7 hours ago, evissy said:

Looks like Frank took things from Sarri as well. Actually he said himself he needs to respect what Sarri did. What he has brought in we are much quicker in the attack than with Sarri. We don't wait for the opponent to congest the defence, we just penetrate dangerous area quickly. I think we play very much like Liverpool but unfortunately we lack of quality they have in defence and in attack.

I think this is why Barkley has looked so promising during pre-season. He's somebody that suits a more direct approach rather than slow build up play.

7 hours ago, evissy said:

Looks like Frank took things from Sarri as well.

No doubt does Sarri deserve some credit for working on playing out from the back for example which is a work Lampard will be able to take advantage of hopefully. A great example of this is when Pulisic won the penalty yesterday. Here is a video of it:

We will be quicker in attack though and not "locked" into one certain system but be able to switch things up in the way we attack, press and how we use the ball when we have it. We became far too predictable last season and i think we'll see a change in that regard now.

Our quality can lead us to 3-5th places. 3rd would mean a Monster-season by the team and Frank. This would also mean we are in the mix of winning the thing till the last months of the season. If you look at Pool or City they have the exact players they need for every position. We don't.

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

I think this is why Barkley has looked so promising during pre-season. He's somebody that suits a more direct approach rather than slow build up play.

Bang on. If you take yesterdays game as an example, because we sat a little deeper, when barkley picked up the ball, there was space for him to operate, and space in behind for him to pick passes. This is similar to how he thrived at Everton. 

A lot of games last season, we had 70-80% of the ball, and barkley had no space to operate. 

Possession is a blessing as well as a curse. 

I think the year under sarri has helped us alot. We are very good at playing through a tight press, and now lampard has us a little deeper, and playing more direct, we can cut through teams and counter really well. 

Hopefully Barkley can benefit from this and take his form into the season. He's earned the 10 spot over mount in my opinion, now he's just got to be consistant to keep it.

 

3 hours ago, Sindre said:

No doubt does Sarri deserve some credit for working on playing out from the back for example which is a work Lampard will be able to take advantage of hopefully. A great example of this is when Pulisic won the penalty yesterday. Here is a video of it:

We will be quicker in attack though and not "locked" into one certain system but be able to switch things up in the way we attack, press and how we use the ball when we have it. We became far too predictable last season and i think we'll see a change in that regard now.

I don't want to start opening up old Sarri arguments again but I think Frank is really benefitting from a year of Sarri sorting the basics out even if the football didn't live up to the hype.

Lampard was in a similar position at Derby last season taking over from Rowett and they had a fair few games of lots of possesion with bugger all chances created themselves.

Frank will be more opening to changing formations and taking more tactical risks but beyond that people will be surprised at how similar their tactical foundations are.

Jose speaks about Super Frank's chances as Gaffer of The Mighty CFC

 

2 hours ago, Argo said:

I don't want to start opening up old Sarri arguments again but I think Frank is really benefitting from a year of Sarri sorting the basics out even if the football didn't live up to the hype.

Lampard was in a similar position at Derby last season taking over from Rowett and they had a fair few games of lots of possesion with bugger all chances created themselves.

Frank will be more opening to changing formations and taking more tactical risks but beyond that people will be surprised at how similar their tactical foundations are.

Spot on, it’s not a dissimilar style of football at all sarri has done the hard part of changing over from contes very defensive approach, hopefully frank can build on it 

2 hours ago, robdog said:

Jose speaks about Super Frank's chances as Gaffer of The Mighty CFC

 

An interesting listen but my main take away from that couple with previous sightings is...

Tammy has a massive cock and really needs to stop wearing tight clothes (I’m sure @Valerie & @moi will disagree). 

15 hours ago, evissy said:

Looks like Frank took things from Sarri as well. Actually he said himself he needs to respect what Sarri did. What he has brought in we are much quicker in the attack than with Sarri. We don't wait for the opponent to congest the defence, we just penetrate dangerous area quickly. I think we play very much like Liverpool but unfortunately we lack of quality they have in defence and in attack.

We have a far better midfield though, hopefully we can solve the defensive problems and get a goal scorer and we will not be far off.

Man for man Liverpool are no where close to the best team in Europe, the fact Henderson holds down a place says enough, however they just make it all work, klopp found the right players that suit his style of play and people underestimate the importance’s of that. 

10 hours ago, Munkworth said:

An interesting listen but my main take away from that couple with previous sightings is...

Tammy has a massive cock and really needs to stop wearing tight clothes (I’m sure @Valerie & @moi will disagree). 

Hahaha... 

I have to admit I was thinking to myself 'what are you doing, mate? stop stretching your pants. No one wants to see a man's bulge hanging like that.'

You'd think Sky could have gone with a better timed snippet of Abraham. 

13 hours ago, Argo said:

I don't want to start opening up old Sarri arguments again but I think Frank is really benefitting from a year of Sarri sorting the basics out even if the football didn't live up to the hype.

Lampard was in a similar position at Derby last season taking over from Rowett and they had a fair few games of lots of possesion with bugger all chances created themselves.

Frank will be more opening to changing formations and taking more tactical risks but beyond that people will be surprised at how similar their tactical foundations are.

Just to point out Sarri may have set us down the path but Lamps gets credit for continuing it. The idea is the same and installed by Sarri but it's been Frank and his staff that have put in the build up patterns the team are using and working in training. 

Even if this is not what he's looking to do in the future you have to give him credit for sticking with what works and adapting his style to the team he has. 

2 hours ago, TheChelseaBlues said:

Just to point out Sarri may have set us down the path but Lamps gets credit for continuing it. The idea is the same and installed by Sarri but it's been Frank and his staff that have put in the build up patterns the team are using and working in training. 

Even if this is not what he's looking to do in the future you have to give him credit for sticking with what works and adapting his style to the team he has. 

Frank gets the credit if we push on. Obviously. Sarri gets the credit for getting us here. We always needed a transition season to catch up to how football was being played now. 

Wolves are an example of the old way of playing. It doesn’t work anymore. FIrst and foremost teams need to aim for 60 points from the bottom ten teams. Counter attacking, defence first football doesn’t do that anymore. 

 

1 hour ago, robdog said:

 

Makelele is part of the staff?

Just seen it's confirmed on the official site. 

That's fantastic news.

All those former players. It's all shaping up nicely. 

Edited August 2, 20196 yr by GhostOfDembaBa

2 minutes ago, GhostOfDembaBa said:

Makelele is part of the staff?

where have you been bub?

 

2 minutes ago, GhostOfDembaBa said:

Makelele is part of the staff?

Keep up  When we can't sign new players, we sign old ones!

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

Keep up  When we can't sign new players, we sign old ones!

There's also Eddie Newton...

I guess his name doesn't quite have the same ring to it as the others ?

 

✓ Eddie Newton (1990-1999)

Edited August 2, 20196 yr by GhostOfDembaBa

2 minutes ago, robdog said:

 

4 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Keep up  When we can't sign new players, we sign old ones!

Hehehe... True. 

4 minutes ago, GhostOfDembaBa said:

There's also Eddie Newton...

I guess his name doesn't quite have the same ring to it as the others ?

 

✓ Eddie Newton (1990-1999)

good point - I will get on that journo for the fake news

 

 

nevermind - he has since updated his list

 

Edited August 2, 20196 yr by robdog

3 minutes ago, GhostOfDembaBa said:

There's also Eddie Newton...

I guess his name doesn't quite have the same ring to it as the others ?

 

✓ Eddie Newton (1990-1999)

He appears to be the most experienced coach though.

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

He appears to be the most experienced coach though.

Maka has been a HC many times before + he wrote the book on how to be a proper DM

1 minute ago, robdog said:

Maka has been a HC many times before + he wrote the book on how to be a proper DM

Shush, don't ruin my praise.

I really like this latest news. 

I wonder if he'll be able to help bring some longevity into Kante's career here and maybe whip Bakayoko into shape, given he was his mentor at Monaco when bought by Chelsea.  

Edited August 2, 20196 yr by GhostOfDembaBa

1 minute ago, GhostOfDembaBa said:

I really like this latest news. 

I wonder if he'll be able to help bring some longevity into Kante's career here and maybe whip Bakayoko into shape. 

Then Chelsea will need to get a Priest & a Voodoo Doctor for that to happen