Chelsea Rumours Archive December 26 2018

26 Dec 2018 20:48:11
It’s becoming apparent as the Xmas games come along, we are being bullied in games. We have no strength in midfield to impose ourselves.
We have just scored a second, but we have no confidence to close games out.

26 Dec 2018 21:27:00
andrew we lack physical presence maybe but we are a fabolous team to watch and hazard is probably the mosr gifted player technically ul ever see in a chelsea shirt.

26 Dec 2018 21:51:46
I don’t disagree when it’s going well it’s good to watch. But Watford bullied us the same as other teams have done. This is where playing Kante further forward goes against us. We won tonight but we have lost at least one game we should won, and two drawn games we should have won.
I worry there are leaders on the pitch. Someone in midfield who can just take hold of the game. hopefully we will get a cf in the window and maybe a strong midfielder.

26 Dec 2018 22:14:52
Kante and jorginio will not swap. People are like a broken record going over this. In sarri's 3 man midfield the deep position is commander of the midfield, jorginio. He sets the tempo of the play. The right side kante is more your box to box midfielder (which he pretty much did with his old club and at Chelsea next to matic in the two man mid) and the left side sarri favours a more attacking midfielder. guys this isn't going to change. So accept it.

The fact we are 4 points behind Man city with a new manager 5 months into his job with 5 season's worth of players who played for a defensive managers and let's be honest half shouldn't even be wearing the Chelsea shirt, is pretty amazing if you ask me.

26 Dec 2018 22:34:56
i think alonso and a number 9 are the main reasons were losing games and d fact dat every week your worried alonso or rudiger is going to have a stinker or a stormer.

26 Dec 2018 22:58:19
I think it’s time to switch the style. Do Liverpool have a regista in their team, no. The idea of pressing that Sarri brings is good, I like how he press teams which we saw with the first goal today. However, Kanté HAS to go back to CDM. Unfortunately it’s affecting us defensively now. Jorginho simply isn’t good enough for a top premier league side. He’s not good enough when pressed, it’s alright doing it for Napoli who were never pressed in Serie A.

He also gives the ball away too much. We’ve been conceding goals that wouldn’t normally occur with Kante in the same role. To look back and think we used to have a midfield of Ballack, Lampard, Essien and Makalele is scary!

26 Dec 2018 23:19:51
Mc spot on mate, I don’t know if I rate Jorginho that wel but Kante has played the box to box before, it’s not as if he’s now an attacking mid he’s a b2b, and he can still defend the same he’s just a couple steps forward.

Pundits say that Jorginho and Kante need to swap and everyone jumps on the bandwagon.

27 Dec 2018 13:10:19
I rate jorginio very highly after watching him with Napoli. Think about the sport hockey, 2 people get assists for each goal scored, the guy who passes to the guy who assists gets awarded for an assist too, that's jorginio, he's great at it.

We also need to remember that he is trying to play sarri's system with 10 other players who haven't. It takes time but I think he's done great so far.

27 Dec 2018 14:25:56
Jesus Christ, the o my problem I have with Kante Jorginho is that jorginho isn’t needed every gene and Cesc is more suited and kante doesn’t get the praise he deserves for being the engine in that team, pressing high. Winning ball back and being able to get back into position, my only criticism is he sometimes try’s to cover too much and runs out of position.

27 Dec 2018 20:13:11
Mc1999 I appreciate Sarris plan the only problem and it has reared it’s head a few times leading to goals, jorghino does not offer the defence any protection which Kante does. Also jorghino has not been that controlling presence much since the Everton game, as teams have learnt shut him down and we struggle.

27 Dec 2018 21:36:17
I get that, but just because kante plays a few metres further forward than jorginio, doesn't mean he isn't back defending too.

It's reared his head because it's 5 months into his career at Chelsea and has only 1 player who knows his system perfectly which is jorginio.

I ask you to watch what jorginio was like at Napoli under Sarri, see what can happen when other team players are on board an decent enough to play the system too.

As Chelsea fans we have a habit of wanting managers/ players out at the first sign of unease. No wonder we have a pretty terrible team haha give sarri an jorginio more time.