Valhalla

I disagree that he has marginalised Gilmour. Foden was in a similar situation with Pep not playing him often, instead he was slowly brought into the team. Now look at him. Gilmour was set to go on loan but Tuchel wanted to keep him with the 1st team. I think we will see more of Gilmour next season. Time is on his side, no need to rush him. Training with the 1st team during these big games we are playing in now is better than just sending him out on loan to a random relegation side.

Alonso seems to have fallen out of favour. Chilly has played quite a lot recently so I expect Alonso to have a few games here and there for rotation and avoiding tiredness but his defensive liability was on full display vs West Brom I guess Tuchel saw enough. Chilly was on a bad run of form when Tuchel took over. Glad he's improving.

I wanted him when Conte was sacked I think. He was available at the time if I'm not mistaken. Ended up with Sarri instead. I rated him highly but he has surpassed my expectations so far. I'm sure we will see what he's really capable of once we have a pre-season and play a back 4 which is his preferred formation.

These matches were cup finals I believe.

1971 - Chelsea 1:1 Real Madrid 1971 - Chelsea 2:1 Real Madrid 1998 - Chelsea 1:0 Real Madrid Let's keep our unbeaten record against them 😉

Tuchel says hes a doubt for the city game. Big miss.

Can you guys remember on which match he started to kick it up a notch? I thought he was ok last season but his growth has been tremendous

Hopefully ppl who are quick to criticise his false 9 position can also appreciate him today. Key is finding him which the midfield did not do vs porto

The longer Mou stays with them the better! Spurs wont be a threat to us any time soon

He is fast. Thats what I learned last night. Very mobile and quick decision making too.

Did he even touch the ball yesterday? One thing we need to work is getting the ball to our forwards. Unfortunately when he came in in the 2nd half we barely went forward and were defending to see the game out. I don't blame him for not making an impact. We need to do a better job at getting the ball forward.

This one is the one I'm scared off. Utd and pool are on bad form whereas everton are playing well. I expect a much tougher game. Win here and I top 4 is ours is to lose.

Does anyone know why Spurs played their 2nd leg of their europa league tie today on a Wednesday? All the other teams are playing tomorrow.

Even though I'm not a fan of Rudiger because he has a mistake in him I don't mind him playing for us as long as someone like Silva is beside him to cover for him. He is an ok player. Alonso is one player I would replace from our starting 11. At best he is average coming up with a few goals here and probably has better shooting ability than all our strikers at the moment. He is average at everything else. Slow on the ball, slow off the ball, predictable when it comes to passing (passing inside to werner/back to rudiger make up 95% of his passes), cant dribble or take on players 1v1 like CHO on the right hand side which results in most of our attacks coming from that side. He always drifts inwards not utilising the width of the pitch like you expect from a wingback. His crossing ability is also average.

Liverpool haven't scored an open play goal at home in 2021. Guess who they play next at home? None other than us. Ready for a Firmino hat trick (commented twice by accident)

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If only we could have a such a comfortable win against these lot in 2 weeks

Need to drop the 3ATB formation Been struggling to score goals and create clear cut chances ever since Tuchel took over even if we have been on bad form prior. We end up playing a more defensive lineup and average players at the back in favour of more attacking threat. Yeah we are crap going forward but playing CHO in a more natural position and switching to a back 4 suits us more. We've grinded out results with 3ATB and have not looked convincing at all. Tuchel prefers a back 4 so I have no idea why he is persisting with this.

Like another post said it's not just the results but performances which have improved. Pressing is such a big part of the game now when playing top teams and even smaller teams. Our press is more cohesive now compared to Lampard's press which opponents could easily play around. We are winning the ball back more often. We will see how good we really are next week. Need to start creating more clear cut chances and scoring more than 2 goals would be nice. CHO has been good but him alongside our other forwards need to shoot and score more. Would like to see Pulisic or Havertz up top with Werner because Giroud is static and they would add more attacking threat, however much abysmal they are now they can't be worse than Kovacic in the final 3rd (my favourite player right now so I'm not hating on him). We really need a 2nd striker to play alongside Werner and I'm not sure Abraham/Giroud are fit for the role. Wonder what Tuchel sees as his ideal 11 because he's been tinkering so far.

You guys think City will overtake us in the near future in the number of league titles won? We still have our CL trophy over them but if they win the league this season then they will have won it 3 times in the last 4 years. Just a random thought.

West Brom will roll over I'm not expecting anything from them. united's next tough opponent is us we need to keep winning till then. I think they're there for the taking.

Absolutely detest playing last on a monday

Wow this is the first time I've checked their GF/GA. 14 after 23 games is mighty impressive especially in modern day football. They haven't conceded more than 1 goal in a game since Leicester.

Don't use instagram just found it on twitter. no idea if that's Mendy's account but the Onana story is real.

I agree. The players typically perform better after the appointment a new manager. I was just pointing out whether any positives in our play will be attributed to this and Tuchel's work being downplayed. I guess we will find out with time.