5 hours ago, Jangz said:

Also Lukaku didnt want to be here.. the moment the goals dried up he start blaming everyone and said he wanted to go back to Italy.

It was a terrible signing. full stop. Think the point ive made on here is that he is a flat track bully and we kind of need one of those right now. Someone to bury the mid table sides. Hoping Jackson can and will step up to be a premiership defence slayer. He has all the attributes to do it, just hoping there is a "drogba" moment with him where he sucks up the criticism and chokes us on it with some imperious displays. dont care if the goals come from a body part other than his foot... strikers need goals and to goal hang if they're not getting them. 

If both he and Broja can get a goal here or there, we'll be in a much better place. I wish them both nothing but good blue vibes... Both have the potential to lead out line and each has a slightly different skillset. Hope Poch works it out. 

Edited November 6, 20232 yr by olderschoolcfc

26 minutes ago, olderschoolcfc said:

It was a terrible signing. full stop. Think the point ive made on here is that he is a flat track bully and we kind of need one of those right now. Someone to bury the mid table sides. Hoping Jackson can and will step up to be a premiership defence slayer. He has all the attributes to do it, just hoping there is a "drogba" moment with him where he sucks up the criticism and chokes us on it with some imperious displays. dont care if the goals come from a body part other than his foot... strikers need goals and to goal hang if they're not getting them. 

If both he and Broja can get a goal here or there, we'll be in a much better place. I wish them both nothing but good blue vibes... Both have the potential to lead out line and each has a slightly different skillset. Hope Poch works it out. 

What I liked about his early performances is I felt he was offering so much more outside of scoring, I commented here that the biggest compliment I had was that i wasn't anxiously hoping he got a goal to settle him down like I have been like with most of our new strikers who don't get a goal quickly.

He's looked a totally different player so quickly, right now I feel we're down to ten when he plays.

I also thought Jackson looked decent early on, not sure what has changed is it down to Poch or the crowd getting on to him or something else?

2 hours ago, strider6004 said:

I also thought Jackson looked decent early on, not sure what has changed is it down to Poch or the crowd getting on to him or something else?

He's young, very inexperienced. He has missed numerous chances that he knows he should have scored. It takes a toll. Confidence is way down, probably now  second-guessing his every movement.  An arm around his shoulder is the only salve until a goal comes along.

I think that's the worse hattrick I've seen in quite some time but I hope it gives him the confidence required to really kick on now. 

Just now, Remodez said:

I think that's the worse hattrick I've seen in quite some time but I hope it gives him the confidence required to really kick on now. 

Personally I have less confidence in him now following the Hattrick.

good on him getting the goals I'm made up for him but christ it's hard to think we're going anywhere as a club with him up front.

3 minutes ago, Remodez said:

I think that's the worse hattrick I've seen in quite some time but I hope it gives him the confidence required to really kick on now. 

It rivals Dirk Kuyt's hattrick against Man United for sure. 

It sounds crazy but coming away from that game I rate Jackson less not more, he looked piss poor. 

28 minutes ago, Whats_The_Mata? said:

Personally I have less confidence in him now following the Hattrick.

good on him getting the goals I'm made up for him but christ it's hard to think we're going anywhere as a club with him up front.

He doesn't need to be our number one, but if he improves he can be a decent back up/rotation striker once we bring in another striker. SO Is till take his performance as a win.

Edited November 6, 20232 yr by Frankie8Lampard

Goals change game, until the second goal I was really frustrated with him for not making runs or constantly offside. A hat trick against Spurs makes him a cult hero, regardless what happens next week or month.

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week:

Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea): Cristian Romero had been sent off - again, Micky van de Ven pulled his hamstring and limped off, James Maddison was taken off, and all in the first half.

Then, just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for Tottenham, Destiny Udogie makes an unnecessary challenge and receives a second yellow card.

With nine men left on the pitch and Spurs the architect of their own downfall, due to a combination of stupidity and recklessness, the stage was set for Chelsea to take complete advantage and Nicolas Jackson did just that. He finished all of his three goals very calmly.

 

What a load of bollox.

More PL hat-tricks than Rashford.

Hopefully he can kick on from here but if I'm honest it's probably the first time a player has scored a hat trick and still put in a 5/10 performance. Were desperate for a striker in January 

Give the guy a break... Scores a hat trick. they all count. Absolutely delighted for him. 

Lots of games between here and January, let's hope this is a turning point for him. Im super happy for him. Think I'll have to find a meme for it... 

Score and be doomed and doomed if we miss.. happy for him - especially the third.

I guess people have no idea about the pressure the team has been under.. 

The weirdest hat trick you'll ever see 😛

Fair play to the lad, at least he converted.

There is a player there. Just needs fine tuning. 

Still needs an established ST to offload some pressure. 

Let's not kid ourselves. Should've had 5 goals at least. I'm still say he's a trash striker.

He took each of his goals well, and let's not forget the good finish in the first half that was chalked off cause Sterling could not stay onside.

There are lots of things he needs to work on, but after netting a hat trick against Spurs I am not going to be having a go at him.

Hard to fault 3 goals, and admire any striker that keeps going despite misses.  The missed header was probably worse than the stab over the bar against Forrest. 

But, lets enjoy the hattrick - while it was no Jimmy Floyd vs Spurs right peg, head, left peg, they all count the same and loving life if we're debating the quality of hattricks vs. Spurs!

I thought he did well. Sure he could do better, but he did well. Held the ball up quite well on occasion, his first shot, that was saved, was a respectable effort. 

Quite happy with his performance tonight.

Single-handedly making the striker curse go away.

There's little doubt it was his best game for us. Did take two goals well, but the last one was simply weird. A couple of bad misses chucked in and some frankly poor ball control and a the lack of variance in his runs left it looking a very mixed affair. I doubt he'll get to play against 9 men playing a suicidal high line with the two first choice centrebacks having been sent off and carried off injured too often.

Still, as many on here firmly believe football ability is 99% about confidence, it's very encouraging as I'd expect him to start gaining on Haaland from now on.

As an aside, I also noticed in the post match interview that his English is far better than Palmer's.

His dangly, uncoordinated, sometimes chaotic style of playing and moving is both endearing and frustrating. In similar ways to Torres and Werner I want nothing more than for him to succeed.

Who needs the boring reassurance of Haaland banging goals every game when you can have Nico falling over his feet and banging a hattrick against Spurs. His way is certainly more the Chelsea way.

Maybe Poch should allocate him an hour of playing QWOP each day to see if he can figure out how legs are meant to move!

Up the Jackson!!!

11 hours ago, timetowaste said:

Hopefully he can kick on from here but if I'm honest it's probably the first time a player has scored a hat trick and still put in a 5/10 performance. Were desperate for a striker in January 

Since the day Costa left.