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Chelsea v Luton (FA) Sun 24th Jan 2021 12:00 GMT

Mount is the new captain, all in for Lampard. Let's hope it works and we finally get some consistency and win a couple of games in a row.

 
Good game, it was only Luton, but the play has been quick and fluid. Just what we’ve seen at some points under Frank. I hope the players can keep it up for the next game. Loved the Gilmour Mount midfield, worked well to bring the ball forward. And I thought Werner and Tammy up front combined greatly and were dangerous.

 
Hessleboink said:
I missed the build-up, so I'm not sure how BBC had us lining up, but it looked like a 4-4-2 to me. Maybe a 4-4-1-1, but basically a 4-4-2 to my eyes. I thought it really worked. Tammy dropped deep to pick up the ball, and found himself in space because Werner was getting in behind the CBs and keeping them occupied. Pulisic kept the width (with James), and Ziyech was dropped into midfield to pick up the ball. 
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So 442 and tammy dropping deep to pick up the ball is  how you get the best out werner, you basically ask him to don't get involve in the buildup and play on the shoulder. The problem this can only work in 442 and 4231 (the am cannot be Havertz, a healthy ruben will be good). But it mean you need your winger to defend better (not sure any of them are at least decent defensively) 

 
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The last youth team product to score ten or more goals in consecutive seasons was Michael Fillery back in 1982/83, Tammy Abraham has done it last season + this season now.

Tammy is the first since Osgood that scored a hat-trick as an academy player in the FA Cup.

 
Much Happier with that performance, some good individual displays, Werner, Ziyech, Billy all done well.

Billy makes such a difference, always available and passes with a much better tempo which gets the whole team moving a lot more effectively.

James and Emerson were much more effective with a slightly different shape and combined well with the players in front of them.

Tammy done well with the goals but he has'nt got that naturel striker instinct, he scores but he does'nt sniff goals, like Vardy, Aguero etc he has to gamble more.

The thing that pleased me most was the reaction to Luton's goal, we could have easily got nervous and stopped the way we were playing but we did'nt, we kept moving it and kept creating chances which was very positive.

Onwards and upwards, back to back home games and a chance to build the confidence KTBFFH

 
Osgoodwasgood said:
Much Happier with that performance, some good individual displays, Werner, Ziyech, Billy all done well.

Billy makes such a difference, always available and passes with a much better tempo which gets the whole team moving a lot more effectively.

James and Emerson were much more effective with a slightly different shape and combined well with the players in front of them.

Tammy done well with the goals but he has'nt got that naturel striker instinct, he scores but he does'nt sniff goals, like Vardy, Aguero etc he has to gamble more.

The thing that pleased me most was the reaction to Luton's goal, we could have easily got nervous and stopped the way we were playing but we did'nt, we kept moving it and kept creating chances which was very positive.

Onwards and upwards, back to back home games and a chance to build the confidence KTBFFH
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I worry about Tammy with this, too. His finishing is good (and improving), but time and time again he's a few yards off an easy finish and it hasn't changed for over a year. In the big games he might only get 1 or 2 chances, and at the moment I'm not confident he'd finish them. It almost feels like a lack of patience sometimes. He's occasionally too keen to get on the ball and gravitates to it when he should be finding space inside the box. Costa was excellent at this, he'd get himself involved in the build up, then as soon as we broke into space, he'd just find space inside the box and be ready to pounce. 

 
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Hessleboink said:
I worry about Tammy with this, too. His finishing is good (and improving), but time and time again he's a few yards off an easy finish and it hasn't changed for over a year. In the big games he might only get 1 or 2 chances, and at the moment I'm not confident he'd finish them. It almost feels like a lack of patience sometimes. He's occasionally too keen to get on the ball and gravitates to it when he should be finding space inside the box. Costa was excellent at this, he'd get himself involved in the build up, then as soon as we broke into space, he'd just find space inside the box and be ready to pounce. 
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Im afraid its a naturel thing Hessleboink, Predatory instincts of a striker. You can try and coach it, and strikers that dont have it can work on it to improve their game, but its a naturel thing.

Linaker, Vardy, Ian Wright, Clive Allen would score a third of their seasons tally inside the six yard box, anticipating where the ball will go and being there to pounce.

I dont want to be hard on Tammy, he scored a Hatrick, but he could get so many more if he just took more chances.

 
i was more impressed with his first time finish to open the scoring, 

 
coco said:
i was more impressed with his first time finish to open the scoring, 
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Yeah that was a fantastic finish, I fund it strange more wasn't made of it. He has very little space to get it between the keeper and defender and it came to him of a deflection, it was outstanding. 

 
Argo said:
I think the opposite, his best performances come when he's dictating from deep, whenever he's played higher up he's looked pretty ordinary.
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It just seems like such a waste to have somebody who can spot a pass and open up defences so easily played so deep. I'm not saying he should be played in attacking midfield or anything, but I don't think his career should be the Jorginho role either. 

 
I'm hoping Tammy really does make it, for all of us. He doesn't seem to have that poacher/goal hanger streak in him. I thought there were a good few balls flashed across the 6 yard box and no one was there. 

In fairness to Tammy he wasn't alone in that. Werner, Pulisic and Ziyech should be taking that gamble at different stages.

I thought Timo despite his penalty miss, ran his heart out right up to the end. He needs a ball to hit him on the head and go in while he's trying his boot laces to get some confidence back. I really felt for him when he missed he looked broken.

 
Scott Harris said:
It just seems like such a waste to have somebody who can spot a pass and open up defences so easily played so deep. I'm not saying he should be played in attacking midfield or anything, but I don't think his career should be the Jorginho role either. 
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Is it though? Cesc, Pirlo, Modric and Thiago are four top examples of players who made a career out of being a deeper player, infact they were actually wasted whenever they played higher up, not the other way round.

In the deeper positions you can dictate the entire tempo of a match.

 
It always amazes me how barely Emerson gets mentioned in the match threads only ever if he was at fault for goal. 

Missing the hunger and bravery from him. 

 
Nevamind said:
It always amazes me how barely Emerson gets mentioned in the match threads only ever if he was at fault for goal. 

Missing the hunger and bravery from him. 
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He’s been solid the few times he’s played, but I think that he is not at the level of Chilwell and attacking-wise Alonso offered much more. We should look at getting a back up for Chilwell in summer, in my opinion.

 
Was pleased with the performance, result could and should have been better. But it was only Luton... Yeah I know you can beat only what's in front of you, but we already knew that we can do it against bottom half and lower league teams. We wiped the floor with Morecambe only to struggle to beat a 10-man Fulham after that. We simply MUST get some momentum going against Wolves and Burnley, otherwise we can kiss top 4 goodbye for good. Make this win count, Chels!

 
Argo said:
Is it though? Cesc, Pirlo, Modric and Thiago are four top examples of players who made a career out of being a deeper player, infact they were actually wasted whenever they played higher up, not the other way round.

In the deeper positions you can dictate the entire tempo of a match.
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Thiago, even from deep, is always looking to play a ball through to the attackers and set up a chance. He isn't just trying to control the tempo of the game from deep.

Fabregas was unique because he had to change his game when he started slowing down. But when he started playing deep, he was always looking for the run of the striker so he could pick out a pass.

Pirlo was probably the closest to Gilmour's game, but Pirlo playing forward would never have worked throughout his career anyway. He never really had the athleticism for it. I also don't think Pirlo would have been anywhere near as successful in the Premier League as he was in Serie A playing the way he did.

Modric was heavily involved in Real Madrid's attacks over the years, he wasn't just sitting on the half way line. Modric was the player I thought Gilmour looked the most like when we got him from Rangers, and the way we are asking him to play now is nothing like how Modric has played the majority of his career.

 
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