Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea

[robsblubot 3,595]

I think I know what's going on with Pulisic (aside from the petulant attitude) and it's a common tale with pacey attackers: he lost quite a bit of pace (recurring injuries take a toll) and he relied a lot on his ability to outpace the opposition.

It's a dangerous moment for him. Either he will adjust his game (if he has the quality for that) and adapt to his new physical condition or he will need to drop down a tier... it's looking more like the latter unfortunately.

Edited November 13, 2022 by robsblubot

[Da Herbsman 21]

I shouldn't be saying this so early in his reign, but I am worried about G Potter. From what I've seen so far, he is missing the fundamental things. Our players look even less fit than under Tuchel. They are slow, and play without hunger for victory. 

I am not one of those who think Tuchel should not have been sacked. Any manager who spends £350m and end up with a team like the one we have now should be sacked for that alone. 

 

 

[milka 3,390]

Pathetic useless team . 

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

41 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Kovacic is a class MFer. He needs help though.

No thanks. Too brain dead in the final third. 
Yet another performance where you can pick and choose him failing to deliver a final ball. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

45 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

So, far Boehly looks completely out of his depth.

I’ll agree if they decide to sack Potter. 

[Vesper 30,119]

4 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

No thanks. Too brain dead in the final third. 
Yet another performance where you can pick and choose him failing to deliver a final ball. 

he had a bad game

I'm not going to toss a superb player under the bus based off that

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

Just now, Vesper said:

he had a bad game

I'm not going to toss a superb player under the bus based off that

Not just one bad game though is it. 
 

Injury prone and doesn’t offer anything in defence or attack. Simply in the team to retain the ball and people wonder why we are so inconsistent. He’s just one of the many problems in this team. 

[lucio 5,418]

2 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Not just one bad game though is it. 
 

Injury prone and doesn’t offer anything in defence or attack. Simply in the team to retain the ball and people wonder why we are so inconsistent. He’s just one of the many problems in this team. 

You’d soon miss him if he wasn’t there. He would be class in a proper set up 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

I have been a Chelsea fan for almost 20 years and never seen us this poor. Not under Sarri, nor lamps nor that dreadful mate 2010 under Carlo. The team is in complete disarray, no leadership or direction. I have no idea what Potter is going for or where it went wrong after those decent Milan other than losing RJ but that Brighton game completely knocked us out. Yeah poor signings and overall not a vintage squad, somewhat inexperienced manager at this level but we won trophies with similar groups and now we are ona. Losing streak vs mediocre teams. Results can go against you but our performances have been atrocious as well. I don’t buy improvements vs city and shit like this we looked better bc they let us. I don’t think there is just one reason, crying potter out or sack all the players won’t help. I just hope we figure out how to play football without our best player at some point . Anyway I am done with football for the year 

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

1 minute ago, lucio said:

You’d soon miss him if he wasn’t there. He would be class in a proper set up 

Is keep him as a back up. 
 

Been evident for years our midfield needs massive surgery. 

[Vesper 30,119]

4 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Not just one bad game though is it. 
 

Injury prone and doesn’t offer anything in defence or attack. Simply in the team to retain the ball and people wonder why we are so inconsistent. He’s just one of the many problems in this team. 

disagree

we have a massive number of problems before we get to him

[Laylabelle 9,534]

16 behind Arsenal at the top and 8 from 4th going into the break...

I cant see us getting top 4 unless something drastic happens after the break such as picking up points...

[Thor 2,693]

Time. Time. Time. 

Can we give it some? 

Look at Brighton and what they do. They are the only team to have more possession than City this season and they play beautiful football. It didn't happen overnight. 

Building a brand of football that gives you a higher propensity to win games is not going to happen quickly, otherwise every team would do it. I personally don't want to go back to the days of Mou where we had a decent team, but played defensively, won games against the other big teams, and we acted like top shit.

Give Potter some time to make the changes, scope the team out and work his thought process and tactics in. We weren't doing anything this season regardless. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,495]

41 minutes ago, Thor said:

Time. Time. Time. 

Can we give it some? 

Look at Brighton and what they do. They are the only team to have more possession than City this season and they play beautiful football. It didn't happen overnight. 

Building a brand of football that gives you a higher propensity to win games is not going to happen quickly, otherwise every team would do it. I personally don't want to go back to the days of Mou where we had a decent team, but played defensively, won games against the other big teams, and we acted like top shit.

Give Potter some time to make the changes, scope the team out and work his thought process and tactics in. We weren't doing anything this season regardless. 

Not just time, half the team needs to be sold off to get any improvement in performances. 

This is what happens when you buy players that don't fit every tactical system, it leads to performances like these as the players only know how to play their preferred style, their preferred role on the pitch and when they are asked to adapt, they fail miserably (Sterling, Ziyech, Pulisic, Havertz....so much attacking talent but we can't score a single goal)

Time to pull the band aid off and rebuild, starting with our non existent midfield.  If Jorginho/Kante get amazing offers elsewhere, we should let them go as they'll only get worse in the coming seasons. 

[Blue Armour 4,436]

3 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

I have been a Chelsea fan for almost 20 years and never seen us this poor. Not under Sarri, nor lamps nor that dreadful mate 2010 under Carlo. The team is in complete disarray, no leadership or direction. I have no idea what Potter is going for or where it went wrong after those decent Milan other than losing RJ but that Brighton game completely knocked us out. Yeah poor signings and overall not a vintage squad, somewhat inexperienced manager at this level but we won trophies with similar groups and now we are ona. Losing streak vs mediocre teams. Results can go against you but our performances have been atrocious as well. I don’t buy improvements vs city and shit like this we looked better bc they let us. I don’t think there is just one reason, crying potter out or sack all the players won’t help. I just hope we figure out how to play football without our best player at some point . Anyway I am done with football for the year 

I'd argue that Lampard's and Conte's second seasons were worse, but this is right down there at the moment.

At least in terms of results. 

4 back to back defeats and no wins in 5 deserves scrutiny, because that's relegation form.