GWT: EPL - Matchweek 24 (ft. MW 12)

[JPBolts]

 

[Brunkmeister]

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Defining?

 

[Blender]

Fell awkwardly on his knee there, hopefully ok.

 

[Prntscrn]

Only other option is Havertz, who doesn't even get involved in most games.

Unfortunately Broja is injured for the rest of the season or he'd be getting a lot of games.

Guess that might explain why Chelsea is down there with Liverpool. Injuries and supposed key players not performing as before

 

[Blender]

No yellow for Armstrong on the most blatant cynical foul.

 

[KJS14]

So you are salty… I’m sure his many trophies he’s not losing too much sleep about an unlucky break.

I'm certainly not salty about him leaving. We have a better GK now.

Do I take pleasure in Arsenal beating him (on a goal that rebounded off his head no less)? Yes, because he unprompted said something bad about my club after spending a decade there.

Do I care if he is successful against any other PL teams or for Argentina? Not at all.

 

[Blender]

Fofana looking really good, but hasn't had the cleanest chances.

Seeing what Mount has become is just sad after he was one of our best players the last 2 years. He's not even involved in the game and it's a regular problem. This is not a player who deserves anywhere close to what his wage demands are.

 

[JPBolts]

very good game to watch in person. Was a pretty even match, the bounces went Arsenal's way. Both defenses were suspect at times. With a full summer and transfer budget, Unai will be turning around the team very quickly. That's a drab 3-0 loss with Gerrard at the helm

I can see why Saka is one of the most hated players in the PL atm, plays exactly like Grealish did for Villa the year before going to City -- buying all of the contact soft fouls and then ends up getting hacked for it.

On the stoppage time winner, i'm not sure if it was checked but there were clearly 2 Arsenal players in an offside position in front of Martinez. I know in past years, that has been called offsides but was it even checked or did the rules change?

 

[Blender]

Free kick specialist Ward-Prowse makes us pay. Ugh.

 

[Rob]

Everton vs Leeds getting ugly. Might see a red before the end of the match.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

One win in the new year is simply not good enough regardless of the new faces. This is dire for chelsea.

 

[Blender]

This is just dreadful. I don't even care who the manager is, how do you win games with players just drifting around the pitch not even contributing to the attack or defending?

 

[KJS14]

I can see why Saka is one of the most hated players in the PL atm, plays exactly like Grealish did for Villa the year before going to City -- buying all of the contact soft fouls and then ends up getting hacked for it.

The refs let Saka get hacked at just as much if not more than anyone else in the league. He's been getting less calls than he should if anything. Definitely not going down as often as Grealish.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

This is just dreadful. I don't even care who the manager is, how do you win games with players just drifting around the pitch not even contributing to the attack or defending?

One would ask why is the manager allowing this?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

What the f*** is foden doing.

 

[hatterson]

very good game to watch in person. Was a pretty even match, the bounces went Arsenal's way. Both defenses were suspect at times. With a full summer and transfer budget, Unai will be turning around the team very quickly. That's a drab 3-0 loss with Gerrard at the helm

I can see why Saka is one of the most hated players in the PL atm, plays exactly like Grealish did for Villa the year before going to City -- buying all of the contact soft fouls and then ends up getting hacked for it.

On the stoppage time winner, i'm not sure if it was checked but there were clearly 2 Arsenal players in an offside position in front of Martinez. I know in past years, that has been called offsides but was it even checked or did the rules change?

I didn’t see a good replay to know, but given how…communicative…Martinez usually is, he definitely would have been screaming for it if he thought there was a chance he had his vision blocked.

The fact that he reacted quickly also would undercut any claim that the offside players had an impact on him.

 

[Blender]

Great to see Wesley Fofana back. Sterling on is whatever, but how is Mount still on the f***ing pitch?

One would ask why is the manager allowing this?

I think that's fair, but it's also a difficult position to be in. If you play the young guys that run their ass off and look like they give a shit like Hall, Gallagher, etc. and still lose, you get grilled for not starting your "top guys". If you win with them you need to go back to them again and that likely burns the bridge for those "top guys" going forward.

 

[Blender]

Seriously baffled at taking off D.D. Fofana but leaving Mount on. Mount has been a dumpster fire.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Only 1 Fofana allowed on the pitch at a time.

 

[hatterson]

Great to see Wesley Fofana back. Sterling on is whatever, but how is Mount still on the f***ing pitch?

I think that's fair, but it's also a difficult position to be in. If you play the young guys that run their ass off and look like they give a shit like Hall, Gallagher, etc. and still lose, you get grilled for not starting your "top guys". If you win with them you need to go back to them again and that likely burns the bridge for those "top guys" going forward.

It’s a situation where the owner needs to come out in support of the manager doing something like that. At a club like Chelsea a manager just can’t go out on a limb and do that without some explicit backing from higher up.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Great to see Wesley Fofana back. Sterling on is whatever, but how is Mount still on the f***ing pitch?

I think that's fair, but it's also a difficult position to be in. If you play the young guys that run their ass off and look like they give a shit like Hall, Gallagher, etc. and still lose, you get grilled for not starting your "top guys". If you win with them you need to go back to them again and that likely burns the bridge for those "top guys" going forward.

I mean some authority would be nice. He seems to not have it managing a top squad just an outsiders pov.

Seems like a decent bloke and I wished he do well. But he’s not up to snuff

 

[Blender]

Badiashile showing more attacking skill in 1 run than Mount has in a month,

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

City struggling against forest. Maybe 3 at the back isn’t gonna cut it.

 

[King Makar19]

Haaland go down easily..ehh

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Terrible Haaland. Big dive when he could’ve had a golden chance to ice the game

And then he misses two sitters. He’s in a slump big time