Just now, Bob stark said:

This is by design though. Press bait

It doesn't work like this though. You need to be less obvious with it. You can't just wait until they press up on the defenders before trying to move it into midfield, because it's not just the defenders that get pressed, the midfielders get pressed and the wingers that have dropped back to receive the ball are also pressed. Waiting for the press is fine, but it's split reaction time stuff, as soon as you see the opposition attackers pressing, you move the ball into midfield so they can turn and get the attackers involved, don't wait for them to be snapping at your heals and congesting the area.

Starboy! Great break.

PALMER!!!!

Palmer

GET IN!!!!!!

A Jackson assist

Counter attacking Chelsea is the best Chelsea.

What an assist by Thierry Henr.., I mean Nico Jackson! 🤣

 

What a finish 👏 👌 

Jackson needs drug testing after this. You don’t just become a capable footballer with an IQ overnight. Something dodgy gone on there.

Jackson made that goal!!

Alvarez is a scumbag. 

Wtf Alvarez....

Big choice to keep starting Jackson and it’s paid off. 
 

Well done Maresca. 

ICEMAN!!!

Quality counterattacking goal.

Our away fans are killing it. As usual.

f**king hell, he's walloped that. Great counter again, Jackson key again, wandering through the middle of the pitch like the West Ham midfield isn't there.

Superb counter attack. Deadly on the break right now. 

Awful tackle. 

Come on Chelsea - let’s get this done!

Pure class, we want 4!

I’m fairly windy about this score line think we need a 4th or 5th to be comfortable 😂

Last year Jackson wouldn't have passed to Palmer.

Madueke needs hooking for Neto 

1 minute ago, evissy said:

Counter attacking Chelsea is the best Chelsea.

When Maresca was appointed I heard that he «hated» counter attacks. Doesn’t seem to be very accurate, like you said its our best feature

2 goals and an assist - can't argue with that. Long may it continue.

Let's hope he scores more...

 

(comment: Slated him all week - and he comes up with his first decent performance in a Chelsea shirt. So let's try something new....with the game won, I am trying a bit of reverse psychology on the universal football gods - in the hope that praising him now will get him taken off and sold )

Edited September 21, 20241 yr by nonotnowjim