Chelsea Banter Archive December 29 2019

29 Dec 2019 20:33:19
Said we'd be better away at Arsenal and thankfully it turned out to be the case. Frank deserves massive credit, liked the line up and formation but it clearly wasn't working and changing it quickly was the right thing to do.

I do like how adaptive he is, if something isn't working he'll change it, sometimes it won't and hasn't worked but sometimes it will and has but having a manager who isn't stubborn nor afraid to switch it up is a big positive. Jorginho brought balance and composure with the ball which we desperately needed so fair play, yes fortunate not to get sent off but there was decisions that didn't go either way today.

Big shout out to Lamptey too, it seems like with the way we want to play our academy boys are more suited to the system. Wouldn't be against having Reece and Lampety as our RB's and Azpi and Emerson as our LB's. And then in a season or two Maatsen can take one of the places at LB. Got a little bit of breathing space and hopefully we can find some consistency now.
KTBFFH

29 Dec 2019 23:34:43
Don’t think Emerson is it mate. I like the idea of Azpi here for experience but I’d prefer a Telles or Grimaldo here as first choice instead of Emerson.

29 Dec 2019 19:26:38
Will united move to Werner now Haalands joined Dortmund, or do they have options, hoping chelsea make him a priority,

29 Dec 2019 19:59:55
Ed002 has stated Utd have no interest in TW.

29 Dec 2019 20:17:41
Timo Werner (S) RBL know of the interest of Chelsea who consider TW as a suitable replacement for Giroud. Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United remain keen - but this could change quickly depending on other targets clubs have - for example if MU were able to sign Haaland then interest in TW would go - equally if other clubs were not able to sign their targets, interest in TW might increase

Ed wrote this some days ago on this page - don't know if he's written otherwise on any other pages, but they've certainly had interest as of very recently.

{Ed002's Note - Manchester United settled on Haaland and interest in a Striker in January has likely gone now.}

29 Dec 2019 20:29:05
I'd love for us to get Werner next month. He could form a devastating partnership with Tammy up top. If we're looking for a Pedro replacement, he should top the list.

However, it's been widely reported that Werner wants Bayern Munich only. So if that's true, it'd be very hard to get him.

{Ed0666's Note - I hope you don’t get him he’s a dangerous player and would him to go to a rival.

29 Dec 2019 20:29:18
I would be very very disappointed if we didn’t get him,

29 Dec 2019 21:19:27
We're not going to get him in January. You're getting very excited.

29 Dec 2019 21:25:41
Well I stand corrected then - really interesting to hear!
Haven't seen much of Werner, is he actually a good winger as well as a top class striker? Or would we be better off either trying to use him together with Tammy up front or alone up top leading to Abraham becoming second choice?
I honestly think it would be a bit harsh on Abraham if we would make him second choice, and I cannot see why Werner would leave to not be first choice.

29 Dec 2019 23:14:34
He is a young German striker, his pretty much a young Jamie vardy, Very similar, can play as a wide forward,

30 Dec 2019 07:09:33
Something between a striker and a winger. He shouldn't be playing striker for a team when there's no space in behind the defensive line. In such cases it'd be better for him to play in a striking partnership or coming from the wing.

He's an excellent goalscorer, with great finishing and intelligent running. He doesn't need the ball at his feet to be effective, which would be refreshing in our squad in my opinion. He's very good at moving without the ball, and that's something we're perhaps missing in our squad.

29 Dec 2019 19:02:49
I'm pretty sure the authorities will NOT change the VAR rules mid season but this nonsense has to stop.

IMO It's becoming a joke!

29 Dec 2019 19:59:11
Tom I couldn't agree more mate. These offside decisions are sucking the life out of football. This week has been so poor. Can't believe the decisions.

29 Dec 2019 20:25:55
Yeah I completely agree. I understand why the have to show consistency with these decisions, but frankly it's killing the game. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the off-side rule is there to prevent attacking players getting an unfair advantage on the defenders, and in most of these cases this week the few millimeters they have been offside, did not give them any advantage whatsoever and would not have impacted the match differently, which is why I think it's frankly ridiculous to call it. Seems like Liverpool once again got lucky with VAR.

{Ed0666's Note - Rules is rules mate. The wolves player was off so it’s an illegal goal and rightly was chalked off. Everyone and his dog was clamoring for VAR now we have it and finally it’s becoming semi-consistent everyone’s up in arms about it.

29 Dec 2019 20:46:54
I like the term “semi-consistent” it just about sums it up!

Anyway I don’t care about the right and wrong of the decisions but more about how seems to drain away the atmosphere/ energy from a game. If that makes sense.

29 Dec 2019 22:27:44
Correct me if I'm wrong, but VAR was brought in to clear-up "clear and obvious errors". If an attacker is 0.6mm offside, this is hardly clear and obvious. Just go back to the benefit of the doubt being given to the attacking side.

29 Dec 2019 15:49:54
Dortmund get Haaland, not good for us in our pursuit of Werner, United wk
Want him even more so, a bad day getting worse,

29 Dec 2019 16:13:34
Why is it a bad day Matt?

29 Dec 2019 16:50:46
Maybe Matt, they are spending the Sancho money already.

29 Dec 2019 19:24:32
Maybe, we just need some proven class to add to what we have and that’ll take us to next level, sancho Demiral Werner havertz Fernandes ( maybe ) are the Caliber we should be after,

29 Dec 2019 19:31:26
Ed said that we are interested in Werner but so are other teams, Manchester United being one but there main target is Haaland . If they don’t get him there focus would possibly move to Werner.

Lampard always talks about wanting players to run behind, Werner is that man, willing runner, hard worker, goalscorer, lighting fast, so much like vardy, can play wider, in a two or on his own; would be my number one target mate, getting my hopes up to be honest;

29 Dec 2019 15:01:04
Woeful performance so far in that first half. Lethargic, no intensity and our passing has been horrendous again, especially those cross field balls from the CB's.

We all love Frank and want him to succeed, but we can't keep changing system half way through the first half. There's no consistency and our defense are just being shuffled around constantly. I'm not saying we shouldn't have changed system in that first half as clearly it was needed, but we just have to find a system and stick to it.

We at least got a foot hold into the game at the end of the first half, here's hoping we can see a much better second half performance.

C'mon Chelsea!

29 Dec 2019 16:20:42
It's a shame that Frank didn't get his tactics right and that we had to change systems that early. I feel sorry for Emerson, but boy did he not have the nicest attitude going off - not that I blame him there, he is after all human.
But I love that we've now got a boss with the balls to change when stuff isn't working. His proactivity today and a big pinch of luck got us the victory!