timbros:
Unto the playoffs!

Tie-break - JapaGeng FC progressed by virtual coin toss!

We are coming!

airmark:


We thank God for Jehovah's son helping the attack with a goal yesterday, just as Thiago Silva did against Sheffield.

We just need Silva's replacement and fortify our attack with better finishers, so we don't rely on defenders to bail our attackers out always.

How many times this season has our defenders bailed the attackers out?

Our highest scoring defender in all competitions this season is Thiago Silva with 4 goals.

How does this support your claim that they’ve been bailing the attackers out even with such low figure or is this your new agenda?

“Chelsea will get you Over 1.5 goals in a game, if they can hold on to those goals without conceding, they’ll win.”

English no too hard.

Ibime:


Who him recommend?

Football journalist Sami Mokbel is the one who made the claim that Chelsea's player recruitment was not done after consulting with manager Mauricio Pochettino.

He was more like handed that group of ninnies to manage. More like here’s the project and what it entails, do your magic.

Don Carlo anyday anytime.

Ballzproblem2:
ibime is no boss of mine so yes

You go collect o

So Chelsea have not signed a single player Pochettino has asked for or recommended?

Not again.

Ballzproblem2:
fraudibeme never organise protest for Rivers as wike no gree fubara to work en people,na banner be en problem.

Talk about misplaced priorities.

Na my boss wey you dey follow talk like this?

Ballzproblem2:
Told #CFC fans have organised a gigantic Conor Gallagher banner for tomorrow. Will carry the message "Chelsea since birth" ahead of facing Tottenham, who could swoop this summer amid contract stalemate. Same size as the ones for Thiago Silva, Reece James, etc. @MailSport

i so much hate those set of fans in charge of this banner gimmick ,anytime they lack attention they just bring up rubbish,same set of idiots crying our standard is currently low are making banner for fucking Gallagher.

Could be masterminded by Ibime. You can never tell.

Ibime:
Jackson leg no straight

He does everything right until he enters box

I know many players like that at amateur level, especially one of my guy Ayo. Ayo will dribble the whole field but his final shot is inshiAllah. He has no idea which direction ball is going when he shoots it. In my mind I'm like "just pass ball into an area of the net like you are passing to a teammate", yet Ayo will still miss. We don't know whether each shot is going left, right or middle.

It's such a big shame because Jackson is such a great player outside of the box. But I think his problem is physiological in the shape of his legs and cannot be cured.

Make we run a correctional surgery on the guy na

airmark:


Below is our top striker's numbers that the ministers of defence will not expose. Add this to Sterling and Mudrik's impotence in the box, then you will understand why we are Palmer's PLC and embedded at the middle of the table.

E be like argument dey sweet you.

Who’s saying attack is PERFECT? We are saying, statistically, the attack is doing better than the defense.

Simples.

raumdeuter:


What we are talking about is the historically shambolic defence that Chelsea is parading
Whatever your ambitions are as a club conceding 57 goals in 32 games is definitely not in the right direction

If your ambition is to win the league you have scored 61 goals after 32 games, you are on track to have the number of goals Leicester and Man utd had when they won the title in 2016 and 2009
So your offence at current rate can win the league in some seasons and made top 4 in many seasons

However when we check your defence

Your defence conceding 57 goals in 32 games is however not in line with anyone that has won the league

I looked back 20yrs and no team that made top 4 conceded 57 goals after 38 games Your team has conceded that number with 6 games to spare. Anyone here can confirm the last time a top 4 team conceded 57 goals in a season

If however your ambition as a club is to match Newcastle 7th or Spurs last season (8th) both top half of the table then I will say you are doing well

I’ve been using this phrase “fallen standards”.

Score 100 goals, that’s the business. It doesn’t matter if the defense is leaking in 200 goals.

raumdeuter:


Is this not shameful

Chelsea has conceded 57 goals with 6 games to go likely will be over 60 before season end maybe 65 sef

Na person wey get strength dey argue.

BlueRayDick:




If everything had gone according to plans , it would've been Arsenal 5 vs 6 Chelsea

Yeah man.

Federer vs Nadal

Outscore your opponents

Ibime:
Griffon e be like White done win FPL for you

Masterstroke!

4-0!!!!

airmark:


What issue when we have Silva and Chalobah partnership that is better?

You’re clutching at straws.

Your stats says 1.75 goals conceded per game. Una talk say attack cause am.

I no get talk with una.

airmark:


This oloriburuku Pochettino don sell match. Disasi and Badiashile again? When Silva and Chalobah's partnership is already looking manageable.

You already know say you get issues with your defense but you can’t admit.

Eyes service.

nihilistjnr:


Can you explain why Newcastle with the same 52 goals conceded as Chelsea are not in 9th place?

Then after that, maybe give us your theory on why Aston Villa with 50 goals conceded are in a UCL spot.

Because we have not been outscoring our opponents!

Such a genius tactical approach

airmark:
@Griffon, Pocchetino couldn't be stupid not to have known that it was the attackers that failed us.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5_6AeQMjPO/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

"We created so many chances.... You need to score if you want to win". - Pochettino.

If you’ve been following my takes on this, I’ve never said we are magnificent in front of goal. We obviously lack that firepower and there’s a need for reinforcements. However, when compared to our defensive figures, you’ll understand clearly that the reinforcements should even start from the backline or should I say the defensive system.

We are abysmal in front of goal but somehow manages 1.5 goals per game. If this was a Simeone led side, those paltry numbers from our attackers (at least from our own standards) are enough for him to win the title.

You simply need to understand that our defensive system is a mess. Having a lone man to screen the backline isn’t going to work in a midfield that has a stroller like Enzo - Caicedo would always suffer, those defenders would always get exposed. On the other hand, having error prone defenders like Disasi and Badiashile in our backline will never work, we would keep shooting ourselves on the foot. Lastly, having your best defenders lodged in the sickbay for months would never help us, we must find a way out of it.

All these needs to be addressed. It’s even the primary issue with this team. You don’t build a squad by stockpiling attacking players all over the place and expecting goals which definitely should transcend to victory, rather you start with a good defensive structure, one that would give your attacking bands the license to attack at will, whilst keeping the defensive system in shape.

Maybe he had such plan with the acquisitions of Caicedo and Lavia, but injuries won’t let us see through his plan.

Without a good defensive system, we are going nowhere. Sign Messi and Ronaldo today, we’ll end up fetching watching fans tennis score lines. 4-5, 5-4, 6-7.

This guy sef. Both in real life and in SM, he remaineth the same.

NinjaMetahuman:
I guess it's RIP at that point.

Leipzig’s first and original version of Timo Werner. Anyday anytime!

The rest are meh.

drisham:
Be like Una get attack Vs defence issues too

Ibime:


As a footballer, you will understand that going ahead in a match, and especially two goals ahead gives you control and deflates the opposition spirit

When you are two goals ahead, it becomes about game management and time management. Your defence would just be passing ball amongst themselves while opposition will be disheartened

But if you keep missing chances, opposition ginger will be growing that today is their day and they are fated to win

So our missing of chances also affects defence.

Both areas need improvement, but our attack is not making games comfortable for our weak defence

First and foremost, I’m not saying we don’t need to fix the attack as much I would have loved to see changes at the back, all I’m saying is that the attack are doing relatively better, despite their shambolic performances.

Are they letting the defence down? This season we have taken the lead 25 times and have conceded an equalizer on 12 instances, translating into a lead-defending rate of 52% (for an opponents' equalizing rate of 48%). In the same vein, our defense have conceded 22 goals which gave the lead to the opposition - 22!

For the proponents of outscore your opponent theory, of the 22 times that Chelsea's opponents have taken the lead, we have managed to score an equalizer on 12 instances, translating into an equalizing rate of 55%, which is pretty higher than the league’s average value of 44%.

Our lead-defending rate of 52%, is lower than the league’s average value of 56% this season. A far cry by all standards.

Numbers don’t lie. As much as our attack have been profligate, the defense have shown over and over again that it CANNOT protect a lead. I’m not even talking about spurning chances, just to concede latter, I’m talking about taking the lead and ending up throwing it away.

No matter how you want to see it, the defense is contributing nothing in our run. Someone is saying that goals are everything in football, but I just have to ask him what’s the essence of those goals/leads when they can’t be protected? Football requires a high level of pragmatism, not fantasies. This isn’t Ipukulubiye Dolphins vs Terrible Winners, this isn’t fantasy football.

For a team that has a healthy overall scoring rate of 84% and an alarming conceding rate of 81%, you need no soothsayer to point to you where the problem majorly exists.

Game management? How many times have we tried and failed with it? Our recent game against man utd, is a good case study.

Went 2 goals up within 15minutes, but ended up chasing an equalizer and an eventual late winner.

Bin that entire backline, get a proper CF and we are clear. EOD.

BlueRayDick:


airmark just dey do agidi dey post number of big misses pay game up and down

Everybody knows if Chelsea fix their defensive issues they will be in a beter position on the league than where they presently are.

Like Griffon rightly puts it, outscoring ur oppnent is a fantasy in modern football that is not practicable.

I checked Chlesea's last 10 games on Sky sports and I discovered Chelsea has conceded in 9 out of those 10(Bar the 6-0 Everton Trashing). Guess what? Chelsea on failed to score in 2 out of those 10 matches i.e vs Loserpool & Man city.

How will anybody see this and claim the attack is the culprit for Chelsea's woes when the defence can't keep opponents from scoring?

Not even a rocket science.

I’ve told them to check the numbers, stats don’t lie. I’m not so much of a back and forth niggi, I check well before taking a position in any discourse.

We aren’t clinical in front of goal no doubt but that’s a minimal issue compared to the disaster-class we’re currently facing at that backline.

How my gees go leave house wey dey burn, begin chase rats is what I can’t really comprehend.

popizaino:



Because attack was surely our issue when we suggested that we need to improve on it.

Attached to this post are the words of your gaffer yesterday.

Key words “clinical and to not concede”. The theory to outscore your opponent is more of a fantasy football approach.

You only need one goal to win. Of which we’ve been returning more than that per game (1.83) - literally two goals scored per game, despite our profligacy. Prior to the City’s game, we’ve been doing a regular Over 1.5 goals per game, so how is the attack the MAJOR problem?

It can’t possibly be yet only six teams have outscored us in the league.

What I don’t understand about una camp is how you all fail to see that conceding 1.73 goals per game for a top side is a disaster. Like, you’re certain these guys are going to concede two or more goals in a game. Have we done up to six clean sheets this season sef?

How that useless defense keeps undoing the little work done on the final third is beyond me. Our defense is the first of the myriad of issues to address at the Club even before that ‘useless’ attack.

If we’re handed a transfer embargo right now, I’ll be very concerned, not because of the attack but because, I’ll be losing a 39-year-old Thiago Silva whilst entering the next season with Disasi and Badiashile. That is high BP loading and waiting.

airmark:


What of the number of big chances missed and expected goals?

We have defenders out injured and just the return of Silva alone, we have seen a sharp departure from what Disasi and Badiashile served us. When Colwill, Reece, Fofana return we will have improvement in defence. We should not bark the wrong tree by wasting funds senselessly. We should only add 1 CB while we concentrate more on our major problem - attack.

We once had Anelka. kalou and Drogba in our squad. I don't even know the name of the backup striker in this team now. Our main striker, Jackson can't even bench Alvarez, Hojlund and Nunez in their teams. That's how bad our standard is, at present. Silva's wife was right.

In all these we’ve scored 61 goals in the PL. Only the six placed teams have scored more.

If we’ve had a decent defense, we should be on the top 4. Facts only.

airmark:


Palmer created about 3 big chances for Jackson alone today and he missed them. But some people are expecting our defenders to stop City from burying their chances or not see any in 90 minutes.

Numbers don’t lie.

A Chelsea side has conceded 52 goals in 31 PL games but somehow the attack is the reason we’re having a horrendous season.

Fallen standards!