6 hours ago, Sindre said:

Annoyed me greatly today. Left Azpi stranded a dozen times and his entire demeanour and body language looked way off.

Funny thing was Lamps was hammering CHO earlier in the season for now doing the defensive work.

Early days but still not sure about him, would like some variation from the checking in & floating in crosses. Maybe cut back, come in & shoot like Robben does.

I guess this magic bullet didn’t work or shouldn’t have been in the team after just coming back 

6 hours ago, Brutos said:

I guess this magic bullet didn’t work or shouldn’t have been in the team after just coming back 

His absence has concided with our shocking decline, but it was a gamble that clearly failed.

Think we haven't been able to break any team down after he went off in that leeds game, just show how little everyone else has contributed. Clearly a bad choice yesterday let him start one of the toughest game of the season without fitness and fluency, expect him to get better soon.

16 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

Think we haven't been able to break any team down after he went off in that leeds game, just show how little everyone else has contributed. Clearly a bad choice yesterday let him start one of the toughest game of the season without fitness and fluency, expect him to get better soon.

Yep, he's been a big miss and we were all crying out for his return so can understand why Lamps gambled but it was a gamble that backfired.

He does excite me and am hoping he will be able to provide a bit of what we have been missing since Hazard left. Not going to crucify him for one poor performance but equally hope not to see him so lacklustre again with the poor body language. If he gives us anything like Hazard used to give us as an attacking threat then he can be excused not tracking back but he has to earn that and hopefully will when fully fit.

 

On 04/01/2021 at 11:34, Brutos said:

I guess this magic bullet didn’t work or shouldn’t have been in the team after just coming back 

He had to put him in the team considering the way Frank spoke about him in his interviews.It was like everything bad that happened last month happened because of Hakim's injury and he was made a saviour.You were led to believe everything will be ok when he comes back lol

 

13 minutes ago, mm24 said:

He had to put him in the team considering the way Frank spoke about him in his interviews.It was like everything bad that happened last month happened because of Hakim's injury and he was made a saviour.You were led to believe everything will be ok when he comes back lol

 

What did Frank say in interviews about him that made it seem he blamed everything bad on him being injured?

1 minute ago, dkw said:

What did Frank say in interviews about him that made it seem he blamed everything bad on him being injured?

Probably not much but hyperbolic talk by the Frank out brigade.

Lampard says his side must find a new source of creativity when the former Ajax star is out of action and is eager to welcome the 27-year-old back into the team.

"Not a coincidence. We can't rely completely on him. He was very effective of us in terms of creation and goals," the coach said when asked the significance of the Morocco international's absence.

"It helped, we were very fluid until he got injured. We want him back. There's a possiblity he could be fit for [Sunday's game against] Manchester City if it goes ahead. He's close."

That's it, Jesus that's absolutely not him claiming anything like what you wrote. As RMH said then, hyperbolic garbage.

If you guys say so

We lack balance in our attacking wide players, Ziyech is probably the only natural Right Winger we have in the squad. CHO, Pulisic and Werner all prefer playing on the left and the balance always seems off when Ziyech is not available. I guess that was one of the main reasons Ziyech was rushed back into the starting 11 whilst he was still not fully fit.

Out of the squad for today. 

Injured again?

3 minutes ago, IliyaKrostin said:

Out of the squad for today. 

Injured again?

Probably, not a big miss anyway.

3 minutes ago, jack_super_class said:

Probably, not a big miss anyway.

Oh how quickly fans turn, he was the greatest thing since sliced bread 2 months ago....

14 minutes ago, jack_super_class said:

Probably, not a big miss anyway.

I thought Ziyech was one of our better players in recent weeks. It's not like he has played well but he still contributed more than most. The whole team was so poor in December and January it seems unfair to criticize Ziyech. 

Edited January 31, 20215 yr by reparto corse

11 minutes ago, dkw said:

Oh how quickly fans turn, he was the greatest thing since sliced bread 2 months ago....

So was Super Frank.

24 minutes ago, dkw said:

Oh how quickly fans turn, he was the greatest thing since sliced bread 2 months ago....

Well i never said that. I have been criticising him.

14 minutes ago, reparto corse said:

I thought Ziyech was one of our better players in recent weeks. It's not like he has played well but he still contributed more than most. The whole team was so poor in December and January it seems unfair to criticize Ziyech. 

He started off really well, but since the teams drop in form, so has his.

Tuchel said “Hakim has been in a bit of overload since five weeks so he has a bit of a risk of getting injured if he plays more than say 30 minutes. For that we decided to take a break now to go out of the risk zone. We decided this yesterday.”

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, dkw said:

Oh how quickly fans turn, he was the greatest thing since sliced bread 2 months ago....

It's all chunky artisanal now.

Hudson-Odoi is getting better and better in recent times. Time for Ziyech to up his game if he wants to nail down a permanent spot.

Anyone else wonder how he’s going to fit in in the system Tuchel has started with?

Don’t  get me wrong I’m a massive fan of Ziyech but I’m not sure where he plays in this system. 

2 minutes ago, turnyitb said:

Anyone else wonder how he’s going to fit in in the system Tuchel has started with?

Don’t  get me wrong I’m a massive fan of Ziyech but I’m not sure where he plays in this system. 

Can’t see it; he has been lazy though, can’t be relied on to press, and you can’t carry lazy players in a 3-4-3. 

Ironically CHO was the one deemed too lazy before, now he is somewhat indispensable.