On 21/08/2019 at 01:06, jking948 said:

I made this Twitter thread using StatsZone and Opta data. My overall conclusion is that Chelsea did not pass nearly enough in the attacking third against Leicester, and that will kill them as they try to play this pressing+attacking style. Nonetheless, Kanté and Mount stood out as really efficient players.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd argue that we don't really have creative players in our third bar Pulisic to an extent. Giroud is good at holding the ball and playing people in but Pedro is too erratic at times. Pedro rarely links up with anyone in the final 3rd except for Azpi to cross in, he likes to blast the ball from anywhere. Mount is good at getting the second balls though, I could see him chipping in with 10+ goals if he continues this style of play

3 minutes ago, Deino said:

I'd argue that we don't really have creative players in our third bar Pulisic to an extent. Giroud is good at holding the ball and playing people in but Pedro is too erratic at times. Pedro rarely links up with anyone in the final 3rd except for Azpi to cross in, he likes to blast the ball from anywhere. Mount is good at getting the second balls though, I could see him chipping in with 10+ goals if he continues this style of play

I posted this in another thread, but I do think Barkley is creative, is there any way to play him and Mount together?

Also, Pulisic is definitely creative, but he really needs to adjust to the EPL before Chelsea can rely on him.