Chelsea 2 - 1 West Ham

[James 5,212]

 

PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS
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Chelsea V West Ham
Saturday 3rd September 2022
Premier League
Stamford Bridge
15:00 UK

[Laylabelle 9,376]

Oh least its at home. Sure drop some points here. I dont think our goal difference will change.

[Blue Armour 4,300]

Start Kovacic right from the start in this game. 

Drop either one of Mount or Havertz for Broja.

Maybe even drop Mendy for Kepa.

If Reece still isn't fit., do not hesitate to start Fofana right from the get go.

[bigbluewillie 1,859]

Fofana is not a Chelsea player yet.

[bigbluewillie 1,859]

I have no faith in Chelsea atm. much like all last season.

Conceded eight goals already, yet another team that loves to turn up against Chelsea.

It's a fucking nightmare, plus we could be without Reece again (illness) and Ruben (don't know)

Is Tommy losing his mojo?

[Blue Armour 4,300]

2 hours ago, bigbluewillie said:

Fofana is not a Chelsea player yet.

Hope he passed his medical.

At this point I'll take an injury risked CB over the horror show that awaits with relying on three 30+ year old CBs for cover.

Edited August 31, 2022 by Blue Armour

[chelsea_4_eva 1,159]

Nevermind not scoring, our midfield will get run over with their physicality.

Edited August 31, 2022 by chelsea_4_eva

[blahblahblah 73]

Kepa (another howler from Mendy against soton should mean that kepa gets his chance)

Fofana Silva cucu (KK has looked terrible, he should be eased in)

RJ kova Gallagher chilwell

(If jorgi starts, i anyways won't watch our game and that piece of shit)

Puli broja sterling. 

Lesser said about Kai, mount so far this season, better. 

 

 

[bluephoenix 1,126]

I really wish the first 5 games have been an eye opener for Tuchel.  West Ham always give us a tough time. 🤞

We need some really thrashing but given how our midfield and attack has been nothing short of lackluster doubt that would happen any time soon.

[Blue Armour 4,300]

7 hours ago, blahblahblah said:

Kepa (another howler from Mendy against soton should mean that kepa gets his chance)

Fofana Silva cucu (KK has looked terrible, he should be eased in)

RJ kova Gallagher chilwell

(If jorgi starts, i anyways won't watch our game and that piece of shit)

Puli broja sterling. 

Lesser said about Kai, mount so far this season, better. 

 

 

Agree about dropping Mendy and Mount.

Less thrilled about bringing in Pulisic, especially if he was as horrible as people say he was in the last game. 

Ideally this would have been a job for CHO, but since we don't have him, I'd rather keep Havertz on. At least he has some work rate if nothing else.

[Blue Armour 4,300]

If there's some kind of solace so far this season, our home form has looked far better.

Hope that continues, and hope it makes a difference to our season.

[blahblahblah 73]

1 hour ago, Blue Armour said:

Agree about dropping Mendy and Mount.

Less thrilled about bringing in Pulisic, especially if he was as horrible as people say he was in the last game. 

Ideally this would have been a job for CHO, but since we don't have him, I'd rather keep Havertz on. At least he has some work rate if nothing else.

Pulisic does a headless chicken quite as well as Kai. Point with Puli is that, if he is on the pitch for 90 mins, he might have a decent moment of going past someone and creating an opportunity. What's the upside of keeping Kai on the pitch? Can't dribble, has no pace to beat his man. Takes more time to turn than a Boeing 747. Sloppy first touches. He is a train wreck at the moment.

[Blues11 213]

55 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Agree about dropping Mendy and Mount.

Less thrilled about bringing in Pulisic, especially if he was as horrible as people say he was in the last game. 

Ideally this would have been a job for CHO, but since we don't have him, I'd rather keep Havertz on. At least he has some work rate if nothing else.

With Pulisic I really think Tuchel is just killing his confidence. He's barely played all season and Tuchel finally runs a formation with wide attacking players but opts for Ziyech instead. 

Puts him on at the 70th minute as a wingback...

He needs to improve big time but he's rarely ever got to play his favored attacking position on the left side with TT. He's had his moments especially when he gets a chance there.

It would be nice to pickup someone like Leao or even Zaha but if we don't, let's give the kid an opportunity because it can't get much worse. Mount and Havertz seem to get all the chances even if they've been bad and everyone else has a short leash. 

8 hours ago, blahblahblah said:

Kepa (another howler from Mendy against soton should mean that kepa gets his chance)

Fofana Silva cucu (KK has looked terrible, he should be eased in)

RJ kova Gallagher chilwell

(If jorgi starts, i anyways won't watch our game and that piece of shit)

Puli broja sterling. 

Lesser said about Kai, mount so far this season, better. 

 

 

I would like to see Puli - Broja - Sterling. At least it's two proper wingers and an actual striker.

Really think Havertz could succeed playing behind a striker but with how bad our midfield is TT will just play defensive as possible. 

[Blue Armour 4,300]

1 hour ago, blahblahblah said:

Pulisic does a headless chicken quite as well as Kai. Point with Puli is that, if he is on the pitch for 90 mins, he might have a decent moment of going past someone and creating an opportunity. What's the upside of keeping Kai on the pitch? Can't dribble, has no pace to beat his man. Takes more time to turn than a Boeing 747. Sloppy first touches. He is a train wreck at the moment.

Upside to me is better movement off the ball, and more effort in pressing the opposition.

If Pulisic is not on form and beating players (hard to say when he decides to turn up) then we gain little else.

To me, Broja is the one who really needs a crack at starting the game. Pulisics little cameos have looked unimpressive so far.

Plus, he seems like a really disgruntled player at the moment. It should have been him instead of Odoi going out on loan.

[blahblahblah 73]

43 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Upside to me is better movement off the ball, and more effort in pressing the opposition.

If Pulisic is not on form and beating players (hard to say when he decides to turn up) then we gain little else.

To me, Broja is the one who really needs a crack at starting the game. Pulisics little cameos have looked unimpressive so far.

Plus, he seems like a really disgruntled player at the moment. It should have been him instead of Odoi going out on loan.

One point here, who actually looks happy playing for us at the moment? 😂

And i sincerely ask that question. We look like such a train wreck. The players look gutted. So many want to leave, despite many already leaving. It's such a shame how far we have fallen.

[Mário César 993]

if we don't win this game...

we are in the middl of the table! 

[Vesper 28,993]

14 hours ago, blahblahblah said:

One point here, who actually looks happy playing for us at the moment?

CuCu

RLC

Fofana (soon)

Sterling

 

[Reddish-Blue 2,354]

On 01/09/2022 at 16:34, Blue Armour said:

Upside to me is better movement off the ball, and more effort in pressing the opposition.

If Pulisic is not on form and beating players (hard to say when he decides to turn up) then we gain little else.

To me, Broja is the one who really needs a crack at starting the game. Pulisics little cameos have looked unimpressive so far.

Plus, he seems like a really disgruntled player at the moment. It should have been him instead of Odoi going out on loan.

I think both Pulisic and CHO should have been allowed to leave the club.   Better than watching Pulisic play as a wingback for no reason.  Either play him up top behind the striker or don't play him at all.
Does Tuchel not have a Plan B for when our wingbacks are unavailable?   Surely if he's adamant on playing the 1 system, we should have signed a decent backup RWB for Reece rather than relying on the veteran body of Azpi (who has lost a step in pace) to keep up with the opposition's left flank players. 

Same thing can be said about Gallagher, like what a waste of his offensive talents by making him play in a pivot...a position that he hasn't played much in his career to date (think West Brom tried him there a few times but they realized he offered so much more further up the pitch).