I don't know if the 2nd paragraph above is correct or not, but I can speak to the first paragraph. As a hockey/NHL fan, I go on hockey forums. Even Canadians - who love to brag that Canada created ice hockey (see the "It's Our Game" signs at international hockey matches) - are level headed enough to recognize when a NON-CANADIAN may be the best player on a CANADIAN hockey team (Pettersson with the Vancouver Canucks, Ehlers with the Winnipeg Jets, or Tkachuk with the Ottawa Senators). It's not axiomatic that insert-non-Canadian-here is shite, whilst the Canadian player is the best thing evah! So I think that a part of the reason English fans might blindly support an English player is because modern football was invented in England, so of course the English player is the bee's knees, dontchya know?
Every time I look at him I think - yeah, that guy can coach a footie team, but I bet I'd want to throttle him just standing behind him at line in a grocery store. He may be the sweetest little dude in person, but his TV vibe just screams annoying little jacknut.
The world can hate England and the world can hate the US. Both things can be true. Mount being homegrown is probably a bigger deal to Chelsea fans than him being English honestly. Saka or ESR could have 50 terrible games in a row and the Arsenal fans would still adore them. Also, there's no point comparing German football culture to English football culture, it's not the same.
Good game from him. That goal kind of reminded me how he was constantly finding the opportunistic finish during his great form after the restart.
Football London is not a Chelsea message board, it's a sports news outlet for all soccer clubs in the London area. They're supposed to only show favoritism for London clubs when playing clubs from other areas, not for one London club over another, and even less for one player in a London club over another.
If you are this bothered by what random people on the internet say about Pulisic, you can always go to r/soccer where even his tap ins get 100s of awards.
No one gave him a pass that could utilize his burst speed. All the passes were behind him or with his back to goal
BBC has him as their man of the match. How terrible could he have been to be given this by both the fans and the BBC writer. I am not a Werner fan and I didn’t watch the match. But I doubt that this is a British pro-German conspiracy.
Timo Werner (8.5, MOTM): as usual the young German talisman stretched the defense like a bored youth at summer camp with a rubber band on too much sugar. Had a couple leaky touches but when a German of such sublime football pedigree does it's usually an error of great strategy and today was no exception as his touch out of play setup the 2nd Chelsea goal off the opposition's goal kick. Was energetic throughout and there are few strikers of any quality willing to defend after a giveaway as Werner -- when one of his quality makes such an effort it is a tremendous boost to the entire squad, from the 11 on the pitch to the tens of thousands in the stands and the millions watching at home.
Reddit and Twitter are full of people who know nothing of soccer. One would expect better from a magazine dedicated to the sport, though, no?
Is that from an Onion article? “An error of great strategy”…lol Werner’s performance today was archetype of his entire time at Chelsea. He had a number of decent chances but wasn’t able to convert any, and he doesn’t have the creativity / ability to get his teammates involved. It’s past the point of being comical how inept he is at finishing. As I said in the Gio thread, sadly, he’s a shell of his former self. Yes, he presses well and his speed stretches the defense, but I can’t say much else. He needs to somehow get his mental issues in front of goal resolved.
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It's a small thing, but CP taking the 10 invariably led to greater expectation and more room to trash as well. I think it's great he's set a very high bar for himself, but it is a number that attracts scrutiny.
man I love him but if only his finishing, awareness and physicality was as good as his first touch, agility and dribbling. he's honestly like the first "more sizzle than steak" player the US has ever produced. I mean that steak is good, but man if only there wasn't so much gristle.
Regarding post above - He's starting opening weekend for the champions league winner and scored a goal. No complaints about him from me.
I do agree the number 10 shirt is probably part of the issue....It comes with great expectation and the Chelsea faithful may want Mount should wear it.