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Arsenal Vs Chelsea (PL) Wed Jan 3rd 2018 19:45 UK

TBH Antonio is the one to blame. He should've taken Morata out given his form, mentality and all the misses he's done lately. But no, no matter whan happens, Batschuay is not getting a minute in important game. Same for Bakayoko - this guys is completely useless in both sides of the game. Defensively he made 2 tackles which is low for match like this and offensively - 3 really bad shots. I didn't like Zapa for Moses as well but somehow it worked out so credit for it. 

Last but not least - the panic in front of Thibaut last minutes was disgusting. If we get that scared against low team like Arsenal, what will be the situation against Barca? Please, Antonio was there and should've given them some instruction to calm the f**k down. 

 
Pendergast said:
TBH Antonio is the one to blame. He should've taken Morata out given his form, mentality and all the misses he's done lately. But no, no matter whan happens, Batschuay is not getting a minute in important game. Same for Bakayoko - this guys is completely useless in both sides of the game. Defensively he made 2 tackles which is low for match like this and offensively - 3 really bad shots. I didn't like Zapa for Moses as well but somehow it worked out so credit for it. 

Last but not least - the panic in front of Thibaut last minutes was disgusting. If we get that scared against low team like Arsenal, what will be the situation against Barca? Please, Antonio was there and should've given them some instruction to calm the f**k down. 
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What do you think taking him out would have done to his mentality?

 
Van Butsen said:
What do you think taking him out would have done to his mentality?
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But look whats happened to his mentality when he gets picked whilst in a spell of bad form, imo you drop players in bad form and try to break it up for them, let them come off the bench with the mentality not broken but full of hope that their chance has come back round.

 
coco said:
But look whats happened to his mentality when he gets picked whilst in a spell of bad form, imo you drop players in bad form and try to break it up for them, let them come off the bench with the mentality not broken but full of hope that their chance has come back round.
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Yes I agree with that.  You can't be afraid to take someone out or to not start them regardless of who they are.  My point was more around not needing to bring up his mentality because regardless, bringing him off or not starting him he's going to be disappointed either way.  So it's not really an excuse to not do one or the other.

 
Real Madrid must be laughing all the way to the bank with the sale of Morata to Chelsea. He's good in the air and holding the ball up but scoring with his feet isn't  one of his fortes. Conte should have Morata in the gym building up his muscles and bulking him out because he's flimsy on the ball and gets knocked over by defenders too easily. Conte also needs to get Morata to practice one on one with the goalkeeper to hone his goalscoring tally. It's beyond me why Conte hasn't done either of these things. They would make Morata a better striker and would make Chelsea's job easier. 'Windbag' Wenger says it wasn't a penalty but he's yet again playing games trying to play the victim. Anywhere on the pitch that challenge is a foul and a free kick to Chelsea. In the penalty area it's a foul and a penalty. Wenger should look up the rules instead of talking BS.

 
Stas1 said:
The danger is that by the time we get a real striker (as you put it), Hazard, Courtois, Kante will make up their mind to move elsewhere.
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We finished f**king tenth and they stayed. Just stick to dreams of madrid and stuff for reasons not weird stuff like they don't like the current striker. Hazard has been here ages where we had Diego for like 2 seasons if he was gonna leave because of strikers it would have been years ago.

 
Despite Morata missing the 1v1's I haven't seen anyone highlighting the fact that Big Pete is still one of the best keepers in the league, and at least the final Morata chance was more a really good save than a dire miss.  And there was also a double save earlier which I thought was outstanding.

So, it's not all about a sh*t striker, sometimes you just have to give credit to a really good goal-keeper, playing at his best.

 
yorkleyblue said:
Despite Morata missing the 1v1's I haven't seen anyone highlighting the fact that Big Pete is still one of the best keepers in the league, and at least the final Morata chance was more a really good save than a dire miss.  And there was also a double save earlier which I thought was outstanding.

So, it's not all about a sh*t striker, sometimes you just have to give credit to a really good goal-keeper, playing at his best.
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I somewhat agree in terms of Cech and his abilities as a keeper, but with the 1v1's last night Morata should have buried at least one of them, probably the first one.

 
Nibs said:
Glad I didn't come on here last night - looks like a lot of "heat of the moment comments"!!

Sure, it is always gutting to lose a lead so late but to be honest, a draw was probably a fair result. We dominated i parts and yes, Morata should have scored 1,2,3...........but they caused us a lot of problems too and we both had our fair share of luck.

Very enjoyable game, that of course would have been more enjoyable had we not conceded the late equaliser, but it's what the PL is all about. Both sides had players who played very well and some who didn't - think most of ours were good bar Morata and Moses but hey-ho, decent performance and we live to fight another day.
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People have to realise that this kind of game happens all the time after xmas, the fixture pile up at the end of December often sees crazy games with loads of chances as teams are knackered. Some of the tosh written in this and most other match threads is just embarrassing though.

 
CFCCAN said:
I somewhat agree in terms of Cech and his abilities as a keeper, but with the 1v1's last night Morata should have buried at least one of them, probably the first one.
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True, but not the last, that was all down to great keeping.

Still, Batshuayi would have scored them all, eh?  At least that's what some people appear to be saying.

 
yorkleyblue said:
True, but not the last, that was all down to great keeping.

Still, Batshuayi would have scored them all, eh?  At least that's what some people appear to be saying.
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Batshuayi would have either been offside or behind the play, he wouldnt have even been in that position to get 1 v 1.

 
In short, this game kind of sums up our season so far. We're not bad, but not quite good enough either. We're not as clinical in front of goal as we were last season, and although our defence has looked slightly more assured recently, we concede too many silly goals.

In the end, a draw was the fair result. It's quite frustrating how we've not been able to beat Arsenal recently given, generally, how poor they are.

Morata had a terrible game, and his confidence looked knocked after missing the first sitter. It's a worry, but I think he's shown enough this season not to be written off entirely. He's still one of the best strikers in the league, probably only behind Aguero and Kane. IMO - a bad night at the office, rather than a bad player. What it does highlight, once more, is the need for quality back up in our squad. Relying on one striker to play the key games, at all times (when fit), in their first season, is a big ask.

For me, what's more worrying is how Bakayoko keeps getting picked ahead of Drinkwater. He looks completely out of his depth.

 
yorkleyblue said:
Despite Morata missing the 1v1's I haven't seen anyone highlighting the fact that Big Pete is still one of the best keepers in the league, and at least the final Morata chance was more a really good save than a dire miss.  And there was also a double save earlier which I thought was outstanding.

So, it's not all about a sh*t striker, sometimes you just have to give credit to a really good goal-keeper, playing at his best.
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Good point made. Butland is also an outstanding keeper in a poor side.

 
yorkleyblue said:
and at least the final Morata chance was more a really good save than a dire miss. 
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Nah, he hit it straight at him, Cech never moved. But Cech is still class, and Tibo was sublime last night.

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coco said:
Nah, he hit it straight at him, Cech never moved. But Cech is still class, and Tibo was sublime last night.

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Big Pete didn't need to move because he is just so good that he knew exactly where to stand.  So arse!

And he knew exactly where to punch the ball to so that Zappacosta could only ever hit the bar, not score.

 
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