Yup that shot against England was truly 1 in 1000

Havertz should do better

Not a great finish, but I wish Havertz was direct like that a bit more.

Kai needs to hit the target too.

Kai left his boots in Germany.

Maybe we need a club optician.  Seems to me our forwards have a visual impairment when they size up where the goal is. 

Guaita would make De Gea proud with some of these clearances

If Mason learns how to shoot , we would be fine.  Not to mention the palace player who made him look foolish when he waltzed by him earlier in the half.

 

Edited October 1, 20223 yr by Phillip

Mount and Havertz surely on the windup with their finishing 

Well the goal helps but we're pretty poor.

1 minute ago, carrickblue said:

Maybe we need a club optician.  Seems to me our forwards have a visual impairment when they size up where the goal is. 

Auba did just fine with his back to goal 

6 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

‘Both of you stop being sh*t’

Well my Uncle owns a sword shop. 

Yea but you sell nonsense pottery, you great Tod Warrior

Mason really should hit the target from so close. He will never be Lampard with that kind of shooting. 

Well we were never going to improve much over the 3 week break, but we've actually managed to get worse, which is impressive.

Now, to add to the general lack of creativity, slow passing, poor defending and poor concentration, we've added in being incredibly slow on the ball itself and being robbed time and time again. Be interesting to see what we add to our game next.

1 minute ago, carrickblue said:

Maybe we need a club optician.  Seems to me our forwards have a visual impairment when they size up where the goal is. 

We probably had one but Boehly sacked him

Lots of possession 

Too many mistakes leading to counter chances

Mason and Kai still not at it

Strikers finish from Auba

Silva got lucky, thank god it wasn’t Taylor

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Mount and Havertz surely on the windup with their finishing 

Havertz probably wants to go back to Germany, and no doubt Mount is looking enviously at Recce's new £250K a week contract and wondering why his own isn't sorted yet ... 

I think we can see Potter’s small club mixed long ball football style. Its good to see the players embracing it. I quite like it, reminds me of the 90s. 
We wont win anything under Potter, but its nice hes been given a chance, which is what matters.

Just now, WhiteWall said:

We probably had one but Boehly sacked him

We’ve never had one. 

4 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

Yup that shot against England was truly 1 in 1000

Don’t agree his finish agains west ham was also good. 

Creating a decent amount of chances but let down with ropey finishing as per usual. Look open at the back though , can see why Tuchel was so stubborn with his formation.

- We've been mostly crap and disjointed but looked better after we scored
- lovely finish aubameyang 
- Thiago Silva probably should have been sent off

1 minute ago, Zeta said:

Well we were never going to improve much over the 3 week break, but we've actually managed to get worse, which is impressive.

Now, to add to the general lack of creativity, slow passing, poor defending and poor concentration, we've added in being incredibly slow on the ball itself and being robbed time and time again. Be interesting to see what we add to our game next.

Boehly might suggest just picking the ball up and running with it?

Just now, Zeta said:

Well we were never going to improve much over the 3 week break, but we've actually managed to get worse, which is impressive.

Now, to add to the general lack of creativity, slow passing, poor defending and poor concentration, we've added in being incredibly slow on the ball itself and being robbed time and time again. Be interesting to see what we add to our game next.

Really? Think we’re doing just fine at one of the more difficult away games. Sterling and Mount missed huge chances. Since their goal we’re been dominating. Less complacency too, imo. 

Thoughts on first half:

1)Team don't seem used to a back 4 which has led to a lot of gaps, it's going to take a bit of time for them to get used to it and I think having a DM or a marshal like Kante will help that transition from a back 5/3 to 4 happen quicker.

2)Passing hasn't been the best, lots of misplaced passes. Not sure if that has to do with the players getting used to a new system/style of play or just the usual coming back from international duty.

3)Team seems a lot more direct compared to Tuchel's team. Lots of runs and long passes/crosses but our forwards are still struggling to score.