Vegetable 830 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 So, who's got Diego Costa's number? Apparently he is the last, bar Hazard, Chelsea fella who knew how to find a way to back of the net, so maybe we could ask him to reveal this ancient dwarf secret to younger generations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Kepa and Cucu fell asleep. If teams could score goals like that all the matches would and 6-6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura90 556 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: All games for the rest of the season are just to implement for next season and to try youths. Except CL of course. Other games I will watch very relaxing just like I did tonight. You wont see youth much in those games because we are not safe. Maybe after 35. round. Edited January 5, 2023 by laura90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Just now, laura90 said: You wont see youth much in those games because we are not safe. Maybe after 35 round. Seems silly not to. We're not getting 4th so don't have to worry about that. Might as well try something else bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 31 minutes ago, Vytis33 said: 6pts from our last 8 games. And only one win from our last 8... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Laylabelle said: Seems silly not to. We're not getting 4th so don't have to worry about that. Might as well try something else If we will finish below 6, TB will be questioned by fans hard. If we go below 10, there's a riot and no amount of PR bs about Potter's "vision and ambition" helps this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 14 minutes ago, robsblubot said: I think this is the one big disagreement I have with you. I think Azpi is a tremendous backup esp because he can cover CB in a 3-at-the-back. He'd go back up to another big club for sure if he were to leave, imo. The problem is that currently he's a de facto starter given James' injury proneness of late (ever?). That makes it difficult and then we may need a second starter as oppose to a backup, which again I think Azpi is great for. I guess maybe I agree with you that Azpi may not be a proper option on the right, but perhaps more because of circumstances. It's hard to convince a top RB to come be a backup for James when he's fit. indeed we do disagree Reece is not a 'play every minute in every game' type and Azpi is a black hole, attack-wise at RB, has been for ages Dumfries is the only one who would have game time issues of all the ones I have tossed out Mæhle can play both fullback positions and would so come here Atalanta have FOUR right backs Joakim Mæhle Hans Hateboer Brandon Soppy Davide Zappacosta Jeremie Frimpong can also play winger and wide MFer, and has crazy pace Vanderson has a big upside Malo Gusto 19yo, 20 in May, has a large upside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,615 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 33 minutes ago, Vegetable said: I think we should focus on quickly finding viable method of freezing Thiago and only unfreezing him for the games, otherwise we may be toasted on many levels. i was thinking the same. play him as little as possible if we want him to perform next season too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, Vegetable said: If we will finish below 6, TB will be questioned by fans hard. If we go below 10, there's a riot and no amount of PR bs about Potter's "vision and ambition" helps this. Just helps atm Liverpool are patchy because we could be far below 6th. Can see more 7th/8th. Not 10th that be too much esp if end up 10th and nothing else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,445 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 This guy received only bashing while he was here, but he was creating chances one after another with his movement. It's no wonder we went from 4th with 73 big chances to 14th with 20 chances, absolute joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, Vesper said: indeed we do disagree Reece is not a 'play every minute in every game' type and Azpi is a black hole, attack-wise at RB, has been for ages Dumfries is the only one who would have game time issues of all the ones I have tossed out Mæhle can play both fullback positions and would so come here Atalanta have FOUR right backs Joakim Mæhle Hans Hateboer Brandon Soppy Davide Zappacosta Jeremie Frimpong can also play winger and wide MFer, and has crazy pace Vanderson has a big upside Malo Gusto 19yo, 20 in May, has a large upside Frimpong would fit us nicely, as would Maehle and Dumfries. Also a new right back would not come as RJ back up. With how injury prone RJ is, the new guy would probably be our starter most games and worst case share minutes equally. Btw Malo Gusto - bad taste? what a crazy name 😄 Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Surprised at the reaction on here tonight, although on reflection maybe I'm not. This forum, social media, etc is so negative at present it becomes a grind just to bother trying to interact and have constructive discussions about the club. We've lost 2 attackers to injury in the first 15 minutes today, to now bring it to an even 10 players out. It's not just a couple of squad players out, we've got 6 or 7 players injured who'd be locks to start in our strongest set up, and it's getting stretched every passing week. When Liverpool had injury problems 2 years ago they were in a similar position to us now and just about built momentum when players returned late in the season to save a top 4 spot. When City struggled to keep key players fit they finished about 20 points off Liverpool the one season. I think a bit of context is needed when considering just how depleted we are across the pitch at the moment. Could have easily folded tonight but I thought we played well up to the penalty area. Kovacic and Zakaria both were excellent not just individually but looked like they complemented each other very well and it made a difference having their legs together in the middle compared to Jorginho. But thought the football was pretty pleasing on the eye in phases, being brave from the back and midfield to play out of City's press and it opened them up at times. We just lack a cutting edge - it doesn't help when we have a few attacking options out injured and our two full backs, but it does probably run deeper than that and longer term we need a couple of additions in those areas to create and finish chances in the final third. To be honest watching us tonight, we looked a lot more like Potter's Brighton - trying to gain control of the game and playing comfortably on the ball but lacking a killer instinct in attack. I personally though come out of tonight's game more pleased with the performance despite the loss, than I do the draw against Forest for example where we were awful. City was always going to be a struggle and will be again at the weekend, the key will be can we play a bit more positive like this against Fulham and Palace because we'll find it easier to open teams like that up and hopefully offer a greater goal threat than we did tonight. Ankit_Sircar, dimmas, Tomo and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: Frimpong would fit us nicely, as would Maehle and Dumfries. Also a new right back would not come as RJ back up. With how injury prone RJ is, the new guy would probably be our starter most games and worst case share minutes equally. Btw Malo Gusto - bad taste? what a crazy name 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 14 minutes ago, Vesper said: indeed we do disagree Reece is not a 'play every minute in every game' type and Azpi is a black hole, attack-wise at RB, has been for ages Dumfries is the only one who would have game time issues of all the ones I have tossed out Mæhle can play both fullback positions and would so come here Atalanta have FOUR right backs Joakim Mæhle Hans Hateboer Brandon Soppy Davide Zappacosta Jeremie Frimpong can also play winger and wide MFer, and has crazy pace Vanderson has a big upside Malo Gusto 19yo, 20 in May, has a large upside Fair enough I just said it's not easy to convince top players (at this level nothing less works) to come and be a potential sub. I agree Azpi is poor going forward, but that's more about team setup than anything else. In a 3 at the back, he can fill in CB. Some teams who have strong wingers, like Brazil in the WC, play with defensive RBs (wish they had stayed in defense 😅). So, that's also more about team setup. To your point, it's hard to have Azpi as a back for James given that they are so different in characteristics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) I’m really not buying into the injury crisis notion. Bar James and Kante, our “starters” and depth options have been shit this season. Seemingly the young lads are the only ones looking to make a difference. Edited January 6, 2023 by MoroccanBlue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 3 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: All games for the rest of the season are just to implement for next season and to try youths. Except CL of course. Other games I will watch very relaxing just like I did tonight. Coming to the point where if I see Mount, Havertz, and Sterling in the team I just won’t watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,073 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 3 hours ago, nyikolajevics said: Hall and Hutch also promising. Hope to see them against some weeker sides. I feel they(especially Hall) should be subbed in in some games at 2-0/3-0 for 20-30 minutes to play without pressure. So virtually never then. manpe, Superblue, bigbluewillie and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Few positives to take from this - Zakaria and Kovacic did okay in midfield. I see many Chelsea centric folks praising them over the moon but I thought they were overwhelmed in the 2nd half. The kids and Connor ran about in the end. Put more pressure on the City backline than I've seen the seniors do in months. Blue Armour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 32 minutes ago, Strike said: Few positives to take from this - Zakaria and Kovacic did okay in midfield. I see many Chelsea centric folks praising them over the moon but I thought they were overwhelmed in the 2nd half. The kids and Connor ran about in the end. Put more pressure on the City backline than I've seen the seniors do in months. Agreed. I saw the replay, and I was just thinking what it would be if we had a quality midfielder to play in front of Kovacic and Zakaria. Today it was Havertz playing behind Aubemayang. Havertz is either incapable (or has not been instructed to play a direct pass through the middle), and Aubameyang is just washed up. No pace or interest. Cucurella is looking such a waste. Doesn't offer anything defensively, and I would gladly take Alonso over him for offensive ability. Not even going to talk about the injuries. I've accepted that we will lose 1-2 Chelsea players to injury every other week. Negatives out of the way, I was pleased with that first half performance. Shame that not even one of our attempts could sneak in., and rescued at least a draw. Strike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Zakaria brilliant, Kepas WTF where you doing? Played OK buy it's another loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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