Will be interesting to see how he features after the international break with Mount, Pulisic, Werner and Lukaku returning to fitness. 

 

10 hours ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Will be interesting to see how he features after the international break with Mount, Pulisic, Werner and Lukaku returning to fitness. 

On current form he should be untouchable. Those four should have to earn way their way back in like anyone else.

3 big chances created and 5 key passes in the last game, you simply don't get dropped after a performance like that.

Edited November 8, 20214 yr by Argo

His attempts at goal have been poor should really have had a few goals.

If he does go to the bench that will probably be why as otherwise he has played better. 

3 hours ago, Argo said:

On current form he should be untouchable. Those four should have to earn way their way back in like anyone else.

3 big chances created and 5 key passes in the last game, you simply don't get dropped after a performance like that.

One way to look at it. Another is he wasted 2 golden  chances to score and ultimately was one of the main reasons we did not win.

11 hours ago, axman2526 said:

One way to look at it. Another is he wasted 2 golden  chances to score and ultimately was one of the main reasons we did not win.

Ye but he has created big chances in these recent matches that have just been failed to put away. He should be about 2/3 assists up recently, and that makes all the difference with our perception of him. Its not his fault our players are missing big chances. I wouldn't say he's untouchable, but we have to acknowledge he has been good too. 

13 hours ago, axman2526 said:

One way to look at it. Another is he wasted 2 golden  chances to score and ultimately was one of the main reasons we did not win.

If his competition were also creating the big chances and then taking them then fair enough, but they ain't.

It's why Werner kept his place last season because despite his outrageous finishing he simply offered a hell of a lot more to the team than Pulisic and Tammy.

4 hours ago, Oli said:

Ye but he has created big chances in these recent matches that have just been failed to put away. He should be about 2/3 assists up recently, and that makes all the difference with our perception of him. Its not his fault our players are missing big chances. I wouldn't say he's untouchable, but we have to acknowledge he has been good too. 

Not saying he has not been playing well, just that missing two very presentable chances in a game we did not win does count against him.

3 hours ago, Argo said:

If his competition were also creating the big chances and then taking them then fair enough, but they ain't.

It's why Werner kept his place last season because despite his outrageous finishing he simply offered a hell of a lot more to the team than Pulisic and Tammy.

To be fair we have not had a chance to see what Pulisic can offer this season. He has not played at all with Lukaku, and in the one game he did start, before sickness and injury, he scored.

If he could stay healthy and fit I believe Pulisic would offer that goal threat as well as chance creation.

As far as the others go, I would say CHO is an equal to Werner this season, and ahead of Mount and Ziyech. 

This period of games may just be the breakthrough Callum has been waiting for. Impressive today he’s clearly benefiting from Tuchel’s coaching, good both on and off the ball. Getting efforts on goal too, the goals will follow.

2 hours ago, charierre said:

This period of games may just be the breakthrough Callum has been waiting for. Impressive today he’s clearly benefiting from Tuchel’s coaching, good both on and off the ball. Getting efforts on goal too, the goals will follow.

Not too worried about his goals if he plays like that every game.

against Utd I hope

As I said after the Burnley game, his place should be untouchable right now.

23 minutes ago, Argo said:

As I said after the Burnley game, his place should be untouchable right now.

Close to untouchable. The beauty with the side at present is that each player has another who can step directly into their shoes. I do hope now it’s been fully realised how much better he is cutting in from the left, though he is very fluid in his movement. 

I think we should try get 20m for ziyech. We’re pretty overloaded with Rom Werner and pulisic back. Would be a show of faith in cho

If he keeps playing how he has done against Burnley and Leicester yesterday, the goals and assists will come. Especially with Rom coming back into the side. 

 

As surprising as it is to say, on current form, if you're picking the side on merit, he's ahead of Mason Mount right now. 

Taken his chance in the first team, looked impressive, looked positive. Think it's up to the likes of Mount, Havertz, Werner, Pulisic to try and win a place in the team ahead of him now. 

2 hours ago, ForeverCarefree said:

As surprising as it is to say, on current form, if you're picking the side on merit, he's ahead of Mason Mount right now. 

Taken his chance in the first team, looked impressive, looked positive. Think it's up to the likes of Mount, Havertz, Werner, Pulisic to try and win a place in the team ahead of him now. 

Mount needs to step it up big time.

He's probably one or two attackers catching fire away from being benched. Hopefully he's the one attacker who finds top form again but he's been very underwhelming to start the season.

1 hour ago, Sindre said:

Mount needs to step it up big time.

He's probably one or two attackers catching fire away from being benched. Hopefully he's the one attacker who finds top form again but he's been very underwhelming to start the season.

I don't think Mount has been that bad, but he hasn't been as influential as before. A lot of the players that played in the Euro's, especially the final, haven't come back in great form. I would have been perfectly fine if Mount had been eased back into the team the same way Chilwell was. I think it would have done him a world of good to give him a break.

He's starting to look the player we all thought he could be. 

Glad he git his goal tonight, well deserved for his recent quality performances. 

Nailed on starter against United. 

Looks better than ever now.

It's probably just increased confidence levels but he even looks to have regained that blistering pace that he's seemingly lacked ever since his terrible injury.

This could very well be the goal that sets his career to new levels. I have a feeling that he's going to score more very soon.

On 22/11/2021 at 16:55, Sindre said:

Mount needs to step it up big time.

He's probably one or two attackers catching fire away from being benched. Hopefully he's the one attacker who finds top form again but he's been very underwhelming to start the season.

You're not wrong LOL.

His thread is now on page 2 as nobody has posted in it since October 30th :-) 

35 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

He's starting to look the player we all thought he could be. 

Glad he git his goal tonight, well deserved for his recent quality performances. 

Nailed on starter against United. 

Any thoughts @loz?

People were heavily criticising him for not joining up with the England under 21's, but he is proving that it was the right choice in the long run. Staying back and training with us during all of these international breaks has given him and Tuchel a chance to work on everything that needed working on and now look at him, he's forced his way into the starting 11 and has gotten ahead of all of the players that were playing ahead of him.

The media tried to spin it and say he was being disrespectful, but if he keeps this form up and keeps improving season after season, then he will look back on this and see it as one of the best decisions he made in his career.

Edited November 24, 20214 yr by Scott Harris

I'm glad the club gave him time and Tuchel being hard on him early on has made him focused and effective. 

He used to try fancy flicks or dribble into blind alleys but now every decision he makes is to inflict the most damage to an opponent's defence.

Long may it continue