lordfalcao:
so much for your esteem knowledge of football.

Na James go be the makeshift DM to cover ground.

With which leg exactly?

Will Lavia be out forever?

Which legs has he been using to play as RB?

drisham:


Deadline today

Chelsea should please do the needful

Jackson can't be leading our attack

I was just laughing when I saw comments on social media that Jackson couldn't be our striker and Obi was right. Something that has been there since last season but majority expecting ordinary stone to turn diamond, is ludicrous.

Gucciboy:


Sure bet ,a defensive midfielder is needed more than a striker

We need a striker more.

If we are left with just one choice, we can draft someone like Reece as a makeshift dm, but we don't have a prolific natural striker in the squad.

NinjaMetahuman:


I heard he is going to Saudi.

Which totally makes sense than coming to Chelsea after pay cut and still not be playing in ucl or have guaranteed top 4 next season.

After 4 years in Saudi, he can still go back to Europe if he is not completely finished.

Make we go for Gimenez of Feyenord if Osimhen go Saudi.

The loan and obligation to buy Osimhen is ok. Chelsea should do that and if possible get a DM too on loan or hijack Trindade from Wolves.

Osimhen really wan join Chelsea, if na Lordfalcao they give that Al ahli offer he go dey Saudi now dey shout Allahu Akbar! Person wey no like Chelsea before.

drisham:
Unrelated

But this album fireboy dropped is really good

Ccblueman unlimited22

It kept me awake.

Need me and Wande's bop my favs.

Old. Learnt they have been killed.

Godstime001:
But who do United this kind thing? How will someone wake up and buy Sterling

Na them Kimbeast, Capaldi and Timbros type of scouts dey Man U.

I pray they embrace and relieve us of our burden.

How could a woman threaten to poison Yoruba and Edo people in her workplace, just because of political situation in Nigeria?

And these type of women are those that would be claiming to be religious on Sundays and asking why you didn't come to church with your wife for weeks.

Oasis007:




Tunde fire una club. Mount we still dey struggle to manage never do una bá?!

patrickmuf:
🙄🙄🙄🙄

Raheem will bless your screens with series of STERLING performances.

Katcall:
Sterling is coming. Sterling is coming. Sterling is coming. Sterling is coming. Ballzproblemm and airmark are happy

Oasis007 and Patrickmuf are happy too.

Kadioglu to Brighton and Man UTD are crying for LB.

Gucciboy:


This Ivan toney looked kinda heavy during euros

I hope they want to use the news to whine Osimhen. He is too slow for my liking but his legs are straight in front of goal.

drisham:
..
Nicely put

Fans are really going crazy on this 6-2

You'll think poch didn't flog Everton 6-0 few months ago

Fans need to relish the moment.

Last season, Wolves scored the same 2 goals against us but we could only score 1 and we lost all the 3 points. We conceded the same 2 goals this season, but we scored 6 and took the maximum points away from home.

There's every reason to be upbeat as we could outscore a Wolves team that we couldn't last season.

Godstime001:
Bro why u carry gun eat fist fight na.

Arrogant Arsenal fans should be reminded of their place.

Ibime:


Do per 90 mins

Jackson vs Haaland

Jackson vs Watkins

Jackson vs Isak

My eyes didn't deceive me.

Ibime:


You can't compare Jackson dispossession to Palmer and Madueke, they are midfielders who receive balls in ball retention positions

Large percentage of balls a striker receives is immediately followed by a duel with a centreback

Check the list below, other teams also have strikers and majority in the top 10 below are not top strikers.

He is average in keeping the ball playing with his back to the post.

Ibime:


Strikers get dispossessed umpteen times per game. It's the highest turnover position. But he protects it more than most

There are strikers who are better in backing the post, receiving and controlling the long passes. Jackson is average while dealing with long thrust in this position. Short passes, yes, he is ok.

Ibime:


You are very wrong there. His game is A class in hold up play, that's why we are praying for him rather than pursuing him cos he's got great aspects to his game apart from finishing

Not even only yesterday. Last season he was dispossessed in almost every game. I remember others complained here too.

Caicedobets:
who be this again e

Check his name on this list I updated before we started last season. He is unhappy as we chased his useless Sterling away and Madueke has started balling.

airmark:
It's good, compiling the list of people in support of washed Sterling, in the team. The thunder that will fire them when he flops again next season, will be deafening.

1. BlueAngel444
2. Capaldi
3. Ballzproblem2
4. Pocchetino
5. Forgiveness
6. Lordfalcao
7. Kimbeast
8.
9.
10.
11.

nateevs:


Well true....Poch did bench him......

Although, only Palmer was good under Poch. Everyone else was pants. Madueke wouldn't have turned good under Poch even if he played every week. Poch's methods were killing the ability in every player.

That's why I said repeatedly then that I am not willing to condemn any player until we see them under a good manager.

Madueke, although always had ability, is turning out good now because he's getting told by Maresca exactly where to stand at all times in relation to other positions.

Palmer playing positionally, almost right next to Madueke is also a master stroke, because it means Palmer can unleash Madueke into dangerous areas constantly.

Maresca's system is unleashing Madueke. Expect him to score double figures this season, easily.

Now I just need the second number 8 to unleash Neto on the left side.

Spot on, Palmer and Madueke combo will do wonders.

But towards the ending of last season, Madueke was doing better with few sweet goals to boot. I remember I did some numbers on Jodera, with his performance.

I hope we get it right this season and finally watch the team with a relaxed mind even when we are trailing in a match.

andrewbaba44:


Mikel haven’t even don’t quarter of what airmark is doing here

If they interview me on TV, I will be subtle too but still ask Chelsea to upgrade from the wasteful striker.

In Mikel's living room, don't be surprised he had called Jackson a basstard numerous times like many Chelsea fans did.

MorataFC:
Upgrade or downgrade

Na Gallagher own pain me ooo

We must upgrade from Jackson please.

Apart from being wasteful, he hasn't learnt how to play with his back to goal. Each time he lost possession yesterday it put pressure on the defence. That's another part of his game that should be improved.

I don't know why we are not going for Santiago Gimenez who is cheaper than Osimhen, and better than Jackson.

nateevs:


Sterling breathing on Madueke's neck? What?

When did this happen Airmark?

When Pochettino was benching him for Sterling at the right wing last season.

Jodera:

Not yet tbh...

He needs to do it consistently cos I'm certain that it's after 15matches again that you'll start disturbing about Madueke

Sterling is no more breathing on his neck and I believe Maresca would continue to give him the needed confidence and work on his development.

All your bad wishes won't come to pass. You go bow last last.

Jodera:

Then why are you always saying Arsenal and Chelsea have same number of big chances and all those your explanations?

Abi you dey only compare to arsenal when e convenient for you?

When I compared their big chances, I was just talking about our wastefulness that kept us away from first 4, even with a striker. Nothing more.

There's a reason Arsenal are linked to getting a striker since the beginning of the window. If you get a prolific striker you will win the league as your other players are also scoring.

Arsenal are not my template for winning the league. I always used our last squad that won it with Costa leading the line. The last time your team also won it, you had Henry. Rest.

Jodera:


You always bring arsenal for comparison sometimes so I want to ask:
Which prolific striker did Arsenal have last season?
Is it prolific striker that's making us scoring 5 goals consistently last season?
Even your Chelsea, was it prolific striker that makes you guys scored 6 goals ystdy?

I'm not against prolific striker but good supporting casts is the way to go. With good supporting cast and good tactical system, you can break up any low block teams easily. Forget all these doubling up of wingers.

And before you call Haaland, know that Man City have been obliterating teams and setting records before the purchase of Haaland.
Liverpool with false 9 firmino have been obliterating teams just because of good supporting cast.

Just so you know...

Where did you see Arsenal in my post? You haven't even won Epl since 2004, why would I use you as example when Conte's Chelsea is there to use. Sit down.

Astrid4:


Thank God you mention guardiola, Top team this days doesn’t rely on a top nine as it used to be, tuchel won the champions league with no top nine and half of the goals from defenders, the like of Werner, Harvetz were blunt but yet we played so well, why was it that when we bought lukaku our woes didn’t stop we were barely creating goal scoring chances, the great guardiola in his Bayern team didn’t rely on his top nine the likes of Ribery, robben were balling for him, mandzukic and Pizarro went just an icing on the cake for them. Nicolas is playing a Trequartista forward role for us that’s why we seem to be creating tons of chances every game and it’s not like that when guiu is playing, funny how the Osihmen y’all want Us to sign is a similar profile to guiu(tho better in term of prolificacy) but they both rely on their strength which is their pace and physical strength, and this is not enough in the premier league where we have both fast and physical defenders y’all should cut Jackson some slack abegiii the likes of Nunez, holjund (with their expensive tag) are also missing big chances but yet he still manage to outscore them without penalty goals, this is his second year in the premier league he still has a lot to offer and has Shown promises so far let’s just stick with him and trust him even drogba had it worst in his first year too.

I don’t want us to have a team where we will have to rely on a top nine to score even now and then for us what happens if the top striker is injured or unavailable, our attack is getting prolific thanks to madueke’s improvement and nice signings in nkunku,Neto and Felix which are renowned for the prolificacy in front of goal we are no more cole Palmer FC.

Nobody asked our striker to be scoring all our goals, I just don't want the burden of goals to kill Palmer while the player with the primary role of scoring is unreliable in front of goal.

Yes, the goals should be distributed among the attackers but our striker must deliver excellently in order to compete with City armed with Haaland already.

Y'all will see how our opponents will adjust defensively to curtail our wingers and it's the striker that may get most of the big chances to go all the way like we had the last time we won Epl with Costa, flanked by Willian and Hazard.

Jodera:

Lol...
You no go wait make e shine first before you do receipts digging?

He is already shinning in your faces.

Jodera:

Do you need a goalscoring striker with all these goals ystdy.

Nateevvs talked about good supporting cast and supporting cast who can score. Have you seen the importance?

He wasn't the one that asked me to request for Sterling to be chased away in order for Madueke to be playing regularly and a new LWF to be bought.

Teams will start to sit deep against us and double up on Madueke and other winger, that's where a prolific striker will be crucial. I believe Maresca can't be deceived by yesterday's result as Wolves thought we would be wasteful like last season and left their rear.

Unlimited22:

He just needs to cut out unnecessary dribbling and showboating and focus on his output.

He's the only winger we have that can hug touchline and get past his man.

I can gradually see some improvements, he can still do better with releasing the ball as at when due. It seems unlike Pochettino, Maresca talks to each player on their weaknesses and drill them.

Maybe the personal trainer he engaged during the holidays helped too, as he now moves and hit better with his right leg.