The Official Chelsea Thread [Vol 3]
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Don't agree with creating nothing, we had a fair few proper chances at least one of which would be in the back of the net on a different day (same for LFC tbf). Always sickening to lose on pens, surprised Dave took one of the first 5 but he was what, 4 inches away from it being a perfect pen? Interesting to see Jorghi drop his usual style. C'est la vie. We played well once we weathered the first 20, Alonso was a surprise contender for Chelsea MoM for me, always available & mostly did good stuff with the ball, but pretty much everyone showed up and performed well. Would liked to have seen Werner get a few mins using his pace late on to get at their high line. Diaz was their biggest threat for me all match.
Our 4th pen shootout v Liverpool, and our 4th loss. People drone on about pens being a lottery but of course that's utter b
ks; it's the exact opposite of a lottery. It's 100% a test of nerve and skill.
To lose 4 out of 4 against the same club tells me they're doing something we aren't in the preparation for penalties. Klopp apparently employed a neuroscientist to help the players deal with a penalty shootout. Whatever it is we do to practice and prepare for pens, we need to do more, or do something different
ks; it's the exact opposite of a lottery. It's 100% a test of nerve and skill. To lose 4 out of 4 against the same club tells me they're doing something we aren't in the preparation for penalties. Klopp apparently employed a neuroscientist to help the players deal with a penalty shootout. Whatever it is we do to practice and prepare for pens, we need to do more, or do something different
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Our 4th pen shootout v Liverpool, and our 4th loss. People drone on about pens being a lottery but of course that's utter bks; it's the exact opposite of a lottery. It's 100% a test of nerve and skill.
To lose 4 out of 4 against the same club tells me they're doing something we aren't in the preparation for penalties. Klopp apparently employed a neuroscientist to help the players deal with a penalty shootout. Whatever it is we do to practice and prepare for pens, we need to do more, or do something different
I can't disagree with your point at all.ks; it's the exact opposite of a lottery. It's 100% a test of nerve and skill. To lose 4 out of 4 against the same club tells me they're doing something we aren't in the preparation for penalties. Klopp apparently employed a neuroscientist to help the players deal with a penalty shootout. Whatever it is we do to practice and prepare for pens, we need to do more, or do something different
Its seen through times that some teams can just naiil shootouts one after another.
You can see it in the pause and then run up before it's taken. The saved/missed ones look nervous, do that silly stutter run, look like they're trying to work out which way the GK is going, whereas the good ones just pick a corner and batter it.
Pinkie15 said:
But we create nothing, are so pedestrian, could take corners till the cows come home & not score.
Mind you thought we pretty much shut Lpool down, they didn't create much
Bizarre comments, we hit the woodwork twice and Diaz could have had a hat trick. And Pulisic had a couple of good chances and Alonso hit the postMind you thought we pretty much shut Lpool down, they didn't create much
Game could have been 4-4 but for good keeping.
Edited by Adam. on Monday 16th May 07:19
Adam. said:
Pinkie15 said:
But we create nothing, are so pedestrian, could take corners till the cows come home & not score.
Mind you thought we pretty much shut Lpool down, they didn't create much
Bizarre comments, we hit the woodwork topics and Diaz could have had a hat trick. And Pulisic had a couple of good chances and Alonso hit the postMind you thought we pretty much shut Lpool down, they didn't create much
Game could have been 4-4 but for good keeping
Edited by Adam. on Sunday 15th May 23:58
If we had been spanked 3-0 I would have been annoyed, as they aren't that much better than us. Likewise, if the league table situations were reversed but the outcome was not, we could feel cheesed off.
All you can ask for in cups is to get to the final and have your team show up. I would say our team showed up both games, but in a tricky season and on a run of pretty poor form, we didnt have enough to beat the odds.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I'd rather have finished 5th and won a cup. We aren't likely to win the CL, so a trophy won is far better.
I think that this year we needed CL football next year more than in recent years. There will be a lot of replacements needed in the summer, the money hopefully is there, but without the CL there would be a question mark over the ability to recruit the needed talent..GT03ROB said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I'd rather have finished 5th and won a cup. We aren't likely to win the CL, so a trophy won is far better.
I think that this year we needed CL football next year more than in recent years. There will be a lot of replacements needed in the summer, the money hopefully is there, but without the CL there would be a question mark over the ability to recruit the needed talent..Gassing Station | Football | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff