polishgenius Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, ljkeane said: This is looking a bit ominous for the rest of the league. It's a little worrying, but I wouldn't put too much stock into City smacking relegation fodder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 This has been hard to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I wonder which players Super Frank will throw under the bus after today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 City won that at a canter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Gerry Marsden has died. Most over rated football song in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Soylent Brown said: I wonder which players Super Frank will throw under the bus after today? All of them. Chelsea were very, very bad today. Worse than we were up until a few weeks ago and that's a pretty low bar. The players look like they don't really care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Gerry Marsden has died.  Did his pacemaker malfunction or something? *boom tish* Too soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 So Super Frankie gone before the end of the season? If I were a betting man, I'd put a fiver on Tuchel taking over in the summer. Anyway, Real have appraoched Alaba about joining them in the summer. I thought he'd end up at City. In other news. That damned European Super Club League seems to get some momentum. Rumoredly JP Morgan wants to bankroll it, we are talking big money $$$. Rumors go as far as one bil. for the winner. Earliest starting date 2024. FIFA, UEFA and the European Clubs will start negotiate on the new calender/schedule soonish, I think. Yes, it would be awful, yes, it would devalue the domestic leagues. Yes, some clubs have dismissed those rumors. Yes, those dismissals are effectively worthless, and money talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Why does everyone seem to expect Tuchel to be Lampard's successor, rather than Allegri? Considering Chelsea's record with italian managers? (well, with mixed success) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I don't think Lampard will be sacked just yet. Lampard, Arteta and Solskjaer all seem to go through cycles of their teams playing well followed by a period where the team just looks clueless. I think Lampard might only be sacked before the end of the season if Chelsea look in danger of being cut adrift from the top 4 race and they aren't at that point yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, Consigliere said: I don't think Lampard will be sacked just yet. Lampard, Arteta and Solskjaer all seem to go through cycles of their teams playing well followed by a period where the team just looks clueless. I think Lampard might only be sacked before the end of the season if Chelsea look in danger of being cut adrift from the top 4 race and they aren't at that point yet. Â I'm pretty sure they've still only beaten one team in the top 10 though, it's pretty miserable. I'm not sure but it might be only one team in the top 13 at the time they played them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 12/31/2020 at 7:57 PM, polishgenius said: Tbf I don't think you're necessarily right here. Jurgen dreams of murderball and while he's pragmatic enough to step off and do something else to get the wins, I think every signing you make when he's got some luxury of choice rather than filling a specific gap is about facilitating a midfield that can push higher and create more without losing too much protection - hence Thiago. That's what Keita was for too, it hasn't worked out but still might- but I can see you going for another driving midfielder to replace him in summer. I don't think we necessarily disagree. How I see it, players like Thiago plays into the protection first because they will create from midfield through incisive passes and chips as opposed to driving from box to box, like Keita, Ox, Hendo, Lallana, Curtis etc. This will typically mean they are outside the box after their pass, ready to fight/press for second ball and protecting counters. While Ox, Keita, Jones and even Hendo (as 8) tends to get dragged into the box as they try to go through players or head to the touchline rather than pass through them, thus leaving less bodies for the second/third ball scrap and leaving some gaps for the counter. Shaq would be the only one in the team (other than Thiago) whohas a good chip pass on him. All our other creators are crossers like Robbo, Hendo, Ox, Trent (or long diagonals from Fab, Matip and Virg). We looked our most solid defensively when we had the boring trio of Hendo, Gini and Milner midfield doing the protective duties. But we also looked pretty toothless when attacking the low block. This season I already see us putting more bodies in the box with the 8s attacking the box a lot more. Probably one of the reason we are allowing lots of good counters this season. But I am kinda ok with that, as I think we look better offensively this season (except for the finishing boots....). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 No central defenders in our starting lineup for the game tonight, haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Not much you can do against stuff like that. Nice free kick and a freakishly good finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Arsenal confirm that Saliba has joined Nice on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Consigliere said: Arsenal confirm that Saliba has joined Nice on loan. Well played Arsenal, well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Struggling to get anywhere in the game. Thiago is getting on the ball, but Wijnaldum has been hiding and the Ox has been a bit too aggressive with his runs so far, so there's no one close to him. Both Firmino and Salah have been crap, and Mane has been lively on the ball but couldn't even finish his dinner at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Liverpool deserve to lose given how terrible that kit is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 TAA gave the ball away how many times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 For those not watching Sky, the answer is 38. 38! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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