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Ibime:
Kepa is just too short. He's got the same problem as Pickford. They can't reach what other goalkeepers will easily reach so they take unnecessary risks with their positioning.

true. His height is a disadvantage for him, but for someone who is short, he is too lazy and lacking in quick reflex.


I hardly blame a goalkeeper that concedes from close range or inside the box, but conceding from outside the box is a no for me.


The few years I watched cech in his years at Chelsea, I could count the number of outside box goals he conceded. It was almost always certain that cech will keep a long range shot or free kick.


Kepa's own is that, he is slow to move from his position after a shot is taken and he will many times not even move, instead he will dive from his standing position as if he is as tall as crouch.

It is also annoying to watch how the bastard concedes long range shots

BlueAngel444:
Kepa is having a bad year, not a bad career. How old is he, most keepers that are elite are older than he is. Very few if any are his age or younger that are better than him.

It's not about ability but about confidence and form (performance)

When you say long time ago, since when abi you no follow talk say him better pass de gea

you and who follow talk the bold.


My opinion on Kepa is well documented on this forum.

For douters

https://twitter.com/MaziNnamdiKanu/status/1227615539289370624?s=19

BlueAngel444:
Kepa will still come good, Lampard and the coaching staff need to help him, if Courtios could rediscover his best form why can't kepa the man who benched De gea.

Even our defense hasn't helped his form nor morale.

kepa's best form is at most above average, it is never elite.

I settled that in my heart a long time ago.

Sulele04:
Chelsea next three games
man united
Tottenham
Bayern Munich. // all at Stamford bridge

our defence should be either rudiger or zouma // or rudiger tomori starting Christensen in any of these season defining matches would be disastrous
our only chance of beating Bayern is with rlc being fit
in a midfield of kante kovacic and rlc , with mount waiting on the sidelines to Pounce

lastly lampard should not think of starting that usesless willian or Pedro , i want cho and pulisic on the wings i just don't know why lampard dont like to start to off them
but nevertheless attack should be cho pulisic Abraham

and we pray brother kepa is in a good mood , with this lineup we can beat all of them

why don't you go and apply to become Chelsea manager?

Hope nobody dey China for here



Rumours coming out of there sounds like the movie zombie apocalypse

airmark:
Boathand nearly broke that guy's neck. I have never seen a stupid defender with world cup and ucl medals like Boathand.

the mumu leave ball go dey attack person pikin head

“I came to Chelsea under Sarri, but I must say that Lampard is an exceptional manager.
“He has kept the character he had as a player in his personality as a coach, which has inspired all of us.
“He commits himself with everything he’s got. Training is always challenging and different from last season.
“That’s probably the main difference between Lampard and Sarri, who made the concept of training quite monotonous.
“There were a lot of similar training sessions with a focus on tactical preparation.
“[Zinedine] Zidane was similar to the way Frank Lampard is a coaching, and their approaches really suit.”
Kovacic is enjoying working under Lampard because the former England international knows what it takes to thrive in the midfield engine room.
Priceless advice is being passed on, while tactical tweaks have released the shackles which some found themselves operating in during Sarri’s reign.
Kovacic added: “I have to admit that I’m really enjoying it so far.
“I play with the ball a lot more and have greater freedom of movement – that’s why I think I’ve put in some great performances this season.
“Last year I was tied to a specific area, which became a bit predictable for our opponents and therefore made it harder for me.
“Sarri didn’t want long balls from defence when we were under pressure, which led us into some tough situations.
“Lampard, on the other hand, gives us more freedom to assess situations. It’s proved to be a good tactic, as it gives us unpredictability. We’ve scored lots of different goals this season.”

Lol. Nothing wey person no go talk to defend a stupid player

raumdeuter:
https://j.gifs.com/0Yy0Mv.gif

How person wan win world cup if na to dey run from attackers everytime

This gif dey crack me up sha.

Nigga didn't want to be disgraced like boateng, so he called for help.

If you ask me, I will say he is a wise man

To think that a self acclaimed football expert is supporting that foolishness up there calls for a serious football re-orientation for his followers

airmark:
Raumdeuter is a criminal.

God forbid!!! I never see this kind human being before.


If I be ref, I go give the bastard red card for dangerous play. Nonsense.
How can a defender be this stupid?

raumdeuter:
Perfect defending, Attacker stopped no yellow card

did I just read this?

raumdeuter:
Opata of the highest order

You first claimed no onewon the CL at Madrid before Mourinho we found that to be a lie since Casillas won with Madrid

Madrid players were superior to Bayern players

Post Mourinho, Carlo was able to win the CL and even Zidane was able to win 3. So in 4 seasons Madrid surpassed whatever Mou did with them

Post Guardiola, Carlo failed to win the CL and Bayern has not gotten to the level Pep took them to.

Mourinho coached superstars players who were best players in the world. Kaka who was best player in the world Ronaldo who was best player in the world
Pep never inherited any Balon dor winner at Bayern

see, you are actually shooting yourself with this post-pep argument.

Now, let's take an example.

First example


Some pupils knew how to read the alphabets(round 16) correctly with the help of their teacher (pelle), but could not go past that level for 4 years.

To help upgrade them, their teacher was changed (mou), they now learnt two and three letters words (semifinal) for the next three years.


then The teacher (mou) left and they got two new successive teachers (carlo and zidane) who now taught them how to read very well (UCL trophy).



Second example


Some students knew how to pass exams. They were already ssce certified students (UCL trophy), taught by a very good teacher (Juup).


The teacher retired and a new teacher was brought in (pep) to help them sit and pass jamb for their tertiary education, but somehow, they could not pass the jamb and gain admission to the University (more UCL). Instead, they were no longer ssce level students anymore but were now made to see ss2 third exam success (local league) as a great feat for three years.
Some even forgot how to solve simple algebra.


After bringing the students to this new low, the teacher ran away. Ever since New teachers have been brought in to at least get them to have a new mentality about success, but that have been proving difficult because of the damage the previous teacher did to the students ability and mentality.



Conclusion from both examples in relation to the discussion.

From the first example, there was a positive progress in ability and mentality for the team which was brought about by the help of the mou, carlo and Zidane.


But for the second, there was a total damage to the ability and mentality done by pep to a team that won everything and had the capacity to win more.

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raumdeuter:
But when its Mane or Salah already falling its a different rule

but when it is sterling stamping on alli it is a different rule too.


There is inconsistency in judgment everywhere and it is not peculiar to any club.

All we can say is that some club benefit more than others from controversial decisions (especially teams that win the title) but in all, the inconsistency is evident in almost all the matches.


Before the introduction of VAR, man City has benefitted a lot from these controversial calls during their title winning seasons. The last people that should complain about these kind of decisions should be the city fans.

raumdeuter:
He gave you a logical reason and when Zinchenko got his red, no one complained about it even without VAR involved

If that was LiVARpool that Penalty would be retaken for Lloris stepping off his line and for the 2nd foul on Sterling

the logical explanation to the bolded is because VAR have reviewed it and seen that it was not the contact from Lloris that fell sterling, but that had already started falling before the contact.

Raumdeuter will not stop disturbing us with this issue of penalty offence each time a slight offence is committed and his favourite team is at the receiving end.

The last time he said something about it, I wanted to tackle him but I decided to let it go because I didn't have the time to look for the research article that I once read. But, this time I had the time to go look for the article.

This is it

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00844/full



Excerpts

Descriptive analyses (Table 4) of the investigated penalty kicks reveal that there was no penalty that was conducted according to the prevailing football rules. In most of these cases (96.3%), even players of both teams (including the goalkeeper) misbehaved. This varied slightly from league to league (p < 0.001; Cramer’s V = 0.13). In the German Bundesliga (93.9%), and in particular in the Austrian Bundesliga (88.5%) there were fewer incidents in which players of both teams (including the goalkeeper) broke the rules. However, this proportion was much higher in the English Premier League (99.3%) and the Italian Serie A (98.5%). No statistical difference can be found between the cup competition and the leagues (p = 0.809).

TABLE 4
www.frontiersin.org
Table 4. Descriptive results are presented with respect to infringements, who is responsible for the infringements, and how many of the respective cases were correctly judged by the umpire.

In total, the referees correctly judged 2.8% (n = 17) of the infringements. In most of these incidents (82.4%; n = 14) the referee judged correctly by not actively interrupting the game because the penalty kick resulted in a goal and the players of the attacking team behaved according to the football rules. In three cases, the referee actively interrupted the game and made the players repeat the penalty kick due to the misbehavior of outfield players from both teams as well as the goalkeeper.


There is a common belief among various stakeholders from causal fans to sport theorists that some sports have unwritten rules, which includes the intentional mishandling of some rules. In this paper we could provide empirical proof supporting this common believe for two such trivial offenses: various misbehaviours during the performance of penalty kicks and violations of the maximum time limit a goalkeeper can have control of the ball with his hands.

Regarding the penalty study, this research shows that all investigated penalty kicks were not conducted as the book of rules prescribes. Misbehavior occurs in all investigated European football leagues. During each penalty kick at least one player commits a rule violation. Interestingly, in most incidents none of the parties involved behaves correctly. However, it is not too surprising that players try to stretch the rules as far as possible in order to profit from it. In most incidents, the fact that the players misbehave might be a sequence of reactions started by just one player moving too early and, concurrently, other players following to compensate for the potential disadvantage. For instance, if an attacker enters the penalty area first in order to get a potential rebound, a defender is probably going to follow in order to compensate for the disadvantage.

Nearly all refereeing decisions were wrong. There are three different scenes a referee and his assistants have to monitor: The penalty kick taker, the goal line (observing the goalkeeper), and the eighteen-yard line (observing the rest of the players). On the one hand, there is one match official focusing on each scene. This actually seems to be an easy task. On the other hand, all match officials need to recognize when the penalty kick taker touches the ball and, at the same time, judge whether another player commits a rule violation. Firstly, this is impossible and secondly, sometimes players only slightly violate the rules in such a way that a human being might not be able to perceive it in real time. Unfortunately, we did not collect information about the amount of time a player misbehaved early, or how far a player entered the penalty area, or how far the goalkeeper left the goal line. This kind of information should be collected in a future study to help in answering this question. In the course of this research, there was the opportunity to stop the video and check each single frame to identify rule violations. As the video assistant referee has been introduced in several leagues today, this opportunity also exists for match officials. However, it seems that the misbehavior during penalty kicks is still there, but this should be part of further research as the data of the penalty study was recorded before the introduction of the video assistant.

Eruditor:
They should continue waiting till 2090.

be an honourable man and keep to your word.

Eruditor:
How many people apologized to me in the last 2 seasons?

last season you mean

NinjaMetahuman:
Mourinho's masterclass



And the fraud lost again

Arab money can only take you so far.

no masterclass there.

Although Tottenham tried in defending, but I can say that City were unlucky.


This Mourinho's Tottenham still looks very far from convincing.
I have watched them against Chelsea, Liverpool and now man City and one thing has been constant. They are always jittery on the ball, no organisation and they can hardly string few passes together without losing the ball.

Eruditor:
Mane's penalty against Tottenham was he not falling? What of his penalty against Leicester?

I am not saying that judging by contact level that it should not be a pen, but if I am a ref, I will not give it if I saw it happen.

E be like say Tottenham do juju for that their goal say ball no go enter am.

Those two almost own goals confirmed it.

Eruditor:
Sterling did not make a tackle on Ali. That is why it was yellow. Auba was trying to tackle to win the ball so it was treated as a dangerous play.

Also, Aurier was not yellow carded for tactically fouling Raheem and for Aguero's penalty.

Raheem was fouled by Lloris who was also off his line.

where did Aurier technically foul Raheem?
Stop being baised. Aurier did nothing to Raheem


The only case you should be making for City here is the Lloris and sterling case, although sterling was already falling without Lloris contact.

Say it as it is.

You must surely eat your hand by march.

Na this same diving arsenal take Rob Chelsea collect cup from us, but looking sterling with diving all over the place and he is yet to get a card for it.

Double standard

BlueAngel444:
Haba na Jorginho even Kepa wasn't a bench warmer

Neither Rudiger nor Kante

jorginho that knew he would return to bench once sarri have left.
Chelsea is an upgrade for kepa
Kante saw Chelsea as an upgrade to Leicester and he wasn't from abroad


In summary, none of them was a top player except Kante and he knew that Leicester nothing else to offer him.

Ibime:
Kate and Jorginho combination is suspect

Tomori should be starting over Christensen due to Vardys pace

Caballero is not really a keeper that inspires confidence but I'm glad Kepa is being given a warning.

Pedro for Willian - who knows

Lamps is really taking some big risks today. He don vex. This could blow up in his face.

it is better that way.

Everybody should sit up

donstan18:
Not really, many players are ready to do it.

I think Pogba did it.

if a player turns down a big club for a small club, it is because he has seen that his chances of starting for the big club is slim

Kimbeast:
Yh true to some extent. We are amongst clubs that are able to attract players even without champions league football. But still we might miss out on star players if we don't finish top 4. I think we are interested in Sancho ,Werner and some others. Having champions league football will be a plus for those deals.

when was the last time Chelsea signed a top player from abroad that is not a bench warmer?

https://www.goal.com/en/news/chelsea-now-underdogs-for-top-four-after-transfer-window/1ud1gagjbo0u71oltm3gvt1v0j


Lampard have summarized everything here.

airmark:
Bruno Fernandez was one of those i wanted Chelsea to buy last summer because of his contributions to goals. If he hits the ground running, we are in for it, if we continue dropping points here and there.

The idiotic members in our board seems to be after profit and not after trophies. Thats how the board treated Conte and we ended up not playing in the Ucl.

Even the Abraham we are talking about is not yet there. Imagine if he gets injured, we will now rely on Batshuayi or Giroud.

The 150m was audio money.

See trolling below.

this one is a high level internal trolling.

The guy managing the twitter account must be really pissed off with the board too

airmark:
What's the essence of lifting the transfer ban now? Lampard may just go the way of Conte.

I will not be surprised