11 minutes ago, enigma said:

Well Jay DaSilva is playing well at Charlton, so be interesting to see how the club plan his next steps. The same for Reece James.

I personally don't think Azpilicueta is that good at all as a RB in an attacking system. He can defend well, but going forward he is very mediocre. Playing him at LB would be a disadvantage. Just have Jya dasilva as backup to Emerson. 

Couldn't remember dasilvas name. Yes that's who I meant by youth

My preference would be a defensive squad that is our 4 current CBs, Azpi, Reece James, Emerson and JDS. 

Won't happen, JDS will get sold. 

31 minutes ago, enigma said:

Well Jay DaSilva is playing well at Charlton, so be interesting to see how the club plan his next steps. The same for Reece James.

I personally don't think Azpilicueta is that good at all as a RB in an attacking system. He can defend well, but going forward he is very mediocre. Playing him at LB would be a disadvantage. Just have Jya dasilva as backup to Emerson. 

Jay dasilva has been at Bristol city this season. He did spend 2 seasons at Charlton though. Its took him a while but he has nailed down that left back spot now and is putting in good performances. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-chelsea-liverpool-transfer-2404130.amp

Bristol City actually have a buy out clause agreed aswell. Which means the club cant have rated dasilva too highly anymore.

 

Good header. Awful performance and player.

Play him as a second Statiker. 

He’s been out of form, but what I’ve been much more disappointed in is his poor effort and piss poor attitude.  He doesn’t try hard at all, is always walking/jogging about the pitch.  Here in the US, we would ask for a little hustle.

Come back Marco, all is forgiven.

Come back Marco, all is forgiven.

Had he played it would have been worst

2 hours ago, EmeraldBlue said:

Come back Marco, all is forgiven.

If Emerson had played worse than Alonso has since October, then sure, but he didn't, so there is no reason for him to return to the team.

Edited April 14, 20197 yr by Scott Harris

3 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

If Emerson had played worse than Alonso has since October, then sure, but he didn't, so there is no reason for him to return to the team.

Would be nice to have a defender next to the LB. If that's our vulnerable area, why not shore it up with a CB that is more steady defensively? 

3 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

If Emerson had played worse than Alonso has since October, then sure, but he didn't, so there is no reason for him to return to the team.

Emerson had the luxury of Willian covering his back and still got torn apart, usually Alonso's very worst games come when Hazard Infront leaves him exposed.

That said I would probably still have Emerson in the team at the minute purely because his pace helps speeds things up in attack compared to Marcos but his performance today just furthers my belief that LB should be our first port of call in the market, even over ST.

Willian's defensive contribution is shocking too though.

Honestly I think Alonso would make a great striker.

He has everything you want in a striker, great at shooting, heading, he can hold the ball up, and his goal against United showed his natural striker instinct.

I know the stakes are too high now to experiment, but why haven’t we tried it yet? He can tackle too so he can lead the press upfront.

Come on Sarri, give it a go in pre season. He’s terrible as a left back.

3 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Honestly I think Alonso would make a great striker.

He has everything you want in a striker, great at shooting, heading, he can hold the ball up, and his goal against United showed his natural striker instinct.

I know the stakes are too high now to experiment, but why haven’t we tried it yet? He can tackle too so he can lead the press upfront.

Come on Sarri, give it a go in pre season. He’s terrible as a left back.

He is great at scoring precisely because he is not being marked as the defender upfront.

I don't think he would make a good front man despite his good finishing.

21 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Honestly I think Alonso would make a great striker.

He has everything you want in a striker, great at shooting, heading, he can hold the ball up, and his goal against United showed his natural striker instinct.

I know the stakes are too high now to experiment, but why haven’t we tried it yet? He can tackle too so he can lead the press upfront.

Come on Sarri, give it a go in pre season. He’s terrible as a left back.

i agree. Got everything except pace but if you make the right runs you can negate that.

If would just seem "naiv", "out of order" for the public and if it doesn´t work Sarri looks like a joke figure.

I can definitely picture him in a West Ham shirt in about two seasons' time.

Both Madrid teams are interested in signing him.

Please take whatever they offer and run!

I read on Twitter that Marcos Alonso blamed Sarri for his poor form this season? I haven't been able to find the quote of him saying but if it's true, then I feel like it falls directly in line with his effort level this past year. If he left I would not lose sleep for a second.

2 hours ago, chiefBlueCFC said:

I read on Twitter that Marcos Alonso blamed Sarri for his poor form this season? I haven't been able to find the quote of him saying

You know what that is my friend

10 minutes ago, robdog said:

You know what that is my friend

 

Not quite though... it's open to interpretation. This is the quote that people are pulling to say "he's blaming Sarri"...

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea/chelsea-defender-marcos-alonso-hints-at-possible-exit-amid-real-madrid-interest-we-will-see-what-a4150676.html

He added: ”For me personally, the path changed. I started very well, then the manager wanted different things from me. 

“After that I was trying to do what he wanted and then he told me he wanted to play like I was at the beginning of the season. So maybe that has conditioned a little bit the way of my game.

45 minutes ago, Skinnedy said:

Not quite though... it's open to interpretation. This is the quote that people are pulling to say "he's blaming Sarri"...

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea/chelsea-defender-marcos-alonso-hints-at-possible-exit-amid-real-madrid-interest-we-will-see-what-a4150676.html

He added: ”For me personally, the path changed. I started very well, then the manager wanted different things from me. 

“After that I was trying to do what he wanted and then he told me he wanted to play like I was at the beginning of the season. So maybe that has conditioned a little bit the way of my game.

Alonso did start the season off strong & I remember Don Maurizio saying that Alonso could be the Best LB in the World

 

2 minutes ago, robdog said:

Alonso did start the season off strong & I remember Don Maurizio saying that Alonso could be the Best LB in the World

I'm convinced the complete lack of rotation hurt Alonso as well.

He played in 24 matches before the first of the year. Sarri ran him into the ground.

Minutes played thru 1/1/19

Alonso - 2121
Emerson - 773

from 1/1 thru end of season

Emerson - 1367
Alonso -  1423

 

 

 

57 minutes ago, Skinnedy said:

I'm convinced the complete lack of rotation hurt Alonso as well.

He played in 24 matches before the first of the year. Sarri ran him into the ground.

Minutes played thru 1/1/19

Alonso - 2121
Emerson - 773

from 1/1 thru end of season

Emerson - 1367
Alonso -  1423

 

 

 

Alonso's running speed is about a normal human beings walking pace so saying 'Sarri walked him into the ground' would probably be more accurate.

Also, Azpi played far more than Alonso in the same role this year and although looking uncomfortable at times never really looked fatigued. 

15 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Also, Azpi played far more than Alonso in the same role this year and although looking uncomfortable at times never really looked fatigued. 

I don't know. There were definitely times when I thought Azpi needed a break as well. 

Would have been good to get him rest against teams that were parking the bus as I think Zappa probably offers a bit more going forward. 

That was my biggest complaint with Sarri this year... Squad selection and rotation (or lack there of) 

On 24/05/2019 at 20:06, Skinnedy said:

I don't know. There were definitely times when I thought Azpi needed a break as well. 

Would have been good to get him rest against teams that were parking the bus as I think Zappa probably offers a bit more going forward. 

That was my biggest complaint with Sarri this year... Squad selection and rotation (or lack there of) 

He has rotated loads. He practically changed the whole team every time we played in the Europa and League Cup until the latter stages. Compare that with Klopp and his full backs playing CL and PL games every week. Alonso just has a bad attitude and thinks he’s better than he actually is.

On 24/05/2019 at 20:06, Skinnedy said:

I don't know. There were definitely times when I thought Azpi needed a break as well. 

Would have been good to get him rest against teams that were parking the bus as I think Zappa probably offers a bit more going forward. 

That was my biggest complaint with Sarri this year... Squad selection and rotation (or lack there of) 

On Azpi I think you have a case as he definitely looked tired at points but that’s one player and he is our on the pitch captain so it makes sense for him to play more.