2017/18 EFL Cup
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What a performance by Bristol. You have to feel for them, that performance over 2 legs probably is enough to get them over the line against most teams but they had to run into City in the semis.
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No Fab, Morata or Batman. Cahill, Courtois and Drinkwater still under a cloud. Going to need to play well to win.
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Iwobi should’ve done so much better there. Fluffed it.
He has played mostly well, he just has no final product.
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Lovely to be in another cup final, even if the season is a shitstorm having that excitement of watching one game to win a trophy is always a good experience and continue our good run against Chelsea since Mou left.
Thought Chelsea edged the first half, but the second we were by far the better team. Got our fair share of luck with both goals but overall think we deserved the win. Wilshere and Ozil were fantastic yet again, and Iwobi had one of his better games although excited for Mhki to take his spot in the lineup.
Thought Chelsea edged the first half, but the second we were by far the better team. Got our fair share of luck with both goals but overall think we deserved the win. Wilshere and Ozil were fantastic yet again, and Iwobi had one of his better games although excited for Mhki to take his spot in the lineup.
Is able to get away with countless fouls without getting carded for some reason, the sustained fouling rule doesn't seem to apply to him.
Yep, he hit it straight at the keeper. Either side and surely he scores.
Wenger has quite an amazing record against Conte somehow.
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Positives:
- Barkley I thought did quite well for his first game, yes game no exhibition matches nothing in a year
- Bakayoko wasn't terrible
Negatives:
- Need reinforcements at LWB desperately. Alonso can't keep being superman and playing 50 matches a season at wingback
- Willian injured
- No Cesc, Morata, Cahill, etc sigh
- Bats is terrible
- Barkley I thought did quite well for his first game, yes game no exhibition matches nothing in a year
- Bakayoko wasn't terrible
Negatives:
- Need reinforcements at LWB desperately. Alonso can't keep being superman and playing 50 matches a season at wingback
- Willian injured
- No Cesc, Morata, Cahill, etc sigh
- Bats is terrible
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Conte lost us this game. Selections, formation, tactics and substitutions were all wrong. He’s too stubborn to change. He’s also Wenger’s bunny.
Hope we get Brodgers in the summer.
G.X, my boy.
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Conte isn't perfect and has made mistakes
But he is keeping a s**t squad barley together
Just have a look at our average players
Zappa, Rudiger, Pedro, Bats, Drinkwater, Luiz do you want me to keep going
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Conte has been making mistakes the whole season. He has no plan B. He either needs to realise his s**t tactics don’t work and try something different or our trigger happy owner will give him the arse.
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So two plans he has is the 3-5-2 and the 3-4-3
So no plan b hmmm
Anyway he can play the 4-2-4 he did against Watford and we scored 3 in 10
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A ripping narrative for the final. City will privately make it about sanchez and revenge for not acquiring him. Arsenal, winning a trophy on Spurs home pitch would be their christmas.
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Wenger has Contes number.
This 352 football is depressing.
This 352 football is depressing.
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Wow, so he has two formations that he’s done to death with the exact same players playing the exact same role.
His tactics are rubbish. Our defence has been good considering we have to carry Alonso, Moses and Cahill/Rudiger every game, but when we play five in defence we sacrifice a lot going forward.
Our midfield is where it starts to break down. Moses, Kante, Bakayoko and Alonso are our transition players. There’s not an ounce of creativity among them. Azpillicueta has been our most creative player going forward FFS. If he throws Cesc in there Bakayoko has no idea what to do.
Up top we are awful. We rely on Hazard’s individual brilliance or Morata’s head to bail us out of s**t every game. Hazard and Morata are usually isolated and outnumbered in a 3-5-2. In a 3-4-3 we get overran in midfield and have no creativity. Plus whoever plays on that opposite side to Hazard is usually Pedro or Willian who are both awful.
It’s the same s**t every week.
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Yep this is Chelsea's main issue. Willian isn't as bad as you say I think but losing him to injury today left Hazard as your only real threat and made you very easy to defend against.
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He has looked OK lately but that’s what he does. Teases then turns to absolute dross when you need him to fire. The fact we were so dependent on him today shows where we’re at. Conte should’ve tried Musonda.
I would cut off my balls and feed them to starving wolves for that Fekir bloke.
Pedro is definitely not average.
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He has been very poor this season. Definitely the type that needs a run of games to get going but he can’t find the form to warrant it.
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