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airmark:
I championed for who?

Joao Pedro has replaced your jakujaku Jackson, ask about his conversion rate, compared to your '1 goal in 20 matches' striker.

your explanation does not rule away the fact that Jackson has double digit goals in his first two seasons

Just in case you forgot Chelsea WON the Club WORLD CUP 🏆🌍
RESPECT!

Sportsweb:
Oh, you have already schooled the guy. Just ignore them, it's obvious they will never agree with you even though it's very clear to everyone they lost shamelessly

Leave small

Lauren James and co. are minutes away from crashing out to Sweden in the QF of the women's Euro.

Sweden lead 2-0, and have had the better game, especially in the first half

Our girls have put in a good shift all round. Hannah Hampton has limited the score to just 2-0 with good saves, JRK and Natalie Bjorn hustled well, same as K. Walsh

Well, this was going to be my post, but before I could even finish typing, England have pulled it back to 2-2!

Incredible!

Lucy Bronze pulled one back before Agyemang equalized immediately

Whizlight:
This is supposed to be good news but y'all are too focused on the negative side of things. We are ahead of plan good but it doesn't mean we should relax. Sit ur ass down and let the man cook.

This players are fucking kids and the coach is trying to turn them to killers and u think it will take just one day?

They are now men and they are ready to take the world by a storm ⛈️

Penalties in this women Euros are disgusting

No power in any of their shots. Keepers are just saving pens with 70% probability

Pure drama in the England - Sweden penalty shout-out. Good entertainment, but one of the worst shootouts I've ever witnessed. Especially on the part of the Lionesses.

Sweden's keeper has made four saves, but most were atrocious penalties from England. Hampton has saved two, while Sweden have missed three themselves.

England make it through simply because their opponents were more inept than them. Kudos to both keepers; Fall for saving four kicks, and Hampton for essentially keeping England in the game once it came to sudden death.

I feel sorry for the Sweden goalkeeper

She saved every penalty and looked like she would save every single one. . . . but her teammates were just missing target

Ibime:
Penalties in this women Euros are disgusting

No power in any of their shots. Keepers are just saving pens with 70% probability

If only they could take them like Chloe Kelly and Bronze

BlueMann:
Pure drama in the England - Sweden penalty shout-out. Good entertainment, but one of the worst shootouts I've ever witnessed. Especially on the part of the Lionesses.

Sweden's keeper has made four saves, but all were atrocious penalties from England. Hampton has saved two, while Sweden have missed two themselves.

Right from the first penalty I could tell that Falk would save most penalties and she did. Her teammates just threw it away by missing. She looked miles better than Hannah Hampton at pens

Anyway England into the final cos Italy would be a walkover. Let's go England!

14 penalties, nine missed.

Ibime:
Right from the first penalty I could tell that Falk would save most penalties and she did. Her teammates just threw it away by missing. She looked miles better than Hannah Hampton at pens

Anyway England into the final cos Italy would be a walkover. Let's go England!

She was better, but not by miles. Hampton saved two herself and followed the majority of the kicks.

BlueMann:
She was better, but not by miles. Hampton saved two herself and followed the majority of the kicks.

From how I saw it she was very close even to the first penalty which was quite powerful and looked like she would save everyone

The only ones that beat her were into the roof of the net.

End of day. Sweden lost 3 match winning penalties in a row

How will your goalkeeper make 4 saves in a penalty shootout and still end up on the losing side

Ibime:
Right from the first penalty I could tell that Falk would save most penalties and she did. Her teammates just threw it away by missing. She looked miles better than Hannah Hampton at pens

Anyway England into the final cos Italy would be a walkover. Let's go England!

Those pens from England were terrible and I expected better.

Asides Lucy Bronze and Chloe Kelly, with her trademark kick, the others were just rubbish

Amethyst101:
Those pens from England were terrible and I expected better.

Asides Lucy Bronze and Chloe Kelly, with her trademark kick, the others were just rubbish

There is no power in their legs. It's like once the GK coach has given instruction to the keeper where to dive, it's impossible for the keeper not to save it

In men's game, even if GK coach gives keeper instruction, keeper will often get beaten by the power of the shot

Enzo5:
You have £6 to pick the perfect midfield trio, who are you choosing?

🇪🇸 Xavi £3
🇪🇸 Iniesta £3
🇮🇹 Pirlo £3
🇫🇷 Zidane £3
🇧🇷 Kaká £3

🇧🇪 De Bruyne £2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lampard £2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerrard £2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scholes £2
🇪🇸 Silva £2

🇫🇷 Makélélé £1
🇫🇷 Vieira £1
🇫🇷 Kanté £1
🇮🇪 Roy Keane £1
🇪🇸 Busquets £1

Why waste money.
I will go for Busquet, Kante and KDB.

swiz123:
Why waste money.
I will go for Busquet, Kante and KDB.

You will kill Kante with defensive duties and you barely get goals.

It's got to be Kante, Lampard, Zidane. You get everything from midfield.

Enzo5:
You have £6 to pick the perfect midfield trio, who are you choosing?

🇪🇸 Xavi £3
🇪🇸 Iniesta £3
🇮🇹 Pirlo £3
🇫🇷 Zidane £3
🇧🇷 Kaká £3

🇧🇪 De Bruyne £2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lampard £2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerrard £2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scholes £2
🇪🇸 Silva £2

🇫🇷 Makélélé £1
🇫🇷 Vieira £1
🇫🇷 Kanté £1
🇮🇪 Roy Keane £1
🇪🇸 Busquets £1

Makelele, Debruyne, Xavi

Sportsweb:
so why did Maresca start him as Number 9 in the three appearances he made for Chelsea? Any idea?

Because he choosed to.

Last I checked, JP's Chelsea career just started. Are you willing to bet he will play only number 9 through out this coming season?

Sportsweb:
so why did Maresca start him as Number 9 in the three appearances he made for Chelsea? Any idea?

I can tell you the answer. It's for the exact same reason he always played Jacckson - the philosophy. And the philosophy is collective attacking success. Using the "no 9" to maximum effect/involvement in build-up play, to create an overwhelming amount of scoring chances for any player, not just the striker.

And if you focused on the tactical display, you should realise that JP is being deployed in the exact same way as NJ. Drop deep, receive play with back to goal, carry CBs with you, make swift half-turns that dislodge oppo defensive structure whilst your mandem run into those spaces, or find your next man in midfield for the third-man pass that releases your wingers.

The only difference here is, overall, JP is a better player than Jackson. So JP improves the collective attacking success. Might he end up scoring more goals than Jackson? Almost definitely. Seeing as he's a better overall player.

Maresca is a proper support cast proponent ......to the letter. Maresca does not play JP as a no 9 because he's a better striker. The stats don't support it. If he needed a striker, Osimhen, Gyokeres, and all those 3 for 5 pounds strikers that Airmark introduces every week would have been bought.

He instead focuses on what I described above - every man being good at goal-scoring, but every man getting a chance to score, and scoring it. Focusing on a striker sacrifices the entire philosophy for one man's gain. That's not the plan. That's never been the plan.

The focus is less on how many goals the striker can score but how many goals he can make the team score. It's the reason why JP would play ahead of Delap, Guiu, et al.

timbros:
Because he choosed to.

Last I checked, JP's Chelsea career just started. Are you willing to bet he will play only number 9 through out this coming season?

Simple question sir, why did Joao Pedro first three game under Enzo Maresca coming in as a number 9?


I have no business with his position at Brighton

nateevs:
I can tell you the answer. It's for the exact same reason he always played Jacckson - the philosophy. And the philosophy is collective attacking success. Using the "no 9" to maximum effect/involvement in build-up play, to create an overwhelming amount of scoring chances for any player, not just the striker.

And if you focused on the tactical display, you should realise that JP is being deployed in the exact same way as NJ. Drop deep, receive play with back to goal, carry CBs with you, make swift half-turns that dislodge oppo defensive structure whilst your mandem run into those spaces, or find your next man in midfield for the third-man pass that releases your wingers.

The only difference here is, overall, JP is a better player than Jackson. So JP improves the collective attacking success. Might he end up scoring more goals than Jackson? Almost definitely. Seeing as he's a better overall player.

Maresca is a proper support cast proponent ......to the letter. Maresca does not play JP as a no 9 because he's a better striker. The stats don't support it. If he needed a striker, Osimhen, Gyokeres, and all those 3 for 5 pounds strikers that Airmark introduces every week would have been bought.

He instead focuses on what I described above - every man being good at goal-scoring, but every man getting a chance to score, and scoring it. Focusing on a striker sacrifices the entire philosophy for one man's gain. That's not the plan. That's never been the plan.

The focus is less on how many goals the striker can score but how many goals he can make the team score. It's the reason why JP would play ahead of Delap, Guiu, et al.

I asked simple question and you beating around the bush

nateevs:
I can tell you the answer. It's for the exact same reason he always played Jacckson - the philosophy. And the philosophy is collective attacking success. Using the "no 9" to maximum effect/involvement in build-up play, to create an overwhelming amount of scoring chances for any player, not just the striker.

And if you focused on the tactical display, you should realise that JP is being deployed in the exact same way as NJ. Drop deep, receive play with back to goal, carry CBs with you, make swift half-turns that dislodge oppo defensive structure whilst your mandem run into those spaces, or find your next man in midfield for the third-man pass that releases your wingers.

The only difference here is, overall, JP is a better player than Jackson. So JP improves the collective attacking success. Might he end up scoring more goals than Jackson? Almost definitely. Seeing as he's a better overall player.

Maresca is a proper support cast proponent ......to the letter. Maresca does not play JP as a no 9 because he's a better striker. The stats don't support it. If he needed a striker, Osimhen, Gyokeres, and all those 3 for 5 pounds strikers that Airmark introduces every week would have been bought.

He instead focuses on what I described above - every man being good at goal-scoring, but every man getting a chance to score, and scoring it. Focusing on a striker sacrifices the entire philosophy for one man's gain. That's not the plan. That's never been the plan.

The focus is less on how many goals the striker can score but how many goals he can make the team score. It's the reason why JP would play ahead of Delap, Guiu, et al.

You dy explain tactics to student of the great citadel of football knowledge??. You dy try oooo😀😀😀

Something wey he no go read or understand. 😆

Sports :oweb:
I asked simple question and you beating around the bush

That's their way. They would muddle up the water to deceive you, just because they don't want to accept that they goofed. Now they are renovating their stands, and now calling a striker leading the line, a support cast and shouldn't be called the striker.


The same Nateevs said here that no need buying another striker, Jackson is enough.

nateevs:
But we must another striker.... why?

Thank goodness you guys are not running the club

Below he explained what he meant by support casts, i.e those LW, RW and others that support our top 9, Jakujaku Jackson. But now, he is now calling our top 9, Joao Pedro, a support cast just because he doesn't want to lose argument.

You were all about support casts and against getting a shiny striker to replace your adopted Jakujaku boy, Jackson.

nateevs:
I kid you not bro. 92 mins of football, and apart from one failed square pass (where even then Sterling went into a brain jam), our RW and LW did not create a single chance for a striker position. Not one single chance. Zilch, ZERO!

The tactics were spot on. The structure is setup to isolate wingers in 1v1 situations, and I counted at least 20 times where Sterling and Madueke found themselves combined in that situation. The tactics also has at least in every attacking event, a minimum of 5 players arriving in the box.

But not one single time did these two ninjahs make any single chance. I mean, not one single chance to score from. And the problem is that even though this is positional football, both those players don't understand positioning of others around them. They first want to run with the ball, before computing space and positioning of others. This is why you see them running into traffic, time after time after time, despite having 5/10 yards off space only moments before. And this is the fundamental issue we are going to have against low block teams.

It's a serious situation we have. Substitute those two for any unknown, but technically-minded players and they would have created at least 5 scoring chances.

This is a crisis and a serious emergency.

Wetin shiny striker wan do?

This is Nateevs distinguishing support casts from a striker and the need not to touch the striker but change the support casts.

nateevs:
Like I say, Airmark is creating a followership on this topic but only on half the story.

This is the nuance. Only 1 of those big chances fell to the striker yesterday. The other 3 fell to Enzo, Madueke and Sterling. All 3 failed to convert a single one.

If we had the prolific Halaand on our side, the score would have 4-3. If we didn't, but had say Nico Williams on the left, Olise on the right, and say a Lampard type midfielder instead of Enzo, it would have been 5-4 in favour of Chelsea. That's the other half of the story.



We need to score 80 goals minimum to stand a chance of finishing in top four. 87+ for top 3 and 90+ for top 2.

A prolific striker is only going to get you 25 (PL only) of those. Where's the rest going to come from?

That's why the more pertinent problem is the support cast we have and not a prolific striker.

It's shameful when these people goof they don't accept but use every ridiculous means to avoid the L. Terrible.

I am so elated that JP was instrumental to our becoming the World champions and his Jakujaku Jackson didn't score even 1 goal in the tournament.

Sportsweb:
Simple question sir, why did Joao Pedro first three game under Enzo Maresca coming in as a number 9?


I have no business with his position at Brighton

They said JP is not a striker but a support cast. Even when he benched their jakujaku Jackson. They were sad that JP disgraced them and exposed their lack of knowledge of our major problem.

timbros:
We are fine with Jackson and a good support cast same way Liverpool was fine with Nunez and a good support cast ditto PSG..

My stocks for the next season



Really feel bad musiala is injuredx

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Katcall:
Did I hear you say toughest league in the world? Yet other teams have been making easy for man city for four straight seasons

In the past 10 years, how many different teams have won the English Premier League compared to PSG in the French league? Who is the current epl champions?

As you mentioned, PSG often faced tired European teams, while Chelsea had to play Brazilian teams full of energy and better adapted to the weather conditions during the Club World Cup.

No wonder Botafogo was the only team to defeat PSG before we beat them in the final. Chelsea had a tougher path in the tournament because they faced strong and energetic Brazilian teams.

Enzo5:
You have £6 to pick the perfect midfield trio, who are you choosing?

🇪🇸 Xavi £3
🇪🇸 Iniesta £3
🇮🇹 Pirlo £3
🇫🇷 Zidane £3
🇧🇷 Kaká £3

🇧🇪 De Bruyne £2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lampard £2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gerrard £2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scholes £2
🇪🇸 Silva £2

🇫🇷 Makélélé £1
🇫🇷 Vieira £1
🇫🇷 Kanté £1
🇮🇪 Roy Keane £1
🇪🇸 Busquets £1

Makelele -Kaka - Lampard

drisham:
My stocks for the next season



Really feel bad musiala is injuredx

Cole Palmer's bad season is the best season for some players .

The World is truly Cold 🥶🥶🥶

I'm tired of the constant argument between airmark and his cohorts and I'm speaking on behalf of every Chelsea fan here.

It's becoming childish