48 minutes ago, RMH said:

Morata’s scored a great goal against R Madrid only to get it disallowed as off side. To me it wasn’t off side, he was in line, but they’ve used VAR.

Morata is always offside. 

Geez I had a giggle at his massive reaction (against his first club as well) only to be then called offside. 

He then also got his customary yellow card for petulance. 

I really hate to see Madrid win every time Courtois plays for them. Athletico were underwhelming in that game.

3 goals in last 2 La Liga games. Seems to be finding his form again.

21 minutes ago, Oli said:

3 goals in last 2 La Liga games. Seems to be finding his form again.

Hope so. We need them to pick up his option. That would basically be a full refund. 

On 04/03/2019 at 00:36, Oli said:

3 goals in last 2 La Liga games. Seems to be finding his form again.

One more goal and he is level for Atletico Madrid goals this season with Costa LOL.

On 03/03/2019 at 18:58, Skinnedy said:

Hope so. We need them to pick up his option. That would basically be a full refund. 

Would be such a coup for us.  Morata is better suited for Spain or Italy though, so I'm sure Atletico would be happy to pay it if he is in form.

scored two goals vs Malta today for Spain

 

Edited March 27, 20197 yr by robdog

Morata's found his level against the mighty Malta.

Spanish Andy Carroll. 

Let's hope he keeps scoring so we likely get a better deal at the end of the season.

36 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

Let's hope he keeps scoring so we likely get a better deal at the end of the season.

I dont think it will make a difference. We already agreed the price with Atletico should they want to make his move permanent, think it was £48m. So either he plays well and Atletico sign him fir that price, or he plays sh*t and we sell him somewhere else for less. 

Like... 95% of his goals are scored with his head... 

Just now, Slojo said:

Like... 95% of his goals are scored with his head... 

And what a head it is. 

edit: we have emojis now so ?????

Just now, Stim said:

And what a head it is. 

edit: we have emojis now so ?????

Just makes you wonder, why didn't we cross the f**king ball in the air as much. 

1 hour ago, Slojo said:

Just makes you wonder, why didn't we cross the f**king ball in the air as much. 

Agreed...…….And Giroud is good in the air as well...……..why not take more advantage of the things they do well?

1 hour ago, Boston Blue said:

Agreed...…….And Giroud is good in the air as well...……..why not take more advantage of the things they do well?

Sadly we only have Azpilicueta who can cross a ball. 

Just now, Slojo said:

Sadly we only have Azpilicueta who can cross a ball. 

Yeah, although it looks like CHO can put a decent ball in as well.  

Another goal for Morata.

Four in his last five games for Atletico and six goals in his last seven games including internationals. 

 

11 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Another goal for Morata.

Four in his last five games for Atletico and six goals in his last seven games including internationals. 

 

Should have kept him, he’s a better player than Higuain is now - at least Morata can run. Higuain looks like he’s running in treacle. Poor signing which Sarri championed, add it alongside Jorginho in why I think he is not the man to build us for the future.

1 minute ago, EdinburghBlue said:

Should have kept him, he’s a better player than Higuain is now - at least Morata can run. Higuain looks like he’s running in treacle. Poor signing which Sarri championed, add it alongside Jorginho in why I think he is not the man to build us for the future.

I don't think we had much choice with Morata, I think he was miserable here and he's definitely a confidence player. He was always going to leave though I do question whether we should have held out until the end of the season. 

We just weren't playing to his strengths. We weren't getting the ball forward quickly into wide areas and whipping crosses in and often when the ball did come into the box he was on own in there against 4 or more defenders. 

But then again, I don't think Sarri's setting us up in a way that's going to benefit any centre forwards right now. The build up is far too slow and we don't commit enough players into the opposition penalty area. 

32 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Another goal for Morata.

Four in his last five games for Atletico and six goals in his last seven games including internationals. 

 

Yet still one of the worst strikers i've seen in a Chelsea shirt.

17 minutes ago, EdinburghBlue said:

Should have kept him, he’s a better player than Higuain is now - at least Morata can run. Higuain looks like he’s running in treacle. Poor signing which Sarri championed, add it alongside Jorginho in why I think he is not the man to build us for the future.

Suffering from memory loss? Morata was beyond bad for the past 12 months. Link up and hold up play was some of the worst i've seen from a Chelsea player.

He's NOT a good finisher, but he's getting scoring chances, especially when the team play to his strength, and he's going to convert some of those chances sooner or later. Replacing him with an aging Higuain was always going to end of in tears, even Sarri conceded that after the game.

8 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Yet still one of the worst strikers i've seen in a Chelsea shirt.

Oh I agree. 

In hindsight I just wonder how much he ever truly wanted to be here? 

Was it a case of wanting to play for Chelsea or that Real didn't want him anymore?

Maybe he just needs a six-month loan back to Spain every couple of years to boost his confidence.

We should rotate with Atletico - we'll have Costa for the first half of the season, then swap him for Morata for the second half.