Sterling running at defenders is a painful watch.

3 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Sterling running at defenders is a painful watch.

I'm not sure that Mudryk will be any better to watch

Vintage run from Mudryk there. Got an interception, used his pace well, then hit the ball into the upper tier.

5 minutes ago, forbzy said:

I'm not sure that Mudryk will be any better to watch

Least he has a bit of unpredictability about him, sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe sh*t. Sterling you just know he's gonna run into someone every time.

1 minute ago, forbzy said:

Vintage run from Mudryk there. Got an interception, used his pace well, then hit the ball into the upper tier.

 

Pretty much me during that run

This has to be the worst two kit designs we’re ever gonna see featured this season in a matchup. The geometric patterned orange of Madrid vs. The teenage boys bedsheet under a black light of Chelsea 

1 minute ago, timetowaste said:

Least he has a bit of unpredictability about him, sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe sh*t. Sterling you just know he's gonna run into someone every time.

Agreed. Although I think we probably need to expect more from a starting winger

5 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Sterling running at defenders is a painful watch.

I wasn't watching the game but woke up and read the comments in this thread. It seemed like Sterling was taking his usual sh*teyness to new levels so I have got up to watch as I didn't want to miss out on all the fun.

 

Colwell playing like he’s still at Brighton, walking out of defence with the ball killing any chance of a quick attack.

I’m not sure they really care. Body language is shocking. 

Both Madueke and Mudryk have been abysmal these past 30min, they made every possible bad decision with the ball.

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4 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

I’m not sure they really care. Body language is shocking. 

It is a preseason game so understandably less intensity from players. With our history on these pitches in the US I suspect some are more worried about getting injured.

brahim diaz laughing at noni

It's clear these players don't have a clue what this manager is trying to do. From what we've seen in pre-season I'm not sure he knows himself.

Noni does one good thing then 3 bad things, that’s his ratio.

Just now, just said:

It's clear these players don't have a clue what this manager is trying to do. From what we've seen in pre-season I'm not sure he knows himself.

For one the squad is way too big and this caused us problems under Potter too.

Bring on Inter.

Another loss mostly lackluster performance. Best thing about this 🇺🇸 tour no serious injuries. Otherwise a mixed bag of results, one win looked good vs a 2 bob outfit big south of the border, but it was another false dawn, hopefully a mini one for our very own mini pep. Not confident that the remaining fixture v Milan will be enough preparation for the 18th. But there’s an overload of matches in the first 2 weeks so we’ll all see clearly by the end of the month how this new part of the mystery project (phase 3) is gonna pan out. I suspect a similar trajectory to Phase 2 Poch. 

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2 minutes ago, forbzy said:

For one the squad is way too big and this caused us problems under Potter too.

Personally I've always believed the massive injury list Potter had was more of an issue than the size of the squad. He was without so many of our better players for so long.

Maresca doesn't have that excuse at the moment.

Well, the main positive I'm taking is that all of these dog sh*t pitches and none of our players got injured.

None of them seemed arsed in the 2nd half

Well I don’t think apart from the Tuchel preseason I have seen anything close to as poor as this.

Not bad, but still glaring issues.

We’re moving the ball a lot better and the players are getting a better understanding of where to be positionally. Not going to criticize the lad too much but Guiu was a lost puppy. Lot of our attacks ended with him. Enzo looked good. Lavia still very sharp. Gusto best fullback to invert. Madueke still on form. 

Defensively is still a massive work in progress. Sterling/Mudryk putting in barely any effort. Playing a high line with no one pressing the ball, and to make matters  more worse  the CB’s aren’t even tracking their runs. Laborious defending and zero awareness. Reckon that backline that ended the match will be the one that starts against City

Looking forward to the Inter game and seeing how much the humidity and sh*t pitches played a part. 

 

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Not bad, but still glaring issues.

We’re moving the ball a lot better and the players are getting a better understanding of where to be positionally. Not going to criticize the lad too much but Guiu was a lost puppy. Lot of our attacks ended with him. Enzo looked good. Lavia still very sharp. Gusto best fullback to invert. Madueke still on form. 

Defensively is still a massive work in progress. Sterling/Mudryk putting in barely any effort. Playing a high line with no one pressing the ball, and to make matters  more worse  the CB’s aren’t even tracking their runs. Laborious defending and zero awareness. Reckon that backline that ended the match will be the one that starts against City

Looking forward to the Inter game and seeing how much the humidity and sh*t pitches played a part. 

 

Agree with all of this other than Madueke being on form, other than his goal I thought he made poor decision after poor decision tonight

18 minutes ago, 2211 said:

Noni does one good thing then 3 bad things, that’s his ratio.

Sterling does 10 bad things and then another 10.