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Chelsea v Brighton (PL) Sun 3rd December 2023 14:00 GMT

This game was very different to the Chelsea we have seen so far this season. We were scruffy and physical in grinding out the win. How the game was going in the first half, I actually felt we could still win this after going down to 10. 
 

A backline of 4 centrebacks today might have something to do about it. Scored two corners and hardly conceded any big chances. Reminded me of games back in the day where we maybe weren’t at our best but still managed to get a scruffy win.

 
RDZ said after the game that had the left with a point they would have been disappointed, so you can imagine how they felt with 0 points. That they were the better said, better than their last 2 games that they won, and should have won, and deserved to win.

 
Simple analysis :

Offense:

- Our offense was back to post chuku, pre Palmer era. No connector means the offense feel very disjointed. 

- Sterling was back to lazy Sterling which is a very big worry. 

Defense:

- Defensively, we conceded almost nothing playing 10 man which impressive. 

- You can't concede near post against corner. This is Drogba territory. 

 
axman2526 said:
RDZ said after the game that had the left with a point they would have been disappointed, so you can imagine how they felt with 0 points. That they were the better said, better than their last 2 games that they won, and should have won, and deserved to win.
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Good for him 👍👍


 
Is amazing some ex players are complaining about our penalty.

I am very unbiased when it comes to assessing our team, some would say far too critical, and when I saw this in real time I immediately thought stonewall pen, and the replays only confirmed it.

Milner is not trying to foul Mudryk, he tries to defend well, use his upper body to force Mudryk wider to allow the keeper to get the ball. 

If he had kept his balance then he would have done fine, in trying to keep up he slips and both his left left and right leg trip Mudryk and Milner gets nothing on the ball.

Is not deliberate, is not a red card for clearing him out. But is a straightforward slip, trip and stonewall pen. How these guys played the game and cannot see that shows they killed too many brain cells heading the ball and drinking it up.

You know who you are you bitter Scottish tw@t.

 
just said:
Luckily the players have more belief and fight than you do fella.

Ten men, we only need ten men!

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Considering how many bookings we are picking up per game, there will be a lot more matches with just 10 men lol.

 
Great reminder of a simple fact in football; finish your chances and you win a game. We scored 3 and played 45 mins with 10 players and still won. We didn't do well in any other statistic in the match. 

 
Bob stark said:
- Sterling was back to lazy Sterling which is a very big worry. 
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I thought Sterling was fine, but the issue is when Mudryk plays on the opposite wing, Sterling has to play a more disciplined game, recycling possession more, and being generally more risk averse. Willian would do the same thing for us to accomodate for Hazard on the other side (not comparing Hazard to Mudryk in terms of ability before anyone jumps on that!).

Obviously once we go down to 10 the whole gameplan goes out the window though.


On Mudryk I thought he had some nice flashes, and did well to win the pen. His positioning and movement still needs a lot of work though. He struggles to find separation, makes selfish runs rather than using his pace to drag defenders out of position, and presses really poorly. If those things arent improved upon I don't think its going to matter how fast or naturally talented he is.

 
Backbiter said:
Yes, the monitor review was because VAR told him to change his decision on the handball. Not that the appalling NBC/Peacock commentators informed us that was happening. Ekoku was scandalously bad today. And the studio pundits (Mustoe and Howard) agreed with his insane take on the Mudryk pen, which was that he hadn't meant to trip him up and shouldn't have been penalised. For three ex-pros to be that ignorant about intent not being part of the foul law is beyond belief.
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Couldn't believe Warnock and Jenas expressing the same view last night on MotD. They both felt the arm across from Milner to impede Mudryk was fine (Reece James got a second yellow last week for briefly touching Gordon's shoulder), and both somehow felt the trip that brought him down was accidental and therefore not a foul. Complete and utter bullsh!t. They didn't address whether he should have had a red for denying him a goal-scoring opportunity without making a genuine attempt to win the ball, which is a sending off offence.

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(Thanks erskblue for the picture).

 
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Sconnie Blue said:
Mate closing down is fundamental defending. Shouldn't be restricted to full-backs. 
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It is, but CBs have a different defensive zone to close down in, with different angles to fullbacks. Colwill has been exposed each time because he has been too far from the touch line and given the winger far too much space to work with. Fullbacks know how to use the touchlines when defending. Colwill plays too centrally when used as a fullback.

 
Backbiter said:
It is, but CBs have a different defensive zone to close down in, with different angles to fullbacks. Colwill has been exposed each time because he has been too far from the touch line and given the winger far too much space to work with. Fullbacks know how to use the touchlines when defending. Colwill plays too centrally when used as a fullback.
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I agree with your point but I disagree that was the scenario yesterday. Colwill simply let the lad cut into his left and let him shoot. Badiashile didn't even try to close him down either. 

It's this level if ignorance that hinders the team atm. 

 
Argo said:
Trying to think of league games Terry scored and if Oscar (2014 onwards) or Lampard did in the same game.

Most recent I can come up with was the 3-5 vs Arsenal so I'll go with that 🤣
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I think that's a decent shout Argo ! 

29th October 2011 ...  AVB was the manager and Lukaku came off the bench in the 72nd minute (the 3rd appearance of his first spell)

 
Backbiter said:
Couldn't believe Warnock and Jenas expressing the same view last night on MotD. They both felt the arm across from Milner to impede Mudryk was fine (Reece James got a second yellow last week for briefly touching Gordon's shoulder), and both somehow felt the trip that brought him down was accidental and therefore not a foul. Complete and utter bullsh!t. They didn't address whether he should have had a red for denying him a goal-scoring opportunity without making a genuine attempt to win the ball, which is a sending off offence.



(Thanks erskblue for the picture).
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First time I watched MoTD in ages last night and the last time for ages. They just talk such absolute sh*te some of the posters on here would be an upgrade on their punditry. 

 
Gonoir Beniashile said:
We've played Arse, Spurs, Man C, Newcastle and now those mugs from the South Coast and got 8 points and scored 14 goals. Compared to last season that's a fantastic improvement. 
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Can't argue with that...shame we threw away points against Forest, Brentford and Bournemouth, teams we should be beating, although I guess if we'd lost against Arsenal, City and Spurs we'd probably be in the same position...just a thought.

 
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