closed Man City 1-0 Chelsea

[cosmicway 1,333]

There is nobody up front - nothing useful.
City are not so great and Grealish's chance was a gift but they have 80% possession.

 

[Vesper 28,993]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Both clubs with massively expensive squads filled with top players but it’s straight up frightening how MASSIVE the gap is between them when it comes to comfort and composure on the ball. City just effortlessly stroke it around and EVERY SINGLE PLAYER on the pitch for them is ultra good on the ball. Conversely, our super expensive footballers look petrified whenever they get the ball. We can’t string together 3 passes against City for now the second league match in a row.

All City have to do is get in our faces and they basically snatch the ball back every time like a school bully picking on a nerd. And they’re doing so with a bunch of tiny dwarf sized players.

It’s embarrassing how much better they are than us.

we have 3 KEY players who are not normal starters in their positions

both our wingbacks are SHIT

Azpi (at best he is a part time RCB now, he is shit at RWB)

Alosno (enough said)

and

Sarr (so not capable of playing against a Citeh level squad as he is shite on the ball, like Zouma level, or probably worse

 

plus Pulisic is just shit (bring on Mount)

 

Edited January 15, 2022 by Vesper

[Stats 7,059]

Keeping Alonso on at LWB is a disaster waiting to happen. Take him off while we have the chance. Because he can't afford to make any risky tackles and they are just going to keep targeting that side. Don't avoid going a man down. Just take him off.

[milka 3,349]

This is genuinely awful to watch  , we 're just preventing Citeh from playing

[MoroccanBlue 5,318]

1 minute ago, Stats said:

Keeping Alonso on at LWB is a disaster waiting to happen. Take him off while we have the chance. Because he can't afford to make any risky tackles and they are just going to keep targeting that side. Don't avoid going a man down. Just take him off.

For who?

[Hamilton 2,120]

2 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

There is nobody up front - nothing useful.
City are not so great and Grealish's chance was a gift but they have 80% possession.

 

Need Havertz and Mount

[Vesper 28,993]

3 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

 

wtf

[Magic Lamps 11,668]

2 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Sarr is not even PL standard, never mind Chelsea starter standard. Looks like a terrified under 18 youth player out here. Panics when defending, late on every challenge, and petrified to play a forward pass because he knows he’ll misplace it.

A point here would be a miracle. 

At least he is still young and can improve. He is also very fast 

Alonso is 31 and looks even worse in every aspect

ziyech is fkin up every attack

lukaku is an auto turnover as well 

 

[Pizy 18,409]

Lukaku had a few really poor touches, true, but I don’t see why anyone here is having a go at him here. He’s making the runs and as the commentator Lee Dixon on the American broadcast has said repeatedly the ball doesn’t come accurately. He’s in acres of grass but our players aren’t composed enough to find him.

Any striker would be invisible the way we played there.

[Vesper 28,993]

Just now, MoroccanBlue said:

For who?

Theo Hernandez

😜

[Clockwork 1,794]

6 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Both clubs with massively expensive squads filled with top players but it’s straight up frightening how MASSIVE the gap is between them when it comes to comfort and composure on the ball. City just effortlessly stroke it around and EVERY SINGLE PLAYER on the pitch for them is ultra good on the ball. Conversely, our super expensive footballers look petrified whenever they get the ball. We can’t string together 3 passes against City for now the second league match in a row.

All City have to do is get in our faces and they basically snatch the ball back every time like a school bully picking on a nerd. And they’re doing so with a bunch of tiny dwarf sized players.

It’s embarrassing how much better they are than us.

Yeah we have a massively expensive squad, and we are playing Sarr. For all the talk of how much City spent, they are utilizing it very well.

Lukaku, Werner, Havertz, Pulisic, and Ziyech how much have we spent on them? Feels so depressing how poorly we have done.

[Vesper 28,993]

first time ever under Tuchel we have no shot on goal in a first half

[NikkiCFC 8,041]

That first half is just sad. Like with Conte in 17/18 season. 

[DanP2311 65]

Pulisic is only player playing in to Lukaku, or playing the ball forward generally. Midfield is failing. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

2 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Yeah we have a massively expensive squad, and we are playing Sarr. For all the talk of how much City spent, they are utilizing it very well.

Lukaku, Werner, Havertz, Pulisic, and Ziyech how much have we spent on them? Feels so depressing how poorly we have done.

Been saying our biggest issues are no experienced DoF and poor scouting.

[milka 3,349]

Put Mount and Havertz and  sub Ziyech and Pulisic or Lukaku . 

[Magic Lamps 11,668]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Lukaku had a few really poor touches, true, but I don’t see why anyone here is having a go at him here. He’s making the runs and as the commentator Lee Dixon on the American broadcast has said repeatedly the ball doesn’t come accurately. He’s in acres of grass but our players aren’t composed enough to find him.

Any striker would be invisible the way we played there.

Intelligent strikers know how to make the best out of even 9 touches 

Lukaku had a clear opp for a shot on goal and was afraid to take it. Even tho that is exactly what we bought him for 

a 0-0 is the best we can hope here for but j dare not dream 

[0007 511]

We are playing with  10 men.Lukaku is an absolute passenger, I can't even explain how much annoyed I am every time he misplaces a pass or does anything stupid. He really is an average footballer but we all knew it even before the tranafer.

Sarr is far from the level needed for a game of this magnitude but we don't have other options so I can't blame TT. Ziyech also annoys me with his risky passes especially when you consider the restricted time we have on the ball. 

We need changes as soon as possible, otherwise the scenario won't be different to that of the first game.