While i applaud his decision to go straight to a translator so his message is loud and clear, it's hard to completely accept his observation that this group is 'extremely difficult to motivate.' Not when a nonchalant alonso keeps making those slow jogs upfield, gets his weak passes intercepted and leaves our CBs for dead when he can't track back. Same goes for willian..he can keep hitting his crosses to the first man,mess up all his one dimensional dribbles, fail to find unmarked teammates for a tap in and yet both of them can be 99% sure of starting the next match. Although to be fair, willian was decent yesterday.

When your coach persists with selecting a player based on mere seniority (let's not pretend this isn't what's going on), he's basically BREEDING this mentality within them. This thinking that 'oh let's just see what i can do,doesn't matter much cos i'll be starting next week anyway. 'The worst part is with alonso it's not a question of mentality anymore,but rather ability. When even sarri himself refuses to change it up with players like emerson and odoi dying to come in, then he's actively making the problem worse.

I'll be generous by not even bringing his golden boy jorginho into the picture,due to the fact that it's his first season in a new league. That being said, the amount of passes he misplaced while being under no pressure vs arsenal was downright embarrassing. Heck pay me fifty, no I'll even settle for 10 thousand pounds a week and i'll do my best impression of a poor regista for cfc.

I don't think most of the fans are asking for wholesale changes to the starting 11,he can just walk the talk by starting with one, either alonso or willian. That's all I'm asking.

The longer he gives a free pass to those two,his job will be on the line in the blink of an eye. While we're at it,he should grow a pair and drop hazard too. Honestly don't remember his last great game for us. I don't buy that 'triple marked so can't do anything' excuse either, not when you're constantly getting caught out with poor 3 yard passes and holding on to the ball for too long. I think the madrid rumours have finally started to affect his game, as much as i hate to admit it.

Let's just hope higuan comes in to bang some goals in ,while we paper over the cracks.

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Jan 20 2019, 01:19 PM

I can't believe how rubbish fulham are. Bloody hell. Couldn't even hold on for 30 seconds. Gap back to 4 with spurs. Dire week for us.

Welcome gonzalooooooo!!

Won't be featured vs spurs,but if we can't overcome one of our biggest london rivals severely depleted side by injury at home, then i think it's safe to say we won't be winning anything this season.

They won't have kane,alli, and son. No excuses really.

Should've been three nil. Sigh hazard took too long,but it's crazy how the ref didn't even bother to call for aldeweireld's reckless challenge there. Ridiculous.

2 great goals, let's add some more in the second half!

Azpi with a perfectly weighted pass to eden and barkley finally showing some sense of adventure! There's still life in these guys and it's great to see.

We sold the wrong striker. Giroud should've been sold, no wonder sarri doesn't trust him,he's absolutely rubbish. Same thing with willian. Can't believe sarri completely ignored CHO. Ridiculous. We should be home and dry, but once again our finishing is absolutely pathetic.

Into the finaaaaallllllllll we goooooo!!

What a save from kepa at the end, and perfect pens from everyone!

Spurs are such hot garbage they can't even get a win with the ref and linesmen on their side!!! Never should've gone to pens, i felt dier had a chance of being sent off for that awful challenge on hazard when he was through.

Tons of chances wasted,especially by giroud. Had that miscued volley. That one v one. That unmarked header. Unbelievable. Morata would finish at least 2 of those, with the type of crosses emerson was putting in. Hazard had a one v one which inexplicably missed the target as well.

Man of the match goes to kante imo. Fantastic goal, and should've had 2 assists. Both messed up by giroud and eden respectively. Had an immense game today,i think he can grow into his new role, eventually.

With you on this one. Sarri has given him some decent minutes this season, comparable to even the much hyped jaden sancho's first professional year with dortmund. Yes he can feel a bit annoyed with a couple of games where he didn't come on earlier but like you said,he's bloody eighteen,playing his FIRST year with the senior squad. He's good but he's no mbappe.

If he can't see the rapid decline of both pedro and willian while feeling confident of genuinely making a claim for a first team spot next season, then that's his loss. Good luck getting ahead of gnabry,coman,and muller. Let's just take the money and reinvest it in other areas. Submitting a transfer request when we're lacking cover in both wing positions is practically betraying the club and his teammates.

Perhaps he could've gotten a bit more minutes, but expecting to immediately replace willian or pedro at this stage of his career is just ridiculous.

Hell yeah finally a decent VAR decision in our favour!!!

Ane now it's our turn to get one woot woot!!!

Hutchinson should be off actually..that's a second yellow. Awfully high challenge on azpi, and now kovacic. Ref really needs to get his head in the game.

Good touch and finish from CHO!

Kecian higuain,can't even get a touch now

Williaaaaannnnnn


Was having such an awful second half. Scores a cracker.

Aarrgghh kovaciiicccccc

Great save but perhaps he should've kept it down? Haizz

Kind of annoyed odoi isn't in the bench as pedro has been really poor.

He kept pointing into the open space but nobody seems capable of playing a proper pass. Haih.

That was offside. King was standing in an offside position when he made the pass. We never get these decisions. But we did bring it unto ourselves with luiz's suicidal giveaway at the halfway line.