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Savic( a productive midfielder) is there at Lazio begging to be taken but we are after a midfielder that is similar to what we already have.

Taguchi:
Herein lies the issue

if you know Chelsea plays a certain kind of football, then why buy just every kind player you see

they are some very good players i know Pep would never sign due to their style of play , same as Klopp; but chelsea go just dey do trial and error everytime like person wey no get direction

Its under Marina we started signing sissies, I think she was mostly interested in fine boys rather than astute players. We started having problem from that Conte second season, they signed rubbish that the man was very pissed and disappointed, we failed to add Fab and VVD to the squad and sold matic that season, the team would’ve been monstrous and dominate. Having two quality players with playing durability is better than five average players.

lusid:
Werner should serve as lesson to fastrising players. Avoid Chelsea at all cost if you hope to make it in life.

Just like luka jovic wey go Madrid, na chelsea cause that one too.

Ballzproblemm:
lol emotionally scarred , Germany league na the China of football ,their products looks flashy but e no dey reliable

Na cruise league so when they go to a motivated league they struggle.

[quote author=Itsrm post=115468745][/quote]One less pain to my brain.

Jodera:
Lol

One thing with Stats is that it always have a way of overblowing any small positives and even turn huge negatives to very very good positives.
Now let's break James Stats down.

100% dribble completed: Maybe it's Only one dribble he attempted and successfully completed but stats hid that fact and used 100% to sweeten it.

100% aerial duels won: Maybe it's just only 1 or 2 duels he contested while shying away from most part but again Stats hid the numbers and used 100% to cover it up again

17 crosses: This kind of stats is even funny more. Stats didn't even say how many was accurate, maybe all was useless sef. Well it doesn't matter as long as the volume is high right?

3 long passes: Same here as the 17 crosses. We didn't even know whether all the long passes was accurate sef.

Na the reason when people just reel out stats when defending/hyping a player, I just look away.
Stats mostly are to aid your eye-test(giving your eye test more validity and clarity) but it's unfortunate most people rely on stats to guage a player instead of actually watching the game

Disclaimer: I'm not in any way denigrating James nor his abilities but to highlight and explain how Stats can mask one's flaws effortlessly without presenting the true pictures of things.

This is why I am not a fan of stat and I don’t take you serious when you start eating players based on stat and not eye test. Most of them on here dislike me for this, they want me to hail players that lack football basics because of stats.

Ballzproblemm:
he is cause he wants de jongg , aubameyang and maybe depay , hopefully he switched to 4-3-3 and dump that useless 3-4-3

Formation and tactics are not the problem but personnel. Jorg have to be replaced if we want to see the best of these tactics and formation. Midfield is the heart of every formation and tactics.

amodu:
I don't know what is actually responsible for the less action we do witness in our midfield while the bulk of it is seen on the flank.

Quite unimaginable that Iwobi drafted into a new position entirely had much of the ball and action in the midfield yesterday.

Is it the combo of Jorginho/Kante or the none involvement of Mount or the 3-4-3 formation?

I don't know actually.

Mount too is not creative nor possessive, he can only square play, run, play corner or shoot one thousand times inside crowd. These guys don’t understand what Tuchel is going through with this half players.

amodu:
I don't know what is actually responsible for the less action we do witness in our midfield while the bulk of it is seen on the flank.

Quite unimaginable that Iwobi drafted into a new position entirely had much of the ball and action in the midfield yesterday.

Is it the combo of Jorginho/Kante or the none involvement of Mount or the 3-4-3 formation?

I don't know actually.

The problem is Jorg, he is not existence, mostly against an intense opposition, he can’t do his primary duty of possessing and progressing the play nor can he protect the defense when we are being attacked. He is thin and easily dominated by any half decent midfielder.

Ibime:
Tuchel hand go touch everybody. Wait till we put Havertz on market for £20m. We are selling attackers worth £40m for free or loan and buying defenders worth £40m for £80m. First step if he is serious is to buy a proper DM that can give him defensive stability and allow Chelsea to commit more men to attack but una no go gree. You want to eat your cake and have it.

I agree with you on this. He should sign a capable DM and sell Jorginho, with this, it will help the attack. I didn’t reply one guy that ask if Jorg is the course of our poor attack, if only he understand football he will know the importance of having a creative midfielder and also the one capable of protecting his defenders.

E TH mind go dey now. Him think say na Deutsch league. Him go dey sign players from that inferior league. Lol.

drisham:
We signed
Ziyech,Werner,havertz ,pulisic ,et Al
Yet people like hensben say the problem is the academy players lmao

Im not discussing problem but the player refusing to improve, it’s very common with English players, they will get all the hype from there, will start declining.

Ballzproblemm:
Odoi set to leave via Fabrizio

He should leave pls, I’m tired of this cobham boys and their own way football.

Ballzproblemm:
all our signings,were good , but u have to say this ,all our old players under abramovich wra needs to be replaced , starting with that penalty merchant,I told someone some time ago that jorginho position is brain of this team ,una no dey hear,if jorginho no fit stone pass nothing go work for our forward.

Thats what they don’t know. Na stat. Merchant full this board so they rarely see things like this except calculating how many side and back passes he gave plus bring our highest goal scorer via PK.

Ballzproblemm:
raphinha was still meant to play right wing back

Nor true, he would’ve play LWF.

Ballzproblemm:
will tuchel hear? three for front there for midfield

Evert time Tuchel. G you don’t have the players to play 433 formation is the problem here; why do you think we were going for Raphinha, a creative midfielder and CB that can pair Koulibaly.

Ballzproblemm:
if tuchel keeps playing five man defense,were would chukwuemka, kovacic, mount,play ? people are not seeing this his formation is not giving freedom ,that's why I hate it

Remove Jorg and put a DM like Fab there and see us blaze the train.

BlueAngel444:
James was not his usually self, but the person that replace him and did better was RLC who is also English so rest

James is seen as the next best thing, he should be doing better and not giving Odoi vibe(lay back). Every young English players should emulate Sterling and Kane for their consistency after breaking out at young age.

Unlimited22:
Get another attacker that is on the same wavelength as Raheem and a good DM and this team is instantly transformed.

Exactly. We must eradicate all the weaklings in this team if we want to move forward. Jorg mostly. I like Havertz mentality but he play sluggishly, I just feel he will turn beast due to his mentality. Even Azpi move the ball better than James.

donstan18:
They said Silva is young blood.

Young Mulla player.

They are simply saying he is playing good for his age.

omotola90:
dejong solved that midfield without issues

I don’t see him as the answer.

Bluelines69:
A Sorted out Conte team is different gravy, remember the turnaround after the Arsenal loss that year…..he’s gone past that curve

We upgraded our team too. Forget Everton, they played dirty today.

BlueMann:
Thank goodness. Three points and a clean sheet. Ugly, but we move.

Lethargic display. Please don't let it happen again

Everton played roughly to be honest.

donstan18:
I wish I can dig out my posts.

Pairing 83 years old Thiago with Kouli Na pure disaster.

Pure disaster.

Una never even see anything.

Why do you think we are going for Fofana. Fofana and Koulibaly will play more this season. James is there too for RCB.

EmmanuelScott1:
This is the kinda of scoreline you get when you're spending money that's meant for attackers, on defenders

That midfield need to be addressed before we can have good attacking output. Jorg is too thin and lack those progressive passes from deep, Kante is doing his job but we need Matic, Fab type of DM to pair either him or Kovacic.

Unlimited22:
All our buys have looked good thus far

Buy quality, no be all this mids you dey parade in the name of sensible transfers.

When you Dey tell them they think say person talk too much. You wan rely on academy and fringe players like say we be mid table club.

You saw cucu move ball into space, that’s one of the basic criteria to know a good player. James feeling comfortable already, typical English player mentality.

This Broja be get striker face but the talent dey? Na be the multiple question.

drisham:
We're still useless with terrible transition


Tuchelout

You mean Jorginhoout.

Griffon:
Almost every joe is flying pass Jorginho. We need De Jong!

De jong is not even the answer.

BlueAngel444:
Still watching Tottenham game, perisic is okay

This game make me miss Conte football sha. Tottenham for top four, that their double divot na 10/10

na why we want Jorge’s replacement. Remind me of Kante Matic combo under Conte.

BlaqFaze:
Most importantly, he has more Balón D'ors than Cr7

He has good goal per match ratio than cr7 too. If he is not scoring he is playmaking for the team, this why he rack so many man of the match award without scoring. Them think say football end for tap in. If na like that Miroslav Klose for be the best German player.

BlaqFaze:
simple...aside the numerous tapins and pks nothing else

And even at that, messi has more golden boot than him. Cr7 fan and family are obsess with messi achievement. Messi has won best player in every tournament he has played.