Havertz is seemingly cementing a place for himself in the first XI

Ibime:


I'm not seeing any overloads so I don't know where your tension is coming from

Actually, it is due to what they have forced us to be doing at the back.

At this rate, I just hope we don't lose the ball at the back.

User09:
The goal was so cool.

Been a while I saw Chelsea make good use of a counter

That is because the two players involved were timely with the release of the ball. Mount might have done otherwise, delay the ball and depend on his individual ability.

The pressing from athletico is hypertensive I swear

lateefGRDT:
This place just dry shaaa

Pour water please

lateefGRDT:
This place just dry shaaa

Pour water please

Thecassanova:

I don’t agree.

Kante has track record playing in midfield two, with players like Pogba, Matic, even Drinkwater. Winning major trophies in all events.

Has Kovacic had any record that atleast we can compare with in the past to know if he’s not the problem? Under previous coach like Sarri or Lampard was Jorginho Kovacic partnership really that perfect?

Can you do a comparison of the style of play Kante excelled in with the said players and the style he is playing in at the moment.

In that match, he was good at ball recoveries but flop in every other aspects of ball usages. His inadequacy in usage of the ball will be his undoing with Tuchel and why he affected Kovacic and our midfield play.

Kante is a runner and not a ball user

hensben:
You’ll saw what I’m saying about Kante Kovacic pairing in that midfield, it even made Kovacic perform averagely.

I wouldn't agree less.

His worst performance since Tuchel's arrival

TRIBUTE TO ALHAJI CHIEF LATEEF KAYODE JAKANDE (LKJ)

It will be a disservice to selfless service if Alhaji Kayode Jakande cannot be recognised as the most selfless being for exemplary true governance and unrivaled contributions to the infrastructural drive of Lagos.
The pacesetter governor who initiated and put in place a whole lots of infrastructures and institutions Lagos is enjoying today.

His government centered on the poor, how to better their lots and provide for them a development only the privileged can get. He ensured that the philosophy wasn’t a paperwork and word of mouth, he worked the talk by bringing it into fruition.

It is on record that LKJ’s ideology is pro-poor.

During the period of 1979 – 1983 in Lagos State, the ideology which was solely in vogue was, the “Greatest Good of the Greatest Number” of the people. That creed provided the guiding principle for all activities of the government; its plans, projects and programmes. The adoption of that ideology was considered then the best option for the state.

Accordingly, priority was accorded at all times in favour of the masses especially the less privileged and the poor, dominating what is now described in development studies worldwide as the Bottom of the Pyramid. It is a concept essentially used for twin purposes: promoting a welfare state and enlargement of the middle class. This orientation in favour of the poor does not necessarily exclude the rich or privileged members of the society entirely from the scheme of things.

Under LKJ, certain projects or programmes were designed for the rich and the privileged for example, projects like Private Estate Developer’s Schemes, Low Density Residential Estates, Site & Services Schemes; High-Rise Office Buildings and Luxury Apartments were designed for the privileged. Jakande clarified that his administration was
"Completely committed to the welfare of the people with particular emphasis on the upliftment of the masses who, for so many years, have been down trodden."

Therefore, every budget stressed the application of financial resources to the areas of greatest need for the greatest number of the people. The presumption or preference of the LKJ’s regime was deliberately anchored on first meeting the needs of the needy.

Hence, substantial parts of the resources of the state were allocated to well-defined “pro-poor” projects, most especially in the areas of housing, education, health, agriculture, employment generation, rural development, etc. for instance, after education, the next in importance, in LKJ’s allocation, was housing. He favoured the provision of affordable houses/shelters to the low and medium income groups of citizens.

Below are the highlights and landmarks of LKJ:

1. He built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.
2. His Government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.
3. His Government built Lagos State Television
4. His Government built Radio Lagos
5. His Government established General Hospital in xones all over the state with assurance of free health care.
6. His Government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.
7. His Government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke0Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Amuwo—Odofin,Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.
8. His Government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.
9. His Government constructed modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million liters per day.
10. His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specially to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.
11. His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.
12. His government constructed Victoria Isand/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.
13. His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.
14. His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.
15. His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.
16. His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.
17. His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533, 001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434, 545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondar schools to 223 with 167, 629 students (against 105 schools with 107, 835 students in 1979).
18. His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22, 000 classrooms.
19. In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened “Baba Kekere and Itafaji” to run Mile 2 – Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.
20. His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980.
21. His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).
22. His government established small scale industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.
23. His government established LASACO Insurance.
24. His government expanded existing markets and built new ones.
25. His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

It is noteworthy that the extensive military probes of the 80s exonerated Governor Jakande from all charges of corruption, mismanagement of public fund and/or any abuse of office. He was duly awarded the emblem of an incorruptible administrator.

Alhaji Jakande was born on July 23, 1929 at Epetedo on Lagos Island. He attended King’s College Lagos, Methodist Boys High School (MBHS) Lagos and Ilesha Grammar School. Jakande opted for a career in journalism, as a result of his natural flair for writing. A flair which manifested in him from his college days.

He eventually rose to the peak of his chosen profession at national and international levels. In fact, he practiced journalism for over thirty years before going into public offices in 1979 and 1993.

An excerpt from the book 'THE KILLER I', written by AT Olorunjedalo

hensben:
KDB na boss. I laugh when man u fans try to compare him with Bruno. lol, Bruno is good though but not in Kdb level. The tenacity and mentality Kdb provide reminds me of peak messi.

I often wonder didn't Chelsea observe all these attributes before letting him go?

Ibime:


They are not in their prime. They are in their worst run and have conceded in the last 12 games without fail. You are just capping careless.

That's why I asked you to compare what Lampard did against them last season than compare against Lampard at his bottom. The only way from the bottom is up. You think say you wise **Asari voice**

Yes, you can say they are not in their prime since it wasn't Lampard that was in charge.

Arsenal wasn't in their prime, but they whitewashed us.

Tuchel saved us from shame on Wednesday. It would have been another story if it were to be Lampard.

Fervent prayer for every soul is that whatever you touch turns gold. But for Lampard's touch on his team to turn gold, his opponents always becomes the golden performer and prime team.

Amoto94:
"At Chelsea it is about results. The DNA is to win trophies and I am here to challenge for every trophy. This year is the Champions League and the FA Cup. The league is not realistic so we lose focus if we aim for that. People should be excited to watch our team."

- Tuchel

I appreciate him for his honesty and I am as well amazed at his knowledge of individual abilities of his player like what he said of Kante, Mount and Gilmour.

I wish this personal understanding and his football ken aid him on the job.

The era of Lampard is behind us, let us rally round TT, critic objectively and chastise him whenever he goes wrong.

nateevs:


Obvious improvement on the previous 8 games or improvement on our 17 game winning run?

Obvious improvement on avoiding another shambolic performance and disgraceful defeat in the hands of Wolverhampton.

It does not end at that, we were able to neutralise them in their prime and saw a match with peace of mind without the tendency of developing high blood pressure.

BlueRayDick:


Well you know , If mount was well appreciated for just that alone, we won’t be having this discussion.

There is individual differences, so sense of judgment differs.

You're of the belief that Mount is superb for that running around quality and for that you're praising him. Why not maintain same for Havertz.

Leave others to stick to their own judgement.

FBS:
New era. New manager.

1st half : Some painstaking, uber patient build up, you would think that they were playing in slow motion.

2nd half: Improved performance, we didn't just rely on cross and nod, we tried playing in between the lines, passed the ball faster and the hunger to win the ball back quickly was evident. Havertz could have won it.

Best player I think was CHO, his best game so far. He is just missing that final decisive pass to up his game but his work ethic has definitely improved.

Chiwell definitely struggled and good to see we had a manager who actually reads the game.
Ziyech didn't do much and was not surprised he got substituted.

Tuchel failed to win his first match (not happy about that at all) but surely everyone can see the improvement.
Looking forward to the next match.

An obvious improvement

Ibime:


You want to bait me into comparing a new managers bounce to Lampards last horrible month. I pray Tuchel does well, but since you want to bring your agenda to my domot, let's be fair and compare like-for-like. Below is what I will compare Tuchels input to against the same Wolves. Go ahead and compare.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7lrefis1M



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=safyalndwJ8

If you're talking about fairness, it behoves on you to bring Lampard's first match as a manager to compare his.

And in those matches, you state clearly which of them a true philosophy of football can be found.

BTW, why omit the part requesting for your remark on Jorginho and Co?

Ibime:



Let's ask Airmark and Dayos reliable whoscored

Many, myself in particular look forward to your take on the general performance of the players and input of Tuchel compared to Lampard.

Also, we expect you to Say something about Jorginho, Kovacic and Odoi.

Thanks as you oblige

BlueRayDick:
One funny thing about this match is the “running around “ and “activity forming “ that has been used to critique Mount is exactly what Havertz did all day

Since Mount was praised for just that, Havertz is as well deserving of praise too

Sarri reloaded or not, at least his style of play is obvious in his first match in charge unlike Lampard who oversees for 18 months and till today, his pattern is still unknown.

ItGeek:
A new coach, that just had one training session with the guys, and have gone for a mix of experience and youth, yet people are already making conclusions. TT is our new coach, lets all support him to succeed. It will take a while for us to know his settled starting eleven.

Hope they will listen and stop this irritating attitude of the live of Lampard to pass a hasty judgment

We have heard about threats and the threatener will later chicken out.

Chief Sunday Igboho made a threat, stood by it and work towards its realization against all odds.

KUDOS OSA

nihilistjnr:


That second goal was a comedy of errors to me.
Our defenders left Vardy in an offside position from the goal kick - of course you cant be off from a Gk, and it was his contested header from that GK that led to Albrighton getting the ball

While James was busy ball-watching, and Maddison was busy scoring, did you see that Rudiger actually gave away a pen on Vardy?

This our squad is 75% useless tbh, though Lampard too is looking more and more clueless these days

You're gradually seeing the light

nateevs:


Let's not make analysis is silos. No one is running away with the league. That's an indication that no one is consistently edging out the smaller teams.

We on the other hand are coming off a phase with most of our players fluffing their lines. We need a win however we can.

When we went on 17-match unbeaten run, I didn't see people saying we were predictable or only crossing, despite still playing the same football.

My grouse is not the personnel but with Lampard.

I don't have issues with his selection but his set up.

At least, one can tell the identity of Sarri, Mourinho and Co.

Can you at this point of his second season at the helms give us an explanation on his pattern, tactics, and imprint?

What is he doing technically to unlock opponents who sit back and all that?

Have you ever seen Lampard with a tactical twist and switch?

Is there any coherency in our football?

Proof me wrong about the tactical ineptitude of Lampard and I will succumb.

nateevs:


Who are the big six? Is Spurs one of them? Did you see the Fulham game against Spurs? Did you see Fulham against Liverpool?

That was limited to Fulham.

How are those teams edging out the smaller teams?

Ibime:



Have you seen any Fulham player in Chelsea half? If that's not parking the bus, tell.me what is.

There's nothing relegation about their defending. Spurs, Southampton, Liverpool and Leicester have been unable to break them down and take the win in the last month.

When you see the middle is packed, criticise with sense

Next match, you will come up with another excuse in support of the opposition.

This effort each of Chelsea opposing teams put up are credits to their coaches.

What are other big six coaches doing to better them in the act?

What has Lampard done differently?

A child is not brilliant, you're praising such child for a find handwriting.

Ó su mi ooi

nateevs:

There's nothing predictable about this football we are playing.

Common
It is glaring that at every ball we play it to the flank and cross.
Are we doing anything contrary?

Chelsea set out to play a predictable football.
Pass and gba, that's all

NextD18:

They should create it.

Apt.

Ask him if there was no space in previous matches too that they depend on cross?

snoopanddre:
Music really get money these dayz o. Just that i can't fully understand how they make all these monies from music. Any body with a better understanding should explain. No hating pls.

You're not alone on this

Tiago scoring yesterday means that all our new additions have recorded a goal bar Mendy

NinjaMetahuman:
somebody's son
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Give us the video or gif

kushercain:
zouma and silva cb pairing should never be tampered with again

The whole back four should be maintained.