Chelsea 4-0 Preston

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

2 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Yeah World Cup winning midfield player has a great second 45 minutes after looking very very average for the first 45. Against a side in the lower end of the championship. Sure lets make a post and call him a midfield maestro…. bit embarrassing. If you can’t do it against teams at that level when you’ve been a starting member of a World Cup winning squad, then I don’t know. Needs to play how he did second half against good teams and regularly. Thats the challenge for him. 

Scoreline definitely flattered us, took us nearly the best part of an hour to get going fully. Cole or Enzo scoring earlier first half maybe would of changed the dynamics but still, that 11 minute spell deflated them as well as the fact they tired and we stepped up after another pretty poor first half. Far too many moments where you still think, how the fuck are we going to break down much better teams. 

Felt that Gusto was very good the whole game. The young lad from the academy looked pretty comfortable too, didn’t look out of place.

Mudryk pretty much missing again throughout although he assisted Broja. This is the sort of game you thought if he had any real quality he would have shown it. The stage was set. Not just him I expected more from many of them in the first half but particularly Mudryk, I am looking for him to show us something of real quality. I don’t see it. Nearing 40 games for the club now and he looks like he will never arrive at anything more than a middle of the road player. Not having this he has improved his overall game because he can do a one two or track his opposition player when they have the ball like somebody suggested.  If he hasn’t shown any large improvement by the summer, cut out losses, he simply has to go.

Edited January 6, 2024 by OneMoSalah

[cosmicway 1,333]

4-0 against the schoolchildren.

[Norfolkblue1961 56]

Pretty drab viewing, especially the 1st half until we came alive in that 15 minute spell during the 2nd. I had the misfortune to watch it on BBC Red Button, and had to endure the God-awful commentary of Jonathan Pearce. I swear that bloke has dementia, drifting off into monologues about the 1960s, it reminded me of "Ron Manager" from the Fast Show

[Fulham Broadway 17,319]

1 hour ago, Norfolkblue1961 said:

Pretty drab viewing, especially the 1st half until we came alive in that 15 minute spell during the 2nd. I had the misfortune to watch it on BBC Red Button, and had to endure the God-awful commentary of Jonathan Pearce. I swear that bloke has dementia, drifting off into monologues about the 1960s, it reminded me of "Ron Manager" from the Fast Show

When he was banging on about who had the hooter and football rattles 🙃 Also in the FA Cup ITV and BBC commentators always want the 'underdog' to prevail

[bluesman2610 1,417]

Yesterday’s 4th goal is more of what I’d like to see vs teams who park the bus against us. Yes there was a fortunate touch that had the ball bounce to Enzo but the stuff prior to that is how you break down a team. It’s what you see from Man City when they play against teams like that.

[DDA 9,941]

3 hours ago, Norfolkblue1961 said:

Pretty drab viewing, especially the 1st half until we came alive in that 15 minute spell during the 2nd. I had the misfortune to watch it on BBC Red Button, and had to endure the God-awful commentary of Jonathan Pearce. I swear that bloke has dementia, drifting off into monologues about the 1960s, it reminded me of "Ron Manager" from the Fast Show

Funny you say that because I actually felt like his commentary was a breath of fresh air... with his random ramblings about his connection with certain players ect. Made the first half more interesting. 

[DDA 9,941]

2 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

When he was banging on about who had the hooter and football rattles 🙃 Also in the FA Cup ITV and BBC commentators always want the 'underdog' to prevail

He was very Chelsea bias I thought... he knew alot about our current situation and player roster.

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