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And another point @Argo. Have you noticed how Party and Xhaka are both regularly getting forwards when the situation dictates? Neither of them are just sitting deep and playing short passes!

 
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Can you post up the match reports?
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"But Chelsea, who stretched their lead at the top to six points before Saturday's later kick-offs, could have had more as Schmeichel saved smartly from Chilwell and Callum Hudson-Odoi curled inches over.

The Blues had also three goals ruled out for offside, the assistant's flag foiling Hudson-Odoi, Reece James and substitute Christian Pulisic, who slotted home Chelsea's third from Hakim Ziyech's cross."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59271458

"James, Hudson-Odoi and Silva all saw efforts saved either side of the break before the England right-back superbly controlled a headed clearance, taking it away from the defender as he did so, before volleying past Szczesny and a couple of defenders who were attempting to get back.

The England defender joins Liverpool's Mohamed Salah as the only Premier League player to have scored five goals and provided five assists in all competitions this season.

Hudson-Odoi rounded off an excellent Chelsea performance with a composed finish after James, Hakim Ziyech and Ruben Loftus-Cheek combined in a slick move."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59379437

 
Scott Harris said:
You can swing this another way though. When Arsenal went 3-1 up, they could have taken the tempo out of the game and played out a comforable 3-1 win. By continuing to push on like they have, they let Leicester back in. Yes, they got the goal again straight after, but they can't keep doing that all season.
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How do you know they would have seen it out? Slowing the game down, inviting Leicester forward. How do you know?

 
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How do you know they would have seen it out? Slowing the game down, inviting Leicester forward. How do you know?
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Because it tends to happen in football more often than not. 3-1 up in football on 70 minutes, you slow the game down with possession which saps all of the energy out of the opposition leaving gaps to be exploited. You can't keep trying to play high intensity football for 90 minutes in every game, it becomes harder and harder to maintain as the season goes on and teams find themselves throwing away points from winning positions.

 
I don't think Tuchel wants a small striker, height is probably a requirement according to his record of who he plays there: Kai, Lukaku, Broja, chasing Aubameyang, Lewa and not being linked with the likes of Jesus and Icardi etc.

 
Argo said:
"But Chelsea, who stretched their lead at the top to six points before Saturday's later kick-offs, could have had more as Schmeichel saved smartly from Chilwell and Callum Hudson-Odoi curled inches over.

The Blues had also three goals ruled out for offside, the assistant's flag foiling Hudson-Odoi, Reece James and substitute Christian Pulisic, who slotted home Chelsea's third from Hakim Ziyech's cross."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59271458

"James, Hudson-Odoi and Silva all saw efforts saved either side of the break before the England right-back superbly controlled a headed clearance, taking it away from the defender as he did so, before volleying past Szczesny and a couple of defenders who were attempting to get back.

The England defender joins Liverpool's Mohamed Salah as the only Premier League player to have scored five goals and provided five assists in all competitions this season.

Hudson-Odoi rounded off an excellent Chelsea performance with a composed finish after James, Hakim Ziyech and Ruben Loftus-Cheek combined in a slick move."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59379437
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You're joking right? The first game we were 3-0 up! The second game we were 4-0 up! How does that possibly compare, in any way whatsoever, to being pegged back to 3-2 at home with 15 minutes left and still pushing players forwards in numbers and going on the attack to win the game!

Wolves and Burnley at home last season, (and to a slightly lesser extent Everton too), are classic examples of games we were leading and he tried to close up shop only to invite more pressure and concede late equalisers.

 I am TT fan Argo and believe he's currently the best man for the job, but he is a defend first manager no doubt. I believe, well hope, that he will loosen the reins and play a more free flowing style of football when he gets the right personnel under him.

 
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You're joking right? The first game we were 3-0 up! The second game we were 4-0 up! How does that possibly compare, in any way whatsoever, to being pegged back to 3-2 at home with 15 minutes left and still pushing players forwards in numbers and going on the attack to win the game!

Wolves and Burnley at home last season, (and to a slightly lesser extent Everton too), are classic examples of games we were leading and he tried to close up shop only to invite more pressure and concede late equalisers.

 I am TT fan Argo and believe he's currently the best man for the job, but he is a defend first manager no doubt. I believe, well hope, that he will loosen the reins and play a more free flowing style of football when he gets the right personnel under him.
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Yes, but we didn't sit back after scoring that's the point.

Wolves I'll give but Burnley? That was probably the best performance I've ever seen in a match we didn't win, would have been 5 or 6 if it weren't for Pope.

 
Scott Harris said:
Because it tends to happen in football more often than not. 3-1 up in football on 70 minutes, you slow the game down with possession which saps all of the energy out of the opposition leaving gaps to be exploited. You can't keep trying to play high intensity football for 90 minutes in every game, it becomes harder and harder to maintain as the season goes on and teams find themselves throwing away points from winning positions.
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I agree Scott. You can't play every game at high intensity, fast pace for 90 minutes. But that is not we are talking about here is it? The point we are discussing is Arteta's decision to keep pushing players forwards in a bid to score again, not sit deep and try to hold what they had.

 
Argo said:
Yes, but we didn't sit back after scoring that's the point.

Wolves I'll give but Burnley? That was probably the best performance I've ever seen in a match we didn't win, would have been 5 or 6 if it weren't for Pope.
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Yep, had lots of chances against Burnley and didn't take them. But we dropped deeper and deeper in the latter stages of the game to try and hold the ball and protect the lead. It didn't work.

"Burnley created very little until the 70th minute when they started to improve and, while Vydra's goal was not inevitable, it was not completely against the run of play.

The visitors could have won it too. Jay Rodriguez lacked conviction in injury-time when he headed for the corner flag instead of going for goal, and Vydra hit a half-volley wide from a long Pope clearance."

 
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