!?!? 

[Vesper 29,076]

11 minutes ago, Jase said:

It was pre-season. I remember some people here were screaming at me by blowing the Ziyech trumpet back then...

I never ever wanted him, said he was a donkey farmer league flat track bully with a bad attitude

we bought him because of those Ajax CL games versus us

we did the same with Salah (Basel) and then the cunt Mou would not play and develop him, same with de Bruyne (although his buy was not based off CL v us)

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

Sarr and Alonso is a recipe for disaster.

[NikkiCFC 8,062]

Sunderland in QF would be nice. 

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

1 hour ago, OneMoSalah said:

Tbf 2 were good saves (1st one was an excellent save) and then the other yes hit the target but 2/3 efforts drawing 2 saves.

Hardly “wastes” really as you’ve put it. 

The one whos wasted chances tonight has probably been Kai and Ross more than anyone. 
 

Sarr also having a nightmare since Soton goal.

For Saul, despite a decent performance, its more than number than the quality of chances. None of them was guilt-edged on isolation but when you get this many as a pro, you should take one

Kai and Ross should have scored more, I agree.

Also no two opinions on the left side of doom Sarr, Alonso, Barkley. No wonder they attacked over that side very time. Sarris by far our worst CB, which is not a problem cos the rest are so good, but Alonso offers 0 protection which makes Sarr look even worse whilst Barkley can't defend so will make Alonso look even worse when failing to track back. I hope TT has learned from this.

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

On a different note, Kepa really redeemed himself once more for his error during the game with some miraculous saves, including two good penalty stops. He really is becoming better and better at it.