Got his own song. (Albeit highly unoriginal) took his goals superbly.  Both technically challenging with perfect geometrical execution. Motm, and some people, especially the anti CFC media doubted his ability at this level, unlike the manager  & likewise questioned his potential. May this brace be the 1st of many for our new number 9.

CONGRATS TAMMY ON MOTM & BRACE !

 

 

 

4 hours ago, abramovich said:

We haven't seen Tammy do it at every level, he's done very well at the Championship with Bristol and Villa and had a decent, but not great stint with Swansea in the PL in between. While finishing second best goalscorer last season was quite impressive, let's not forget that the league's leading goalscorer was certain Teemu Pukki, who scored Norwich's second today, so let's not get carried away here, shall we?

I'm very happy for Tammy, he took his goals well and hopefully it'll do his confidence a world of good as he continues to develop his game. But scoring twice against the Championship level backline isn't suddenly going to turn him into a top quality striker. There's a very long road ahead and it'll be months and months before we could objectively assess his worth and whether he has a future at the club.

Such a negative tone to this post. We have every right to be excited by Tammy’s performance. He didn’t score 2 against championship opposition - Norwich are in the premiership!!  And they beat an established premier league team Newcastle 3-1 last week - convincingly! The 2 goals he scored today were top top finishes. He won us the match with his superb solo second goal and deserves huge credit for that. 

Tammy has been prolific at every level he’s played at and he’s now 2 goals in 2 starts for us - what more do you expect!? Absolutely brilliant credentials for a 21 year old. He’s going to be a beast in a few years if Lamps keeps showing the faith.

 

Some people just can't be happy. 

Loved that he went over to Frank when he scored. Apparently the second goal is his first ever from outside the box. 

13 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Pressing and finishing was excellent today. He wasn't involved too much, but if he is going to score us the winning goals then I don't care. Now the challenge for him is to keep going.

Respectfully disagree. He held the ball up really well and played some excellent passes to Pulisic and Mount. Worked his socks off too.

8 hours ago, abramovich said:

We haven't seen Tammy do it at every level, he's done very well at the Championship with Bristol and Villa and had a decent, but not great stint with Swansea in the PL in between. While finishing second best goalscorer last season was quite impressive, let's not forget that the league's leading goalscorer was certain Teemu Pukki, who scored Norwich's second today, so let's not get carried away here, shall we?

I'm very happy for Tammy, he took his goals well and hopefully it'll do his confidence a world of good as he continues to develop his game. But scoring twice against the Championship level backline isn't suddenly going to turn him into a top quality striker. There's a very long road ahead and it'll be months and months before we could objectively assess his worth and whether he has a future at the club.

Hah knew someone would bring up him doing it today against "a Championship" side.  

Keep on doubting him, he wont care. You all wait and see. 

Guess if he does the business against the Blades will be just another Championship level defense right? And if not he is not good enough again?

Enjoy the ride ladies and gents. We have some proper Gems in our youth players. Tammy, Mason, RLC (ok not so young), CHO and James. Doubt them all you want, but watch them rise.

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Enjoy the ride ladies and gents. We have some proper Gems in our youth players. Tammy, Mason, RLC (ok not so young), CHO and James. Doubt them all you want, but watch them rise.

Add in Guehi, Tomori, Maatsen, Gallagher, Ampadu, Gilmour, Anjorin ... exciting times !

In 5 years we could almost have a complete first eleven of academy players, the majority of whom are English.

14 hours ago, abramovich said:

We haven't seen Tammy do it at every level, he's done very well at the Championship with Bristol and Villa and had a decent, but not great stint with Swansea in the PL in between. While finishing second best goalscorer last season was quite impressive, let's not forget that the league's leading goalscorer was certain Teemu Pukki, who scored Norwich's second today, so let's not get carried away here, shall we?

I'm very happy for Tammy, he took his goals well and hopefully it'll do his confidence a world of good as he continues to develop his game. But scoring twice against the Championship level backline isn't suddenly going to turn him into a top quality striker. There's a very long road ahead and it'll be months and months before we could objectively assess his worth and whether he has a future at the club.

Fully agree with this. Tammy has not "done it" at every level, and looked poor and out of his depth at times during his Swansea loan. But, that was a few years back, and his scoring record in the youth and championship mean that he deserves a chance. 

As I have said in other posts, I am keeping my expectations low, as since watching him at youth level, I have worries about his overall game, particularly his hold up, positioning, and strength.  But he deserves his chance, and if he keeps playing and scoring like he did yesterday, I will be happy to eat my words, indeed, have them shoved down my throat.

2 good goals against Norwich, which won us the game. But then Morata scored a hatrick against Stoke that won us the game a couple of seasons ago - so I will temper expectations until he is doing it over a prolonged period against a variety of teams, not just those likely to be battling relegation. 

Long may his hard work and upward trajectory continue....

 

KTBFFH

6 hours ago, Scott said:

Some people just can't be happy. 

Not me.

12 hours ago, abramovich said:

I'm very happy for Tammy, he took his goals well and hopefully it'll do his confidence a world of good as he continues to develop his game. 

I understand the emotional reaction to his goals yesterday, the fans waited for so long for our youth to get into the team and make their mark. These are very exciting times for all Chelsea supporters and is clearly a step in the right direction. In that sense I'm very hopeful and very much looking forward to seeing our young talent to break into the first team and become the future of this club. I do have doubts about Tammy, but will be more than happy if he proves me wrong in bigger and tougher games to come.

I notice yesterday that the balls to Tammy were not hit high yet rather to his feet enabling him to make lay-offs or attempt to run past his man. This is positive as it needs to be a different ball to that which we play for Giroud. 

Let's not fortget, he hits the woodworks against United. With more chance he could potentially has 3 goals in 3 games. 

What I find promising is that even in the matches that he hasn’t scored he’s been in the position to miss chances.

While that may sound an odd thing to say, I prefer that to let’s say Morata, who could be on the pitch for a whole match and wouldn’t even come close to getting a chance to score.

Tammy will get better the more he plays, this is totally different to playing for Swansea.

Edited August 25, 20196 yr by 2211

10 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Respectfully disagree. He held the ball up really well and played some excellent passes to Pulisic and Mount. Worked his socks off too.

I too thought his hold up play was excellent, he had several nice one touch layoffs off his hold up play.

6 hours ago, mwblue10 said:

I too thought his hold up play was excellent, he had several nice one touch layoffs off his hold up play.

Including starting the move, with a lay off on the half way line, that resulted in him then stroking home the ball for the first goal

8 hours ago, 2211 said:

What I find promising is that even in the matches that he hasn’t scored he’s been in the position to miss chances.

While that may sound an odd thing to say, I prefer that to let’s say Morata, who could be on the pitch for a whole match and wouldn’t even come close to getting a chance to score.

That is simply not true, Morata got in goalscoring positions like it was going out of fashion (especially vs high lines) but he had no belief in himself to actually finish.

Torres was the one susceptible to going weeks at a time without a sniff at goal.

Edited August 25, 20196 yr by Argo

I thought his first touch was one of his biggest weaknesses, so his excellent touches in the game were a big added bonus as was the crucial composure he showed for both goals. Then there was also that nice pass that gave Pulisic a chance, so looking back it really was a tremendous, allround performance!

20 minutes ago, Argo said:

That is simply not true, Morata got in goalscoring positions like it was going out of fashion (especially vs high lines) but he had no belief in himself to actually finish.

Torres was the one susceptible to going weeks at a time without a sniff at goal.

OK, fair enough, Torres is probably a better example.

My point was more about Tammy rather than past strikers.

I'm not exactly sure where these expectations for our young players have come from.  Tammy & Pulisic taking some heat on these forums.  These are 20 and 21 year old players who have 3 games of Premier League experience under their belts, and some here are expecting them to be playing like they have been in the league for years and are at the peak of their careers.

Allow them to develop.  Enjoy watching them develop.  Support them.  We can't write them off after a game in which they don't score, then hail them as world class when they score in the next match.  

It was no secret there was going to need to be some development this season, yet some seem surprised we are going through it.

He's awesome I think... Took both those goals well, so what if he missed a sitter and penalty against Liverpool, strikers miss chances all the time. If it wasn't for Tammy we wouldn't have been in the penalty shoot out to begin with. 

Him and Mason have 4 goals between them in 3 games, early days but great combination so far. 

Very happy with Tammy so far this season also dont understand the need for some people to criticise our younger players, for me Tammy absolutely deserves this chance.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/08/26/chelsea-prepare-offer-new-100000-a-week-contract-striker-tammy/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

I think it is fair but is the timing right? Lets see 10 goals from him and think about then? 3 years of contract left and the boy is not short for Cash as it is. Not sure if this is healthy.

18 minutes ago, evissy said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/08/26/chelsea-prepare-offer-new-100000-a-week-contract-striker-tammy/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

I think it is fair but is the timing right? Lets see 10 goals from him and think about then? 3 years of contract left and the boy is not short for Cash as it is. Not sure if this is healthy.

Perhaps him being the lowest earner has something to do with it. Preventing resentment from Tammy or something like that. Assuming the article is correct, obviously.

If he has a good season and ends up scoring 15+ goals he can demand much more, I reckon even 10 goals and he'll be compared to another young English striker like Rashford and get £200k.

It’s sad but in today’s current climate £100k a week is barely an average players wage. 

First time in the modern game we produce are own striker, lets just pay him the going rate if he keeps this up.