Epl Matchweek 29
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Duchene2MacKinnon
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Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Caicedo is insanely load bearing.
Our defense was a lot better when the duo was Colwill and Fofana, but Fofana is clearly very rusty (and playing out of position for whatever reason) and Badiashile is not particularly good.
Fofana off for Lavia please
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Duchene2MacKinnon
In the hands of Genius
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Duchene2MacKinnon
In the hands of Genius
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I legitimately thought the same thing. What’s weird was the Avery tactic. Would be called offside for interfering with play surely?
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Oh yeah I know, I’m agreeing with you. Our CBs are bad and Caicedo covers a lot to make us not concede even more.
But part of the CB issue is that the duo with chemistry isn’t together and fit right now
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
In all my years watching football I've never seen a team waste time as much as Arteta's Arsenal; not even Atletico when they are ahead
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Lavia might actually be my favourite player in this Chelsea squad. He’s so fun to watch. Genuinely think that if he manages to stay fit he can grow into being one of the best midfielders in the world
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Kind of feel good for him but why didn’t he do that kind of thing for us?
Duchene2MacKinnon
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Chelsea could have played until tomorrow without scoring. Dreadful game ...
Rob
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Happy to beat Chelsea but I had to have another cup of coffee to stay awake.
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Zero creativity without Palmer, zero at all. Did extremely well to recover from a very bad start, but didn’t create a single thing. We badly needed this international break, get Lavia and Jackson fit on the return and we’ll hopefully build momentum on the run-in.
I was dreading this game, felt certain it would be a pelting, and definitely thought it was gonna collapse after Arsenals goal. So I’ll give the squad credit for resilience, because I think if this were in January they wouldve gone in at halftime 3-0 down with totally lost heads. So a small upside.
I was dreading this game, felt certain it would be a pelting, and definitely thought it was gonna collapse after Arsenals goal. So I’ll give the squad credit for resilience, because I think if this were in January they wouldve gone in at halftime 3-0 down with totally lost heads. So a small upside.
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
WBS postgame thoughts
- obviously shambolic first half hour, caused largely by a total inability to move the ball in anything resembling an organized fashion. Colwill and Badiashile cannot play together, the two left-footer imbalance is too bad. But even playing on his proper side, Badiashile couldn't complete a 5-yard pass. I don't understand why Tosin didn't start today.
- major cause both of our inability to move the ball in the first half hour and our inability to create chances in the last hour? Enzo was played way too far forward! I get Maresca's thinking, no Cole so move your most creative midfielder up into the 10 and hope it works. But Enzo is like Cesc. He's far more creative from those mid-deep in-between spaces, with bursts forward being more carefully timed. Enzo being too far forward meant that we lost our best ball mover in the middle third, which played a big part in our sloppiness in the first section, and it meant that he didn't get the touches to really create chances in the latter part of the game. Enzo has quietly been our best player over the last ~2 months, and I think played deeper he could've really put an imprint on this one. Instead he was receiving a lot high up the pitch with back to goal, which was strange.
- Fofana a total mess at right back. Hoping for a fully fit Gusto and Lavia after the NT break, which means that James can go back to right back with Gusto deputizing. We have badly badly missed Fofana in his absence, but he was a disaster today. Hope to have him and Colwill playing together at centre back after the break. A big part of our struggles in January and February were attributable to a lot of chop and change at the back - it's not a coincidence that Colwill's season cratered when he had a new partner every week.
- why does Sanchez always go out with an open palm
- Caicedo very, very good. As per usual. As is to be expected at this point. Thought he was the best player on either side.
- this had high potential to turn into a total disaster and I will say I was impressed by the reaction to the goal. It helped that Arsenal were clearly content to sit back, but we've had multiple games this season where one setback snowballs, and a derby is a perfect storm for that. So I'm pleased with that. It is a genuine upside.
- obviously shambolic first half hour, caused largely by a total inability to move the ball in anything resembling an organized fashion. Colwill and Badiashile cannot play together, the two left-footer imbalance is too bad. But even playing on his proper side, Badiashile couldn't complete a 5-yard pass. I don't understand why Tosin didn't start today.
- major cause both of our inability to move the ball in the first half hour and our inability to create chances in the last hour? Enzo was played way too far forward! I get Maresca's thinking, no Cole so move your most creative midfielder up into the 10 and hope it works. But Enzo is like Cesc. He's far more creative from those mid-deep in-between spaces, with bursts forward being more carefully timed. Enzo being too far forward meant that we lost our best ball mover in the middle third, which played a big part in our sloppiness in the first section, and it meant that he didn't get the touches to really create chances in the latter part of the game. Enzo has quietly been our best player over the last ~2 months, and I think played deeper he could've really put an imprint on this one. Instead he was receiving a lot high up the pitch with back to goal, which was strange.
- Fofana a total mess at right back. Hoping for a fully fit Gusto and Lavia after the NT break, which means that James can go back to right back with Gusto deputizing. We have badly badly missed Fofana in his absence, but he was a disaster today. Hope to have him and Colwill playing together at centre back after the break. A big part of our struggles in January and February were attributable to a lot of chop and change at the back - it's not a coincidence that Colwill's season cratered when he had a new partner every week.
- why does Sanchez always go out with an open palm
- Caicedo very, very good. As per usual. As is to be expected at this point. Thought he was the best player on either side.
- this had high potential to turn into a total disaster and I will say I was impressed by the reaction to the goal. It helped that Arsenal were clearly content to sit back, but we've had multiple games this season where one setback snowballs, and a derby is a perfect storm for that. So I'm pleased with that. It is a genuine upside.
Paulie Gualtieri
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Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
I said it wasn't a good game from Enzo, who was invisible (largely attributable to positioning, IMO).
Caicedo I think was unambiguously good, idk.
Blender
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Caicedo was ok, hardly his best performance but one of the better on the team today.
Enzo was shit and has been shit far more matches than he has been good.
