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[Phenom]

Chelsea bruising that ass tbh...

[BigZ44]

De Gea needs an exorcism, Kepa has inhabited his body

[F l i c k e r]

Finally.

Not gonna celebrate like Man U and Arsenal fans but I couldn't take losing to Man U for the umpteenth time in a single season.

Hopefully Liverpool show up with the Ricky Lambert and Adam Lallana squad they had a few years back. We can use the 3 points.

[Sparked_26]

So glad Reece James is back to normal. Was worried about him. When he's like that he's the ***el in our academy really.

Chelsea were very aggressive. They've been very passive recently and have been bullied by Man U recently. They battered United a bit in more ways than one.

United had an off day too.

Chelsea can't afford to be weak like they have been at West Ham and Sheffield United at Liverpool. They need to go in with that mindset that they can give teams a bit of a kick like today. They always look liable to be bullied otherwise. Little cynical fouls to break momentum.

Chelsea were good because they did the ugly stuff first

[The Ox]

Liverpool have an exception for allowing VIP's into the stadium tomorrow.. wink wink

[BigZ44]

Villa is going to give Watford the slip right at the end here

[F l i c k e r]

Hopefully so. Watford is atrocious. At least Villa tries.

Only Arsenal could beat two top teams and then lose to a relegation scrapper... being an Arsenal fan must be what it’s like to be in a toxic relationship.

[Sparked_26]

Hopefully so. Watford is atrocious. At least Villa tries.

Only Arsenal could beat two top teams and then lose to a relegation scrapper... being an Arsenal fan must be what it’s like to be in a toxic relationship.

Think that is a problem with a variation of a 3 at the back in general. It works well as a counter attacking formation. Harder against a team that sits in themselves. Probably why Frank flits in and out with it despite us probably being a better team with a 3.

The problem is Bournemouth stole a cheap win against us at the Bridge because of it. You're just opening yourself up to a 1 nil loss or a draw against a stubborn team.

[F l i c k e r]

Think that is a problem with a variation of a 3 at the back in general. It works well as a counter attacking formation. Harder against a team that sits in themselves. Probably why Frank flits in and out with it despite us probably being a better team with a 3.

The problem is Bournemouth stole a cheap win against us at the Bridge because of it. You're just opening yourself up to a 1 nil loss or a draw against a stubborn team.

True but the perfect foil to that is having players capable of putting a shot in the net from 20 yards.

Most top clubs are missing that now days.

The only one with a proper threat from that range is Man City with Kevin De Bruyne. He's good for one of those every now and again.

But beyond that, you don't see Arsenal, Chelsea, United, Liverpool, or even Spurs (the one you'd think would shoot form distance) shooting on target from distance.

We all want to walk it into the net. Or in the case of Liverpool, get a 2v1 and square it to Mane or Salah... and Chelsea has shown the world, it doesn't matter if you are tiki-taka perfection, you'll get hard done by against a resolute bus.

[Sparked_26]

Kepa there man. Talking about the 3 ate the back. We got smashed. Albeit could have got a freak draw on another night.

Bless him but hopefully we move heaven and earth to get rid of him. It's the worst Chelsea defence since the premier league inception so like 28 years, lol. He's a big part of that because
He can't catch crosses. He can't save shots. He can't command his defenders. He isn't very good with his feet albeit compared to the rest of his game it is his strength. The only thing he is okay at is rushing off his line. I think pretty much every stat proves he is the worst goalkeeper in Europe.

There comes a point where you can't slag someone off for being bad because HE IS bad.

He needs an arm around him. A nice break. And then try and go back to playing for a mediocre Spanish team with Chelsea paying him like 100k a week for the next 5 seasons

Positive: Pulisic is a future Chelsea legend unless he picks up a bad injury. Has shown Otherworldly ability in the restart but more importantly a massive football brain. Basically came on and played like a little man striker to Tammy's big man. He just somehow knows were to be. I will credit Lamps with helping him and Pulisic just having a natural feel for the game.


Also...

Well done Liverpool. We will challenge you at some stage. Surely we cant cobble together a worse defence ever again