Southampton v Chelsea (PL) Sat 20th Feb 2021 12:30 GMT

[chi blue]

How long till Ant and Dec starts? Need a Saturday night beer and takeaway already

[Bob stark]

34 minutes ago, Vagabond said:

Without the ball, he's stellar. With the ball, not so much.

You got to be joking, he made quick pass forward. And finally somebody made quick pass to find Werner run. 

 

[Eight Times]

It's at the point where I don't even look forward to games anymore.  The football is just awful, it's embarrassing. So many bang average players, and I don't care what anyone says, Azpi is not a captain.

[IliyaKrostin]

First 30 minutes were actually decent, our possession forward was good, we were steady in the defense and it seemed like we needed only an attacking upgrade. Their goal is leading us to a trouble, lack of communication and bad positioning by Zouma gave them a gift.

Alonso's deliveries are awful, Werner and Abraham doesn't even receive a ball close to the goal. We're lacking more creativity and attacking aggression, Mount is good in possession but he has to shoot more, he must create space for himself and try to shoot. 

Bad preparation before Atletico, let's see how is our character to get back into the game, a half to play and make a comeback. COME ON CHELS!

[Jezz]

Sarri's playing style bored me senseless. Ironic considering we were promised entertaining football.

Instead we watched possession dross week after week under him.

[Argo]

3 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I agree. I also have no reason to believe that Lampard wouldn't have gotten the same results Tuchel got so far. The same problems are still there, creatively, we look hopeless.

So we would have gone from 7 points in 8 to 13 in 5?

To rob a phrase from Johan Gieseke anything's possible but it's highly unlikely..

[abigsmurf]

I just want this season to be over for all kinds of reasons.

Playing toothless possession based football is not fun to watch. We've become Arsenal in the last few years of Wenger.

[Argo]

1 minute ago, Eight Times said:

It's at the point where I don't even look forward to games anymore.  The football is just awful, 

I understand how you feel, it's where I was at in January.

[enigma]

2 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

I don't think we've ever been known as entertaining. Sarri was brought in to change that as he was known as a manager with an entertaining style. He didn't get us there, frank did at times, Tuchel might eventually. 

Prior to sarri always been counter attacking pragmatic football. Defense first. 

That's just the way the club has been run though. It's win at any costs, but we haven't won that much domestically in the last 10 years for us to be considered a real top club. We have won 2 league trophies in 10 years. For a so called "top club" and contender for the league, it's pretty shambolic after all the money that has been spent in that 10 years. 

[forbzy]

Just now, Argo said:

So we would have gone from 7 points in 8 to 13 in 5?

To rob a phrase from Johan Gieseke anything's possible but it's highly unlikely..

Nobody knows for sure but we had a much more winnable run of games than Lampard had just completed before he was let go

[just]

Up to the goal thought it was really good. The best we had played under  Tuchel. Much higher tempo with Kante in the middle and some very, very good build up play. Get to the final third and that's where ended. Poor touches from Werner, no hold up play at all from Abraham. h

If Tammy can't learn to be stronger on the ball and improve in the air he won't make a top striker.

[STATS]

Another game where we dominate possession but still lacking ideas in final third. For first time in Tuchel era, we are a goal down. No need for three CB. Take one of them off, go to a back four and bring Ziyech on please.

[Bob stark]

It was simple game. We broke through the line many2 times. Alonso wasn't playing well, james isn't a wb. Werner is Werner. Tammy need improvement. 

They had 0, I mean 0 opportunity to attack before Zouma and his positioning. 

BTW Kante is awful, he should stop passing forward quickly. He should pass left n right,passing forward is just dumb

 

[bluedave]

They scored a classy goal totally against the run of play, these things happen, but f**k me, we look completely toothless today. I don’t think James has been bad but I’d take him off for CHO to give us more options going forward.

[strider6004]

I think CHO will come on for James yet really he has picked the wrong team today and can only hope his half time chat gets everyone fired up otherwise more changes and a draw the most likely outcome. Tommy Two shoes has disrespected the EPL for me and now has fight to get us back on track!

[2211]

Our passing and decision making in the final 3rd is poor, not the standard of a team in the champions league.

[carrickblue]

1 minute ago, Argo said:

So we would have gone from 7 points in 8 to 13 in 5?

To rob a phrase from Johan Gieseke anything's possible but it's highly unlikely..

we got a new manager bounce but fundamentally it's hard to see what if anything Tuchel has changed about the way we set up or play

[Deino]

Nobody wants to shoot and every time we're in the final third our players are out of sync. It's like they haven't train attacking play together

[Imran_CFC]

Azpi off CHO on and shift to 4-2-3-1.

[Oli]

The problem with Tammy is, he has no football brain. Whenver we attack, his positioning is awful. When he gets the ball played to him with the defenders tight, hes like bambi and cant control the ball and falls over it. Abrahams strength is running onto a low cross from out wide and finishing. With southampton pushing up a bit higher, hes more or less doing nothing. We need giroud on to link up play and bully their defenders.

[Scott Harris]

Just now, SFL82 said:

Mate...think he is going fairly well so far. Top 4 from 9th we just conceded our first goal scored by an opponent in 6 games.

 

Frank was getting them scoring plenty early in then conceding left and right. 
 

In 6 games he is supposed to concede no goals and score 4 a game? 
 

It will come, the basis of a good team especially a Chelsea team is one that doesn’t conceded goals 

The results came against very poor teams or teams really out of form. If we just ignore the performances and look at the results, it looks better than it really is. We aren't playing well, and any team will feel comfortable to sit deep against us and play on the counter. We can't put together a single decent attack. When it comes to creating chances, this is the worst Chelsea team I have ever seen.

[Ballack & Blu]

2 minutes ago, Malta Blue said:

What's your stance on strudel?

As much last fruit as can be sustained..

[Valerie]

27 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

@Valerie could just give him a ring?

I had to deal with a cat crisis, and suddenly we're 1-0 down Joe probably has more to tell me than his pie preference 

[enigma]

Why have the club spent so much money, yet Ziyech, Havertz, Chilwell are all on the sidelines? So much money wasted again. Apparently Havertz and Chilwell cost us in the region of £160m+

[Argo]

Just now, carrickblue said:

we got a new manager bounce but fundamentally it's hard to see what if anything Tuchel has changed about the way we set up or play

Well opposition teams aren't getting clean through via a header just outside their own box, amoung others things.