I like Cucu good player and personality to have.

Pep would have made him a top class defender 

27 minutes ago, El regreso said:

I like Cucu good player and personality to have.

Pep would have made him a top class defender 

Yeah Pep's PED's probably could have made him quicker than a snail

Been shouting all summer that Cucurella as an inverted full back would be ideal for this team as it would allow us to have more bodies in the midfield in transition and it would provide more width. The whole "Who will feed Mudryk?" notion was yet again put to moot as we dominated that entire 2nd half and should've won. 

I swear Saturday was like the 2nd or 3rd time we saw that happen all season. 

Another good performance playing in a role that not only suits him but provides some stability in the defence and midfield. 

Okay I now understand why Pep wanted him and how he had planned on using him.

Edited May 2, 20242 yr by Remodez

Just now, Remodez said:

Okay I now understand why Pep wanted him and how he had planned on using him.

You mean Pep wouldn't want him bombing down the touchline?

On 29/04/2024 at 10:33, El regreso said:

I like Cucu good player and personality to have.

Pep would have made him a top class defender 

I will quote myself!!

I voted for him as MOTM tonight but I would not set too much faith that this will be the norm for him. We have seen him have the odd game like this before.

Also there were still many occasions, where he was miles out of position as a left back, with acres of space and a man behind him completely open. A better team to make that pass, and a better player than Johnson to feed on it, we would have been in trouble as we have so many times before.

He will never, ever be a top defender in my book. He is too erratic, too chaotic. A ball chaser. Everything he does is done at 100mph.  There is no calmness. There is no rational decision making. No positional discipline.

But it worked tonight, so fair play to him.

 

MOTM for me tonight, this inverted role suits him perfectly. Strange its took this long for us to try him there.

2 hours ago, just said:

I voted for him as MOTM tonight

 

@Modsomeone has hacked Justs account! I bet it is what's the Mata!

 

2 hours ago, just said:

But I would not set too much faith that this will be the norm for him. We have seen him have the odd game like this before.

Also there were still many occasions, where he was miles out of position as a left back, with acres of space and a man behind him completely open. A better team to make that pass, and a better player than Johnson to feed on it, we would have been in trouble as we have so many times before.

He will never, ever be a top defender in my book. He is too erratic, too chaotic. A ball chaser. Everything he does is done at 100mph.  There is no calmness. There is no rational decision making. No positional discipline.

But it worked tonight, so fair play to him.

 

Nevermind false alarm...

On his day he must be an absolute pain to play against. Like a swarm of wasps you can never get rid of despite all your best efforts.

That was more than a good performance yesterday, that was a fantastic one. 

1 minute ago, OriginalS said:

On his day he must be an absolute pain to play against. Like a swarm of wasps you can never get rid of despite all your best efforts.

That was more than a good performance yesterday, that was a fantastic one. 

He's Tuchel's greatest ever signing.

2 hours ago, OriginalS said:

On his day he must be an absolute pain to play against. Like a swarm of wasps you can never get rid of despite all your best efforts.

That was more than a good performance yesterday, that was a fantastic one. 

Agreed. I just love his energy, he is 100% all the time. He’s also a bit sh*thouse, which is welcome in this team.

Yesterday he was - dare I say it - world class. The inverted role Poch has found for him has been perfect thus far, of course it takes a bit longer to fully trust Cucu after the seasons he’s had but man - so happy for him. Long may it continue

Another possible redemption arc. 

As I've said numerous times on here: people are unfairly quick to dismiss new players as flops. We've overpaid for a lot of the squad but it's through no fault of the players. Most of thsese boys are incredibly talented and given time and a more stable club structure I'd wager most will come good. 

Cucu went  through a patch like several of making terrible mistakes.  And he isn’t great in attack but he works his butt off and mostly defends well enough. 

Edited May 3, 20242 yr by ozboy

4 hours ago, Cfc91 said:

Another possible redemption arc. 

As I've said numerous times on here: people are unfairly quick to dismiss new players as flops. We've overpaid for a lot of the squad but it's through no fault of the players. Most of thsese boys are incredibly talented and given time and a more stable club structure I'd wager most will come good. 

Quickly ? He's been sh*t for 2 seasons now, a couple of good games there and there and of all of a sudden he's a good signing ? He cost 60 freaking millions. 

With Chilwell declining and Maatsen getting sold he's probably gonna be our starting LB next season so lets hope his form continues...

5 minutes ago, DidierDrogbalala said:

Quickly ? He's been sh*t for 2 seasons now, a couple of good games there and there and of all of a sudden he's a good signing ? He cost 60 freaking millions. 

With Chilwell declining and Maatsen getting sold he's probably gonna be our starting LB next season so lets hope his form continues...

He was sh*t last season. He hasn't played that much this season but when he has I wouldn't describe him as sh*t. 

There is a better player in there than we see.  Didn't he have injury and personal issues last year as well.  In a settled side, and the need for squad depth, I think he has more than enough to offer.

Candidly, I'd have him starting over Chilwell every time right now, and thats based on Chilwell's drop off in form, confidence and availability (even assuming he was fit).

1 hour ago, bisright1 said:

He was sh*t last season. He hasn't played that much this season but when he has I wouldn't describe him as sh*t. 

Average at best if you want.

2 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

There is a better player in there than we see.  Didn't he have injury and personal issues last year as well.  In a settled side, and the need for squad depth, I think he has more than enough to offer.

Candidly, I'd have him starting over Chilwell every time right now, and thats based on Chilwell's drop off in form, confidence and availability (even assuming he was fit).

Yes his house got robbed while his family was home I think with a new baby. I challenged anyone to not let that mess with your daily work!

On 03/05/2024 at 14:36, PhilH930 said:

There is a better player in there than we see.  Didn't he have injury and personal issues last year as well.  In a settled side, and the need for squad depth, I think he has more than enough to offer.

Candidly, I'd have him starting over Chilwell every time right now, and thats based on Chilwell's drop off in form, confidence and availability (even assuming he was fit).

He's absolute dross when asked to play as a traditional full back. This new role inverting into midfield (which so many people have said for months, don't know how its took a professional coach this long to figure it out) suits him perfectly. 

TLDR; traditional full back he's abysmal and a compelte waste of money, in this role he has a future with Chelsea.

Genuinely funny that Cucurella of all people may have been the key to unlock this team all along. Absolutely brilliant in his current role.

Everyone's wanted to sell him for 18 months but at this point we'd be insane to even consider it this summer.

1 hour ago, OriginalS said:

Genuinely funny that Cucurella of all people may have been the key to unlock this team all along. Absolutely brilliant in his current role.

Everyone's wanted to sell him for 18 months but at this point we'd be insane to even consider it this summer.

It happened once before, probably in this thread somewhere, he came back into the team and we went on a run of wins after playing terribly!

The change in him and the team now he is in this new role has been amazing 

long may it continue 

Whatever I've said about his hair in the past.. I take it all back... played brilliantly yesterday and looks better every time I see him.