3 minutes ago, Dubair said:

Looked quite good when he came in. Was always an option and injected a bit of urgency which was lacking . First time I’ve been somewhat impressed with him going forward although he didn’t get many crosses in.

Thing I'm most happy about is he looked comfortable at LB.

If that wasn't a one off it gives us an extremely underrated tactical option against spam shooting right wingers.

His best game in a Chelsea shirt today. Excellent as RB and LB.

4 minutes ago, just said:

His best game in a Chelsea shirt today. Excellent as RB and LB.

Agreed. Fantastic today in attack and defense. Still only 20 too.

One if the few buys that looks shrewd. Great player, that can play at high level, with a high intensity.

His defensive work was excellent this evening. 

Should take a lot of confidence from that performance. 

29 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Agreed. Fantastic today in attack and defense. Still only 20 too.

Aye a lot of upside to him, lot of time to develop. Not all of these Winstanley/Stewart signings are bad.

Brilliant today. Non stop energy and a real team player. 

This is a stretch (massive shoes to fill) and different type of player, but feel like he might be the next Dave type of player for us. Just something about his work ethic 

Edited December 27, 20232 yr by PhilH930

Should be livramento playing as cover for James but that was a mistake made by previous regime. At least the new lot seem to have bought good back-up…james must know he has genuine competition for when he’s fit too.

Top performance tonight 

4 hours ago, The Brit said:

Should be livramento playing as cover for James but that was a mistake made by previous regime. At least the new lot seem to have bought good back-up…james must know he has genuine competition for when he’s fit too.

yeah - agree on all points

Good to have competition for James, for those 2 games per season when he is fit.

Absolutely incredible performance. That goal for Mudryk was just wow from Gusto. If all of our players performed with that ability and determination, we would be so much higher in the league. As an elite athlete earning 100s thousands a week and being worth 10s of millions, that's the kind of on/off ball ability I expect to see. 

Would've been f**ked without him last night, clear MOTM, played well in both positions. 

It's crazy how he started the first goal and assisted from two sides of the pitch so quickly. 

Almost too good to drop even if Reece is cured. 
Reece RCB with less load on his body but unreal deep passing and the same from Colwill on the other side like he played for Brighton. 
Gusto and Chilwell both back in their best position at wing back. 
Eliminates the need for Mudryk to pick it up deep and actually beat a man. 
Poch please I’m on my knees. 

12 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Almost too good to drop even if Reece is cured. 
Reece RCB with less load on his body but unreal deep passing and the same from Colwill on the other side like he played for Brighton. 
Gusto and Chilwell both back in their best position at wing back. 
Eliminates the need for Mudryk to pick it up deep and actually beat a man. 
Poch please I’m on my knees. 

Arise Sir RIP.

23 hours ago, Victor90 said:

Would've been f**ked without him last night, clear MOTM, played well in both positions. 

It's crazy how he started the first goal and assisted from two sides of the pitch so quickly. 

Insane movement. 

Malo gets way too little appreciation. I really like how he plays football. His attitude is brilliant and he has that street football flair in him. He is not that big but he is no pushover. 

Again he illustrated how versatile and complete player he is. That cross to Broja was brilliant. You can see Broja is not that good at heading the ball so you need to put a perfect cross to his head. That was and Broja did very well as well. 

I think Malo, Palmer and Gallagher are players we can undoubtedly be satisfied with in this rollercoaster of a season.

Wasn’t sure after a couple of goals conceded at the far post due to his positioning. Recently though I feel he’s been good at what he’s supposed to do, defend!  The bonus is he is confident and intelligent at going forward 

I think the Dominic CL farce from VAR saved Gusto from, what in my opinion was, a red card challange today.

Refs and VAR were getting too extreme with that and the DCL bite them on the a$$. Lucky for us.

21 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

I think the Dominic CL farce from VAR saved Gusto from, what in my opinion was, a red card challange today.

Refs and VAR were getting too extreme with that and the DCL bite them on the a$$. Lucky for us.

I don't think it was a red card. There was no force on the follow through, limited aggression. Right decision made. 

Well with how incompetent var has been it could have gone either way because no one knows what’s a red now. He got sent off for a similar challenge at the start of the season so it’s just a mess from the refs now.

28 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

I don't think it was a red card. There was no force on the follow through, limited aggression. Right decision made. 

Respectfully disagree. I would call it an "out of control" challange.

I personally don't think it's a red, but I swear that tackle was similar to the one earlier in the season that he actually did get sent off for. There's no consistency.

Whether it was a red or not, he's still making the exact same challenge that got him sent off earlier in the season. I know footballers aren't the smartest tools in the shed but maybe don't commit the exact same challenge..?

I am 100 percent certain that gusto will get a red in the next 5 matches for much less.. the amount of noise that I’ve seen in the media and online has been crazy .. it was a 50/50 decision.. there have been far worse decisions in games than gusto.. but we are easy targets as a mid table team.. city players were moaning all game yesterday with dissent yet none get booked.. we used to get away similarly back in the day.. 

point is poch needs to protect the lad or he will get a reputation.

19 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Respectfully disagree. I would call it an "out of control" challange.

Harsh. Buffetting from the previous player put him off balance, granted, but studs were down. It wasn't an aggressive lunge and he did make contact with the ball first. For me just an unfortunate follow through and i thought the yellow was fair.