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Exonerate1:
What's he supposed to do here?

Is that where the move started

What was he watching like ode from here?

Vinicius ran 15 yards, and he can't run 6 yards to pluck the ball

It's obvious you have never played organised 11 a side football before

Exonerate1:
You're very funny. James lost the ball, kovacic failed to close down his man but you want to blame kepa?

Kepa is the only reason that scoreline wasn't embarrassing

Stop your whataboutism, shit always happens in football. You can even blame Felix or Sterling for losing the ball earlier if you are determined

We are talking about a repeated weakness. What would make Vinicius run from approximately 22 yards out, connect with the ball 7 yards out (a distance of about 15 yards) and Kepa who started the move 6 yards away is still on his goal line. The short man is always afraid to claim aerial balls. He is not good enough and must go in the next transfer window, simple

Greatihex:
Yann Sommer stands at 1.83m (6ft 0in) while Kepa stands at 1.86m (6ft 2in) yet we won't look at Sommer as being short for a keeper. Kepa matter tire me. But, like you said, I don't have any blame for him for the goals tonight. But, I don't have confidence in him in between the sticks. He doesn't have a commanding presence.

Sommer is short, doesn't command his area, and collected his own criticism yesterday

Kepa does not stand 6 ft 2, players official stats are sometimes manipulated. Kepa stands 6ft 1 at most. I have seen Kepa stand next to Silva many a time and the difference between them is imperceptible, 1 inch at most. Thiago Silva is 6ft flat

raumdeuter:
When I see Kroos dey bully Felix for ball na him I know say matter tie wrapper

Kroos wey be ajebor sef

Felix offers no strength or hold up play coming short, no pace in behind

Him and Havertz together is compounding our weakness and magnifying it. Havertz though a weakling, is actually decent at jumping with defenders, but offers no dribbling in-behind and not that much pace

So combining Felix with Havertz removes our threat completely

Say what you want about Werner but Werners threat in-behind gave another dimension, that you can play to Havertz feet or for Havertz to jump, or you can bouday into space for Werner

Havertz and Felix combination is so easy to defend against and the Felix experiment should be scrapped immediately. It's like we carried our own hand to implant weakness in our forward line, with our very own forward version of Jorginho

raumdeuter:
That goals conceded reduction coincided with when Thiago Silva was out

Itsrm:
Thats what I thought in real time but not when I watched the replay. I would say you try and watch it again but I doubt you'll change your stance.

I also watched the replay. Kepa is out of the frame in the replay until it gets to Vinicius so you will think he is far off

It's just simple Maths, ball cannot hang in the air that long, land in the 6 yard box, and keeper should not be there

Kepa spreads panic through his defence by not commanding his area, it's that simple.

The distance Vinicius ran to get to that ball is more than twice the distance Kepa would have to run from his starting position to the edge of 6 yard box even if Kepa was standing on his goal line to begin with. Kepa simply refused to come off his line as usual with his short man syndrome

raumdeuter:
Jorginho didnt play a single minute vs Brighton when you conceded 4

Chelsea don concede 31 goals in the league, 5 of them Jorginho was not on the field(Brighton and City) leaving 26

Of the 26 conceded, 12 have been between January and now that Jorginho left so you conceded 14 when Jorginho played any part of the game, That includes games where Jorg was on the bench or had left the field when the goal has been scored

Jorginho left end of January.

I had done the calculation and we had conceded 12 in 13 games since Jorginho left before today. Today makes it 14 in 14, so conceding goals is no longer our major problem. Jorginho is not a factor. We were losing with him, we are losing or drawing without him in tight scorelines, usually a long range strike against Kepa. Unless Jorginho is a striker, we are not missing him one bit

We sold the defensive Jorginho and bought the attacking version of Jorginho (João Felix) and our productivity dropped off a cliff

Itsrm:
This was my initial reaction till I watched the replay. The ball was quite far off from him. I doubt he would have gotten to that ball before Fofana and Vini. It was Kovacic who failed to close down Carvajal on time and Fofana also slept off or was too slow.

Really difficult to pin it on Kepa.

The ball was far off from him cos he never made a move toward the ball

There is no way a ball travels straight in the air for 30 yards to the 6 yard box at that speed and it's not keepers ball

That is keepers ball every day and twice on a Sunday

The reason you didn't see Kepa near Vinicius is the same reason rudiger and co were shouting at Kepa here, nigga will not come to claim any aerial ball, it's not his business. It's a short man syndrome


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPn5LV5Hi20

raumdeuter:
These are the games all this season that Jorginho played for Chelsea.
You lost to Arsenal, Newcastle Soton and Leeds with Jorginho

Without Jorginho you have lost to Wolves, Soton Villa and Spurs

No need going back to September

Our issues started in late October with the Brighton game. It's the same Chelsea we are seeing since then and Jogginghoe was there for it as below.

Our goals conceded has improved since Jogginghoe left - now less than one goal a game, but we are playing games 0-0 or 0-1 so no points on the table. Our focus has shifted from being overrun 4-1 by teams like Brighton when Jogginghoe was there to how we score just one goal to prevent a 0-0 or 0-1

Greatihex:
It must be short arms, because the guy is same height with Thiago Silva

Thiago Silva would be short for a keeper

Kepa is short, and he has short arms

But make I free am. Our big problem was those two guys upfront that couldn't make a thing stick. Like Popizaino said, big and fast striker is underrated in football. When there is no hope in your strikers to relieve pressure, there is no confidence in what the team are doing

A001:
He actually saw the second goal and went for it. But him arm too short. That denied him the save.

He saw that goal clearly. Ball passing through Fofana legs had no impact on his dive, he had already started diving, he is just too short with short arms

raumdeuter:
Bros that ball wey enter Fofana toros at clos range na him you wan blame Kepa for

Leave agenda

First goal, a keeper that commands his area will collect that ball from Vinicius head. That ball travelled 30 yards at slow pace to the edge of 6 yard box. Long ball that lands in 6 yard box is always the keepers ball

2nd goal he got a fingertip to it. If he was 3 inches taller, that ball would be on his palm, not his fingertips

I no want talk because we had other bigger problems today, but he offers us nothing. He is not good enough, simple

NinjaMetahuman:
Atleast e no pass 2-0

Let's be honest.

We missed jorginho

Was Jorginho not playing when we went from November to January with almost zero wins

Our biggest problem are keeper, striker and the fact we allowed Felix take the place of Badiashile in UCL squad. Felix offers nothing while Badiashiles replacements in Koulibaly and Cukuruku are walking brainfarts

nihilistjnr:
Enjoy your holiday fess.

I need to revisit the archives to ensure well cited submissions

You suppose done tapout by now, or referee suppose done count you out

Our 3 main debates na Oscar Vs Sterling, Bakayoko Vs Matic and Baba Rahman Vs Ake. Each one na slam dunk

nihilistjnr:
Me and you gast to revisit a 10 year old conversation regarding this guy vs Oscar for us,

Which year wey Oscar cast?

Cuku caused that getting caught under the ball. Chilwell was covering him and had to let Rodrygo score or take a red

Sterling and Felix need to come out

Can't build any counter off Felix

raumdeuter:
How much VAT fit dey on Oshimen age? When you don see Nigerian footballers especially those who went for age grade competition many of them dey always claim close to year end DOB, you know say Dagbo don enter

Cos per FIFA rule they will say only those born before December 31 2003 fit play Under 17, Osimehn conveniently out of 365 days was born on December 29. 2 days to year end

Osimhen na 2015 under 17 set

Call him 21 then and calculate from there

Mane age VAT done finally catch up with am

The move from LW to CF at Liverpool gave him an extra year at the top

raumdeuter:
That is why I was shocked, I was thinking they will even be egbon-Aburo things. And Mane to be teaching Sane about the culture he missed out on

But seems Mane is an explosive character, He had issues at Liverpool too where he openly raked for Klopp and Salah, I heard he sparked for Naggelsman to and now slapping Sane

Looks like this Mane deal dem don maga us.

Mane go dey look Nagelsmann like see this small boy. Nagelsmann no know say dem fit be agemate

popizaino:
I think this videos should be played to everyone wanting to start doing drugs. WTF! is this?




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1z4vhjLT9Y

Same reason there are so many heroin addicts in Afghanistan

Porters 5 forces never fails. When loopholes are blocked to producers to sell their drugs abroad, they will turn the local population into customers

A001:
Sane na Senegalese? How?

His father even played for Senegal

A001:
Roughly one hour to go. Oga Ibime, what do you think about Lampard's formation?

It's the best we can do, except I will swap Felix for Havertz

DeadPresidents:
E be like say Mane and Sane had a nigga-moment

Both these niggas are Senegalese, you go think say na dem go flow pass

raumdeuter:
Deadpresidents

In Germany, aside Munich which part of the country is good for a tourist English speaker

Any part of Europe is OK for an English speaker except France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. In all other countries, you will find a decent percentage of population to communicate with

DeadPresidents:
Knew it was real when I chatted with this Italian lady pharmacist on the plane who japa‘d from Bologna, Italy to Hamburg. E be like say high paying work no too dey Italy for them and she japa enter Germany con find work.

Germany, Switzerland and France have decent economies. Na work trip be your waka or na flexing?

Germany na powerhouse na compared to Italy

Na childrens holiday we dey so.

DeadPresidents:
Raumdeuter, I spent the Easter break in Munich. Interesting things i noted:

- Support for Bayern is fanatical. You can catch all latest Bayern news updates just taking the public train home. There’s also a Bayern official club franchise at the Munich airport close to Terminal two. Saw some cheeky Dortmund fans had plastered the Dortmund crest on the escalator and thought to myself, “who invited blud ”

1860 München also have good support.

I didn’t stay long enough to visit Allianz though. Maybe next year

Munich is also classy and expensive AF. Na Olowo dey live there.

I dey your side now sef, spending few days in the Black Forest. Went to Freiburg city today. From here, heading to Basel in Switzerland. This area too clean. E be like work plenty here with the confluence of Germany Switzerland and France, so many multinational distribution centres here.

liveLongNprospa:
😂😂😂😂 A disgrace to my username

raumdeuter:
Sommer is too short for a top keeper

Neuer saves that

Few more inches would have done the trick

This is what I always say about Kepa with long range shots but some fans will bring isolated incidents of other keepers conceding similar goals to defend him

Courtois said the same thing about Pickford in 2018 World Cup. Who too short too short.

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But no be today Upamecano dey cause katakata, why haven't they benched that clown?

WhoDeyHause:
Lol, you quickly brought RPG to a catapult and stone fight. No be so . Another reason why I'm not very keen on him is he should have left his club since if he was that good rather than being offloaded on a free. Good strikers are very hard to get for free unlike defenders and midfielders.

He only converted to striker this season so he is still new to the position

He was an above average winger but not elite level. With his strength and height and dribbling skills, coach has found a better position that fits his physical profile but by then his contract is already expiring. Reminds me of Arnautovic that Stoke were wasting on the wing. By the time they realized he's a striker, it was too late, and West Ham were the ones to enjoy him as striker.