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runtime:
when will your excuses run out for werner .
I agree with you though on cho that right wing was dead until he came on.

Play him as a proper 9 mate

nateevs:
CHO has been out for weeks. Let's not forget this. You can imagine why Lamps is not quick to start him. He needs to manage his players, considering there is a game in 48 hours.

The fact that we are thinking Werner and Pulisic are not good enough to start against Arsenal is the big problem. Werner was so poor. Killing forward and link play and Pulisic is a complete shadow of himself.

In an ideal scenario, both players should be walking into any 11 on top form. Not sure what is wrong with them both.

Oh Please.

Before the injury, he did same. Using the same analogy, why did James play ahead of Azpi

Mistakes from Lampard today

Playing Werner as a winger when Cho a proper winger was available is rubbish -and no, this isnt the first time he's doing it. U would have to be clueless to think Timo would perform better than on the wings

Starting James - Azpi should hhave been given the nod for this

Subs - I would have taken off Abraham instead of Werner. And please dont come up with that Goal rubbish he scored, Watching his movement as a 9 gives me headache, Terrible movement, always staggering and poor first touch.

Persisting with Mount - Well the less said, the better. He should keep up with the favoritism. What most people dont realise is the massive opportunity cost playing Mount does to the team

Positive today for me was CHO - At least he was taking the defenders on and drawing space for others. Lampard should quit the Werner winger rubbish

Lampard doesnt learn.

The sub should be Kai for Mount.

Leaving only Jorginho in the middle is a disaster

Ibunkun1:
Seriously, I hope so too o.

Well Lampard just admitted Chilwell will be playing with a bit of pain.

🗣 "Chilly is playing with a bit of pain, but haven't we all?"

Frank Lampard on the Chelsea players returning from injury pic.twitter.com/v0EYHLA444

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) December 26, 2020

Smh

I sincerely hope Chilwell and James are not being rushed.

Lampard has no excuse against this Arsenal side

emmanuelewumi:
And Dangote did not go into this line of business, banks don't even make 40% from their forex Investments. Forex trading contributes about 15% of the total revenue of most banks.

Not True.

Far Less than that

Actman05:
Mason mount now has 6 assists in all competitions for chelsea this season, he has now equalled his assists tally for last season with more than 30 games to go. Talk about improvement.

Nope.

He's now the Corner kick taker as opposed to Willian last season.

Let's not get carried away

BlueMann:

Sorry if this comes out as though I have an agenda. But correct me if i'm wrong

When they say all three of his assists are for centre backs, What they are actually saying is they've all been corners.

Anyway today is not the day for this

OVA200:
You get problem o
Did I just hear you say we were in shamble after he was put on?
we were in shamble from the begining of the second half till five minutes after Kova was put on; If you are not watching the power cable of your TV you will see that West ham pressed us and didn't allow us to play from the back because of fragility of jorginho and when we send it long they beat Abraham 4/5 in the air making us lose possession of the very often but immediately Kova comes in we return to playing at the back because of his ball retention ability and it makes it possible for us to break their press twice which resulted to the two goals.

Bro you can hate him all you want but he is the game changer today.
And mind you he didn't play as AM.

Why are people arguing against something that was obvious.

The midfield really changed the moment Kova came on. His energy, dribbling and accurate passes were all noticeable.

Lets always try to be fair with our comment regardless of whether the players are our favorites or not

Sulele04:
Your double standards will not allow you give credit where credit is due i understand you are in sifia pains because abraham scored twice.

Not one of those people.

I'm as fair as it gets regardless of my bias for certain players

Sulele04:
Abraham by far the man of the match, his link up play was of the highest quality.
The two goals were just the icing on the cake.
pulisic was also decent just that he loses the ball too often.

Lol.

If anyone deserves the man of match today. It's definitely Azpi or Pulisic.

Kante deserves a shout too

BlueMann:
Nobody's saying anything about Emerson.

Honestly, he and Azpi gave me confidence today.

Nah bro.

Emerson was really shit today

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-soccer-havertz/soccer-chelseas-havertz-says-returning-from-covid-19-was-a-challenge-idUKKBN28L2PB

Lol

Havertz said it left him with such severe fatigue that he felt like he had not played soccer before.

He'll be back for sure. We'll just have to wait

Timo, Abraham, Mount were all rubbish before the goals.

And please that was not a Mount Assist

EarlRollo:
All people yabbing Mount, hope una see how he contributed for that goal

That was Pulisic assist not Mount.

That Emerson Wing is a loophole

To be fair. Pulisic passed a tad bit late though.

Timo really needs to shake this off and quickly. Starting to get concerning. Also Tammy needs to stop complaining every time

nateevs:
Trademark Jorghinho pass.

Good Idea having him. His creativity is really opening the lines

Looks like a 4-2-3-1 with much freedom for Mount. This love story though

Hopefully I'm wrong

Why the hell is Lampard switching Kante's position?

olabode89:
Chief!

You are clearly a smart man but you should know lazy in football does not mean speed, pace or ability to clock high speed. How many sprints does Havertz make, how much distance does he cover, how often does he press or lead the press, so he a willing runner for the team, can he cover space for the team or track back effectively depending on the position he is playing . Those are the criteria to determine if a player is lazy or not.

Just so we are clear.

Are u saying any player who doesnt press, track back or sprints around is a lazy player.

If that is your position, then I agree with you that he is . Just that I very much prefer a player who knows when to time his runs and movement than one who sprints around

Saying lanky players are lazy is like saying all buff players are hardworking. Intelligent runs and movement needs to be well appreciated.

With a top speed of 35.02 km/h. Kai Havertz is the second fastest midfielder in the premier league ( only behind Adama Traore). He was the second fastest player overall last season in the bundesliga. I dont know too many lazy players clocking this stat

One other thing that gets ignored is that Kai was also getting dispossessed a lot at the wings in Leverkusen - Infact it was one of the negatives in his scout report. This isnt a new thing and does not bother me one bit. Almost like underating Aguero or Aubameyang cos of their plenty misses; hence why you would always find him drifting to empty spaces especially in central areas where he is allowed to roam/drift

Anyone would think this Chelsea team has another means of Goal Scoring apart from an Inshallah which all teams have figured out. All we are saying is for the good of the team. Allow people who can actually do the creative job which you spent a lot of money to acquire do it. Sacrificing players cos Mount can run and press adds nothing to the team ( Kante does this) - We've been down this road before with Oscar, Willian, Mata and KDB.

One more thing - Havertz is not as terrible defensively as it gets said a lot. He's certainly better than Ziyech if we're looking at defensive stats so a lot of this talk is exaggerated.

Obere4u:
0.9 KP in the league in 767 mins

Wrong

This is 0.9 Key passes per game in 767 minutes.

This is coming from someone who really understands how the stats work and are calculated

nihilistjnr:
Ive already called you a liar, there's no challenge higher than that.

I've busted you lying 3 times today now.

First you said Havertz moves so classy for Chelsea. A Lie.

Then you said Havertz wasn't on the pitch when Podence scored yesterday. A Lie

Then you said Havertz has 1.2 key pass per game in the league for Chelsea. A Lie.

All this guy does is Lie Lie, He Lie Lie like an Alfa

Bros goodnight abeg.

Really petty...this one.

All i've ever discussed and will discuss here is football

nihilistjnr:
Bros why are you afraid to say how many key pass per game Havertz is posting in the league?

Which one is weighted average? Why are you calling Germany.

The number of KP in the league is on whoscored where you checked the other stats

Abi shame dey catch you?

I already answered u and will be moving on now.

Feel free to take me up on the computation if u feel I'm wrong.

nihilistjnr:
This is a lie.

Check it again

Lol.

I knew u were gonna do this which is why I clearly explained that this was a weighted average.

Why would u say something is a lie when you have absolutely no clue on how it's computed. Why would someone who had 2.5 key passes in a 78 minutes Germany match produce only 1.3 on his average if u believe it's that skewed.

Anyway my point has been made

nihilistjnr:
Bros how many key pass has Havertz made for Chelsea in the league.

Nothing concern me with Germany. I'm not a Germany fan

.

He's made 1.2 key passes.

Not that different right?. I already mentioned that the Germany game had little or no effect

nihilistjnr:
No I'm asking you how may key passes Havertz is making in the league

Whatever comparison I did, I did for all.

Bear in mind Kai has only played 78 mins with Germany this Season - where he actually had 2.5 key pass.

That was a weighted average comparison; and given Kai's 1180 minutes this season. That 1.3 is very much in line and not as skewed as u would have us believe

nihilistjnr:
What are his numbers in the league this season?

Don't join numbers from international football with Germany.

Are u saying the problem is with Chelsea?

eph12:
Chances created, big chances created?

KDB has 3 key passes per match, Bruno 3, Kai 1.3 per match this season

Not that far behind if u ask me given his positioning on the field. Again this players are allowed to roam and actually delve into their creativity habitat

If I wanted to be an ass. I would compare their 2019/2020 stats where he absolutely belts them; again testament to my statement on his false positioning

olabode89:
You are still missing the point sir. 86% pass accuracy with poverty afflicted numbers in regards to assists, passes in the final third and chances created cannot be compared with lower pass accuracy by KDB and Bruno. KDB and Bruno post low pass accuracy because they play riskier passes, creating more chances and post high number of assists.

Not as incomparable as you think.

Bruno has 6 assist in 18 games, KDB 10 in 15 (I admit this is really high)

But you cant discount Kai 4 assist while playing further behind compared to those 2. Also he's played far lesser minutes; Hence my argument for him to be played as a proper 10 to get the best out of him