23 Aug 2015 23:00:04
First chance I had to watch today's game was on MOTD tonight.
Obviously Pedro looked good, great debut with the goal and the assist - if he continues to put balls into the box like the one for Costa's goal then the later will thrive. I thought Costa looked extremely lively, defo seemed to be his best performance of the season so far. Willian looked good too, it was a lovely pass for Pedro that lead to Costa's goal.
Now the bad, Ivanovic again seemed to be targeted and was pulled all over the place for both of West Brom's goals. If he continues to be picked his lack of pace will continue to be targeted. Rahman can't be far away from the starting lineup.
Most important thing today was the win, the three points. let's hope we push on from here.
24 Aug 2015 00:12:12
Did you not think the assist was a scuffed shot, J?
24 Aug 2015 00:51:08
I think it was a ball powered towards the back post, maybe going for the goal but he put the ball into the right area; which is something we haven't done up to now this season.
24 Aug 2015 09:50:20
Definitely a shot lol, matic switched off for the first goal which was a bit of a concern given how heavily we rely on him
24 Aug 2015 10:04:56
Haha come on it was a poor shot that happened to fall right to Costa. I remember our fans trying to claim a few of Di Maria's assists as great balls when they were clearly shots - Everton game springs to mind.
24 Aug 2015 11:22:40
That's why you shoot towards the back post and across the face of the goal, for that exact reason, screw your shot and the ball will still go into a dangerous area across the face of the goal. Chelsea's offensive problems this season have been based around failure to put the ball into dangerous areas. Shot (yes definitely a shot) or cross it put the ball into a dangerous area and resulted in a goal.
24 Aug 2015 12:14:32
So he intentionally shot towards the back post so that if he were to miss somebody else can put it in? Pull the other one. He had a good game, leave it at that.
24 Aug 2015 14:51:35
You teach footballers to strike across the keeper for that exact reason! It's pretty basic football coaching, go over your local park and you'll see it being thought - maybe learn something!
25 Aug 2015 09:34:38
No, you teach footballers to strike across the keeper because if you fire at the near post you significantly reduce your target, it is pretty simple to understand. Take of the Blue specs for a sec and just accept it, he scuffed his shot and luckily it landed at your strikers feet. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a homer bud we all do it.