Jourdan Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Chelsea with the performance of champions today against Spurs. Crisis? What crisis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Was interested to see Tom Ince playing behind the striker in a 4231 today. Had a good first time snap shot as well. Looked like he was playing well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Kyle Walker rediculous decision by the ref to give a second yellow there, will cost me my bet ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, froggg said: Kyle Walker rediculous decision by the ref to give a second yellow there, will cost me my bet ffs. I think he gives him a sneaky elbow in the ribs. They don't show the right angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Disgusting by Aguero there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 13:27, Jourdan said: Chelsea with the performance of champions today against Spurs. Crisis? What crisis? The result after that performance was of champions. The actual performance itself was poor, and on another day Spurs would have won that by three of four as they were superior throughout. On another note I can't believe how poor David Silva is at shooting. He could have easily had a hat-trick tonight. I have to wonder what he does in training. Whether he just takes part in pass-and-move situations. No shooting practice. I'm trying tk work out whether it's a technique thing. Maybe he just can't strike the ball hard and accurate. He must drive Pep mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 15 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said: The result after that performance was of champions. The actual performance itself was poor, and on another day Spurs would have won that by three of four as they were superior throughout. On another note I can't believe how poor David Silva is at shooting. He could have easily had a hat-trick tonight. I have to wonder what he does in training. Whether he just takes part in pass-and-move situations. No shooting practice. I'm trying tk work out whether it's a technique thing. Maybe he just can't strike the ball hard and accurate. He must drive Pep mad. Isn't Iniesta the same? Swear he can't even see the goal half the time. Guess it's just the way they're programmed. Maybe they don't feel confident in front of goal in the same way other players would never dream of passing in certain situations? Dunno. Weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 18 minutes ago, Alpha said: Isn't Iniesta the same? Swear he can't even see the goal half the time. Guess it's just the way they're programmed. Maybe they don't feel confident in front of goal in the same way other players would never dream of passing in certain situations? Dunno. Weird Yeah very similar to Iniesta. It's not for a lack of trying, they're both just crap at shooting and it's really weird considering how technically brilliant they are in other aspects of their game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jourdan Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 17 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said: The result after that performance was of champions. The actual performance itself was poor, and on another day Spurs would have won that by three of four as they were superior throughout. On another note I can't believe how poor David Silva is at shooting. He could have easily had a hat-trick tonight. I have to wonder what he does in training. Whether he just takes part in pass-and-move situations. No shooting practice. I'm trying tk work out whether it's a technique thing. Maybe he just can't strike the ball hard and accurate. He must drive Pep mad. And on another day, Morata takes his two chances and Willian's shot sneaks inside the post. What's your point? Let's deal in actualities here. How can you say Spurs were superior? If you are superior, you show it. You make the most of the possession. You take the chances. You force errors. You overwhelm the opposition. You break the opposition. You execute your gameplan better than the other team does. Besides the own goal, did Spurs do any of that? If we are going to say anyone was superior, then Conte was once again tactically superior to Pochettino. Chelsea were disciplined, determined, well-drilled, well-organised and executed their particular gameplan perfectly. Having three defensive midfielders was the perfect way to stifle Eriksen and Alli. What I like about Conte's Chelsea is they find a way to win. They can play on the front foot and destroy teams - we've seen that! In full flow, with Hazard, Willian and Fabregas on song, they are brilliant to watch. But they also understand that there are many different ways to win a football match. They can also set up in a way to nullify the opposition, soak up pressure, be more defensive, but still win games. I'm not for one minute suggesting Chelsea played sparkling football and blew Spurs away. But did you really expect them to? Only a fool would try to go toe-to-toe with Spurs. What impressed me was the ability to fight for a result like that under pressure. Everyone saying this is a team in crisis, the manager is on borrowed time, the dressing room is divided. What a response! Let's be honest, from the top 6, only Chelsea are capable of 'doing a job' on teams like that. And that's why they will be champions for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Michael Brown on for Blades v Leicester. He reminds me of Lee Evans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Demarai Gray is some player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Wonder how long Rafa will get a free pass at Newcastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Hopefully we'll get to see some tasty CL groups. Real Madrid, PSG, Liverpool/Tottenham and Liepzig would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jourdan Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 I'm moving to Naples for work soon. So I'm hoping for an interesting draw for Napoli to liven up the autumn nights. Real Madrid, Dortmund and Celtic would be cool. I used to watch the Champions League all the time on ITV when I was younger. It's a travesty that BT gobbled up all the rights. I went to my first ever Champions League game three years ago - Zenit versus Monaco - and it was an absolute snoozer. I'm hoping for better this autumn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 51 minutes ago, Jourdan said: I'm moving to Naples for work soon. So I'm hoping for an interesting draw for Napoli to liven up the autumn nights. Real Madrid, Dortmund and Celtic would be cool. I used to watch the Champions League all the time on ITV when I was younger. It's a travesty that BT gobbled up all the rights. I went to my first ever Champions League game three years ago - Zenit versus Monaco - and it was an absolute snoozer. I'm hoping for better this autumn. What do you do for work buddy? They have potential to get a cracking draw. Wacky CL seedings makes it interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Will see some really strong groups and some terribly weak ones too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Spartak Moscow, FC Porto, Anderlect and Qarabag would prob be the worst CL group ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 18 hours ago, CumbrianRam said: Wonder how long Rafa will get a free pass at Newcastle It's all McClaren's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Man Utd get the easy group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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