closed Chelsea 1-1 Brighton

[Pizy 18,936]

With the players available, seriously, what is there to be optimistic about? How are we going to win games and consistently perform with Alonso, Azpi, CHO, Pulisic, and woefully out of form attackers?

It’s going to come down to hoping clubs like Arse, Spuds, WH, United etc take points off each other while we scrape and claw to tread water somehow, some way. Just trying to rack up ugly 1-0’s however way possible.

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

With the players available, seriously, what is there to be optimistic about? How are we going to win games and consistently perform with Alonso, Azpi, CHO, Pulisic, and woefully out of form attackers?

It’s going to come down to hoping clubs like Arse, Spuds, WH, United etc take points off each other while we scrape and claw to tread water somehow, some way. Just trying to rack up ugly 1-0’s however way possible.

Chil out for good.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

15 minutes ago, Vesper said:

as bad a Kovacic was, Jorginho was worse, he had a howler of game

they utterly destroyed us in MF until Kante came on

Jorginho has played 315 minutes in the last 13 days though, he is clearly fatigued which isn’t ideal. You can see that in the performance. 

It’s different for Kovacic - he hasn’t played 90 minutes since the cup game v Southampton 2 months ago and after getting 72 minutes prior to tonight in the last 6 days or so v Villa and Brentford, he should be much sharper but it really was the opposite. 

I would go as far as saying it looked as if he was trying to work out how to play football for the first time at times tonight for 75% of the game. People were looking forward to him coming back and giving us another body and a boost in this period but he was terrible and even as bad as Jorgi played, I really don’t think he played much worse than Kovacic.

Kante coming in got us a bit more of a foothold in there but even then bar a few moments, Kante didn’t severely alter the game either for me. We were just too poor and relying on Brighton leaving room to counter than actually getting real control of the game

Edited December 29, 2021 by OneMoSalah

[NikkiCFC 8,331]

9 minutes ago, DDA said:

 Mark my words he will be gone by next season.

 

9 minutes ago, DANILA said:

 Maybe need an offensive coach to come in 

More than results best way to lose respect from the fans is to do things like he did today with Kante/CHO sub and defending the lead against fucking Brighton. 

I do hope he survives for 12 more months until Luis Enrique is available. 

I want to play real football for a change always for extra goal like City. Last time we had that was with Ancelotti more than a decade ago. 

 

[Vesper 30,206]

13 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

CHO should have been subbed before half time.

those injuries

[Laylabelle 9,536]

3 minutes ago, Pizy said:

With the players available, seriously, what is there to be optimistic about? How are we going to win games and consistently perform with Alonso, Azpi, CHO, Pulisic, and woefully out of form attackers?

It’s going to come down to hoping clubs like Arse, Spuds, WH, United etc take points off each other while we scrape and claw to tread water somehow, some way. Just trying to rack up ugly 1-0’s however way possible.

And hope we get a penalty...thats what was missing. Without those we'd be worse off. Least wasn't case of performing well and dropped. It was poor and they deserved their point.

Least shitty December is over though Jan can be crappy. I think things went overboard with us for title winners.. proved them wrong very quickly

[Tomo 21,751]

7 minutes ago, Jase said:

Well, that was predictable in the end. We have had only ONE convincing performance (and win) against Graham Potter's Brighton since 2019/20. 

Brighton do tend to outplay all the top six bar City in general play. Their metrics are European level but are one of the least clinical sides this league has ever seen, if not the least.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Tomo said:

Brighton do tend to outplay all the top six bar City in general play. Their metrics are European level but are one of the least clinical sides this league has ever seen, if not the least.

Brighton are like mini-Chelsea. Can play good football but can't score enough to save their lives. Do wonder how Potter will fare at a bigger club. 

[Vesper 30,206]

first time I have seem Tevoh beaten in the air (that I recall)

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

As bad as we were it is not as if Brighton had any clear cut chances. We should have put the game to bed on the counter but I predictably failed. That is why we lost points. With all the injuries, Covid and fatigue we are bound to play shit  but still should be able to hold on. We need reinforcements in January to even secure top 4 

[Nero 1,874]

[Laylabelle 9,536]

Least wasn't us with most shots and ball..not that makes it better but less annoying somehow. Just the last bloody minutes. And considering some of the chances saved that one looked so simple.

[Vesper 30,206]

not good enough (and I am not even listing Werner or Jorginho, others might add them)

Malang Sarr  
Marcos Alonso   
César Azpilicueta 
Saúl Ñíguez    
Ruben Loftus-Cheek   
Ross Barkley   
Lewis Baker    
Hakim Ziyech    
Charly Musonda Jr.    
Christian Pulisic  
Callum Hudson-Odoi    

[cosmicway 1,333]

Just now, Vesper said:

first time I have seem Tevoh beaten in the air (that I recall)

He was beaten but I think Mnedy had time to dive to that ball.
We did a Burnley again - never mind the performance you cannot rely on 1-0s.

[Vesper 30,206]

Just now, cosmicway said:

He was beaten but I think Mnedy had time to dive to that ball.
We did a Burnley again - never mind the performance you cannot rely on 1-0s.

that header was impossible for any GKer to stop

[NikkiCFC 8,331]

8 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Jan can be crappy. 

Tuchel will face 3 best managers in the world in next 3 rounds. Plus Conte 2 more times in Cup.

You are right. Most likely will be.

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

that header was impossible for any GKer to stop

Depending on where he stands. 
Maybe he was watching the two players in the air and he reckonned it would go to his left corner.

[Jase 43,479]

5 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

As bad as we were it is not as if Brighton had any clear cut chances.

And yet, they still had the better chances/moments and worked Mendy more than we worked Sanchez. They out-shot us and at one point in the second half, they had like 9 shots to our 0. The only thing that let Brighton down was their usual inability to put chances away. 

[Pizy 18,936]

Rest Jorginho for the next 2 matches, btw. Go with Kante and hope Kova plays himself into form. Or see if Saul can build upon his promising last couple of appearances.

We’re going to need to shore up the midfield if we are to have any chance of masking all these defensive injuries.

[Kunka21 12]

12 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

 

More than results best way to lose respect from the fans is to do things like he did today with Kante/CHO sub and defending the lead against fucking Brighton. 

I do hope he survives for 12 more months until Luis Enrique is available. 

I want to play real football for a change always for extra goal like City. Last time we had that was with Ancelotti more than a decade ago. 

 

the real problem is our player cant beat 1vs1 expect Lukaku