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Chelsea 2018/19 - 3rd and European Champions. Sarri, not sorry
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Im going to the Chelsea game tomorrow. Even bought a Chelsea scarf.
I feel a bit dirty.
I feel a bit dirty.
That image is interesting. What about Lewandowski?
191 in the league. Higuain has 30 months and 108 games on him though.
We actually scored 8 more goals than them. Sarri ball ? More like Shiteball.
He had done absolutely nothing except fecking up their midfield and unsettling their second best player with no results to cope for it. Chelsea look hopeless going forward and leaking goals easily at the back.
Can't see him staying beyond this season even irrespective of results because he's up to a clash with Kante on his position with nothing to back him up.
Let's see if he'll go to another meltdown presser now. Chelsea players won't endure another slaughtering in the media and they have no problem driving any manager they don't like out of the club.
He had done absolutely nothing except fecking up their midfield and unsettling their second best player with no results to cope for it. Chelsea look hopeless going forward and leaking goals easily at the back.
Can't see him staying beyond this season even irrespective of results because he's up to a clash with Kante on his position with nothing to back him up.
Let's see if he'll go to another meltdown presser now. Chelsea players won't endure another slaughtering in the media and they have no problem driving any manager they don't like out of the club.
Turns out Morata was the glue holding them together.
Brilliant from bournemouth. Great plays and counter-attacks
Chelsea crumbled no spirit
Chelsea crumbled no spirit
Lots of people wanted Sarri here. I wasn’t convinced and after today I’m sure Chelsea fans are starting to think that too.
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@duffer how long before Guus is back?
Sarri reminds me Del Neri at Porto
When is the League cup final? Hoping they don't feck up that.
Problem is even if we do sack him who do you get in this late into the season.
Doesn’t matter if you have the best striker up top if he gets 0 service and no runs from midfield to support.
Doesn’t matter if you have the best striker up top if he gets 0 service and no runs from midfield to support.
13 goals in 13 games is a horrendous return.
That's not just a misfiring striker, it goes deeper than that.
That's not just a misfiring striker, it goes deeper than that.
Same story of other games this season. Nearly 70% possesion. Lots of square passing without any real creativity against deep defence. V Vulnerable to counter attacks and balls in behind, also lack of motivation I think for this kind of game. Reminds me of late 90s Chelsea teams.
We've produced our best performances this season against teams who have dominated possession against us. Not coincidence me thinks
Sarri got lot of work to do and needs to adapt tactically or won't be around too long.
We've produced our best performances this season against teams who have dominated possession against us. Not coincidence me thinks
Sarri got lot of work to do and needs to adapt tactically or won't be around too long.
They need to bench jorge and put kante back in the #6 role
Higuain is past it and won’t hit a barn door with a banjo with Chelsea playing those tactics haha
Higuain to do no such thing.
William and Pedro don’t contribute. Nobody from midfield scoring much. Onus is solely on Hazard and we know he’s not prolific.
Lots of hype about Kovacic but the guy is a pretty average player.
How was Higuain?
Chelsea's February games
Huddersfield (h)
Man City (a)
Malmo (a)
Manchester United (h)- FA Cup
Malmo (h)
Manchester City- League Cup final
Tottenham (h)
Huddersfield (h)
Man City (a)
Malmo (a)
Manchester United (h)- FA Cup
Malmo (h)
Manchester City- League Cup final
Tottenham (h)
Striker is least of Chelseas issues. There's zero creativity in midfield plus zero width. It's killer combo
Kovacic offers nothing in attack. He is all huff and puff. Chelsea have no sort of creativity from midfield.
Jose?
Good result for us tonight.
Think he'd do really well here, problem is what they need in their midfield is a Pogba, De Bruyne, Isco type who will take on the creative burden. Kovacic is really just a classic central midfielder who helps control games but doesn't provide too much creativity and not much goalscoring threat. With Jorginho also there (not to mention Kante), they have 2 sideways passing midfielders and 1 defensive midfielder. Nobody forcing the issue, nobody making runs forward, nobody to be a goal threat, nobody to create.
I thought before the season that both Kovacic and Jorginho would provide way more creativity on the ball but all they do is keep possession without substance. All the onus on Hazard to create anything (and to put it away, even though he is far from a regular goalscorer).
This surprised me.
No creativity....let fabregas go
They've got a broken midfield for no other reason than Sarri being stubborn. Chelsea is not made for tippy tappy football, and they don't get billions injected into the club anymore to build that team like City.
Basically the new LVG's United.
Zidane will be manager next season
I’ve felt this way for ages. We had some decent strikers under Van Gaal and were still toothless. Not sure how much impact Higuain can really have
I fear for his career really. At that age nobody knows what he's best at, not even he knows it.
He has these moments where he shows some great ball-carrying skills and close control. But they're rather sporadic.
It feels like he's a bit passive with regards to his mentality. It's like he can't find a way to play with more intensity. Needs a mental switch.
LVG levels of shit.
He was pretty brilliant at sitting on Madrid's bench
How on earth did Chelsea manage to get beat 4-0 by Bournemouth?!
Peppa joins and they lose 4-0?
You can talk about coincidences all you like but we all know it's bullshit.
You can talk about coincidences all you like but we all know it's bullshit.