Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa

[robsblubot 3,595]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

I do not see him as a winger at all atm, but perhaps he changes my mind

maybe we can call him a potential LMF/Inside Left

heh I liked what I saw of him in the wing, but yeah let's see. I just like wingers who can play in tight spaces esp at big clubs and he seemed to be able to do that. There is the injury now, so that's an unwanted variable in the mix.
19yo, esp the ones playing with the senior team in a strong league for the first time are literally finding themselves as footballers. They will find where they are most effective, or (the good) managers will help them find that.

Would be a nice stat to dig up, but I suspect a lot of these young players don't really stick to the same position they played in the youth team. I think switching positions is quite common, and I've seen extreme cases too: like a youth CB turning striker or the other way around.

Granted at 19yo they already have a better idea about where they like to play, but often physical development itself dictates position change; e.g. loss of pace or acceleration, gain of mass, etc.

[Thor 2,745]

I'd like to see the following:

                                                    GK

Gusto -------- Disasi ----------------- Colwill ---------- Maasten 

                           Caceido ----------------- Enzo

                                               Conor

Sterling----------------   Jackson -------------------- Mudryk

 

 

I really think Mudryk needs someone to link up with on the left hand side and someone who will drive forward. He was pretty stranded with Levi not pushing until later in the game. Enzo not so far forward if we are playing Conor. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,384]

Mate if we drop points here when Villa play midweek then I've seen enough, especially if its the same shit performance when we have 7 fucking days to prepare. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,823]

I will not expect winning, until I see winning. I am not trying to be pessimistic, but this squad really needs to show me they can win, before I expect it.

[MoroccanBlue 5,384]

52 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I will not expect winning, until I see winning. I am not trying to be pessimistic, but this squad really needs to show me they can win, before I expect it.

It's funny seeing the reactions of some players when the fans have the audacity to boo their horrid performances. 

[Blue Armour 4,461]

8 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

It's funny seeing the reactions of some players when the fans have the audacity to boo their horrid performances. 

Tbh, these players are mostly kids. Of course they can't handle it well. Hopefully Poch will tell them to just get on with it.

[YorkshireBlue 3,298]

Kinda makes me laugh that the players don't know the player properly in Thier every direction, sterling for example doesn't know the player behind gusto the player to his left Jackson, or Caicedo, same with Jackson, with sterling mudryk Conner or Enzo behind, they don't know each others game, takes ages to figure out and yet!! We are expected to play free flowing attacking football. 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

[xPetrCechx 13,578]

Can we score?

[Blue Armour 4,461]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12535507/Chelseas-injury-issues-uncovered-Trevoh-Chalobahs-personal-trainer-reason-leaked-messages-deleted.html

Chelsea star Trevoh Chalobah's personal trainer reveals the 'absolute MESS' he says is causing their injury crisis with Mauricio Pochettino left to work with a threadbare squad

 

[robsblubot 3,595]

"the players have been loading muscle time" because of their age and build. They need to bulk up in order to play in the PL.
Since they *also* need to play, we have issues.

[milka 3,395]

At the moment, only authority saves Pochettino   from more serious criticism.
If we don't improve our game and our results soon , the fans will turn against him right here, if we don't win.
It is clear that there are many injuries, but the coach must show flexibility with what he has and come up with a  different way from what we offer in the first 5 matches. 1 win out of 5 games against Luton who will hardly have many points this season is not  serious .

And this was considered an easy program .

 

Edited September 20, 2023 by milka

[Blue Armour 4,461]

 

[dimmas 131]

Just want to see, finally poch drop 3 at the back, and put actual LB on the left.

 

Changing to 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 or any other tweak in our formation doesn't guarantee immediate improvement,

but by keep insisting colwill to play as our leftback, make our left side poorly in supporting attack and make enzo playing like isolated player in advanced position, just asking for the same problem from the last match.

[Strike 7,528]

52 minutes ago, dimmas said:

Just want to see, finally poch drop 3 at the back, and put actual LB on the left.

 

Changing to 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 or any other tweak in our formation doesn't guarantee immediate improvement,

but by keep insisting colwill to play as our leftback, make our left side poorly in supporting attack and make enzo playing like isolated player in advanced position, just asking for the same problem from the last match.

This. Play Chilly at LB. We have the DMs to cover the space left behind by Gusto/Chilly going forward. Would help the area of the pitch we need to improve - the attack. At the moment there is no plan once we reach the attacking areas

[OneMoSalah 8,888]

I still don’t get Poch’s comments saying about the full backs being high and confusing the attacking players. At Southampton and Spurs these were huge parts of his team. 

[Thor 2,745]

28 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

I still don’t get Poch’s comments saying about the full backs being high and confusing the attacking players. At Southampton and Spurs these were huge parts of his team. 

Get Maatsen and Mudryk together on the left. Let them create. 

[robsblubot 3,595]

36 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

I still don’t get Poch’s comments saying about the full backs being high and confusing the attacking players. At Southampton and Spurs these were huge parts of his team. 

Mudryk is perma-confused chasing the ball after his poor first touch.

Maatsen is a great idea... let's get another aspiring footballer to play against professional footballers...what can go wrong? even better another 21yo fucking nobody who refuses to sign a contract.

[OneMoSalah 8,888]

33 minutes ago, Thor said:

Get Maatsen and Mudryk together on the left. Let them create. 

Couldn’t think of anything worse than Mudryk starting regularly. 

[robsblubot 3,595]

4 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Couldn’t think of anything worse than Mudryk starting regularly. 

boy we've been sooooo patient with him... we all see the bad touches don't we? it's not like he can hide it. And yet we just hope he will turn a corner at some point.

 

 

Edited September 21, 2023 by robsblubot

[Thor 2,745]

51 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Couldn’t think of anything worse than Mudryk starting regularly. 

He has no continuity and game sense due to not playing. 

Let him play through it. There is a player there. Lets be honest, he should have had two assists on the weekend, if not for our terrible finishing. There is plenty bad bits to his game, but I think they dissipate with more consistent play time.