cannot handled barnsley's pressing
gg la vs mc, liv or teams with good pressing

Beginning of nightmare

Anyone else think tuchel went overboard with the changes? When I saw that zouma and rudi pairing, I thought that was strange. Then kante was in the midfield together with kovacic, you know there were going to be issues with ball progression and playing out from the back. Thought that was obvious in the first half, then when we got the equaliser, you'd think kante's presence is absolutely unnecessary against teams defending for their lives.

Tuchel kept him on, and we looked dire almost to the very end. Strange decision from him, considering he saw how 'ineffective' CHO was, but didn't think the same of kante, especially when we were chasing a winner. To be fair I don't think he expected ziyech to come on and look completely useless so he gets a pass for that, but leaving kante on was inexcusable imo.

Anyway, we go again vs atletico. They just suffered a shocking 0-2 home defeat to levante so there's hope.

Note: have to mention the shocking 3 minutes of injury time, after all those subs and soton players rolling around. Sigh.

center back anyone?
striker i know haaland

Silva out vs A.madrid... GG

Olivier Giroud hasn’t ruled out extending his contract at Chelsea.

Tammy Abraham is not interested in discussing an extension to his contract while the club cast admiring glances at Erling Haaland, it would be prudent to convince Giroud to stay.

- @TheAthleticUK

I dont understand the obsession of selling important first team players every single season

Last season was kante joji if i remember correctly.

needs to understand that transfer windows wont be so kind to us anymore as well

“ Nobody is buying Haaland for £100m this summer, more like £150m and probably £200m with agent fee’s, City are reluctant due to previous problems with FFP, Roman see’s Haaland as Hazard 2.0, he likes him, here’s the money Marina, go get him “

( Matt Law - London is Blue Pod )
“ Other ST options / alternatives? Yes, but Roman is in love with Haaland “

“ If Roman wants to splash cash, he will “

Others news is that Kante isn’t happy being on the bench, Zouma will most likely leave, Chelsea want £40m+.

( Matt Law - London is Blue Pod )

This was what people were saying before atletico as well, maybe we should keep at it
He will. I rate atletico's defence as better than utd's, but the latter's attack is definitely more dangerous. I feel if we score first the back line will be much more composed, and that'll only be a good thing for christensen. Against physical opponents is where he's really exposed, so good thing cavani is out. 

Here's an interesting stat : Werner's combined 13-goal involvements (five goals, eight assists) is higher than Riyad Mahrez (9) and Sadio Mane (11). He's getting there! Expecting a big performance from him vs utd.

I guess tuchel set the team for a point. Really lacking going forward. Miles and miles behind the other contender in attack.

Not happy at all honestly, felt like we should have won. 2 points dropped and not 1 point gained in my eyes. On the bright side we’re much better defensively and Tuchel is still unbeaten.

Our general play is good, but our lack of ability and creativity in the last 25 yards of the pitch is VERY poor, and it has been for some time. It's no wonder Roman wants Haaland so bad.

It's strange because so many fans on reddit were convinced that 3 at the back was never his favoured formation. Now we're on such an amazing run, I won't be surprised if he sticks to it till the end of the season. Defense just looks solid, and I like it. It's also a testament to his ability as a coach, I don't remember PSG playing regularly with 3 at the back, so he's definitely went with this shape based on the ability of our players.

Even more impressive is the fact that frank ditched the formation since the start of the season, so he definitely had to drill his methods into the players from day 1,and we're reaping the rewards.

That creative force was supposed to be havertz right? I wonder how long till he makes his mark on the team. Our midfield tend to play it safe too often, that's a major part of the problem as well.

What I loved about the pool game was that we were hitting it long with more accuracy, and kante (of all people) whom I was annoyed with for the Southampton match for refusing to take any risks with his passing, was the catalyst for Mount's winning goal. It's amazing how one simple long crossfield pass lead to pool's defence being breached, as delaying it for a few more seconds probably means the shot's blocked and we end up with a corner. 

You could see kante tried it a few more times with mixed results but the most important thing is at least he's attempting the quick forward pass. Jorginho's was a beauty too, and I believe werner's goal should've counted. Now I'm just concerned about tammy's future, but I trust tuchel will give him more chances. Love our unbeaten run so far and that mental block finally being overcome vs big teams is a huge, huge, boost.