closed Brighton 1-1 Chelsea

[cosmicway 1,333]

12 minutes ago, Jase said:

This isn't exactly accurate. Yes, Chilwell and James are important to the way we play as wingbacks but by the time Chilwell got injured, he hadn't scored in 5 games. He had only that purple patch in October where he scored 3 goals in 4 games. Similarly, by the time James got injured, he hadn't scored in 9 games and again, he also had that one purple between late October and November where he scored 4 goals in 6 games. So really, by the time they got injured, their output had dried up (Chilwell had only 1 assist in that 5 games while James also had only 1 assist in that 9 games) and in James, he had also gone off the boil performance wise. They really couldn't sustain their output, something as well that they have not managed consistently in their career so far, compared to say Robertson and TAA at Liverpool. 

Look we have Ziyech and Alonso who are trying to copy these moves.
Ziyech was lucky yesterday to score one but the rest of the time he was losing the ball or losing control and thus delaying the action.
As for Alonso he does n't have the penetration he used to have.
Other types of move we use can be described as charge of the light brigade.

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

Look we have Ziyech and Alonso who are trying to copy these moves.
Ziyech was lucky yesterday to score one but the rest of the time he was losing the ball or losing control and thus delaying the action.
As for Alonso he does n't have the penetration he used to have.
Other types of move we use can be described as charge of the light brigade.

Irrelevant to what I said. 

[cosmicway 1,333]

2 minutes ago, Jase said:

Irrelevant to what I said. 

Ok so you think Chil and James if alive and well today we 'd still have these problems.
It's a point of view.

Edited January 19, 2022 by cosmicway

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, cosmicway said:

Ok so you think Chil and James if alive and well today we 'd still have these problems.
It's a point of view.

Only pointed out the facts. They weren't scoring regularly like you claimed. They scored only in a few games within 3-4 weeks and that was it. Their output then dried up before their injuries. They clearly didn't sustain the form and they don't have a track record of scoring/assisting consistently in their career so far either. 

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 minute ago, Jase said:

Only pointed out the facts. They weren't scoring regularly like you claimed. They scored only in a few games within 3-4 weeks and that was it. Their output then dried up before their injuries. They clearly didn't sustain the form and they don't have a track record of scoring/assisting consistently in their career so far either. 

Chil does. Against Porto last year for ex.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, cosmicway said:

Chil does. Against Porto last year for ex.

JFC!

[cosmicway 1,333]

11 minutes ago, Jase said:

Irrelevant to what I said. 

 

2 minutes ago, Jase said:

JFC!

Our attack is static.
You thinks Chil and James too were lucky coincidences (to which I do not agree).
Then what is the solution ?

[NikkiCFC 8,327]

 

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

 

When the manager starts to say things like that, then you probably gotta start wondering...

First half was rubbish. No better in second half. And yet, Tuchel waited till the 80th minute and he dared to complain about tiredness after that...

Also, being reactionary against of all teams, Brighton!?

[NikkiCFC 8,327]

3 hours ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

When i said this, what i meant was the whole squad seems mentally tired like something is off in the dressing room

 

One more game and we have a break of two weeks with Plymouth being first game after that. And Al Hilal most likely after that. So give them one week off after Spurs. 

Great moment to rest.

[NikkiCFC 8,327]

10 minutes ago, Jase said:

When the manager starts to say things like that, then you probably gotta start wondering...

First half was rubbish. No better in second half. And yet, Tuchel waited till the 80th minute and he dared to complain about tiredness after that...

Also, being reactionary against of all teams, Brighton!?

I agree... Speaking of tiredness...

But like I said, one more game and long break is coming...

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, NikkiCFC said:

I agree... Speaking of tiredness...

But like I said, one more game and long break is coming...

I know the injuries and COVID haven't helped but the tiredness excuse really doesn't wash. While I agree that the constant changes do not help, Tuchel also hasn't helped himself or us if he wants to complain about tiredness. If the players are tired, then why start Lukaku for, I think, the fourth straight game last night? Why did Ziyech start again at Brighton? Why was Havertz on the bench? Why was Werner on the bench? Why is Saul suddenly just sitting on the bench after his recent improvement? On top of that, if we want to be successful, we are going to be playing a lot of games and there's a reason why we have a big squad. If we don't want to play so many games, if we want to keep moaning about tiredness, then start tanking the League Cup and FA Cup. Don't win the Champions League so that we won't have the Super Cup and Club World Cup in the middle of the season. Tank all these competitions and just play around 46 games every season!

[Tomo 21,751]

2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

One more game and we have a break of two weeks with Plymouth being first game after that. And Al Hilal most likely after that. So give them one week off after Spurs. 

Great moment to rest.

4 weeks without a league game, usually I'd be hating it but this time the timing couldn't be more perfect.

Spurs are the one team that's still conspired to lose comfortably to us through this rut so hopefully we can sign off with a win.

[NikkiCFC 8,327]

On 19/01/2022 at 19:39, NikkiCFC said:

So give them one week off after Spurs.