Chelsea 0-2 Man City

[Johnnyeye 7,441]

Just now, Vesper said:

that was only our 2nd loss in the last 22 home games

lets see how this group responds to this loss

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

8 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

I hate when Palmer plays like that where he tries to do too much

Todd going to hit him with the:


In the post game team talk he apparently gives.

[Vesper 28,830]

7 minutes ago, DDA said:

Bored to death of Citys football. Cant wait for Pep to fuck off. His teams are beyond boring to watch. At least Klopps teams played banging football.

IF Arse land a monster CF I am going with them over Citeh perhaps

have not decided yet

[Astleyfox 3]

Trust the process lads!

[Vesper 28,830]

Just now, Astleyfox said:

Trust the process lads!

there is no process as long as we do not sort GK, CB, and CF

[cfccrost 22]

The Cb's looked okay today, whats shocking

Edited August 18 by cfccrost

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

Sanchez and Jackson are going to cost us 20-25 points between them this season if they start every week. I’ll say it now.

 

Edited August 18 by OneMoSalah

[Vesper 28,830]

unless Filip Jørgensen is far better than I think he is ATM (he is only 22) then we are in real trouble

Sanchez is fucking dire

insanely poor buy, especially for £25m when last season Mamar was around the same price

[Pizy 18,368]

We just have to understand as a fanbase that we are still nowhere near City or Arse’s level yet. And I hope nobody thought we would be.

But also, I’m encouraged by a lot of what I saw. Caicedo was excellent until that error on the goal, Lavia was the best midfielder on the pitch, the CB pairing today was relatively comfortable for the most part and not a shitshow like most expected. Neto I think will cook against most opponents with his directness. Cole was quiet but has barely trained with the team so he’ll get better and better.

I think we’ll be just fine once the games start coming and we build confidence. 

Something that is also clear is that Jackson is still ultra frustrating. He gets into such good positions but always fluffs his lines. I was just saying the other day that we shouldn’t panic and sign someone but perhaps we should just for insurance in case Nico misses loads of chances again like last season.

[Vesper 28,830]

4 minutes ago, cfccrost said:

The Cb's looked okay today, whats shocking

Colwill did not have a great game

Fofana had to bail him out too much (which is scary)

[Mário César 975]

same old shit

maresca killed the game with the subs

[IMissEden 20]

Just now, Vesper said:

Colwill did not have a great game

Fofana had to bail him out too much (which is scary)

He’s had more bad than good games, and I pined to him personally to not leave when he was out on loan. It’s clearly a mentality thing. The concentration and drive aren’t there. I think he feels resigned to the fact he was about to come back to xyz, but instead has really come into a fray of bullshit. It’s real easy to down tools under this board. 

[Vesper 28,830]

Citeh are a different team without Rodri

I have to remind myself he did not play

[robsblubot 3,504]

CBs were decent. Fofa a was a bit all over the place and was ball watching in the first.

gusto had a poor game as did caicedo—need a bit more than huffs and puffs at this level.

Cole should get used to the new normal: he’s a known star and tight marking will be always ther.

honestly Cuccu and Lavia were the only outstanding performers for me.

and yes, frustrating to see Sanchez in goal once again.

Edited August 18 by robsblubot

[Pizy 18,368]

3 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

CBs were decent. Fofa a was a bit all over the place and was ball watching in the first.

gusto had a poor game as did caicedo—need a bit more than huffs and puffs at this level.

Cole should get used to the new normal: he’s a known star and tight marking will be always ther.

honestly Cuccu and Lavia were the only outstanding performers for me.

You thought Caicedo was poor? I thought he was very solid up until the second goal. Quite a few important tackles/interceptions and looked comfortable moving the ball forward. Nothing like what he looked like when he first joined during that very poor spell he had.

Gusto I agree with, though. That was pretty damned concerning from a defensive POV. Doku blasted past him repeatedly as if he wasn’t there. And Gusto has plenty of pace himself.

[bluesman2610 1,341]

Just now, Pizy said:

You thought Caicedo was poor? I thought he was very solid up until the second goal. Quite a few important tackles/interceptions and looked comfortable moving the ball forward. Nothing like what he looked like when he first joined during that very poor spell he had.

Gusto I agree with, though. That was pretty damned concerning from a defensive POV. Doku blasted past him repeatedly as if he wasn’t there. And Gusto has plenty of pace himself.

Anytime Pep put Doku on the left against Gusto he gives him problems as soon as the switch happens

[The Rising Sun 710]

We're looking pretty good for the season ahead.

I hoped we would've had a bit more intense performance but city were in cruise control during periods of the game. (They've won it 4 times in a row so losing to them is not unprecedented. It's about how we perform vs other teams)

We had many many super periods too but didn't take any of the chances/half chances.

It annoyed me that many times we were in on the flanks but didn't put balls in. 

The only time we did, Neto almost scored.

We'll be fine guys.

Don't worry.

 

 

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

Just now, The Rising Sun said:

We're looking pretty good for the season ahead.

I hoped we would've had a bit more intense performance but city were in cruise control during periods of the game. (They've won it 4 times in a row so losing to them is not unprecedented. It's about how we perform vs other teams)

We had many many super periods too but didn't take any of the chances/half chances.

It annoyed me that many times we were in on the flanks but didn't put balls in. 

The only time we did, Neto almost scored.

We'll be fine guys.

Don't worry.

 

 

I tend to agree, for me Enzo and Jackson were by far the 2 worst players out there today, IF and it's a big if, we did get Felix and VO a majority of the shit we saw today wouldn't have happened.