That was definitely a penalty!! Slow motion showed him moving his right arm back intentionally !! Very clever !!
I actually don't remember a single time where he came on as a sub and made a difference. Like Dr. I said, he is prone to sulk.
Gotta be pleased with a draw, we have to realise that its not 2015, Leicester have a better team and are further down their team development 'road' than we are, would have taken a draw before kick off, it is of course the exact same problems as every other time we take to the pitch, wont change until we spend methinks.
This is quite possibly the worst ever Premier League season (not just saying that because we are not competitive either), too many 'average' teams, championship 'done' already, I am looking forward to the six nations even more than I usually do!
Agreed.. objectively trash across the board made all the more infuriating that Liverpool are handily going to win the title.
Didn’t play great, but it’s a decent result. I wonder what’s happening behind the scenes or in practice that OG can get a minute on the pitch. Seems like a good target for those Reece crosses. He can’t do worse that straight whiffing on a pass to his feet. I don’t mind seeing Kepa sit a game. It’s not all his fault, but he isn’t living up. Maybe this motivates him. Willy was fine, but he’s obviously no threat to keep the starting role.
Yeah, it's a tough one. Is Giroud going to get into those spots in the first place where Tammy is? Is he mobile enough? Costa or Drogba would have 80 goals already this year from Reece's service.
I feel bad for Giroud. He has been a thorough professional and we blocked a move to Spurs where he would start every game. We may have screwed his chances for the Euros.
Chelsea first, I could give a ******** about the Euros and particularly France's Euros, still think whether we use him or not would have been unwise to let Tots have him when a CL place could come to a point or two. And I have said before I think he should have played more, especially off bench against parked buses, but no matter how much he plays if he makes a difference for a point or two or more from this point, regardless of how much he plays will be worth his carried salary. And the point for him being and acting like a professional is, he is a professional on near half million quid a month, that is what he is supposed to do, even if many wankers do not. Also don't get why the idiot Deschamps would not want a hugely experienced striker of his age to have the freshest legs in the Summer, playing even in practice with a team of our caliber, some match time plus a friendly or two and he will be good to go. (And Lamp made a point that he has acted very professional "this window"; I think I said at the time in early fall that Lamp was not happy about all of Giroud's talking to the press back then and was smart not to make a public deal of it and keep any lessons in house behind closed doors. So that may be part of him playing little, combined with being ineffectual in his two starts and not really fitting the system as a starter.) Also supposedly carrying a knock this January, so hopefully recovered and will get some more time and help. I have always liked Giroud, he seems like a very hard working, unselfish team first, class dude, and for whatever reason, or just plain bad luck, he fairly or usually more unfairly always seems to just be the odd man out at Arse and now here.
Given the quality of the crosses we have coming in from James, you have to think Giroud would be useful here. Definitely over the absolute garbage Ross Barkley is. Kante is continuing to be misused.. it seems to be entirely to accommodate Jorginho’s limitations as a deep lying player. I think the only thing we haven’t seen Lamps try is to use Kante as a true holding/defensive mid and utilize Kov and Mount as our b2bs playing on either side. Pretty tired of seeing players skip past Jorginho constantly and his only solution is to add to his massive yellow card collection.