Pressing and possession used to be hallmarks of Chelsea teams in the past. What is going on? No midfield control and terrible pressing from the front.
to some degree yes but watch now as he dives in and conceeds a needless free kick it is difficult for some (obviously not you) to understand but every once in a while you have to give more of the credit to the opposition than to make inane blaming statements about our players
in fairness Cesar needed a rest as well and has been slipping of late six of one half dozen of another imo
Yeah I agree Azpi needed a rest nothing wrong with that, Ivan is a rather good right back for the most part
well played goal, give barcodes credittake it all away now for their thuggeryonly one having a bigger howler than Ram, not his spot or system, is the effing ref and crew, and Rafa, plus why send Ba out again, could be some serious damage he suffered, should have been penner and red, then Ram should have a redMarin for Ram and move Oscer in with Lamp
A complete lack of athleticism and pace in this side. Newcastle is bigger, stronger, and faster almost everywhere.
lets see our "qualified Manager" make his half time adjustments because we certainly have not seemed prepared since the kick off
Ram can't play in the pivot. Our possession is terrible regardless of who he is playing with because, he doesn't touch the ball often and gives it away needlessly. Lamps has been no better, but at least he has the basics down. Ram should be playing where Oscar is playing. Stick wide use his pace to get behind the defense. Ram doesn't have a sense of passing rhythm, positioning, or ball retention at all. Those are 3 basic attributes that for playing in the pivot.
seems Ba may have a broken nose really glad we went out and signed that third striker this summer/winter