Chelsea Banter

22 Jan 2025 07:39:09
{Ed's Note - Shappy has posted a new article entitled, Football Pundits Spout Rubbish?

21 Jan 2025 20:53:07
For those interested there is a reasonably balanced assessment on Sanchez by Sky today. It's worth looking checking out.

22 Jan 2025 09:52:16
Tom

We can see for ourselves what a liability Sanchez is.

22 Jan 2025 10:19:16
Bill, I would have given Jorgensen a run in the team along time ago but it’s never a bad idea to listen to alternate views.

22 Jan 2025 13:18:41
I would agree with you Tom if it weren't for the fact Sanchez makes error after error almost every game.

Yes he haa made good saves but how many errors led to those saves in the first place.

21 Jan 2025 12:00:54
Few things, Adrian Durham of talk sport said something that I think was spot on at half time
" we've seen both Chelsea's today, the one keeping up with Liverpool playing great football and the one who are going to miss out of champions league football a half of two teams "

And also how pleased we all are for trev, all us fans knew he was better than disasi and badishile so it's good to have him back, now they need to swallow what's left of there pride and get Petrovic back for Sanchez because he doesn't help the nerves of this team.

21 Jan 2025 14:25:06
Matt, we got outplayed by Bournemouth at there place and we were bang average at Ipswich but generally we have performed well.

We do have passive periods in games and our game management has occasionally been poor. We also have periods in games when we look like the best team in the premiership. We are 4th in the league and most fans would have been happy with league position at the start of the season.

I have an opinion about Mr Durham that I will keep to myself.

20 Jan 2025 19:22:55
Sadly family circumstances have meant a last minute change of plan and I'm not at the bridge tonight.

Can't say I'm over enthusiastic about the team selection tonight but I assume injuries have forced the manager to make some changes.

Anyway, COME on MY MIGHTY BLUES.

20 Jan 2025 21:00:29
Sanchez it hasn’t just keeps starting him another goal given away how many more am not being funny but if he keeps picking Janet up top and him in net I hope the pressure starts on manager he’s bringing it on himself.

20 Jan 2025 21:01:45
Sorry you won't be there Tom . its half time and looks as though CFC are missing you. but given last fifteen minutes or so might be another good game to miss. After yet another bright start things fall apart again. Sanchez gives another goal away by not lunching the ball out. and did yet anothe sloppy pass out a bit earlier - but Wolves had gained control. Yet again we look to have nomplan B. Does EM have the tactical ability to do so? We will see in second half soon wnough but haven't seen any sense of tactical awareness or game management for many a game now. We look decidedly mid table mediocrity at times.

20 Jan 2025 21:09:26
looks like your not missing much Tom same rubbish different week😅.

20 Jan 2025 21:31:44
Thankfully we seem to be after finding a new life second half these last few weeks have been a tough watch up the blues.

20 Jan 2025 22:08:12
I suppose we will have to ask the question what did EM said to the team at half time? 😬

We had a poor 20 mins when we became far too passive. Other than that a pretty routine win.

20 Jan 2025 22:08:55
Can I say that on TV our fans were very quiet.

20 Jan 2025 22:16:47
Nib, what pressure?

20 Jan 2025 22:28:16
Yes good turnaround second half with Cucurella and TC and Caicedo all having good games. Neto and Sanchez not so good.

20 Jan 2025 22:40:00
A good and much needed win and thankfully we did not collapse in the second half.

Surely at some point, Sanchez has to be dropped and still no goal again from Jackson.

20 Jan 2025 23:12:55
I have no problem saying that I rate Jackson but he didn't have good game tonight. He is lacking confidence but that can come back quickly with a goal or two!

20 Jan 2025 23:53:45
what ever he said at half time it worked anyway tom b.

21 Jan 2025 07:33:12
Poch, we haven’t got a clue what gets said from game to game at half time.

Generally throughout last season we came out for the second half looking like we had taken sleeping tablets but that observation gets forgotten if we win. When we were winning this season as far as I can remember no poster mentioned half time team talks. At the end of the day it’s results that makes us fans react.

We got the result we wanted yesterday but it wasn’t a massively impressive performance. We have played a lot better this season and dropped points.

21 Jan 2025 08:38:28
Sanchez, is an absolute liability. De Zebri saw it we see it yet EM doesn’t: is he defending him out of stubbornness? What makes it worse is that the coach and SDs let our best keeper go out on loan. Incidentally, Petrovic has the best stats for accurate passes in Ligue 1.

21 Jan 2025 09:23:25
Sanchez has made some good saves this season not least in away game at Bournemouth but he is liability in the so many mistakes he makes that lead to goals. NOt acceptable and apart from his flapping erro last night there was another moment when he had plenty of time on the ball and space to play it into and sent it looping straight to a Wolves player.

Petrovic had done well last season and should surely have started as our number 1 this season. And TC our best defender - after Silva's retirement - also sent out on loan. CG not thought worth giving a better contract though Lavia injury record immensely worrying, seems Casadei not trusted to fill that role, and KDH though had a good game last night surely not as good as CG in turnovers and goal threat and ground covered.

Has antone had an update on Lavia's latest injury and Enzo's injury? Would hugely hope that they could both be fit for crucial City away game though Cucurella did a great job yesterday in coverfing much of the pitch and yes KDH was energetic and tidy and could grow in confidence and creativity perhaps

Some quite a few unforced errors made last transfer window including not brining in either a worlds sttriker - admittedly not that easy to obtain of course - or at least a support striker who could be trusted to make an impact off bench if not a starter and get more minutes than Guiu.

Biggest sucess was perhaps Sancho on loan though Neto has had some ghood moments and Tosin beginning to settle in. Jorgensen not given much of a chance in first team.

21 Jan 2025 10:36:35
Agree with the above stats on Petrovic a better keeper than Sanchez.

I am generally a big Jackson fan but going through an iffy patch I would possibly give him a rest for the weekend but he does work so hard.

21 Jan 2025 10:54:34
We all use stats that support our argument, I know I do.

This may be misunderstood a conversation I had with a fellow season ticket holder who told me that Sanchez had the best save stats in the premiership whatever that is.

21 Jan 2025 13:21:53
Every man and his dog, apart from Maresca, can see that Sanchez is a total liability
It's little wonder our defence has been nervous and has hardly kept a clean sheet all season.

21 Jan 2025 14:16:28
Let me mark it clear that I would rest Sanchez and play Jorgenson for a few games.

So many so called goalkeeping keeping experts moaned that Petrovic didn’t have the goalkeeping “profile” needed for a Chelsea keeper having been playing his football in a less competitive league.

The best place for Petrovic for the remainder of this season is Strasbourg.

The club can evaluate our Keeper issues at the end of the season.

21 Jan 2025 14:28:56
Bill, EM’s half time team talk has worked for the vast majority of games this season.

I repeat I would haven’t a clue what he says at half time but no supporters would bring it up as a subject if we win the game.

21 Jan 2025 18:41:49
Sanchez is high up on save stats but frankly they are meaningless as they can’t distinguish between top saves and ones which any keeper should make. Incidentally, the bottom two keepers are Alison and Ederson for the least amount of saves: who would you prefer?

21 Jan 2025 19:12:43
Jimbo exactly, stats are often used to support an argument point of view. In the same way the Petrovic passing stat is useless unless you know the context of the passes.

The same guy who mentioned the stat for Sanchez to be fair touched on a similar point that you are making. He said that Onana had made less mistakes that led to a goal being conceded than Sanchez and has he said who on earth would want Onana as there keeper.

22 Jan 2025 08:32:39
I agree that stats alone are not that useful for keepers but the errors leading to goals is a solid one: Sanchez is second worst and, of course, that doesn’t include the ones he got away with. I prefer the eye test which he fails miserably. There is a photo of Trev looking daggers at Sanchez after the blunder which says it all.

22 Jan 2025 10:29:32
Jimbo, the whole team should have been looking daggers at Sanchez in the same way they should look at any player who makes a costly mistake.

In this thread I didn’t bring up the use of stats. I was just pointing out how they don’t tell the whole story about a players performance.

The one that makes me laugh is the passes completed stat. If I remember correctly the top players on that list are VVD and Colwill.

19 Jan 2025 21:52:22
Is there anything more frustrating or a red herring then " ac Milan want or jive are keen on " these Italian clubs want loans until the fee or contracts so low they can afford to pay, they don't have money, they'll charge Chelsea and other teams ridiculous fee's then come knocking a player on loan with an option for 2/ 3 years.

20 Jan 2025 08:22:40
I have been saying this for sometime now, it's called the Italian begging bowl.

Yet if we want a player it's always top Euro.

To be honest, our SD"s fall for it all of the time.

I think that we should have an Italian charity registration number posted on our doors outside SB.

19 Jan 2025 12:54:56
Surely if every chelsea fan in the world can see how weak are in midfield and need a defensive or box to box style player to help out the sporting directors and maresca can see it? no?

Recall santos for god sake hed walk into the current team even caicedo is starting to look like he's been run into the ground.

19 Jan 2025 14:03:33
Fernandez is playing the beat he has played for our club and Caicedo is just different gravy!

In my opinion Lavia will become a Chelsea Legend. If some players are released in this window then I think Santos should be recalled.

19 Jan 2025 16:28:39
Think it's an experienced attitude we are missing the Midfield are all top players maybe the blend is not quite right.

Could be a Spurs or Man Utd fan those two teams look way off it.

19 Jan 2025 20:52:13
true seymns just so frustrating as things were going so well and we just completely fell off a cliff, the squad looks totally imbalanced and we have 2 many important players injury and no back for the likes of jackson for when he's not firing or when teams sit deep, I think jackson is better our wide on the left the bits iv seen he's so dangerous carrying the ball and outatanding at breaking from deep just not clinical im not sure he ever will be.