Meanwhile one post before yours: 'he is not an English youth and that is that. Lampard knows where his bread is buttered' Abraham and Tomori aren't direct competition for Pulisic but this thread has built up a narrative that Lampard is biased towards young English players and is picking them unfairly over others even though they aren't any good. Mount has been the main focus of that because he's direct competition (you laughably called him a championship standard player earlier today) but the others get brought in as supporting evidence (you criticised Abraham in that same post but now want to tell us he has nothing to do with Pulisic).
https://www.espn.com/soccer/chelsea...n-pulisic-lack-of-playing-time-is-frustrating "continue" as in he feels he is already working his hardest. Pretty clear he feels he is working his hardest and Lampard has nothing more to say to him to help him. Put a fork in it. I have already said I don't believe Lampard. So when he says "his time will come" ... that tells me when CP gets loaned out his time will come. Likely after transfer ban is lifted and they get other talent in. Till then CP is just merchandise on the shelf he may/may not use. "sometimes it is being tough" ... translated ... Pulisic came to Chelsea and this is way it is. Shut up end and enjoy London as an American tourist. I don't want to hear more questions about this. I have my English youth upwelling talent and that is where I will focus. https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2019/09/28/pulisic-lack-of-chelsea-playing-time-very-frustrating/ from the comment line below on the nbc sports story ... I don't disagree with the poster's attitude btw. "They bought him to get Americans to watch. He doesn’t belong at that level. Yes he’s by far the best American player today, but that makes him barely playable on a team with players from real fútbol nations. He’s fine, but absolutely not starting material. I know the US needs a hero to root for, but the rest of the world doesn’t care and Chelsea sees him as a marketing tool."
My days, I'm just going to keep myself from viewing this thread for the rest of the season. The takes here are outrageous. Pulisic is a good player, it takes time to adjust to a new league, and he's lacking confidence judging by the nature of his play. Even the best players go through ebbs and flows in form. Look at Hazard at Madrid, for example. He's looking like a shadow of himself due to a lack of confidence, adjusting to new teammates, and a new league. People need to calm down.
I see. I like to see their ratings the last 3 games. I lot of those high ratings are due to their phenomenal early streak. That's streak is gone, I am afraid. Mount has been pretty average, below average in recent games.
You aren't alone. People love the drama. Thread needs a new start. Klopp has rarely put new players in his system. Culture does mean something. Pulisic just needs time and I don't think Chelsea wants more of the De Bruyne, Salah type situations to keep happening.
Let's see if they still do in the next few weeks when they start losing games on the road. They have been fortunate to have a bunch of home games.
This match was the story of just how poor B&H are as individual footballers. I genuinely cannot understand how you can call yourself a professional footballer if you can't control the simplest of first touches, if you can't pick out a simple pass. How can you hire these guys? At any rate, Brighton were terrible and they were still in it most of the match.
Well silver linings. CP played a lot of football in his teens, some time just training will add years to the end of his career, and he will be tanned rested and ready for USMNT with no need to come back early or skip call-ups. But most importantly I don’t have to watch or root for this Chelsea team since he’s not on the pitch. Been tough to watch mostly and they were never my favorite team anyway. I’ll ask Alexa to alert me if he’s in the starting line up... which will probably be in January when lampard gets the boot. Winning the hearts of the Chelsea fans by playing the youth academy kids won’t make up for not winning on he pitch and he’s gone by Boxing Day. CP is young and has plenty of time - quality will win out in the end and hopefully he will look back on this fall as an important time in his career.
For critics of Lampard here, do you think Chelsea is going to fire him if his team ends up in the top 6 of the league by Xmas?
Not sure what Klopp has to do with this topic. Regardless, yes -- CP needs time, but it doesn't appear that he'll get much playing time to improve his situation. The injured players are finally returning and doing well out of the starting gate. This was the scenario many predicted. They are winning games for Lampard, and he'd be a fool to bench on-form starters in place of Pulisic, who might only get cleanup minutes at best from this moment onward. Frankly, I'd do the same thing if I were Lampard. His job is to accumulate league points, not to act as a development coach. Is he winning with Williard and Mason Mount? Then stick with Williard and Mason Mount -- why replace either one with Christian Pulisic? That $70--plus million transfer fee is the worst thing that could ever had happen to Pulisic. Not only did it unfairly inflate expectations for him, but it makes it nearly impossible for him to get dealt (when Chelsea can finally deal him), because Chelsea will expect some other club to make them whole for the original purchase. Who the hell is going to pay something close to $70 mil for CP?
Chelsea won't even be 6th this week as one of Arsenal or ManU will jump them after they play tomorrow. The question is will Chelsea get back to 6th - my guess is not. Looking to Xmas Chelsea has a not-too-bad league schedule (but a lot of CL games mixed in): (Bold is home) Citeh, Spurs and probably Arsenal away are obviously problematic and important games. Dunno how real West Ham are this year. I think they won't maintain their good fortune. Everton away could give trouble too. Watford won't. Burnley loves a good tie, it seems. I'd guess with Arsenal and ManU both on their heels, Chelsea will enter Xmas in 8th. Will that be low enough to pressure Lampard? Nah. They'd have to lose a serious run of easy home games - You could imagine a bad run starting Nov 23 with a loss to City and going winless into Xmas with maybe some bad CL results in there and some player discontent/Lampard craziness almost being enough, but even then I doubt it. It would have to go really, really wrong for Lampard to be fired at winter break. And he shows no signs of being a complete nutter. 10/6 Southampton Oct 19 Newcastle United Oct 26 Burnley Nov 2 Watford Nov 9 Crystal Palace Nov 23 Manchester City Nov 30 West Ham United Dec 4 Aston Villa Dec 7 Everton Dec 14 Bournemouth Dec 21 Spurs Dec 26 Southampton Dec 28 Arsenal
Always someone else to blame, eh? Your shtick is beyond wearisome. What part of CP isn't the best option for this Chelsea side do you not comprehend? I've never read so many excuse makers and Chicken Littles in my many years of BS YA. Reality is apparently a difficult concept for the virtual youngsters formatted by the conforming comfort of their own computer screen.
i think staying at Dortmund would have been just as good for his career development.. I love them but not only that, just being in Germany and staying there would have helped him. Going to Chelsea at such a young age (who are notorious for not giving much time to younger players) and then getting upset about the situation is kind of dumb in my eyes. He has no one to blame but himself for not doing some research on the situation he was getting into.
He talked to Sarri who left for Juventus, so in a way, you can't blame CP if the coach who signed-off on his transfer suddenly quit to join another team Lampard probably feel he's under no obligation to play CP. since he wasn't the one who signed off on his transfer.