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[Albion] How did you rate our rejects tonight?



The Wookiee

Back From The Dead
Nov 10, 2003
15,367
Worthing
Sanchez- shocking distribution, panicked playing out from the back, however made a couple of good saves

Cucurella- Mitoma had the beating of him first half and he looked beaten - came out second half a different player - was up for it and probably had one of his best performances as a Chelsea player

Caicedo- didn’t even realise he was playing until well into the first half - Looked half the player he was with us - Baleba won the battle IMO

Thoughts ?
 




WhingForPresident

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NSC Patron
Feb 23, 2009
17,202
Marlborough
Cucurella probably had his first decent game in a Chelsea shirt. Annoyingly. f***ing prick.

Sanchez made a couple of regulation saves but his passing was absolutely dire. If the chances he presented us had fallen to Ferguson, or even Welbz, he would've cost them at least two goals. Prick.

Caicedo did loads of diving and whinging in the first half and very little in the second. Wanker.
 


Cucu very good defensively but not the same flair attacker we had
Caicedo average
Sanchez you can see why he’d never fit into an RDZ team, just a bombscare on the ball
Colwill decent

For balance thought Tariq had a very good game while Billy was quietly efficient
 




Zeus

Well-known member
Jan 10, 2022
611
Thought Mitoma had Cucu on toast and even Joao caused him all sorts of problems. Didn’t notice Caceido on the pitch, and Sanchez was dreadful. What a shame we didn’t score from his mistake.
 




Kalimantan Gull

Well-known member
Aug 13, 2003
13,404
Central Borneo / the Lizard
Robert Sanchez looked like a player trying too hard to convince his old boss that he was a good player with the ball at his feet - it was never going to work out. But some fine saves and kept a clean sheet, can't ask for much more than that. Well done him.

Cucu put in a hell of a shift, I'd be pleased if i was a Chelsea fan. On the wrong side against Mitoma and Fati, arguably two of the best left-sided attackers in the world, was never going to be easy. Did well.

Caicedo, don't really see the point of him in a side that doesn't dominate possession. The simple winning and recycling of the ball was his greatest asset, a bit lost in this chelsea side.
 


martin tyler

Well-known member
Jan 25, 2013
5,959
Sanchez - showed why we let him go tbh. Dreadful with ball at feet. Saves were decent enough nothing spectacular and in all honesty we should have scored at least 2/3 with clinical finishing.
Cucu - all over shop for 45 mins Mitoma had him on toast. Saved some face with a better second half but offered nothing going forward.
Caicedo - was a passenger doesn’t look comfortable yet in there midfield. Sure it will come in time.
Overall we were by far the better side even with all the changes.
 


studio150

Well-known member
Jul 30, 2011
30,185
On the Border
Sanchez - Showed why RDZ dropped him in favour of Steele
Caicedo - Looks like he has joined the wrong team for his talents, totally wasted by Chelsea
Cucurella - far better than his nightmare at The Amex last season
 








Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
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Apr 5, 2014
25,781
Cucurella probably had his first decent game in a Chelsea shirt. Annoyingly. f***ing prick.

Sanchez made a couple of regulation saves but his passing was absolutely dire. If the chances he presented us had fallen to Ferguson, or even Welbz, he would've cost them at least two goals. Prick.

Caicedo did loads of diving and whinging in the first half and very little in the second. Wanker.
Apart from that it was good to see them again though.
 




GT49er

Well-known member
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Feb 1, 2009
48,954
Gloucester
Robert Sanchez looked like a player trying too hard to convince his old boss that he was a good player with the ball at his feet - it was never going to work out. But some fine saves and kept a clean sheet, can't ask for much more than that. Well done him.

Cucu put in a hell of a shift, I'd be pleased if i was a Chelsea fan. On the wrong side against Mitoma and Fati, arguably two of the best left-sided attackers in the world, was never going to be easy. Did well.

Caicedo, don't really see the point of him in a side that doesn't dominate possession. The simple winning and recycling of the ball was his greatest asset, a bit lost in this chelsea side.
Ah - an assessment that doesn't have a faint whiff of a hissy fit! :thumbsup:

I wonder if Caicedo is already starting to realise that he should have gone to Liverpool?
 




One Teddy Maybank

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Aug 4, 2006
22,915
Worthing
Sanchez - distribution wise, almost laughable
Cucurella - strong second half
Caicedo - literally anonymous

Colwill, not a reject, but actually quite poor, lots of aimless clearances. Playing the Chelsea way really doesn’t suit him.
 
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jackalbion

Well-known member
Aug 30, 2011
4,806
The only frustration of last night is how overwhelmingly average Chelsea were, provided nothing other than a couple of long balls, then scored an iffy possible offside goal, and more than likely should’ve been down to 10. Caicedo provides nothing to that team, a complete waste. Sanchez other than a couple of routine stops that were straight at him, was abysmal.
 


Johnny RoastBeef

These aren't the players you're looking for.
Jan 11, 2016
3,465
Clear to see why Sanchez was deemed surplus to requirements.

Last night he completed just 22 of 41 passes (54%)

Verbruggen completed 33 of 34. (97%)
 


timbha

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
10,454
Sussex
Cucurella best player on the pitch because he wanted it.

Caicedo and Colwill quiet..Sanchez distribution shit
Thought Cucurella was so poor in the first half and only a brilliant second half would have got him an overall 7/10. He “improved” only because we took Mitoma off and generally faded, and Chelsea’s dark arts came into play. I would score him 6/10 overall.
 


Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,915
Surrey
I came away thinking that there is no way we will finish below them in the league. We left several of our best players out of the starting XI (Dunk, Groß, Ferguson and so on) and yet on another day, we are two up at half time and playing ten men.

We were comfortably the better side at half time but deserved nothing from the game in the second half.

As to the point of this thread, all of our former players looked worse players at Chelsea. Cucurella looked good second half but if that's the best you can say about any of them, it's not much to write home about.
 






brighton_tom

Well-known member
Jul 23, 2008
5,506
Never seen a goalkeeper launch the ball straight out of play as much as Sanchez was. His players were visibly annoyed at that.
 


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