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With Martial and Amad out on loan do we need to sign another forward (winger forward) following this Greenwood's episode?

Elanga is quite young, we need not place too much weight on his shoulders...Cavani is injury prone now. That leaves us with Rashford, Ronaldo and a Sancho who is still finding his feet...

Lingard to Newcastle is gathering steam. We look short for options in attack all of a sudden.

Kilishihunter:
Very massive improvement especially that lad kulusevski, That Spurs new sporting director paratici is really working, Don't know why juve made him dispensable

Big improvement from Ndombele who has all the talent but is just not dedicated enough and Lo Celso whose playing style doesn't suit the English game...

Bryan Gil is heading to Valencia from Spurs. That kid will do well in LA Liga, under the right tutelage, he has the talent to develop into a fine footballer.

Kulusevski and Bentancur to Spurs...A massive improvement in their midfield...

Greenwood has been drifting south with his attitude for sometime now, no surprises here...

walemoney007:
Why should it be going to the ibos? No one will stop ibos from contesting.

The presidency will not be microzone.

Ijaws, Efiks, Benin's etc have not also ruled Nigeria.

The APC or PDP will not microzone.

Do not be clever by a half, it's not about ethnic group but Geopolitical zones...

To be fair, someone from the South East should the PDP ticket whilst someone from the Southwest should fly the APC ticket judging from their respective contribution to each party overtime...

The defection of Umahi and some other big players to the APC is a step in the right direction to balance things up in the region with regards to their footing in the two biggest political platforms but I feel their defection is a tad late...

Nezzjnr:
Some people are terribly dumb... For you not to have such trait... Stop quoting them.

Ronaldo is the cause of Greenwood Wayward lifestyle.... So he was the reason he had issues years back while in the national team??

One is even blaming Pogba.

You guys are really stupid... Not an insult but a remark to be honest.

Very irrational lot...Those Chelsea fans should be banned from posting here...

Do they give any awards for ridiculous takes?

nitrogen:
Eh God. Wetin concern Pogba in this matter? Nawa o

Some Chelsea fans erh! The other one is trying to rope Ronaldo into Greenwood's mess...

Leyqute:
Chelsea Conte 2016/17 EPL title Cesc Fabregas App: 13(15) G/A: 5G 12A

It has more to do with his uncommon ability to spot and play a pass with precision and not necessarily his role in the set up...Kante/Kovacic and Jorginho are mostly up against teams that play with 3 midfielders so, they already have their work cut out. It's funny to find folks here expecting them to provide assist for the forwards when you have 2 wing backs and 2 other inverted forwards or AMs playing behind the striker...

Also, note that Chelsea's starting formation was 3 - 4 - 3 (similar to their current system) and their preferred midfield in 2016/2017 was Kante and Matic with Cesc predominantly used as a sub. Stats shows Matic spent twice as much mins on the pitch compared to Cesc...So, Fabregas assist is down to his impressive passing and not his role on the pitch...

donjazet:
Jorginho is no doubt the better passer between them. However kovacic seems to have really improved this season, I just want him to add goals and assists to his game.
Kovacic plays a more advanced role just like kante, when you compare their stats to players who play the same roles for other top teams like Kdb, kroos, Bruno etc. Their numbers fall apart. Kovacic\kante are lacking in creativity.

In a 3 - 4 - 3 (2-1) or 5 - 2 - 3 the creative responsibility falls on the full backs and forwards I.e. AMs or inverted forwards depending on the tactic...

donjazet:
Once you agree with the bolded, the rest is semantics. They don't do it as often as he does.
But it's important to note that the role of chance creation does not fall primarily on jorginho. That is the role of the forward players. The central and attacking midfielders.

I used to criticize Kovacic for being a poor passed of the ball for all his dribbling skills but not anymore, he has improved his passing and is now a better with raking long balls and defense splitting passes...Even Kante produces jaw dropping passes albeit not on a regular basis...

If I was asked to rate Chelsea midfielders based on their passing abilities, I'd rate Kovacic higher than Jorginho with Kante not far off Jorginho in 3rd...

NB: My position is based on the eye test...

PDPGuy:
This dude should be invited to the Super Eagles ASAP!
His close control and dribbling are insane
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=b0z2PoF9ej4&feature=emb_logo

I watched his clips a week or two ago. He is fast and very good at dribbling...

Exciting talent.

izzou:
[color=royalblue] Martial to Sevilla

This would really be hard for my brother, patrickmuf to handle [/color]

Hehehe

Let him go and enjoy his football again away from our fan base, a fan base that will come up with excuses for Rashford and other British players but will demand for the head of Martial, Pogba, Telles or Dalot when they underperform...

In all, it's just a loan, he will be back...

Bringing on Martial, Rashford and Cavani was a superb move, remiscent of when SAF had Ronaldo, Rooney, Bertavov and Tevez on the pitch at the same time against Spurs...

Bruno alongside Fred and Dalot have raised their games...Bruno doesn't lose possession like he used to do under Ole, he is now helping us to dominate games by joining the midfield whilst still pushing up when the chance presents itself...

The players who will struggle to get back into the first team are Sancho and AWB...Telles has not cemented the LB slot however, I prefer him to Shaw for now however, he needs to chop into space with the ball as Larrid.e pointed out yesterday instead of hurriedly sending in a cross everytime...

In the long run, I hope we start scoring more just so other players like VDB can get game time.

KingTom:
Hehehehehehehe, it is ironic that the ones who were labelled as core members of the MESSIANIC cult, are the ones struggling to defend Ronaldo now, whilst the ones who labelled them are fed up with their goat this life sha. The other day me sef begin defend Ole for office

No mind them...After them go say na we get bias...

All the strikers combined to good effect...

Ronaldo, Martial, Cavani and Rashford...

Glory Glory Manchester United...

Tight...

We just have to win...

bamdexfarms:
Point of correction, the USA never helped Russia to defeat Hitler. Operation Barbarossa (invasion of Russia) failed as a result of unwavering resistance of the Red Army, Russian winter and logistic problems encountered by the Wehrmacht. The Russians singlehandedly defeated the Nazis from their campaign in Eastern Europe.

Thanks for correcting the misrepresentation of history up there...

afrodoc2:
He did very well and was our best player I think. He broke up the play well but most of his best work was done with him running with ball.

Against better opponents his defensive positioning and ability to turn with the ball and pass it in tougher situations will be tested.

Very true...

During the game and at one point when he broke forward with the ball, I told myself that he runs with the ball because he doesn't trust his passing at first instance...A quick pass is most times better than trying to bulldoze your way forward...

Leyqute:
His options were VDB and maybe Lingard. Don’t know how that will help defensively.

He was on the touch line shouting "control" How do you control a game by bringing on Maguire when you have VDB and Lingard as options on the bench? The sub didn't make sense to me.

Leyqute:
You’d be pissed too if you were subbed off for Maguire

LOL...

I think our collapse at Villa Park was fresh in the mind of RR thus he had to make that sub...Next time, he should load the midfield instead of sunning in a defender...

nitrogen:
Played really well. I noticed he was struggling in the last 5-10 mins. Hope all is well with him.

I hope it's just a knock sha...

Fred has recorded 3 assist in our last 3 games and should have had a 4th if Bruno didn't mess up that chance...As much as I would love to see VDB getting minutes, it's definitely not going to be the case, not when Fred has just upgraded his jazz...That pass to pick out Elanga was sublime and the finish from the young lad was too notch...

3 pts in the bag...Up next, West Ham...

Afrodoc, I know it's just Brentford but what do you make of McTominay's performance?

elampiro:
McTominay is on another level. Gave the pass to Ronaldi chest......

Started the third goal...

Has been bursting forward like Ramires....

He was the man of the match...

Improved second half performance...

Bruno has been a joy to watch.

odizeey:
Vs Burnley his supposed competition was not in the squad but he was still benched.

Stop the cap

No mind that guy...

De Gea dey try for us...

Tjis team Sha. When DE Gea dey form, defense go dey mess up, when De Gea drop form, defense go step up...Can't we just have it all?

eph12:
You think that guy will start DVB?

Fingers crossed...

afrodoc2:
I have been calling for this 4-3-3 for years. The way football is now played with possession and with the way teams press these days it is the best formation in my opinion.

With regards your suggestion about midfield lineups, there is no capable 6 in the squad.

Fred and McTominay are pure 8s, Bruno and VDB are 10/8. Matic the only 6 that we have is a pensioner. Leaving only 1 out of Fred, McTominay, Matic to play 6 alone brings up serious problems.

They need to invest in CDM. Fans have been saying the same thing for years now. How blind are the people running this club?

They're obviously blind however, I rather we play Matic or any of the twins if we don't get to sign a good DM because it's of no use starting Fred and McTom yet our defense gets easily exposed...

I will like to see play VDB and Bruno as eights just to see if we will keep the ball better...

Oasis007:
Rangnick: "We have now decided to play in a 4-3-3 like we played against Aston Villa, with one holding six and two eights, with three offensive players."

The eights should be Bruno and VDB and the holding six should be one of Fred, McTom or Matic...