15. Nicolas Jackson

[Magic Lamps 11,655]

His goal this season have been vital opening  ones and the two vs West ham where the exact kind of clinical one on one finishes he seemed incapable of last season. Clear progress there 

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

4 hours ago, King Kante said:

I don't get people who don't rate Nico. 

He looked so exciting player in first pre season. During the first season his finishing let us down many, many times and people were upset. Now this season he is doing much better and I don't see any criticism. 

[King Kante 1,481]

10 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

He looked so exciting player in first pre season. During the first season his finishing let us down many, many times and people were upset. Now this season he is doing much better and I don't see any criticism. 

I understand the frustration he can cause. However, with such a young CF people need to also take into context the development they show. I have said it elsewhere but his development in the past calender year has been impressive and is perhaps the most improved player in Europe during that time period. 

People need to get over looking and stats, memes and gifs to judge a player. Equally, pre-season performances also need to be taken into context in that they're essentially training sessions. 

For me, Nico is still not the finished article, but he definitely looks headed in the right direction. Let's hope he keeps it up. 

[Fulham Broadway 16,855]

Retrospective ban most likely incoming after giving Morato a slap

[Vesper 28,832]

16 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Retrospective ban most likely incoming after giving Morato a slap

I was going to post on that earler but got busy with my work

he probably gets a 3 to 5 games ban

which super fucks us

[Fulham Broadway 16,855]

45 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I was going to post on that earler but got busy with my work

he probably gets a 3 to 5 games ban

which super fucks us

You can take the boy out of Senegal but not the Senegal out of the boy...anyway glad he did. proper Chels  .we were singing the old Chelsea agro song😁

[Blue Armour 4,289]

Football London claiming that this was reviewed by VAR and it was deemed not violent enough to constitute a red card.

Hope that's that.

Edited October 7 by Blue Armour

[Fulham Broadway 16,855]

59 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Football London claiming that this was reviewed by VAR and it was deemed not violent enough to constitute a red card.

Hope that's that.

Think youre right. Theyve given us a collective 50k fine

[ZAPHOD2319 4,479]

FA confirms no punishment for the slap.

 

[King Kante 1,481]

Yet another opening goal. Starting to use his power and strength to bully players, while his technique is still improving. Starting to become indispensable. Hope that the club don't decide to start playing Championship Manager and buy another CF (especially VO of all people) to block his progression. Nkunku can currently cover for him in a pinch. 

[Magic Lamps 11,655]

That opener was again a new kind of goal he did not have in his locker previously. Finally his tenacity and workrate, which he always had, directly resulted in an emphatic finish. Granted, faes is a liability of a defender (massive downgrade from Fofana which is saying something) who will often give you these openings whenever he is not busy scoring owngoals, but Nic was sharp enough to exploit it. Neat finish on top of this. When you look at Drogbas first two seasons in PL there were quite a few bizarre misses but also so many situations where his mere presence, technique and physicality created chaos in the opposition defence. Previously, I saw more of kalou in Jackson with his lanky awkwardness but the type of goals he has scored this season mark a clear upward trajectory into the lead-the-line CF role. 
Sure, Nkunku is the better finisher and technician but unless he becomes the juggernaut of his peak Leipzig season again, I don’t see him replacing Jackson as cornerstone of our offensive play. 

[robsblubot 3,504]

That little lob over the leg of the defender just before that sweet finish was 🤩