2 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

In all its glory. Magnificent. 

I truly do not understand why Kante was booked for that when he played the ball, and the twat bringing Hazard down from behind didn't even get a free-kick against him, let alone a booking

6 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

I truly do not understand why Kante was booked for that when he played the ball, and the twat bringing Hazard down from behind didn't even get a free-kick against him, let alone a booking

Also, how is it any different from the Dier 'tackle' on Luiz in the first half?

Kante plays in blue?

Can someone isolate the sound of Danny Rose squealing like a wounded little piglet when big, bad N’Golo breaks his ankle? I find it hilarious. 

Kante was booked because the whistle had already been blown.

28 minutes ago, KnowItAll said:

Kante was booked because the whistle had already been blown.

Rose didn't stop plying either... So why should Kante be booked for playing after the whistle? 

Some might be inclined to say that Rose got what he deserved. 

Kante is really improving on the ball and its wonderful to see. The saddest thing for me is currently he is our biggest goal threat in midfield right now. Now, if RLC gets healthy that could change, of course. It's amazing watching him get better this season.

Also, that tackle on Rose yesterday! Ahh, loved it

I was thinking a while back whether we should drop him leaving Kovacic and RLC in midfield. Well RLC is on the treatment bench and Kante not only winning back the ball is also making great runs into space.

His shots from the edge of the box though lacking good placement are dangerous because he has the time to leather it and when he does the defenders can't react fast enough as we saw last night with two deflections. 

I think he may yet improve further.

3 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

I was thinking a while back whether we should drop him leaving Kovacic and RLC in midfield. Well RLC is on the treatment bench and Kante not only winning back the ball is also making great runs into space.

His shots from the edge of the box though lacking good placement are dangerous because he has the time to leather it and when he does the defenders can't react fast enough as we saw last night with two deflections. 

I think he may yet improve further.

4 goals in all competitions so far. What are the odds of him finishing with 10 this year?

8 would be a wonderful achievement already for him. A deep FA cup or Europa league run, 10 might just be possible.

 

 

38 minutes ago, dustbin719 said:

4 goals in all competitions so far. What are the odds of him finishing with 10 this year?

8 would be a wonderful achievement already for him. A deep FA cup or Europa league run, 10 might just be possible.

 

 

Agree.

I just read that N'Golo Kante is ready to finance the search for Emiliano Sala. I hope Sala & the pilot can be found to bring closure to their families.

So you can always find it when you need to smile. 

 

seems right

Edited January 26, 20197 yr by Gol15

How any other managers would task Kante with being one of the main attacking threats in their team?

Team plays well or Kante scores -> Kante is fine in this position.

Team loses or Kante misses an opportunity -> Why is our manager doing this to Kante.

Repeat.

3 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Team plays well or Kante scores -> Kante is fine in this position.

Team loses or Kante misses an opportunity -> Why is our manager doing this to Kante.

Repeat.

Until the good performances and results start to outweigh the bad this will keep cropping up. 

I'd say in recent weeks the good performances have outweighed the bad. That one miss aside last night, that in all honesty he should've buried, i can't remember him putting a foot wrong in weeks. 

I'm not talking about Kante, I'm talking about the whole team. 

3 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

I'm not talking about Kante, I'm talking about the whole team. 

14 wins and 5 losses. Seems like good performances must be outweighing the bad. 

2 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

14 wins and 5 losses. Seems like good performances must be outweighing the bad. 

4 losses in the last 12 though. 

6 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

4 losses in the last 12 though. 

So 33%. So the good still outweighing the bad?

10 hours ago, ForeverCarefree said:

How any other managers would task Kante with being one of the main attacking threats in their team?

Well he's not, there's 4 players who are supposed to be more of an attacking threat than him.

18 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

So 33%. So the good still outweighing the bad?

Do you think that's good enough for a team of Chelsea's ambitions? 

17 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Well he's not, there's 4 players who are supposed to be more of an attacking threat than him.

Could have fooled me. We've failed to score a single goal in our last three way games. 

6 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Do you think that's good enough for a team of Chelsea's ambitions? 

Could have fooled me. We've failed to score a single goal in our last three way games. 

Got to look at it as a whole, not just pick and choose from a set period of the season that we aren't doing great in. 

We're still in all the cup competition and i still believe we'll finish top 4. Good enough for a squad that is trying to learn a completely new brand of football and still needs some big signings.

By appointing Sarri, we are completely changing the way we play football, it takes time.