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20 Jan 2021 11:04:57
Ok - let me try a bit of objectivity this morning after my subjectivity of last night's pain.

Yes, the performance was bad - a complete lack of any creativity and a possession game that makes Sarri's teams look quick and exciting.

However, it is small margins: we were 1 inch short of getting a penalty just before we gave them a second goal. At 1-1 and with us on top and a bit more confident: who knows? As soon as they scored their 2nd, it allowed them to drop deeper and hit us on the break.

And we gave them both goals; Frank can be criticised but he can't be blamed for experienced players turning off and not doing their basic jobs.

Frank needs to decide upon a system and stick with it - I would follow the Jose method of playing deep and hitting teams with 4 fast moving forwards. Jose won the PL using this system: a rapid exchange from defensive to attack with Hazard / Costa / Willian / Oscar - and he is replicating it at Spurs.

And Frank needs to choose his best team and stick with it, only changing it to tweak it from game to game.

I really want Frank to succeed - but he has to adapt cos it ain't working.

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20 Jan 2021 11:20:58
Don’t rely on 1 inch decisions. One of the worst things I ever heard.

20 Jan 2021 11:31:09
I agree MDW, but our performance and lack of intensity/ desire is the most important thing to consider. Some of the blame is on Lamps and some more on the players.

I totally agree with the 2nd part. He needs to adapt like he did last year and he needs to stick to a group of players and rotate only when necessary.
Havertz, Werner, Mason, Hakim Ziyech, Pulisic. This should be our attacking group. All of them are fast and can change positions mid game. Give them freedom and let them play direct football.

20 Jan 2021 11:54:10
Doesn't matter if it was an inch or a mile, it wasn't a penalty.

That effort and desire to close the ball down for the first goal, and go with the runner for the second has to be installed into players. Like James Maddison indicated in his post match interview, if you don't do those things for Rodgers, you don't play for Rodgers. Can the Chelsea players say the same about Lampard?

Lampard can complain about a lack of effort from players but it has to be installed by the coaching staff. The players have to buy fully into what's being coached, and be willing to run over glass for the coaching team. It's very concerning that, after a season and a half, Mount appears to be the only one with that willingness and, to be honest, I think that's just something which is in him no matter who the coach is.

Unfortunately Lampard has stuck to a system, one that it's abundantly clear isn't working. It doesn't suit our midfielders, it doesn't suit our attackers and it leaves our defence woefully exposed. But, he continues to stick with it and he continues to be out coached by most EPL coaches.

I want Lampard to succeed too, last night's performance just left me with the belief that he can't succeed.

20 Jan 2021 12:04:40
Yeah but if albrighton wasn’t few inches back he’d of been on side, if Justin headed ball few inches to the right he scored a free header, if Maddison’s free shot from outside box few inches lower it goes in rather than hit bar, we’re clutching at straws and you’ve done very well to find any sort of positive, but the positive is we know categorically that 433 isn’t working,

{Ed025's Note - for me matt (as an outsider) you are lacking that killer touch, its all very pretty but you need a diego costa or drogba mate, its all huff and puff but nobody to blow the house down..

20 Jan 2021 15:18:41
Completely agree, we have no Ars****s in the team who will show that grit and fight, we’re to soft, I swear to god Costa enjoyed fighting with defenders as much as scoring, he needed them to give it to him and fire him up. We need to add some steel,

20 Jan 2021 13:18:14
Haaland ed? We can but dream.

{Ed025's Note - hes a good player j and certainly knows where the net is, myself i was thinking someone more robust, maybe calvert lewin or break the bank for harry kane mate or someone of that ilk..

20 Jan 2021 13:51:07
I agree ed025. Jaime Redkanpp also said that we are soft. No aggression what so ever in any area.

{Ed025's Note - its painful to watch at the moment ashk, i feel sorry for frank but he needs help mate or has to go im afraid..

20 Jan 2021 17:16:55
The cavalry are coming!





 

 

 
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