Bournemouth 0-1 Chelsea

[Vesper 30,083]

and of course Sky is trashing us now

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Happy with this win, but I hope either James or Gusto are back in the next game.

No more makeshift right backs.

[Vesper 30,083]

Veiga played a big role in that goal too

thought many were too harsh on him

he was playing out of postion and had only 18 minutes under his EPL belt before this

[LAM09 7,043]

Moment of the match. You've got to love the passion.

 

[Vesper 30,083]

1 minute ago, Blue Armour said:

Happy with this win, but I hope either James or Gusto are back in the next game.

No more makeshift right backs.

as long as Reece and Gusto are injured, makeshift it is

[Vesper 30,083]

lol, Cole chatting all that shit at Evanilson before he took that pen

I think he did his head in

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Having had accepted beforehand that grinding out a close late win at Bournemouth is our new level for now, I was actually able to enjoy this game a lot. Celebrated that Nkunku winner like mad. What a nice sneaky fox in the box goal that was . 
 

Sanchez was great for once. Motm. Made all the stops he had to smartly, decent in his passing but finally what a penalty save. Not a great shot but not too shabby either. perfectly timed leap there 

Also happy that Maresca listened to me and played Nkunku as striker. He is simply most effective in and around the box where his sharp football brain and instinct sets him apart from others. 

I still don’t trust Fofana. Disasi was the worst player on the pitch, really not a RB either. 

veiga and Caicedo were okish in that double pivot. Some great tackles paired with weird turnovers. Bournemouth were quite good and marking Neto, Palmer and Noni tightly, so when they got tired Sancho got to play out his strengths and change the game. 

[Pizy 18,848]

What we desperately need now is Lavia back for some control in midfield. It’ll help settle the defense and it’ll help link the attack together. Also makes Caicedo’s job much easier and I thought even today with a new midfield partner Moi looked fantastic for the most part. He was everywhere. 

[robsblubot 3,595]

7 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Veiga played a big role in that goal too

thought many were too harsh on him

he was playing out of postion and had only 18 minutes under his EPL belt before this

Think we all mentioned he was out of position and actually looked like a good player. He twice made big mistakes that could’ve costed us. I just disputed being so loaded in midfield when Veiga ends up playing there.

IMO he does not have the mobility for this position. The opposition today was very poor.

Their subs in the second half destroyed their team as they could not string two passes together. Yes, Maresca packed the midfield with the CAMs which caused them problems, but their subs evidently arent like ours in terms of quality.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

1 minute ago, robsblubot said:

Think we all mentioned he was out of position and actually looked like a good player. He twice made big mistakes that could’ve costed us. I just disputed being so loaded in midfield when Veiga ends up playing there.

IMO he does not have the mobility for this position. The opposition today was very poor.

Their subs in the second half destroyed their team as they could not string two passes together. Yes, Maresca packed the midfield with the CAMs which caused them problems, but their subs evidently arent like ours in terms of quality.

Out of position is a bit of a stretch. He played CDM before. I see those 2 huge mistakes which luckily did not get punished but also 2 great tackles where he broke up Bournemouth and initiated the counter. Mind the boy is 20 yo and has almost 0 top level experience (Swiss league is dross) . I think he did well overall and looked very comfortable on the ball. 

[robsblubot 3,595]

9 minutes ago, Pizy said:

What we desperately need now is Lavia back for some control in midfield. It’ll help settle the defense and it’ll help link the attack together. Also makes Caicedo’s job much easier and I thought even today with a new midfield partner Moi looked fantastic for the most part. He was everywhere. 

Yeah I don’t think it’s a good sign that Caicedo was everywhere. He’s extremely mobile and can do a good job winning the ball back as well as defending from counters, but he had to work too much today.

he’s good mid, but not a very creative force.

hope he stays fit tho esp considering lavia never plays.

Edited September 14, 2024 by robsblubot

[robsblubot 3,595]

4 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Out of position is a bit of a stretch. He played CDM before. I see those 2 huge mistakes which luckily did not get punished but also 2 great tackles where he broke up Bournemouth and initiated the counter. Mind the boy is 20 yo and has almost 0 top level experience (Swiss league is dross) . I think he did well overall and looked very comfortable on the ball. 

Fair enough but I think that the PL demands a bit more mobility in the CM position due to the pace of the opposition players. Everybody got pace in the PL.

granted that given his age switching to midfield would still be possible. 

Edited September 14, 2024 by robsblubot