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Chelsea V Southampton (Wembley) (FA) Sun 22nd Apr 15:00 UK

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Apart from Willian hitting the bar we haven't created anything. That's worrying. All of Southampton's big guns are on the bench. As we tire, Hughes will bring them on. We have had plenty of possession but no end product. I'm a bit worried for the second half when those players do come on.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

Our defense doesn't know how to play out of defense. The midfield is almost non existent. The forward players play way to intricate, everything has to be perfect. 

I just don't think the formation suits the players this season. I would have liked to see the same set up we seen against Burnley. I would love to see Hazard playing off two strikers, Hazard's brilliant when running from deep. I also think it gave the squad more balance.

Absolutely spot on. it's always the same thing...

I thought first 10 minutes we started up all fired up, but our tempo dropped after that. We're still the better team, but we need our superiority to count.

Just now, Zeta said:

I miss the days of having players who weren't afraid to take a shot on. Lampard wouldn't let a game go by without a few long range efforts. Ballack could do it. Essien could do it. Drogba would drop deep and smash them in. When was the last time Fabregas got the ball 25 yards from goal and had a shot, instead of passing sideways? This football is so f**king dull to watch.

Cesc can't do long shots, he much prefers low controlled ones that roll along the ground. I think Willian shifting the ball and taking a shot just outside the box is the closest thing we'll get to a long shot in this squad.

2 minutes ago, Qaz said:

Hazard and Willian are very talented footballers but we just aren't getting the ball to them early enough for them not to be double/triple marked. Which kinda makes sense to defend like this if you are Southampton.

What we need is either a) move the ball into Hazard and Willian quicker before they are marked out of the game. b) we need more movement and more numbers forward. c) we need our wing backs to cross the ball better when we get into the final third

that is why we need a massive overhaul because we currently only have Kanté as our whole midfield and Moses showed his limits that season when it comes to crossing and everything else actually ...

12 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Costa wanted to leave, so he would have been useless too. We have seen how sh*t Costa is when he doesn't get things his way.

I agree he's too hard to handle, unfortunatelly

when we play with a good tempo the players start bombing forward and things get exciting, the opposite is either a ball into the box which fails or kante drives forward and then passes it to someone else. 

3 minutes ago, enigma said:

when we play with a good tempo the players start bombing forward and things get exciting, the opposite is either a ball into the box which fails or kante drives forward and then passes it to someone else. 

That's when Chelsea are counter attacking, we have always struggled to break teams down.

8 minutes ago, enigma said:

It's so predictable. Defenders gets ball, passes it to kante, kante to wingback, wingback to hazard, hazard to azpi, azpi to moses, moses back to azpi, azpi tries a cross into the box, fails, rinse and repeat. 

I have been saying it for long, the problem is not the players, but the tactics Conte is using.

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