Chelsea 0-1 Nottm Forest

[lucio 5,418]

7 hours ago, Gundalf said:

Its not really a 4 at the back tho, but rather Colwill being LB and Chilwell being the left winger. 

thats even worse

[Mhsc 1,094]

9 hours ago, Gundalf said:

Its not really a 4 at the back tho, but rather Colwill being LB and Chilwell being the left winger. 

Exactly, our defensive shape is 4-2-3-1 but we are attacking with 3 ATB which is the same thing we did for all of preseason too and the same as lots of top teams play (the 3-2-5 type setup). It is just the personnel in the system that is different to what we were seeing before and we don't look anywhere near as fluid or dangerous without Nkunku and with the introduction of Chilwell in this advanced role, he's good at some things but he's also fundamentally quite a limited player and it stifles us sometimes.

Colwill makes sense as a LB in these tactics tbh, as Poch is only asking one fullback (the RB at the mo) to really push forward, and if you want to pick a player who can defend 1v1s in the 4-2-3-1 shape but also help us build out from the back in the 3-2-5 then honestly Colwill is way better than Chilwell for that, as it really isn't a role for bombing down the wing in support like Chilly would excel at.

I do not think that Lavia coming back or any players coming back will change the 4-2-3-1 / 3-2-5 setup we have, this is literally Poch's system and he's going to stick by it & his principles and try to bring the players to a good level in it IMO. I actually do not know how he will play Enzo, Caicedo and Lavia together but my guess is that it will be by one of them playing somewhere we consider quite strange, like perhaps Caicedo playing a bit further forward like Kante did and being a pressing machine and winning the ball high up for us (e.g. the right side of the 4-2-3-1)

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Match before international break, super nervous, must win. Anything other than 3 pts is going to ruin my next fortnight. 

[Pizy 18,877]

Back 3 with Chilly on the wing again….🤦‍♂️

[Thor 2,693]

Does Palmer make an appearance tonight? 

 

Also is Mudryk healthy? 

[milka 3,390]

5 defenders here we go 

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

Nothing screams I don’t trust my squad then putting 5 defenders at home against a bottom half side

[lucio 5,418]

fuck off with this shite formation and lineup

[Mhsc 1,094]

Deivid Washington straight onto the bench along with 2 GKs. Heh.

I would have swapped Chilly for Palmer, Mudryk or even Maatsen but otherwise pretty much the lineup you would expect. I guess though to be fair to Poch he stuck by Sterling when most of us didn't want him to and then he hit some form so...

[ZAPHOD2319 4,803]

 

[YorkshireBlue 3,268]

1 minute ago, lucio said:

fuck off with this shite formation and lineup

Aslong as we win I really couldn't give a fuck ATM, this isn't our "starting 11" when all fit, so for me winning is the priority 

[Alabama 1,992]

With all the attacking options talents potentials all Pochettino can do is another 5 defenders nonsense...

[lucio 5,418]

Just now, YorkshireBlue said:

Aslong as we win I really couldn't give a fuck ATM, this isn't our "starting 11" when all fit, so for me winning is the priority 

agreed

[Gundalf 805]

Sterling does well on the right side and Mudryk has been shit, so we have no other left winger. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,268]

2 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

Sterling does well on the right side and Mudryk has been shit, so we have no other left winger. 

Palmer can play LW