13 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Only seen limited highlights but got lucky Nunez had a Lukaku touch after his dodgy pass, and should have saved the Diaz goal. No fault on the Salah disallowed goal, is Salah.

True on the Salah disallowed goal, although did you see his attempt at spreading himself for it. If that is his approach one v one he will need to be very lucky not to get beat every time.

Also far , far too slow with the ball at his feet inviting pressure. First game though.

4 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Get to January and reassess and see if anyone is having a breakout season. I agree that the options are bleak on the market currently. If Sanchez gets injured, who starts for us atm?

Bergstrom is probbaly holding the number 2 shirt currently

I was nervous every single time he had the ball at his feet. Felt he held on to it too long so there was almost always a Pool player breathing down his neck by the time he released it.

Also felt he could have done better for both of Liverpools goals and then there was the major mistake at the end as well. Hopefully he gets better.

Like I said, his passing is 'good enough'. Nothing great. 

I was very impressed with the way he commanded his box. Felt assured on almost every corner and cross that came in. The one where I think Diaz/Jota crossed it and he came towering over the entire defence and grabbed it. No way Kepa does that. 

On 14/08/2023 at 13:31, WhiteWall said:

Bergstrom is probbaly holding the number 2 shirt currently

I really thought that we would have given Slonina a try before his loan move to Belgium (never ever heard of his Club KAS Eupen 🙄) Clearly Chelsea do not think he is yet the finished article, but makes it even more odd to let Kepa go on loan too.

22 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Like I said, his passing is 'good enough'. Nothing great. 

I was very impressed with the way he commanded his box. Felt assured on almost every corner and cross that came in. The one where I think Diaz/Jota crossed it and he came towering over the entire defence and grabbed it. No way Kepa does that. 

I also felt like the two or three shots they had that they missed, he got significantly closer to than Kepa would have. 

48 minutes ago, coombsie said:

I really thought that we would have given Slonina a try before his loan move to Belgium (never ever heard of his Club KAS Eupen 🙄) Clearly Chelsea do not think he is yet the finished article, but makes it even more odd to let Kepa go on loan too.

Slonina looked out of his depth in his start in the friendly v Fulham. Needs experience but whether the Belgian club was the right destination is another matter. Eupen are genuine strugglers in the Pro League. Goal difference of -35 last season. At least he will be busy.

Rumour about that he is going to switch to the number 1 shirt.

6 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Rumour about that he is going to switch to the number 1 shirt.

It’s not a rumour, they’re selling his shirt on the megastore…

34 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Rumour about that he is going to switch to the number 1 shirt.

It's not a rumour ... it was announced today on the club web site !

1 hour ago, Munkworth said:

It’s not a rumour, they’re selling his shirt on the megastore…

Ah guess the article I read was a bit old then lol.

Well Kepa has said he wants to stay at Real, so I don't he aims to take it back next season.

People blaming him for the first goal? Really? No keeper in the world saves that.

Has anyone actually played a game of football before or what? Unbelievable.

7 shots = 4 goals.

Didnt want him, and so far there is nothing that suggest to me he is anything better than a number 2 for a top side. 

Wonder if we revisit Diogo Costa now Kepa has gone? Probably a tougher deal to do now since they just Otavia to Saudi for big money. 

1 hour ago, big blue said:

7 shots = 4 goals.

Didnt want him, and so far there is nothing that suggest to me he is anything better than a number 2 for a top side. 

Wonder if we revisit Diogo Costa now Kepa has gone? Probably a tougher deal to do now since they just Otavia to Saudi for big money. 

The shots to goals is pathetic. Doesn’t matter who we put between the sticks A everything just goes in. 

DDG is still available and imo is still a very good shot stopper.

7 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

The shots to goals is pathetic. Doesn’t matter who we put between the sticks A everything just goes in. 

It's crazy, teams seem to score every chance, and capitalize on every mistake. 

Thought he’s done quite well in his two games to be honest barring the one giveaway against Liverpool. Made a couple decent saves yesterday and don’t think he could of stopped any goal.

26 minutes ago, Dubair said:

Thought he’s done quite well in his two games to be honest barring the one giveaway against Liverpool. Made a couple decent saves yesterday and don’t think he could of stopped any goal.

Yeah I don't believe he could have done anything about the goals to be honest. He made a great save near the end with his feet to stop it being 4 as well. 

It was an ok performance, nothing special but certainly not bad. 

Steady keeper, probably about on par with what we had in Kepa. Get through the season and get an actual number one ready to be bought next year. 

I really hope Ben Roberts knows what he is doing with this one.

 

 

Still don't understand why we got rid of Mendy. f**k was wrong with him? We didn't need to spend more money on keepers. 

Just now, enigma said:

Still don't understand why we got rid of Mendy. f**k was wrong with him? We didn't need to spend more money on keepers. 

Mendy was crap and is still playing crap in Saudi. Mendy honestly wasn't even better than Kepa the last year or so. 

Can someone explain why that was a penalty for Wimbledon last night? Watching the highlights and he clearly punches the ball and their player just goes down. Are keepers not even supposed to challenge for balls anymore?

12 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Can someone explain why that was a penalty for Wimbledon last night? Watching the highlights and he clearly punches the ball and their player just goes down. Are keepers not even supposed to challenge for balls anymore?

Think it’s a reaction to the incompetence that happened to Wolves against United. They have gone the other way too far now.

11 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Can someone explain why that was a penalty for Wimbledon last night? Watching the highlights and he clearly punches the ball and their player just goes down. Are keepers not even supposed to challenge for balls anymore?

Simple explanation. The ref was wrong. Sanchez obviously punched the ball. How on earth did it ricochet away so far if he didn't?  He did make contact with the player but after he'd punched the ball away. The player milked it. Ref fell for it.