Chelsea vs West Ham United (PL) Sun 5th May 24 14:00GMT

[KonaKai Blue]

If only 90% of our games were as easy as yesterday. Life would be bliss.

 

[ChumpX]

I had an epiphany 40mins in... for the first time this season we actually looked like we were enjoying just playing football. I swear I almost saw Jackson smile at Noni too. Here's hoping the lads are actually starting to play for each other, not their spot in the team.

 

[The Don Antonio]

Our upturn in form has a lot to do with actually playing 4 attackers. We definitely miss something when Gallagher plays further forward.

Its actually not that. The main difference is we have Cucurella playing as an inverted midfielder same way Arteta uses White and pep uses Stones. Our line up is actually 

                                   Petrovic

          Chalobah            Silva      Badashiale

                    Caicedo            Cucurella

Madueke     Palmer        Galllagher             Mudryk

                            Jackson 

so technically we have 5 attacking players 

 

[Sconnie Blue]

Its actually not that. The main difference is we have Cucurella playing as an inverted midfielder same way Arteta uses White and pep uses Stones. Our line up is actually 

                                   Petrovic

          Chalobah            Silva      Badashiale

                    Caicedo            Cucurella

Madueke     Palmer        Galllagher             Mudryk

                            Jackson 

so technically we have 5 attacking players 

The same midfield overload we saw in preseason. 

Kepa​

Gusto Silva Colwill​

Santos Gallagher​

Sterling Carney Maatsen Chilwell​

Nkunku ​

 

[dkw]

The same midfield overload we saw in preseason. 

Kepa​

Gusto Silva Colwill​

Santos Gallagher​

Sterling Carney Maatsen Chilwell​

Nkunku ​

Which looked good, then Nkunku getting injured spooked Poch into never trying it again until now for some reason.

 

[PloKoon13]

Its actually not that. The main difference is we have Cucurella playing as an inverted midfielder same way Arteta uses White and pep uses Stones. Our line up is actually 

                                   Petrovic

          Chalobah            Silva      Badashiale

                    Caicedo            Cucurella

Madueke     Palmer        Galllagher             Mudryk

                            Jackson 

so technically we have 5 attacking players 

 

[The Brit]

Caicedo looks more suited to the Prem than Enzo does in my opinion.

Big fan of Caicedo and his improvement…but when will people realise and recognise Enzo played with an injury for several months?! In first six months he showed lots of classy touches and skill…not saying worth £106m but bemused why he’s being judged by so many on when he was injured and not when he was injury free.

 

[dermott]

Big fan of Caicedo and his improvement…but when will people realise and recognise Enzo played with an injury for several months?! In first six months he showed lots of classy touches and skill…not saying worth £106m but bemused why he’s being judged by so many on when he was injured and not when he was injury free.

You and your common sense. Stop it.

 

[Sconnie Blue]

Much like the "Chelsea have a 1bn valued squad" narrative. 

 

[axman2526]

Extended highlights:

 

[BewareoftheDrog]

When I see or hear this I always wonder, is it as a consequence of the other team setting up in an awkward way that just makes them crap. Secondly even if they were awful, you've still got a duty to do which is score the goals and win the game. The FA doesn't just at the end of the game ending 0-0 say West ham you were awful, Chelsea you were good. That will be 5-0 to Chelsea. 

I take nothing away from Chelsea. They played brilliantly and I loved every minute of it. Given their League position at the time I thought West Ham would've put up more of a fight but there was nothing. Saying that had the "crossbar hattrick" gone in it could've been a different game altogether. My point was that Chelsea seemed to click and that personally I'd stick with that starting group til the end of the season rather than trying to squeeze in players who are coming back from injury and possibly upset the balance.