Chelsea 0-0 Fulham

[Vesper 28,729]

On 01/02/2023 at 18:32, OhForAGreavsie said:

Those Vikings got everywhere!

"Teach Him How To Hate The Christian Gods As You Hate The Christian Gods."

 

Edited February 3, 2023 by Vesper

[NikkiCFC 7,929]

15 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

Yep, it looked like that. 505

[NikkiCFC 7,929]

At least all new guys look good. 

Badiashile 3 games 3 clean sheets 

Felix impressed on debut before red 

Mudryk also impressed at Anfield. Won't judge him today, he was sick. 

Enzo also very good today especially considering he played alone in MF. 

Even Madueke looked lively. 

[erinblue 15]

1 hour ago, cosmicway said:

Kai and Mount are the frauds.
The other three you mention just can't do any better.
James was also very bad, Chilwell a sad spectacle for the last ten minutes he played and also Azpi is not up to it anymore. He is abused by being asked to play.
That leaves 1/2 team on the pitch and Mudryk was out of his depth today.

Spot on...

 

[Superblue 6,370]

Cohesion in midfield and attack clearly wasn't there tonight. We looked like an international side with about 6 debutants to be honest.

Having said that, I do like to try and find positives and building blocks out of games and it is now 3 clean sheets in a row and defensively we're looking solid with the two centre backs. Mitrovic barely got a touch tonight. Silva has now just come to be expected to drop 8 or 9/10 performances every game now, but Badiashile looks a really good signing who should only continue to improve with age and experience. 

I thought Enzo was very good considering he's been ultimately thrown in at the deep end tonight with next to no training. Tonight could easily have seen him put in a deer in the headlights performance like Saul did on his debut, which would have people ridiculing immediately but he looked assured, confident, incredibly comfortable and in typical Argentinean style, isn't afraid to put his foot in. The biggest issue tonight was he isn't a holding midfielder. He can play there if needs must like tonight but he's already been pigeon holed into that type by the media over here who as usual are clueless. He was crying out for a midfield partner tonight - someone who at times would allow him to push forward from deep and make things happen. You'd like to think Mount or particularly Gallagher at times would spot that and just sit in that transition to let him push up but it never happened. Hopefully Kova is back next week and Zakaria isn't too far away as I think that suddenly will give us a different look.

Offense was disappointing. I'm not sure why Mount and Gallagher pushed so high up regularly as it not only left such big gaps but Mount in particular was eating up any space you'd have liked Mudryk to take up, leaving him completely starved in that first half. Also by both looking to sit in the half spaces between the wide men and Havertz there was no one centrally to drop in the hole and create. I know Gallagher is pretty limited technically so needs to go ball hunting to get the best out of him but today he really needed to show a disciplined side to his game which wasn't there to play a bit more conservative and deeper and Mount needed to operate centrally. I think if Kova and Felix are back next week to take those two spots you start seeing a bit more of a cohesive and creative attack in our game to be honest.

Having said all this and from an attacking perspective we were disappointing, we came up against an incredibly dogged and organised team who have kept games close with all of the big teams this season, and despite the lack of chemistry in our game we created three very good chances in Havertz one across goal, hitting the post and Fofana in the second half off the line. Another day you score a couple of those and we're not really conceding at the moment and it looks a comfortable and good win. It's fine margins at a period where the side just needs a bit of confidence and a little run of luck and fortune to kick on a bit. It'll come but like everything, it'll need a bit of time and won't be an immediate and over night fix.

[DDA 9,689]

50 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

I've noticed this in soo many games....why the fukc do they stand soo high up....???  Are they told to do this or are they both completely braindead??

[NikkiCFC 7,929]

40 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

Btw I remember the same thing in the last month under Lampard. 

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2021/01/20/image-Chelsea-tactics-pic-suggests-lampard-could-be-at-fault/

If he is as him tactically inept we are in big trouble. 

[Bumtrubbler 6]

frustrating game to watch. 1st & obvious question is why haven't we bought an actual striker out of all that spending. 

my own answer would be they must have a target in mind for the summer who isn't available now?? 

i thought the new signings did fine & Enzo hardly put a foot wrong in his 1st look at the Premier league. 

bonus of the evening was Reese got 90 mins & didn't look under pressure & Chillwell got a run out. 

those 2 back fit would be our best 2 sightings of the season. 

yes we looked all over the place but the future is looking a lot better than a month ago.... come on you Blue! 

[Strike 7,214]

Should have registered badiashile for Europe. The drop off to Kouli is too big

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

5 minutes ago, Strike said:

Should have registered badiashile for Europe. The drop off to Kouli is too big

You are right. K2 is useless, no idea why we did not deregister him like we did with Ziyech.

But it's just 2 more games, so does not really matter

[NikkiCFC 7,929]

2 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

But it's just 2 more games, so does not really matter

Come on, even at current level Dortmund should not be a problem. 

[lucio 5,418]

Just now, NikkiCFC said:

Come on, even at current level Dortmund should not be a problem. 

Graham tin pot can't beat Fulham after spending a fortune. I can't forsee him beating Dortmund unless they are having an awful season too 

[DDA 9,689]

The push at the end was us attacking without Mount on the pitch.. .who would have thought it... we attack better without that brainless asshat on the pitch. 

[HEREIAM 83]

59 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

You are right. K2 is useless, no idea why we did not deregister him like we did with Ziyech.

But it's just 2 more games, so does not really matter

Ziyech is in the squad 

[HEREIAM 83]

I said a couple of days ago, Potter needed to drop Mount and the useless Havertz BUT he picked them again

[Mário César 972]

mount out 

gallegher out 

havertz out

we need sell them in the next sumer

maybe we can get 130M for the three

they are not good enough

[Bumtrubbler 6]

2 hours ago, lucio said:

Graham tin pot can't beat Fulham after spending a fortune. I can't forsee him beating Dortmund unless they are having an awful season too 

ffs half the team had never even met before. all the new signings looked promising. yes plenty of dead wood to shift but it's not all doom & gloom... yet.!, 

[lucio 5,418]

11 minutes ago, Bumtrubbler said:

ffs half the team had never even met before. all the new signings looked promising. yes plenty of dead wood to shift but it's not all doom & gloom... yet.!, 

Literally Only 1 debutant started.