12 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Emerson gets the blame for the Tottenham goal but it was actually Zouma. 

The ball was at a height he could have cleared it but he just didn't jump and missed it. Shame as otherwise he had a good game. 

I think if you are nitpicking you can say Zouma is at fault but Tomori was marking Moura and Zouma was on Kane, Emerson shouldve been in tight on Lamela especially considering he had a clear view of the danger yet he was late.

1 minute ago, Imran_CFC said:

I think if you are nitpicking you can say Zouma is at fault but Tomori was marking Moura and Zouma was on Kane, Emerson shouldve been in tight on Lamela especially considering he had a clear view of the danger yet he was late.

Emerson should have tracked back 100%, but Zouma should have attacked the ball. He didn't. The ball was there to be cleared by him and he missed it. 

This is from the guy who says Zouma is our best CB. 

It's Emerson's 100% fault, he can see Lamela's alone and his movement towards him was too late. 

7v4 for our side and still Spurs managed to score... 

Emerson's positioning is always horrible. I don't know how he made it as a defender.

Emerson looks like he is running back perhaps from an attacking position.

Seems also like the cross taker has a lot of time, there is no pressure on the ball.

15 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Emerson should have tracked back 100%, but Zouma should have attacked the ball. He didn't. The ball was there to be cleared by him and he missed it. 

This is from the guy who says Zouma is our best CB. 

But it wasn't the fact that he was not marking anyone and missed the header, he was in tight on Kane and preventing him from getting up to get his head on it therefore unable to leap himself, It's clear Lamela was Emerson's man and majority of fault lies with Emerson and maybe Werner/Azpi who have allowed Reguillon ample time to pick a cross.

Like I said if you are nitpicking you can say Zouma is at fault but it wasn't his man who scored

1 minute ago, Imran_CFC said:

But it wasn't the fact that he was not marking anyone and missed the header, he was in tight on Kane and preventing him from getting up to get his head on it therefore unable to leap himself, It's clear Lamela was Emerson's man and majority of fault lies with Emerson and maybe Werner/Azpi who have allowed Reguillon ample time to pick a cross.

Like I said if you are nitpicking you can say Zouma is at fault but it wasn't his man who scored

I think this is based on my own expectations. 

I expect Emerson to not track back because I don't rate him, I can't possibly be annoyed at a player who I don't think is good enough to be in the chelsea team.

I don't expect Zouma to not clear a cross that is very clearable. So I blame Zouma. 

That ball doesn't go over JT's head regardless of how tight he is marking a player, he spots it and clears it. I imagine Zouma will reflect on that and think he made a mistake. As he should. As JT would himself. 

Not Zoumas fault in a million years , he’s doing his job making sure one of the best strikers in the division doesn’t get the ball.

i think Emerson is slow getting there but actually does get there and completely misses it. On as sub , he has no excuse for not getting back goal side sooner. 

15 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Emerson's positioning is always horrible. I don't know how he made it as a defender.

Your comment was good but I optimized it. 

So who's closing down the cross why is there no one with 2 metres of the crosser are they social distancing from him?

12 hours ago, bisright1 said:

Emerson gets the blame for the Tottenham goal but it was actually Zouma. 

The ball was at a height he could have cleared it but he just didn't jump and missed it. Shame as otherwise he had a good game. 

A bit harsh I think. Emerson was not paying attention and should have cleared regardless.

For me the real blame lies in the cross being allowed in the first place. Werner wasn't tracking him because we later learned he was tired and cramping.

Ten minutes earlier we had made a like for like striker change when 1-0 up leaving a cramping striker on the wing to track one of Europes best young fullbacks. With Barkley and Havertz sitting on the bench! It's these little things that kill us.

Both of them were at fault. Zouma should be clearing it, the ball was right on him but he missed it completely. I don't think anybody can say others are being harsh on Zouma when it's something Zouma has had a problem with throughout his career.

Emerson is at fault because he should have been tracking Lamela's run.

Edited September 30, 20205 yr by Scott Harris

Think Tactically Jose got the best of Frank on the last 10-15

With Emerson, a goal will always come in on the backdoor.

It actually goes back a lot further than either Zouma or Emerson being at fault ... look how slack we are in our positioning for the free kick ... Reguilon, who should be ear-marked as a danger man based on his electric pace, has so much space to get in behind the defence it is embarrassing ...  it is quite bizarre that Werner (of all people) is the nearest man to him when the actual cross comes in ...

5 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

It actually goes back a lot further than either Zouma or Emerson being at fault ... look how slack we are in our positioning for the free kick ... Reguilon, who should be ear-marked as a danger man based on his electric pace, has so much space to get in behind the defence it is embarrassing ...  it is quite bizarre that Werner (of all people) is the nearest man to him when the actual cross comes in ...

I think that setup is normal at a freekick that far out I think the issue the phase after where no one was within 2 metres of him following social distancing guidelines 

solid today and showed without doubt he is our best defender and popped up with a nice goal too

5 minutes ago, turnyitb said:

solid today and showed without doubt he is our best defender and popped up with a nice goal too

He always looks a threat from set pieces.

Really impressive today, had a good partnership is Silva.

Our best defender and is capable of around 5 goals per season with his jumping qualities at corners.

If he can learn from Silva this season he can be in this team for a good while.

 

Zouma has now scored twice in 3 PL games and he is really stable in defense overall. 

I really like Zouma. After Jorginho was pushed off the ball around the opposition box Palace tried to quickly punish us, but no worries Zoum Zoum was there!

I think that this pic shows him jumping more than head&shoulders above his marker!

Edited October 3, 20205 yr by Gol15

Slowly coming into his prime. With Silva beside him telling him where to pass and how to move really did wonders for him

Starting to look like the animal we had him under Mourinho.

I'm so glad that things are going well for him, let's hope he will continue in that way.

Interesting to see a few times Silva was instructing him on positioning, I presume Silva can speak French pretty well. It looked a good pairing today.

29 minutes ago, dkw said:

Interesting to see a few times Silva was instructing him on positioning, I presume Silva can speak French pretty well. It looked a good pairing today.

Silva, Zouma and Mendy oh and Kante all communicating in French. Vive le defence!!

39 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Silva, Zouma and Mendy oh and Kante all communicating in French. Vive le defence!!

I assume Azpi knows his french as well.