1 minute ago, Munkworth said:

I can position a mirror and take a picture if you want 

Hahahaha. I'll pass.

On 20/02/2020 at 12:20, coco said:

To be fair Sarri got criticism for everything, even his smoking habit was said to be a sign of his weakness.

Didn't we used to have some prat poster who always referred to Sarri as a tramp and never had a good word to say about him?  Whatever happened to him?

46 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

Didn't we used to have some prat poster who always referred to Sarri as a tramp and never had a good word to say about him?  Whatever happened to him?

Tramp, fraud, someone got banned for telling fans to p*** on him.

Never seen anyone post a YouTube on Kova, just found this:

 

3 hours ago, Munkworth said:

I can position a mirror and take a picture if you want 

🤮

4 hours ago, Munkworth said:

I can position a mirror and take a picture if you want 

Didn't we used to have some prat poster who always referred to Sarri as a tramp and never had a good word to say about him?  Whatever happened to him?

Manages Spurs now

4 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

Never seen anyone post a YouTube on Kova, just found this:

 

Everyone? Not Hull 

13 hours ago, loz said:

19 hours ago, yorkleyblue said:

Didn't we used to have some prat poster who always referred to Sarri as a tramp and never had a good word to say about him?  Whatever happened to him?

Manages Spurs now

I thought he was managing Inter myself 

Our best midfielder. By quite a distance. Have no idea why Lampard left him out in favour of the awful Jorginho-Kante pairing for so long but he really needs to play.

Works really well with Jorginho as well, they bring out the best in each other.

 

Edited February 22, 20206 yr by Sindre

2 minutes ago, Sindre said:

Our best midfielder. By quite a distance. Have no idea why Lampard left him out in favour of the awful Jorginho-Kante pairing for so long but he really needs to play.

Works really well with Jorginho as well, they bring out the best in each other.

 

We play so much better when Kovacic is playing, even more so when it's him and Jorginho together. That first half performance was a complete domination, the distribution was incredible as was the pressing. 

I think Kante's injury for the next few weeks will be a blessing in disguise I really do, I know how much of a c**t that makes me sound there but we'll wait and see. But having said that we could definitely do with him in the Bayern game for sure. 

His celebration when we scored the first goal.

Pure passion, something VAR has the potential to destroy.

Really need to dispel this myth i keep seeing rehashed that goes something like: “he’s good on the ball but doesn’t offer much in the final third, his decision-making is poor.”

this couldn’t be wider of the mark. His decision-making is one of his key attributes. Has a great sense of when to play it safe and when to look for the killer ball. And he delivers killer balls in spades. 
 
before someone calls me a fanboy, I will say there are some legitimate gripes about Kovacic, but this ‘poor decision-making/ineffective in final third” thing  is just not one of them.

 

The boy will turn out to be one gem of a signing for that price. He's a baller

Mateo's touch vs spuds

 

Easily our best player today, easily our best player this season. Lampard really f**ked up by taking him out of the team, and we've less points as a consequence. This time round hopefully Frank has learned and he doesn't immediately bring back Kante when he's fit. Interestingly today, Kovacic played much deeper than Jorginho.

1 hour ago, Dean said:

Really need to dispel this myth i keep seeing rehashed that goes something like: “he’s good on the ball but doesn’t offer much in the final third, his decision-making is poor.”

this couldn’t be wider of the mark. His decision-making is one of his key attributes. Has a great sense of when to play it safe and when to look for the killer ball. And he delivers killer balls in spades. 
 
before someone calls me a fanboy, I will say there are some legitimate gripes about Kovacic, but this ‘poor decision-making/ineffective in final third” thing  is just not one of them.

 

Yeah but he's no Essien 

Another top performance from him today.

45 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

Another top performance from him today.

I think Kovacic is superb before, and like it when he is playing with Jorginho and Barkley they have good movement in the middle of the park.

Edited February 22, 20206 yr by strider6004

4 hours ago, Slojo said:

Yeah but he's no Essien 

Essien is no Mikel though. 

7 hours ago, Slojo said:

We play so much better when Kovacic is playing, even more so when it's him and Jorginho together. That first half performance was a complete domination, the distribution was incredible as was the pressing. 

I think Kante's injury for the next few weeks will be a blessing in disguise I really do, I know how much of a c**t that makes me sound there but we'll wait and see. But having said that we could definitely do with him in the Bayern game for sure. 

Im actually quite excited to see the Jorgi, Kova, Mount midfield vs elite opponents. 

Again, good performance by him against Bayern. We lost, but he was unstoppable in his dribbles and passes.

I think that we should build the midfield around him. Once Kante is back, we should move Kante back to CDM position, let Kovacic run the things around the pitch and play next to him someone who knows how to play Box to Box position, which would be perfect for RLC. 

The partnership between Kovacic and Jorginho is decent against lower teams because of their passing ability. But now when a top team like Bayern came we could see how difficult it was to keep possession only with two in midfield.

 

Big fan of both Jorginho and Kovacic but even I'll admit I don't like that partnership too much in the big games, particularly when we have the team we do against a side like Bayern, they were always going to struggle and be exposed defensively. 

I thought Kovacic was our best player though, a really good performance. 

Listened to Pat Nevin post match on BBC 5 Live and he said he likes both Kovacic and Jorginho but that they were out-classed tonight, and that no Chelsea players would get in the Bayern side. He also said he had never seen Jorginho lose possession so much.

I'd say that was an honest assessment from Pat. Decent players on their day Jorge and Kova, but have to agree with what Slojo keeps telling us....... neither are Michael Essien.

11 minutes ago, just said:

Listened to Pat Nevin post match on BBC 5 Live and he said he likes both Kovacic and Jorginho but that they were out-classed tonight, and that no Chelsea players would get in the Bayern side. He also said he had never seen Jorginho lose possession so much.

I'd say that was an honest assessment from Pat. Decent players on their day Jorge and Kova, but have to agree with what Slojo keeps telling us....... neither are Michael Essien.

Ha re Essien! I actually think a bit unfair to put them in the same same category, Just. Kova a cut above both Jorginho and the rest of the team tonight and most games (Gol will be livid). Wouldn’t make the Bayern first team, though it’s not a given, and that is one formidable side (the main/only valid talking point). Also Kova is continually improving. He’ll get better still and one day, Just, you might even be forced to offer some unqualified praise 🙂