Chelsea 0-2 Man City

[Pizy 18,992]

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 1,423]

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 711]

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 3,298]

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.

[lluubbeenn 183]

Osimhen wins us that game. Simple as that. 
 

Lavia, Fofana(considering when was his last game), Cucu were good.

Palmer, Neto, Nkunku, Colwill, Gusto were ok.

Sanchez, Enzo, Caicedo and Jackson below par.

City were average, but the early 1-0 helped them tons. We need at least 3 in a row after this one, if we are going to be comfortable top 4 team…

[Vesper 30,291]

1 minute ago, The Rising Sun said:

We'll be fine guys.

Don't worry.

[robsblubot 3,595]

5 minutes ago, 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.

Yeah I’m not a huge fan of Caicedos game in general, so I usually need a bit more from him. He was doing better by the end of last season tho.

honestly I’d rather see Lavia and Enzo there. Always go with the more skillful players until balance stops you heh.

Edited August 18, 2024 by robsblubot
My phone thinks Lavia means labia

[TheHulk 2,509]

Least there was no massive injury.

[Vesper 30,291]

Just now, lluubbeenn said:

Osimhen wins us that game. Simple as that. 

and Mamar

watch Pool buy him and be set at keeper for the next 8 to 10 years

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[Vesper 30,291]

lol

Joe Hart saying we would have drawn the game if we had started Sterling

moron

[Pizy 18,992]

As much as people want to hate on him, I thought Enzo instantly looked more comfortable when he moved back deeper. When he’s got space and isn’t being constantly pressured he’s good. 

I’ll say again, PLAY HIM DEEP! Not against top teams of course, but against 80% of the PL opponents we should be playing him deep and letting him run the game like we did Jorginho. 

[Vesper 30,291]

[Hamilton 2,120]

Only seen the highlights, but shouldn’t we have a penalty for handball 

[xPetrCechx 13,578]

We played against 50% power city at home.

We easily lost the game and barely challenged Ederson.

It looks like Chelsea playing under Poch or Potter or Lamaprd, nothing has changed.

If we will continue to play with Miss Jackson as out ST and with Enzo as our attacking midfielder, nothing will change.

[robsblubot 3,595]

15 minutes ago, Vesper said:

lol

Joe Hart saying we would have drawn the game if we had started Sterling

moron

I wonder if having a squad this deep does not make it easier to push players out; I mean to avoid litigation, for ex.

You can keep a group of players training separately simply for reasons of space in the facilities. Maybe I'm just looking for a silver lining. 🙂 

Edited August 18, 2024 by robsblubot

[robsblubot 3,595]

I still can't understand Jackson at all.

The good: in his ruled out goal, he was in a great position considering where the shot was coming from and City's D was slightly asleep letting him be. He comfortably gets to the ball after the rebound and applies a good finish.

The ugly: he's fucking OFFSIDE during the entirety of the play! It's not like the D moved at the right time which caused him to be offside; their D never moved and Jackson just lazily stayed offside the whole time. WTF?!

I can imagine Maresca wasn't too happy with that (as well as the weird second finish) given he replaced him with a 18yo who hardly touched the ball in 30min of play.

Edited August 18, 2024 by robsblubot

[mkh 624]

Enzo Maresca asked directly if he wants Raheem Sterling in his squad. 

"I want all 30 players but there is no space for all of them so some have to leave."

[The Rising Sun 711]

24 minutes ago, Vesper said:

14 points minimum, but hope for 16.

[Pizy 18,992]

14 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

I still can't understand Jackson at all.

The good: in his ruled out goal, he was in a great position considering where the shot was coming from and City D was slight asleep letting him be. He comfortably get to the ball after the rebound and applies a good finish.

The ugly: he's fucking OFFSIDE during the entirety of the play! It's not like the D moved at the right time which caused him to be offside; their D never moved and Jackson just lazily stayed offside. WTF?!

I can imagine Maresca wasn't too happy with that (as well as the weird second finish) given he replaced him with a 18yo who hardly touched the ball in 30min of play.

If he could finish reliably he’d be amongst the best strikers in Europe. He does almost everything you ask of a striker well except he isn’t clinical. 

So what he should be is our backup striker behind an Osimhen. He’ll still get lots of games and plenty of minutes but we won’t have to depend solely on him for goals.

He can be exactly for us what Julian Alvarez was for City behind Haaland. 

[robsblubot 3,595]

16 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

14 points minimum, but hope for 16.

It's hard to know how these players will behave in the away games, but I do expect, given the options, that we will be able to apply pressure at all times when playing at SB. We simply can get fresher legs of about the same quality in the second half, which is something we were direly missing last season.

6 minutes ago, Pizy said:

If he could finish reliably he’d be amongst the best strikers in Europe. He does almost everything you ask of a striker well except he isn’t clinical. 

So what he should be is our backup striker behind an Osimhen. He’ll still get lots of games and plenty of minutes but we won’t have to depend solely on him for goals.

He can be exactly for us what Julian Alvarez was for City behind Haaland. 

Yeah even a Striker of the same level would help getting him more focused. Speaking of which, the weird part is that the first goal was more about mentality and nothing else.

Regarding Alvarez, agreed as a striker option, except that Alvarez had the quality to play as CAM (as he did many times), and I don't see that quick and smart passing in Jackson's game at all.

Edited August 18, 2024 by robsblubot