I've been reflecting overnight, and I still think the "blame" ultimately sits with Gross for the goal. The pass-back to Dunk when he had the chance to play along the line to Mitoma triggered a press when Palace were stillhad numbers in advanced positions. The final pass to Bart was the end of...
Another game without losing anyone to suspension... how many more to go??
Buonanotte was excellent
Van Hecke again showing how consistent he is becoming..
Welbeck back and looking good : for a while anyway!
A draw is typically the right result, but surely, surely we have to win there one year don't we.. 1-2 Albion.. we will concede (of course) but scoring the 1st goal will bring them on, and we will go 0-2 up only for late belter from Ayew ( he never scores but always somehow looks decent against...
(Amarillo Tune!!)
Have you been to the Cruyff Arena?
We were there with Carlos Baleba
Drinking pints and smoking reefa
and Rob de Zerbi waits for me
Sha la La........
I would love to see him come.. a recent England international, made Chelsea Captain and would give us huge lift in additional resources, energy and increases our depth albeit, right now, not dramatically increasing our quality beyond what we have ; Gilmour as good, but right now, better than...
A point on the road , whatever the performance is nothing to be sniffed at, especially when going a goal down. Why it is a “terrible performance “ is bemusing to me.. a 6-1 loss is a terrible performance , this has been good enough to get a point.. if we were terrible then Everton must have...
Like others, I wouldn’t have missed this for the world .. the spectacle and experience at the game surpasses everything before it for me . I would do it again , o think , but definitely plan it differently. The rules in place are big detractors and so I might consider earlier arrival to allow...
Based on 1 game's viewing (Saturdays 2-3 defeat at Monaco) they look to play out, and want to have the ball. They appeared to set up 4-1-4-1 that meant there appeared to be lots of space in areas in front of their back 4.. turn the ball over on them and you appear to have a field day.. but they...
Not quite sure why people seem to not want to debate ref decisions because somehow they are an excuse for a result. The OP has clearly suggested that they were not the reason we lost but they were debatable decisions, influential or not. MOTD tells us they were not influential (they didn’t...
The “story” of the game was what they showed .. the Watkins hatrick and the Villa work rate to turnover the ball. Dodgy decisions only in commentary . I’m never convinced that the commentary is all in real time as it always seems to contain a Prophetic line at the start of the games , but had...
Trueblue summed it up.. our subs, mixed it up to protect players but didn't really add strength to a side that was holding it's own. , whereas the Chelsea subs made them stronger, despite Chilwell going off. Beyond that, the fine margins that plenty of others have highlighted just left me...
This.. I would almost go as far as to say its not fair asking him to be that player.. he doesn't appear to have the attributes to be as effective out there, but centrally, with a little more licence to roam and I think we would see more of what he can do.
This was also true of Athens, but, maybe with inexperience, Igor and JPVH carried the ball forward into nice u-shape trap that Athens laid in the middle of the park. I think it was clear that we learnt something from that game and needed the patience and confidence to draw Bmuff out.. we got...
I'm so excited and for me, its genuinely because of the occasion. I will be desperate for us to win, but am determined to enjoy this bit of history regardless of performances and results. We might stroll through tonight, we might get our backsides handed to us - tonight I don't mind, I simply...
I didnt receive one either.. I'm wondering if I have ticked a box sometime to prevent certain proactive messages.. for example, I didnt get the one about miles travelled etc. at the end of last season..