2 hours ago, JM7 said:

I missed most of the second half. Did he do anything?

Limited minutes but had a nice shot that the keeper managed to save. 

2 hours ago, JM7 said:

I missed most of the second half. Did he do anything?

Decent. Didn’t lose the ball in stupid areas and made the sensible decisions. 

That’s good. Just needs to keep showing signs of progress. Think Enzo is doing a good job with him. 

For what’s its worth, I don’t think we’ll ever see a world class Mydryk but hopefully Maresca will be able to develop him enough to at least retain some value for us to sell him on without us losing money on him. 

12 hours ago, JM7 said:

For what’s its worth, I don’t think we’ll ever see a world class Mydryk but hopefully Maresca will be able to develop him enough to at least retain some value for us to sell him on without us losing money on him. 

Agreed, so long as he's a competent winger his pace can be so dangerous against tired legs and would be more than happy keeping him as a rotation option

13 hours ago, JM7 said:

That’s good. Just needs to keep showing signs of progress. Think Enzo is doing a good job with him. 

Yep, agree. his rehabilitation back into a player has been good to watch. Just hope he can do the same for Disasi and Badeshiel - and a few others. So far so good, not many clean sheets but we're playing some good football. Quietly hoping Villa lose a little form and we creep into the top 4. 

On 27/10/2024 at 19:42, JM7 said:

I missed most of the second half. Did he do anything?

No. He didn't. 

On 28/10/2024 at 05:50, bluetrooper said:

 Quietly hoping Villa lose a little form and we creep into the top 4. 

They've had a very easy start to the season and must like last year they will dip towards the spring. 

Well. Where shall we begin?

I think @Snedger should kick off the latest review.

Edited October 30, 20241 yr by just

19 minutes ago, just said:

Well. Where shall we begin?

I think @Snedger should kick off the latest review.

Well, this evening the Marko Marin for the man with more money than sense gave us his full repertoire of reasons why he should try a different sport (Is getting tattooed a sport?) He was easily dispossessed a few times largely due to his complete lack of situational awareness. His end product was most often poor - what little end product there was. And he chipped in a couple of balls out of play and a ‘if I stand here long enough, that ball might eventually reach me before anyone else realises there is a football match going on.

The one positive of a sort, and as I’m sure his ever hopeful loyal supporters will agree, there was an occasion in the game where he ran really rather quickly. 

By far our best attacker last night. 

I honestly wonder whether half the people on this forum actually watch the games or genuinely just don't understand football. 

Highest rated attacker for Chelsea on the night.

Most chances created in the team.

Had more xA (0.62) than Nkunku, Felix, KDH, Veiga and Enzo combined (0.32). Imagine if our attackers could actually shoot aye!

Made the most tackles for the team.

Was fouled the most.

Won the most duels. 

No uproar on here about people lying about his performance because he's not popular. God forbid you point out that Felix was a completely pointless signing and offers far less than anyone else on the pitch every time he plays though. 

1 hour ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Highest rated attacker for Chelsea on the night.

Most chances created in the team.

Had more xA (0.62) than Nkunku, Felix, KDH, Veiga and Enzo combined (0.32). Imagine if our attackers could actually shoot aye!

Made the most tackles for the team.

Was fouled the most.

Won the most duels. 

No uproar on here about people lying about his performance because he's not popular. God forbid you point out that Felix was a completely pointless signing and offers far less than anyone else on the pitch every time he plays though. 

That's twice this morning I have agreed with you. As a staunch union man I feel slightly grubby.

1 hour ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

By far our best attacker last night. 

I honestly wonder whether half the people on this forum actually watch the games or genuinely just don't understand football. 

If he was statistically our best, that’s very damning of the rest. Felix is also rubbish, just in a different way. Both a waste of money.

You can’t honestly rate Mudryk as a good player can you? Even Maresca clearly doesn’t believe he’s our best attacking player given how little he plays him.

Anyone who thinks Mudryk is a brilliant footballer probably considers Chas & Dave amongst the greatest music artists of all time.

39 minutes ago, Snedger said:

If he was statistically our best, that’s very damning of the rest. Felix is also rubbish, just in a different way. Both a waste of money.

You can’t honestly rate Mudryk as a good player can you? Even Maresca clearly doesn’t believe he’s our best attacking player given how little he plays him.

Anyone who thinks Mudryk is a brilliant footballer probably considers Chas & Dave amongst the greatest music artists of all time.

Precisely, it shows how poor the rest of the B team were last night when both statistically and visually Mudryk was better than every single one of them.

I don't rate Mudryk as a good player, no. Not sure how you've somehow thought i've insinuated he's our best attacker either? 

He was our best attacker last night though, by far. Madueke/Palmer/Neto are all better than him. He's on par or perhaps slightly below Sancho. He's more effective than Felix. 

15 hours ago, Snedger said:

You can’t honestly rate Mudryk as a good player can you? Even Maresca clearly doesn’t believe he’s our best attacking player given how little he plays him.

 

Maresca said the competition for LW is between Sancho and Mudryk. 

Mudryk had a fantastic conference league game agains Panna and Sancho didn't have a good game vs pool and maybe a bit ill for Newcastle, of course Sancho was dropped for Newcastle game and Maresca started Neto as LW. 

Edited November 1, 20241 yr by Bob stark

On 27/10/2024 at 16:51, Sconnie Blue said:

Decent. Didn’t lose the ball in stupid areas and made the sensible decisions. 

This to me is the key in his growth. The truly bad decisions with the ball are turning into good, simple decisions (creating cutback chances, crossses, decent shots) or recycling the ball with less possession loss. 

On 31/10/2024 at 11:08, Snedger said:

Anyone who thinks Mudryk is a brilliant footballer probably considers Chas & Dave amongst the greatest music artists of all time.

The Sideboard Song is bloody brilliant!

Man …. He is absolutely infuriating to watch at times.

Against Utd there were two passages of play where the telly was in danger of landing in the garden. They were very similar. Mudryk found himself on the halfway line with the ball in space. Rather than attack the full back with acres of space to run into he meandered in a diagonal inside. It does my nut it really does. The fastest player at the club probably who absolutely refuses to use that pace.

 

8 hours ago, 19seventyone said:

Man …. He is absolutely infuriating to watch at times.

Against Utd there were two passages of play where the telly was in danger of landing in the garden. They were very similar. Mudryk found himself on the halfway line with the ball in space. Rather than attack the full back with acres of space to run into he meandered in a diagonal inside. It does my nut it really does. The fastest player at the club probably who absolutely refuses to use that pace.

 

Managers instructions with inverted wingers. 

On 05/11/2024 at 09:57, Ukraine Bolt said:

Managers instructions with inverted wingers. 

Neto wasn’t doing it first half and I seriously doubt Maresca asked Mudryk to either.

All I hear is he wants his wingers high and wide.

We can only hope it’s a repeat of Sahla when he joined. The player the  dippers have is not recognisable to when at Chelsea

The club have released some footage of the extra training sessions Mikey Mudryk has been putting in at Cobham. Seems like there are still a few basic flaws to be ironed out.

 

 

4 hours ago, just said:

The club have released some footage of the extra training sessions Mikey Mudryk has been putting in at Cobham. Seems like there are still a few basic flaws to be ironed out.

 

 

Some of my favourite sketches ever were in Big Train. Blast from the past.

11 hours ago, Richard P said:

We can only hope it’s a repeat of Sahla when he joined. The player the  dippers have is not recognisable to when at Chelsea

Salah was a hugely talented player (one of the most sought-after young players when we signed him) who actually knuckled down and worked at Roma and Fiorentina and re-invented himself from a traditional byline player to a goalscorer. You could see his obvious potential when he ripped us apart at Basel.

I think that ship has sailed for Mudryk given his age and the fact he plays for a manager who has very set ideas for what he wants out of each player.

Edited November 7, 20241 yr by SydneyChelsea