Chelsea Banter Archive August 18 2018

 

Use our rumours form to send us chelsea transfer rumours.


18 Aug 2018 20:17:17
Need to sort out our defense!

Believable2 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 21:05:35
Defence needs sorting but I will say more game time will improve the unit.

Christensen will get his chance soon, Luiz had a poor game today and I think his leadership skills is what is saving his blushes at the moment. However, he will fight back like he always does.

Personally, the first 35 mins of the first half and the full 2nd half is what Sarri wants, non stop possession. The more you have the ball the less chance the opposition have to score goals. We were simply scintillating barring that mad 10 mins from 35-45mins.

Jorginho is absolutely class, Kovacic looks his equivalent and can make crunching tackles and Kante is Kante. The trio together could be the best in the league with more time, technically so good on the ball.

A lot of people here have written off Alvaro Morata, however I have stuck by the lad and I still will. I will not say his turned the corner yet but he was good today and his goal was superb. We wanted him to score with his feet and boy did he do that today. Support the lad through thick and thin, with confidence he will be brilliant.

Agree4 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 21:21:44
* Where is Hudson Odoi? Is he injured or is his absence got anything to do with him signing a new deal?
* Willian has started again this season? He kept switching on and off.

Agree1 Disagree0

19 Aug 2018 01:10:23
How Moses is on the bench over Hudson-Odoi and Loftus-Cheek baffles me. He can’t defend great or attack great that’s why the wing back role suited him. Now he’s got no future here.

Agree0 Disagree1

19 Aug 2018 01:34:25
We were done on so many occasions by the cut back from the byline . Not Sure I agree with kantes riole of being more attacking and further forward. Anyway early days so let's be positive,

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 20:10:54
My 7 yr old boy done his accumulater on my phone, was waiting for Chelsea game to win £140, 2-0 I was buzzing. 2-2 I was gutted I never cashed out for £120, at 3-2 I cashed out for £115, poor boy doesn't even know his won lol.

Believable0 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 23:18:42
Well done to your son could I lend him my phone next week. West Ham let me down today.

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 19:33:25
My summary, v huddlesfield our tempo was hit slow, first half it was too quick, good when worked but when we lost ball, we were all over the place, second half we were bit slower in build up. had more possession. So when we did lose it we were still in good formation and ready to win back, Kovacic I though might be little light weight but looked so good in there. Hazard compared to Willian is unbelievable, Willian wants to stand everyone up and slows it down, Pedro stretched the defence so well, just need the balance of attack and defence, morata looked to have grown 2 foot after his goal.,

Believable0 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 19:24:26
Jorginho is class. But boy what do we have in Kovacic. What a gem, so good on the ball.

As usual bow down to the man - Hazard!

Believable3 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 19:30:15
Hoping Kovacic has a good season then wants to stay
Is Luiz going to be good enough this year? I’d like to see Christensen get some game time.

Agree3 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 19:37:31
My God I love Chelsea, I am going absolutely crazy with Jorginho and Kovacic. CFCShak, I love you guys.

Agree2 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 19:16:56
If Kovacic's fee is £80m. PAY IT!

Believable2 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 19:30:09
I didn't think anyone on the pitch could actually dictate more than Jorginho but how wrong was I lol. He is technically immense, such a good passer and dribbles great.

Agree3 Disagree0

19 Aug 2018 09:54:10
Yes, Kovacic was great on the ball, but let's not forget as well the cleanest of all tackles when the Gooners were threatening to break - brilliant.

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 19:11:05
80* 3-2 up Alonso showing his great going forward, please hold on. please!

Believable1 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 18:24:16
Great start to the half and then I've no idea what happened. We can see the team now showing signs of how Sarri wants us to play, but we can't quite play a full half of that kind and intensity of football yet and defensively we look very vulnerable.

Compose ourselves over half time, get back into our groove, get hazard on and we should be able to see arsenal off. c'mon Chelsea.

Believable1 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 18:35:01
The defence has to be rethought and reorganised, Arsenal could and should have scored 5. We started so promisingly but was always going to be hard to keep up that intensity and our defence like at Wembley v City looks all over the place when put under pressure.

Agree1 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:44:05
So far the defensive system does not work with the players he is using.

Agree1 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:22:18
I did mention earlier that Arsenal will target our left side of Barkley, Alonso and Luiz and boy they have murdered that side. It's 2-2 but Everytime Alonso is taken out and a cut back is made then automatically a goal scoring chance is present.

We don't deserve to be 2-2, we have outplayed Arsenal.

Believable1 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 18:25:38
We’ve outplayed them, yes, but they’ve had an enourmous amount of chances. Something needs to change drastically. We can’t even bring on Emerson instead of Alonso. We should take Luiz off and use AC.

Agree1 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:27:34
Laca and Ramsey will eat up those chances, Arsenal first goal and Barkley was in no9 position .

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:32:32
Alonso is far too so low in defence and Luiz can't bail him out unfortunately. I am a bit worried that we will see more of this in the 2nd half. Something needs to happen, Sarri needs to sort this out and hopefully he can with his half time talk.

I am impressed with our offense but so far out defence worries me. Even at 2-0 I was nervous.

Agree1 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:21:30
Said before match luiz was the key and by God he's not cut out for a back four get Cahill on all there chances have been exactly the same cut backs from the byline it must of been a tactic Emery looked at
Barkley keeps giving ball away but he is trying.

Believable1 Unbelievable1

18 Aug 2018 20:18:38
Cahill 🤣.

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:21:17
David Luiz is dreadful in defence.

Believable3 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 18:20:02
For all this fancy football we’re getting we should be 5-2 down. The spaces behind Azpilicueta and Alonso are incredible.

Believable2 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 18:17:27
There getting behind and pulling it back 3 misses and 2' goals, what are we doing! Now forcing the passes, 2-0 up to clinging on for dear life,

Believable2 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 17:46:58
15* and the football is just unreal. Barkley looks sharp, winning it back, players wide then sprinting inside, praying morata gets o goal today. he needs it.

Believable1 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 17:53:11
55 seconds after auba missed a sitter morata gets it,

Agree1 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:13:03
But exciting as it is. 2 up and 2-2 and they’ve missed 2 absolute sitters., worrying.

Agree1 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:16:57
We look suspect at the back. This could be which team can capitalise the most as Arsenal look woeful defensively.

Agree1 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:20:45
What’s our defending like Matt anyone at fault for there goals?

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 18:29:29
Midfielders not picking up runners coming into box but there down left side with ease. Alonso is struggling. Not got any help. It’s like Barnet is waiting for Alonso to win the ball so his ready to attack again rather than helping him,

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 17:38:25
Looking good passing is very very good.

Believable1 Unbelievable1

18 Aug 2018 16:57:54
Callum Hudson-Odoi suffering the usual fate, best player of all preseason and then shunned to the side for bigger names.

What do these guys need to do to get a chance. Play them while their confidence is hot.

Believable1 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 16:51:51
This annoys me big time! No Hazard or Kovacic. One game they must start is this and then take them off second half.

Believable0 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 17:05:09
Although i agree i'm upset they're not starting, it'll be better to keep them on the bench and bring them on in the 2nd half if/ when the game opens up a bit more.

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 11:36:47
Right guys, my analysis of the game. Personally I think we will win and I have gone 2-1.

I expect the same squad as last week barring Hazard in for Willian.

Against good oppositions, I fear for our left side of Barkley, Alonso and Luiz. I would be surprised if arsenal decide to attack against Kante, Azpi and Rudiger.

On the flipside the left side is more offensive with Hazard ahead.

Come on blues!

Believable0 Unbelievable0

18 Aug 2018 13:11:49
Going for an easy 3-0 win today Shak, Arsenal are a poor team, will finish sixth again this season. Morata will score as long as he stands his ground against Sokratis and Mustafi, Eden and Willian/ Pedro will be too mhch for their defence.

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 13:39:05
im not so convinced our defence against there pace could be a major issue luiz has amassive say in this game depending what mood he's in id prefer christensen or cahill today to be honest
we definetly have the better team and players just hope we perform to our very best and i think we could win come on chels first big game of season send out a message to the rest ktbffh.

Agree1 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 16:54:26
Surprised to see soo many of our fans are underestimating Arsenal. Their attack is far, far superior to ours when Eden isn't starting for us. We have the better midfield but both defenses have weaknesses. They caused City problems and i have no doubt they'll cause our defence some as well. Personally think it'll be a close 2-1 which could go either way or end up 2-2. Hopefully if we get into trouble Sarri will bring on Eden and Kovacic earlier than expected. Excited to see what Kova can do for us this season.

Agree0 Disagree0

18 Aug 2018 09:21:49
Although it definitely won't happen, I'd really love to see CHO up against Bellerin again today. He tore him to bits in the pre-season, and while I know it was not a competitive game, I'm sure he'd be able to do the exact same today. All we can hope is that he's on the bench instead of Moses, who's simply not good enough, but I'm afraid that won't happen either.
Hopefully, it'll be a good game and good result again today - I think it'll be a 2-1 win.

Believable1 Unbelievable0

Premier League Previews 18 August 2018

18 Aug 2018 08:47:45
{Ed's Note - Reid the Red has posted a new article entitled, Premier League Previews 18 August 2018

Believable0 Unbelievable0

Review Of The Day 18th August 2018

18 Aug 2018 07:29:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 18th August 2018

Believable0 Unbelievable0