25 Oct 2025 15:29:50
We score then go back to playing boring slow football for me we score early go for the kill it was in sight, but no back to passing it round back and there now back in the game hate the style of football. We score and sit back does my head in.
25 Oct 2025 16:37:07
I said it a couple of times last season, Nib – Maresca doesn't appreciate the value of momentum. It was a noticeable difference in the performance against PSG in the CWC final – we were allowed to play when up.
25 Oct 2025 20:26:31
Have read on many occasions around the young age of the team and it is one which EM also brings up a wee but too much for my liking in post match interviews. That said, this Chelsea team at home certainly do not play with any extended youthful exuberance. Indeed if anything they play with the hand brake on, particularly after scoring. EM seems determined to try and win games by scoring then controlling (smothering) the play. That takes supreme concentration and bags (& I mean bags) of experience.
Chelsea have lost so many home games V what are regarded as middling stuffy well coached teams. How many times at SB over the past few seasons have Chelsea scored, the fans jump up, cheer it, love it, then sit back down and think “now what”? Stick or twist? The opponent knows it and they also know if they keep shape are athletic and get stuck in they’ll get a chance if not two. This stick or twist stuff feeds into the “lack of identity” narrative (which to an extent I agree with) which is doing the rounds.
25 Oct 2025 21:20:02
London, I’ve mentioned several times before today that I do not buy into this “young” squad excuse. Nearly all our players are internationals.
I’m not sure I want my team to have an “identity” but I think I want my club to have one and to be fair since RA took on the ownership of the club I believe that to be the case.
I don’t want us to have one style of playing. I was critical last season with our lack of tactical flexibility. I want us to change players, shape and tactics depending on our opponent.