Jase 43,479 Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 9 hours ago, OneMoSalah said: 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. Kovacic also got COVID recently. People might not want to hear it but think it's hard to estimate or know the impact of COVID on the players, especially as each person's body can react differently to the virus etc. Some may take a short time to get back into shape, some may take longer and all that. It's partly why Tuchel has been complaining to the media over the last 1-2 weeks. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 13 minutes ago, Jase said: Not saying I'm agreeing with MB but way too early? CHO has been playing in the first team for like 3-4 years now. Has not played regularly, has had to fill in wingback positions. At 21, he is well worth investing in. His performances have been better than Werner, Ziyech, Pulisic, even Havertz this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, Strike said: Has not played regularly, has had to fill in wingback positions. He has been playing on the LW since the Malmo home game. Only at Zenit he played at WB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,207 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 35 minutes ago, Jase said: Kovacic also got COVID recently. People might not want to hear it but think it's hard to estimate or know the impact of COVID on the players, especially as each person's body can react differently to the virus etc. Some may take a short time to get back into shape, some may take longer and all that. It's partly why Tuchel has been complaining to the media over the last 1-2 weeks. so so very true look at how long it took Kai to recover from it long Covid is a real AF thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,207 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Tuchel says Chelsea 'collapsed' after one player left the pitch in Brighton draw https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/club-news/tuchel-says-Chelsea-collapsed-after-one-player-left-the-pitch-in-brighton-draw/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,207 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Strike said: Lamptey was good again vs Chelsea. That Marc Cucurella fella looks really composed on the ball. Brighton really have a team full of players comfortable on the ball except the CBs they soon get Dunk back, who is more composed on the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jase said: He has been playing on the LW since the Malmo home game. Only at Zenit he played at WB. Yes, this is the first stretch under Tuchel and he's been good in this period. On Sunday, coming back from COVID he won a penalty, got an assist and was the one playing Lukaku through in the game vs Villa. His finishing like every other attacker on our team, is poor, and is not a natural goalscorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Jase said: Kovacic also got COVID recently. People might not want to hear it but think it's hard to estimate or know the impact of COVID on the players, especially as each person's body can react differently to the virus etc. Some may take a short time to get back into shape, some may take longer and all that. It's partly why Tuchel has been complaining to the media over the last 1-2 weeks. Shit I forgot that. Aye not got a clue how much of an effect it can have, Havertz big example of it last season 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) I never expected this. After the matches against Brentford -who are not an unworthy side- and Villa and with Rom back in strength I believed the problem period was over, with the whatever loss of points. Yesterday was the disaster of the year. Edited December 30, 2021 by cosmicway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,061 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 It's quite worrying to think our last win of note at home in league play was against Norwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,536 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 15 minutes ago, LAM09 said: It's quite worrying to think our last win of note at home in league play was against Norwich. No penalties needed...thats what's bugging. Its nice we've won games or got points but a lot we've got lucky that they've given us penalties. Without that be way way further down. User 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,061 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, Laylabelle said: No penalties needed...thats what's bugging. Its nice we've won games or got points but a lot we've got lucky that they've given us penalties. Without that be way way further down. Yep. Not to mention our PK shootout victories too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,331 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 This also looked like pen... Atomiswave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,117 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Thats a fucking pen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea_4_eva 1,182 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Looks like a deliberate handball to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Maybe it was a penalty or maybe it wasn't but it's silly if we keep focusing on that and not the fact that we failed to create anything of note from open play against Brighton and especially, nothing after we scored. Laylabelle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 34 minutes ago, Jase said: Maybe it was a penalty or maybe it wasn't but it's silly if we keep focusing on that and not the fact that we failed to create anything of note from open play against Brighton and especially, nothing after we scored. May have been. Video ? Also Mount's goal looked ok to me. Laylabelle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,536 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Jase said: Maybe it was a penalty or maybe it wasn't but it's silly if we keep focusing on that and not the fact that we failed to create anything of note from open play against Brighton and especially, nothing after we scored. And that seems to be our issue..score first and then fall apart. And teams aren't always going to gift penalties. We're not always going to get them. Shouldn't be relying on that to win us a game. Like you said we were crappy at creating chances and Brighton luckily weren't great at scoring from theirs Edited December 30, 2021 by Laylabelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 22 minutes ago, Laylabelle said: And that seems to be our issue..score first and then fall apart. And teams aren't always going to gift penalties. We're not always going to get them. Shouldn't be relying on that to win us a game. Like you said we were crappy at creating chances and Brighton luckily weren't great at scoring from theirs Pens are not always gifts. The 1-1 against Villa was, the 3-1 was not. Yesterday's (if it was hand ball) would n't be a gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,536 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, cosmicway said: Pens are not always gifts. The 1-1 against Villa was, the 3-1 was not. Yesterday's (if it was hand ball) would n't be a gift. True but its still shite that we can't create or finsh chances and some of our recent points have come from teams giving us penalties. We need to start putting shots away for once. Man U we had a stupid amount of our own yet only got a point because of a penalty. If that hadn't happened been a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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