Enzo misses of course 

Just now, Scott Harris said:

Is Tosin another one of those players the fans deluded themselves into believing was good? 

He is horrendous.  Forcing Chalobah out for this guy speaks volumes of the direction this club is going in.

I would have scored that. Enzo is possibly the worst finisher in the entire squad.

 

Always great seeing them resorting to fouls vs actually playing football. 

Edited August 3, 20241 yr by Sconnie Blue

 

The Chalobah fanboys as soon as Tosin makes a mistake

2 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

It's not so much the system, it's the players we're trying out in this system that isn't working in this game. Mudryk has been toss on the right, KDH anonymous on the left, Enzo too advanced and Nkunku can't get involved so he's dropping deep so we have no outlet

Yes that is true. KDH isn't a winger. Mudryk isn't a player.

If you combine the best attributes of Tosin, Disasi, and Badders you’d still get an average defensive liability.

Great half. Amazing performances from everyone. Terrific effort. Really showing their quality. 

Does the ref know this is a friendly?

1 minute ago, timetowaste said:

 

The Chalobah fanboys as soon as Tosin makes a mistake

That's me except replace Trev with Conor and Tosin with KDH 😅

Just now, timetowaste said:

 

The Chalobah fanboys as soon as Tosin makes a mistake

Chalobah is a decent squad player. But he was still one of our better defenders last season. That says more about the quality of a lot of the players we've brought in sadly.

What Maresca hasn't taken into account here is that these players are just not good enough for this style of football. Every PL club will be able to beat these lame tactics, simply because the players are not good enough in possession at speed to get out of a press.

Tosin reminds me of Djilobodji. Michael Hector, Ben Haim

Things learned from first half 

Messing around against good teams will be punished

Hit row Z when it’s needed

Caicedo and Enzo are yards off it

Mudryk is f**king useless

Tosin looks like a player you’d pickup on a free

Nkunku isn’t a CF

Its going to be a  long hard season we look clueless 

Just now, Vialli96 said:

Tosin reminds me of Djilobodji. Michael Hector, Ben Haim

He isn’t that good

Just now, charierre said:

Things learned from first half 

Messing around against good teams will be punished

Hit row Z when it’s needed

Caicedo and Enzo are yards off it

Mudryk is f**king useless

Tosin looks like a player you’d pickup on a free

Nkunku isn’t a CF

Its going to be a  long hard season we look clueless 

+ KDH isn’t a winger

2 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

 

The Chalobah fanboys as soon as Tosin makes a mistake

Chalobah, Gilchrist, Humphreys,  Acheampong. All have more pace and composure.

Rather uninspiring I'm afraid. 

Chelsea player assisted both Halland goals 

Just now, WhiteWall said:

Chalobah, Gilchrist, Humphreys,  Acheampong. All have more pace and composure.

Mate it's pre-season on a dog sh*t pitch 😂 this urgency to write off any signing we make is bizarre.

We are winning 3-1 on yellow cards, so there is that ... LOL

I just don't get Enzo - he doesn't get enough goals or assists to make up for his lack of pace. He's like a pound shop Fabregas. Hope we swap him with Nkunku and bring on Guiu. 

At least we have had most the possession and made more passes than them. The glass is always half full fellas and dames

2 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Mate it's pre-season on a dog sh*t pitch 😂 this urgency to write off any signing we make is bizarre.

Then maybe we should stop signing players that are so noticeably poor and such a massive downgrade on what we had before. Koulibaly, Badiashile, Cucurella, Disasi, Fofana, none of them can actually defend, Tosin looks a similar type of player. Gusto is the only defender they have signed that is good, and it's the attacking part of his game that is the impressive part.

Apart from the sh*t first 5 minutes it's been a pretty even game, but as previously mentioned some of the players playing out of position isn't working.