37 minutes ago, Oli said:

We must have had Harry Potter on the touchline. Because it was magic how Arsenal had all the possession in our middle, yet Loftus cheek was nowhere to be seen. The fact he made barely any mistakes in that second half was more down to him hiding the whole time. How is gallagher or zakaria not getting ahead of that.

Because even when we played diamond and 2 defensive fb we still play with two dm 😱😱. No way conor can play in rube role. 

Ruben was awful but I expected him to push up more but he never did. We simply can't play football like this. 

Edited November 6, 20223 yr by Bob stark

Sadly he is a prime example of what makes us not a top side anymore. 

Lack of any real talent, lazy, poor application. A less talented Havertz basically. And they are both starters.

1 hour ago, Oli said:

We must have had Harry Potter on the touchline. Because it was magic how Arsenal had all the possession in our middle, yet Loftus cheek was nowhere to be seen. The fact he made barely any mistakes in that second half was more down to him hiding the whole time. How is gallagher or zakaria not getting ahead of that.

I was sure zakaria was starting today.... Really wanna know the logic in playing RLC ahead of gallagher Or zakaria. A central midfielder with zero contribution in a match is a rare accomplishment lol. 

He is fit for an advanced attacking role, one where he doesn't need to run up and down, no major defensive responsibility etc. 

Scared, hid, doesn't want the ball because he doesn't want to make any mistakes. Every time we play a top 6 team he sh*ts his pants.

We pay this guy 180K a week, shambles.

1 minute ago, jack_super_class said:

Scared, hid, doesn't want the ball because he doesn't want to make any mistakes. Every time we play a top 6 team he sh*ts his pants.

We pay this guy 180K a week, shambles.

180k serious? Didn't know that lol

4 minutes ago, frendz said:

180k serious? Didn't know that lol

Its 100 or 120K. Was given to it after like 5 good performances under Sarri.

State of this club. 

36 minutes ago, frendz said:

He is fit for an advanced attacking role, one where he doesn't need to run up and down, no major defensive responsibility etc. 

0 end product, he's useless and he already failed as a AM/winger at the start of his career. 

I can't believe Zakaria after scoring in his debut got benched for RLC that has been terrible 3 matches in a row regardless of what position he plays.

2 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

0 end product, he's useless and he already failed as a AM/winger at the start of his career. 

I can't believe Zakaria after scoring in his debut got benched for RLC that has been terrible 3 matches in a row regardless of what position he plays.

I can. I cannot believe you were surprised.

Just now, axman2526 said:

I can. I cannot believe you were surprised.

Feels like we're on autopilot, default cruising towards the next match just to do the exact same low effort and not score any goals.

RLC has featured 12 times under Potter, that's equal to Mount as the highest played player, I'm not sure where is this winning formula.

1 minute ago, Gol15 said:

Feels like we're on autopilot, default cruising towards the next match just to do the exact same low effort and not score any goals.

RLC has featured 12 times under Potter, that's equal to Mount as the highest played player, I'm not sure where is this winning formula.

I think we'd all rather want Potter to try something different vs doing the same thing and expecting different results. 

Think there's a definition for that...

To be fair Zakaria has only played around 80 minutes football against a Champions League Pot 4 team in the last few months so playing him again a few days later against the league leaders would probably be too much for him.

Although the main point is that starting RLC against a top team shows how far we have fallen.

Edited November 6, 20223 yr by 2211

When you see RLC and Jorginho in midfield you know it's going to be a painful match.

9 minutes ago, Ernie_blue said:

When you see RLC and Jorginho in midfield you know it's going to be a painful match.

Our current version of Jokanovic and Minerio

The definition of ‘flatters to deceive’ in the dictionary should have a picture of Loftus Cheek beside it. Exactly what does he do on the pitch? It just passes me by. 

39 minutes ago, Socrates said:

The definition of ‘flatters to deceive’ in the dictionary should have a picture of Loftus Cheek beside it. Exactly what does he do on the pitch? It just passes me by. 

That's what the ball says on it's way past Ruben.

15 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Sadly he is a prime example of what makes us not a top side anymore. 

Lack of any real talent, lazy, poor application. A less talented Havertz basically. And they are both starters.

I thought you were talking about yourself for a minute there. 

17 hours ago, reparto corse said:

Why is he starting so many games this season? It already started unter Tuchel to be fair but it's getting a bit ridiculous now. The guy is a passenger. Decent squad player but should be nowhere near starting games against top teams in the PL.

Tuchel mainly played him at wing back, a position he has played well when he has been asked to play there. I don't have a clue what Potter see's in him as a CM. 

14 hours ago, 2211 said:

To be fair Zakaria has only played around 80 minutes football against a Champions League Pot 4 team in the last few months so playing him again a few days later against the league leaders would probably be too much for him.

Although the main point is that starting RLC against a top team shows how far we have fallen.

This is all on Potter. I would love to know why Zakaria has been left in the cold for so long. He's been here for months now and the first time we use him was in a dead rubber game against Zagreb, a game he performed surprisingly well in, I say surprisingly because I thought that with how little he was being used, he must have been Saul or Bakayoko levels of bad. If he was given more minutes, he could have been a really good option to have with all of these injuries in midfield.

27 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Tuchel mainly played him at wing back, a position he has played well when he has been asked to play there. I don't have a clue what Potter see's in him as a CM. 

This is all on Potter. I would love to know why Zakaria has been left in the cold for so long. He's been here for months now and the first time we use him was in a dead rubber game against Zagreb, a game he performed surprisingly well in, I say surprisingly because I thought that with how little he was being used, he must have been Saul or Bakayoko levels of bad. If he was given more minutes, he could have been a really good option to have with all of these injuries in midfield.

Potter played ruben mostly as cm/dm. He only played wb because we don't have any other rwb

16 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Sadly he is a prime example of what makes us not a top side anymore. 

Lack of any real talent, lazy, poor application. A less talented Havertz basically. And they are both starters.

Ruben is our 4th choice dm. 

 

Ruben is gonna be a Massive hit for Chelsea……Chelsea ladies, Kingsmeadow awaits🤣🤣🤣

How the f**k is RLC still a Chelsea player? ( I guess I know the answer to that - no-one else will pay his ludicrous wages).

But how is he still being considered for selection when we now have the likes of Gallagher & Carney? No doubt a new coach get's appointed, see's this big physical specimen do a few nice bits in training and think. yeah, he can do a job. But he just flatters to deceive time and again. Even this season, I've seen him have a half decent game and think, maybe...........

But NO. He'll soon be 27 and he is bang f**king average and is another who shouldn't be anywhere near the squad going forward. GET RID!

 

Had high hopes for this guy especially under Sarri but his moment has come and gone he should be shipped out in the summer. 
I really liked his silky smooth dribbling and how he glides across the pitch.

7 hours ago, Munkworth said:

I thought you were talking about yourself for a minute there. 

1 hour ago, El regreso said:

Had high hopes for this guy especially under Sarri but his moment has come and gone he should be shipped out in the summer. 
I really liked his silky smooth dribbling and how he glides across the pitch.

The Sarri period was an anomaly. 

Other than that he's been no different to what we see today, but because he was a young age many thought he'd suddenly change tact.