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Chelsea v Everton (PL) Sat 18th Mar 2023 17:30 GMT

TimesUpPotter said:
Do you have a job? Any friends?  Hobbies? Anything?

I often wonder why this forum has such little activity and so few posters given the size of club we are and then I see some of the older posters and it's pretty clear why.

The fact I haven't used this forum in 10 days or so yet you've managed to tag me in a post or comment about me almost every single day in that time is extremely concerning calling me other names or just generally name dropping me in multiple threads.

If you were a kid on social media posting about a celebrity every day it would be a little weird but you'd grow out of it, when you're an old man obsessing over a random user on an anonymous football forum we're probably at the stage someone needs to take a look at @just's hardrive.  Weird dude.
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Ah, com'on. Lighten up TimesUp. If you can't laugh at yourself what's the point? Besides it gives me something to do.

Probably a good job we didn't get 4 victories in a row. That would have really dented the player's confidence eh?

 
The Rising Sun said:
Are we still confident about going through in the CL ?
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The only thing I am confident about is the prediction I have made throughout this Season. 10th - 12th. I see no reason to change from that.

This is not an elite manager nor is it someone on the way to becoming an elite manager.  Potter vs Ancelotti....please!

 
The Rising Sun said:
Are we still confident about going through in the CL ?
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Well - you can count me along the relatively less pessimistic, but I was never confident about going through against Real and I don’t think we will. The optimism regarding this fixture pre and post announcement seemed misplaced. Not least because Carlo is one wily operator. Right now, I don’t think we’re better than CL QF. Would of course love it if we do get through. But I’d see it as punching above our current weight.

 
TimesUpPotter said:
Do you have a job? Any friends?  Hobbies? Anything?

I often wonder why this forum has such little activity and so few posters given the size of club we are and then I see some of the older posters and it's pretty clear why.

The fact I haven't used this forum in 10 days or so yet you've managed to tag me in a post or comment about me almost every single day in that time is extremely concerning calling me other names or just generally name dropping me in multiple threads.

If you were a kid on social media posting about a celebrity every day it would be a little weird but you'd grow out of it, when you're an old man obsessing over a random user on an anonymous football forum we're probably at the stage someone needs to take a look at @just's hardrive.  Weird dude.
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Interesting that you were away for 10 days or so when we had a wee run going of 3 wins. Yet suddenly appear when we have a poor draw. Agenda or what. Certainly not a Chelsea supporter.

 
The Brit said:
While it didn’t help, I didn’t get the impression chelsea ever looked comfy when Everton crossed the halfway line. Their physicality was too much for our ‘nice’ guys. Good job they were so negative for long periods. 
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Not sure how it’s happened but we’ve turned into Arsenal, small technical players with no incision, lack of physical players and no leaders…(when Kepa is vice captain you know we have problems ) and Arsenal are turning into us. 

 
CFCCAN said:
Why....just replay one of the other games...will be the same drivel...the lads gave it all, Everton defended well, we didn't, it was disappointing, good team chemistry, thought we controlled the game, Everton are a top side, hard to beat and break down,
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wow spot on lol

 
these were such bad inebt subs, i cant support potter anymore .we lost game on subs . theres no fog here , thats down to him . boehly hes got to go.

 
The Rising Sun said:
If he could coach players not to make individual mistakes we would be much better for sure.

Is that even possible?
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I don't think either goal was necessarily down to individual errors though. The corner certainly wasn't, that was clearly a training ground routine. Haven't gone zonal all season, but we suddenly do it when things were improving in the set piece department? I don't understand that change at all.

The late goal came from the constant tactical changes. We know Koulibaly cannot stand up against players in a 1v1 anymore, this is why he has the 2 cb's next to him, but Potter took one of them off and exposed Koulibaly right at the end. 

That is more of a tactical error than a player error. It's not a good look for Koulibaly, but we have known of this weakness since the start of the season and adjusted our game to protect him, Potter threw it all out of the window right at the end.

 
Dean said:
While I share the disappointment and don’t disagree with the criticism being levelled at Potter, I still think the overall trend is ⬆️, with or without Potter. Trying to look at things as coldly as I can, if this is on Potter (and I agree it probably is), is that a bad thing? we’re improving despite today’s result, I think. If that improvement is despite, rather than because of Potter, the implications are pretty good. It would be much worse, and much harder to solve, if the players were all duds.
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We've definitely improved over the last few games but it just gets frustrating when our momentum gets undone by silly mistakes from the manager and a couple of players. Hopefully, they both learn from this. 

 
The Rising Sun said:
If he could coach players not to make individual mistakes we would be much better for sure.

Is that even possible?
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No, but a quality coach has an overall, structure so that any individual error gets covered by others around. It comes from structure and familiarity and trust of the players in each other.

Here of course we have somebody constantly putting us into a nose dive with his dreadful game management 

 
WhiteWall said:
No, but a quality coach has an overall, structure so that any individual error gets covered by others around. It comes from structure and familiarity and trust of the players in each other.

Here of course we have somebody constantly putting us into a nose dive with his dreadful game management 
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Yet some still cannot see it. Everyone makes mistakes. Sadly Potter has no credit in the bank except for the fanboys who just see an English coach or something. Honestly, I cannot even guess what it is if it's not the fact he is english.

 
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