closed Chelsea 1-1 Everton

[Laylabelle 9,304]

3 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

We've had the same issue for seasons now. If a team is well organised, we're done. Lack of star quality to inspire us also plays it's part.

To think we play Wolves, a team that Liverpool & City could only mustered a single goal against. Hope it's cancelled.

Never know might get a penalty lol. Annoying thing is first half they weren't that well organised. It just went anywhere then into the actual goal

[MoroccanBlue 5,211]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Better hope the game at the weekend is called off. We need to buy time to get our players back.

Nah. Think the floor has finally collapsed. We've papered the cracks for far too long. 

Our structure and defence got us to this point so far. It was in no way sustainable considering how wasteful our attack and midfield have been. As others have alluded to, only Norwich, Juventus, and Leicester were performances where everyone was in sync. Three games. All season. 

[cosmicway 1,262]

This was last year's team minus Abraham who might have saved us,

Edited December 16, 2021 by cosmicway

[LAM09 6,558]

3 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Never know might get a penalty lol. Annoying thing is first half they weren't that well organised. It just went anywhere then into the actual goal

You expect us to keep a clean sheet?

Our one bright spot has disappeared.

Edited December 16, 2021 by LAM09

[milka 3,308]

At least there will be no matches in the coming days, a perfect time to gather their minds  and to stop this free fall for almost a month 

[Pizy 17,861]

We have no player in our entire squad that can deliver magical quality on even a semi consistent basis. If we had a player or two who produced top quality every other game we’d be so much better off. Ziyech, Pulisic, Havertz, and CHO are like 1 in 8 game players. Lukaku and Werner even worse this season. 
 

Contrast that with the two above us. They each have literally 5-6 players who can play to a world class level attacking wise. 

[ZAPHOD2319 3,906]

3 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

This was last year's team minus Abraham who might have saved us,

Tuchel didn’t play Tammy so it was not going to happen. I do not understand why our only plan of attack in the final third it to kick it out wide and look for the cross?

[Laylabelle 9,304]

3 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

You expect us to keep a clean sheet?

Our one bright spot has disappeared.

Nahhh no chance. We might do the usual take a early lead..look promising.. fuck around..they score and then run aimlessly after...said be 24 shots and need a penalty to win today was 23 not far off...

We looked so solid at the back! Now it's gone wrong

[Vesper 27,384]

17 minutes ago, milka said:

Yep new season the same battle for the top 4 in early December .

it's getting boring already every season 

I will be satisfied with

UEFA Super Cup

FIFA World Club Championship (other than CL the big one left for me)

3rd in League

At least get to semi final round on CL

and win one or both of League Cup and/or FA Cup (obviously would prefer the FA Cup, as then we can grab another trophy from Community Shield)

 

so 3 or 4 trophies, go deep into this CL, qualify for next CL

and we will be World Champions for 2 years (due to delay in new format and with the winter World Cup) with the gold badge

AND

with one more trophy we tie Real Madrid for trophies overall since 2004 (only trail PSG (but they have shit in terms of ANY big trophies, all theirs are from the 4 leagues trophies in farmers league) Barca, and then the leaders Bayern), 2 more and we pass them (or maybe not, as they will for sure win La Liga, and maybe Copa del Rey)

 

 

Edited December 16, 2021 by Vesper

[cosmicway 1,262]

Just now, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Tuchel didn’t play Tammy so it was not going to happen. I do not understand why our only plan of attack in the final third it to kick it out wide and look for the cross?

He might. No Werner, no Kai, no Lukaku.

[Superblue 6,331]

3 minutes ago, Pizy said:

We have no player in our entire squad that can deliver magical quality on even a semi consistent basis. If we had a player or two who produced top quality every other game we’d be so much better off. Ziyech, Pulisic, Havertz, and CHO are like 1 in 8 game players. Lukaku and Werner even worse this season. 
 

Contrast that with the two above us. They each have literally 5-6 players who can play to a world class level attacking wise. 

People said it for years, but ironically this group and manager are what Hazard could really have done being surrounded by. And on top of that, this group needs the player that Hazard was at Chelsea.

[Vesper 27,384]

2 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

People said it for years, but ironically this group and manager are what Hazard could really have done being surrounded by. And on top of that, this group needs the player that Hazard was at Chelsea.

prime Hazard would be INSANE on this squad, and Tuchel would have drilled it into him to play better defence and to take better care of his body I think

[Jase 43,479]

40 minutes ago, Pizy said:

We have no player in our entire squad that can deliver magical quality on even a semi consistent basis. If we had a player or two who produced top quality every other game we’d be so much better off. Ziyech, Pulisic, Havertz, and CHO are like 1 in 8 game players. Lukaku and Werner even worse this season. 
 

Contrast that with the two above us. They each have literally 5-6 players who can play to a world class level attacking wise. 

Ironically, Werner and Lukaku still have more goals than those other players you mentioned. Could go on a bit more but I'll stop there.

Also, am starting to wonder if we're having too many attacking options for our own good. We complain so much about those players not being consistent but, we constantly chop and change those players (when everyone is available) without them having any sort of chance to get any sort of consistency. 

Liverpool have mainly only 3-4 attackers. City have as many as us, I think, but a lot of their players are quite similar and interchangeable. The same can't be said about ours. Only Pulisic and CHO are arguably similar. The rest aren't. So every time we chop and change the front 3, the attacking plays can be different, disjointed etc. 

[Jase 43,479]

6 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

People said it for years, but ironically this group and manager are what Hazard could really have done being surrounded by. And on top of that, this group needs the player that Hazard was at Chelsea.

Things haven't gone well since THAT comment of yours. lol

[Vesper 27,384]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

prime Hazard would be INSANE on this squad, and Tuchel would have drilled it into him to play better defence and to take better care of his body I think

then again, imagine if we also had De Bruyne, Salah, and perhaps even Rice (although that is very speculative for him)

sigh

[Superblue 6,331]

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

prime Hazard would be INSANE on this squad, and Tuchel would have drilled it into him to play better defence and to take better care of his body I think

It's no surprise that individually his best season was probably under Sarri where he played for a manager who was at least trying to play a higher possession, more positive style. The Hazard before he left for Real Madrid would be the X factor for this team and just help open everything up. Unfortunately a player like Hazard doesn't just come around on a regular basis.

[cosmicway 1,262]

We are supposed to have the cream of Europe and we failed only with Haaland for the known reasons.
It's not transfer ban year.
Today I did n't expect this mainly because Everton are such a poor side,
I think covid is to blame by some 80%.

 

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

It's no surprise that individually his best season was probably under Sarri where he played for a manager who was at least trying to play a higher possession, more positive style.

But didn't Sarri say that Hazard would practically go do his own things instead of doing what Sarri wanted? Hazard did deliver the performances but managers did have to make concession with their system etc.