Weekend Other Games (23rd 24th September)
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If we had Kane or Aguero we'd be in much better shape, even with the Worst Defence Ever™
Chelsea score after just a minute. Could be a cricket score this.
Chelsea lead 2 nil.
We need to take a leaf out of their book, they keep allowing Stoke to have long spells of possession just so they can hit them on the break.
We keep the ball so well that teams always end up sitting back & we cannot break down teams sat back like that, & to make it worse it allows them to counter or play long balls/crosses when they do finally regain it, both of which are our biggest weakness when defending.
We need to take a leaf out of their book, they keep allowing Stoke to have long spells of possession just so they can hit them on the break.
We keep the ball so well that teams always end up sitting back & we cannot break down teams sat back like that, & to make it worse it allows them to counter or play long balls/crosses when they do finally regain it, both of which are our biggest weakness when defending.
Although I agree with your post, the difference is that Chelsea are able to defend against a team having more possession
We don't have, at the moment anyway, a midfield that creates scoring chances as well as Man City's or Spurs's chances.
Chelsea 3 nil up.
True, but that's partly because we're usually left with just the four back men to defend because we've been camped around their area trying to break through. By giving up possession for much of the pitch we obviously have more men back.
Chelsea 4 nil up now.
Forget Lukaku?
They both seem to be quite good at scoring goals. I'd be delighted if we had a striker as reliable as Lukaku who's got 7 goals already this season, 5 in the league, and is on target to match the 25 league goals he got last season.
But we don't seem able to afford or attract that calibre of striker, even if Klopp was interested in buying one; he seems happiest buying wingers and attacking midfielders.
Looks like Everton may have found themselves a striker in Niase.
What was Mourinho sent off for?
Hodgson working his magic at Palace as per usual.
Bellendery of the highest order. Probably.
Always the case, isn't it?
kept encroaching onto the pitch in an attempt to usher his players into position, perhaps as a time-wasting tactic.
I guess the ref decided that when you have the most expensive squad in the world, taking off two attacking options for additional two defenders is not allowed. So... off to the stands.
The one that got away. We should have paid the 15 or 20 million or whatever they were allegedly asking for back then. He is easily worth 3x that now.
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