1 minute ago, Zeta said:

Forgot about the game, turned it on about 25 mins. Apparently that's about the time we stopped playing well and West Ham turned up. Typical.

Turn it back off!!!!

We’ve let West Ham back into this match, need to gain control again by doing the basics, like passing the ball to each other.

1 minute ago, reparto corse said:

Put Pulisic on LW. Put in Kovacic instead of Jorginho and make Kante the holding midfielder. Just do it Frank. 

They already switched but then switched back or something?

1 minute ago, sonic90 said:

He's choking in front of goal now, 100% psychological issue like Morata. Got to stamp that sh*t out before it really sets in.

Agreed. You could see evidence of this for well over a month now. Even when we were on our good run he had started missing regularly and was on a bit of a dry patch. Now it has become a worrying drought.

2 minutes ago, Slojo said:

You could make a 10 minute montage of his missed sitters just this season alone, it's embarrassing, there's no excuse. 

Part of the issue last season was we didn’t take our chances to offset the defensive shambles. Despite the cash spent we’re, for the moment, no further forward (no pun intended).

Havertz on the bench and Werner quite possibly on his way there is extremely underwhelming. The expectation was that they would come in and take our attack to the next level, compete with the best in the league but what a massive letdown so far.

Let's not wait till the usual last few mins again FL...Bambi on ice off, move Werner into the centre and bring CHO on the right with Pulisic on the left...

Edited December 21, 20205 yr by doctorblue

1 minute ago, dansubrosa said:

Almost as bad as the pink socks!

Much, much worse...the pink socks have actually grown on me to the point I actually  like them. That hair never will (unfortunately  literally and figuratively) 

Wtf wolves lost to burnley?!

those annoying game raising cnuts -_-

8 minutes ago, TomCFC85 said:

Times like this I miss prime Fabregas

Not half as much as I miss Hazard. Just thinking about THAT goal against West Ham. How we could do with that sort of brilliance now.

Edited December 21, 20205 yr by Nibs

3 minutes ago, Sindre said:

Havertz on the bench and Werner quite possibly on his way there is extremely underwhelming. The expectation was that they would come in and take our attack to the next level, compete with the best in the league but what a massive letdown so far.

Indeed. Looks like a massive waste of money so far. Really disappointing. I wouldn't be worried if they were at least doing the basics but that seems to be too much to ask

Edited December 21, 20205 yr by TheSage

The tactics are absolutely right, we are inviting West Ham out to create space behind for Werner, Tammy and Pulisic. The problem is our Passing forward has been terrible, we've been terrible in getting the ball forward into the channels. 

1 minute ago, Sindre said:

Havertz on the bench and Werner quite possibly on his way there is extremely underwhelming. The expectation was that they would come in and take our attack to the next level, compete with the best in the league but what a massive letdown so 

 

Is there even a purpose to Tammy playing? Easy to rip on Werner, and some of it is warranted but Tammy doesn’t bring anything either. 

4 minutes ago, Ballack & Blu said:

And if they score in the first 5 minutes, hold on o your seat, i aint being negative, i'm watching the game unfold into a predictable style, we may well hold on, but change something Frank..

If they score in the first 5 mins we are screwed but beer makes me foolishly optimistic ?

1 minute ago, sonic90 said:

He's choking in front of goal now, 100% psychological issue like Morata. Got to stamp that sh*t out before it really sets in.

Play him up top then. He is not the tallest but it doesn't matter cos we can't cross for sh!t anyway. Why did Lampard buy one of the fastest, deadliest counter attacking strikers in Europe and then play a possession based, slow tempo game with little if any guile.

When will we learn that its not Top Trumps. Just buying all the best players will not immediately bring success.

2 minutes ago, doctorblue said:

Let's not wait till the usual last few mins again FL...Bambi on ice off, move Wener into the centre and bring CHO on the right with Pulisic on the left...

What’s Werner going to do in the middle? Skew over the bar from one yard out?

I guess it’s worth a try though; just depends on CHO’s match fitness.

Its like bloody groundhog day...

Play well, dominate, score, relax, ...........

Not feeling that optimistic for the second half. Chelsea to up their game 

Just now, Malta Blue said:

If they score in the first 5 mins we are screwed but beer makes me foolishly optimistic ?

If they score in the first five minutes they’ve mastered time travel because we’re 45 minutes in...

Poor performance at home.

Hope zouma score from.a corner to give us some cushion..

7 minutes ago, Pob said:

We’ve got to face facts - Allison is better than Mendy, TAA is better than Dave, Robertson is better than Emerson (and probably Chilwell), their midfield has better fluency and balance whilst their front three are superb. They’re a cut above and our only hope is our lot grow into their roles... or we’ll have to either look at a change at the top or spend even more.

Good riposte mate, something constructive to get into, Our play is so static, side to side to side, watch how often Azpi or Pulisic are in acres of space, and only occasionally do we ping that JT-esque 60yd  ball, we have pace, wide pull them to the line all the time, thats how they Utilise TAA, and Robertson?

Edited December 21, 20205 yr by Ballack & Blu

1 minute ago, DannyLB said:

Is there even a purpose to Tammy playing? Easy to rip on Werner, and some of it is warranted but Tammy doesn’t bring anything either. 

He has been decent with his linkup play and played a huge part in that big chance for Werner. 

More than happy to win this 1-0, but I'll still be disappointed if Frank doesn't put on Cho for Tammy at the half.  Need Timo down the middle to get his JuJu back.

2 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

If they score in the first five minutes they’ve mastered time travel because we’re 45 minutes in...