Men's Soccer (Football) Thread Soccer • Page 403

Haaland doing Haaland things.

 

91 goals in 100 appearances. Absolute unit of a goalscorer.

 

Chelsea’s defence is really fucking bad. City have looked like they can score a half dozen times today already

 

Can't tell offside by that angle at all.

 

Still no shirt sponsor for Chelsea?

 

Jackson's IQ isn't too high, is it?

 

Which is worse… Ederson coughing up balls like that or Jackson wandering offside absentmindedly on a rebound chance?

 

Absolute disasterclass from Ederson, saved by the offside flag

 

I know they feel like they don’t need to but I’m not sure how they just let Ederson have that starting job.

 

Taken at Angers v Lens today.

 

My assumption/prediction is Pep will have a short leash with him and that Ortega is going to play more minutes than he did last season.

 

Lavia going to get a lot of plaudits for his on ball work today, but he's been pretty bad defensively. Really do not think this Chelsea midfield works.

 

Chelsea shirt looks crispy without a sponsor

 

Looking better

 

Simply, it’s because of what he can do with the ball at his feet.

If Ederson left or became the #2 it would completely change how City play. It’s another reason they were sticking by their value of him when Saudi came calling.

 

Sanchez looks like a flamin hot cheeto in that kit

 

Colwill what are you doing

 

You could see that goal coming a mile off. Awful defending. They practically waved him through.

 

Atrocious defensive effort.

 

You know what will fix this?

Joao Felix.

 

Adama Doku. Jeremy Traore.

 

Enzo is a problem for Chelsea. 120m and he just doesn’t suit them. I actually don’t think any of their midfielders suit each other. All three good players but they aren’t very good as pairs or even a 3. Not enough positional discipline or attacking threat. 2 of the 3 (Lavia and Enzo) have no recovery speed so they’re not great defending the transition. Enzo and Caicedo are prone to falling asleep, as can be seen for the second goal. I just yeah for €300m you’d expect to build a unit, Chelsea bought 3 good players with absolutely no thought out into how they’re going to play together.

and then (!!) they’ve signed 3 or 4 players who work best in the 10 role so they would have to drop one of the aforementioned 3 to fit them in. So they then go out and buy Felix. Bizarre bizarre bizarre

 

I see Conte got off to a flyer with Napoli, a 3-0 defeat to Verona.

 

This is probably happening