Football

Last season’s poor finish seems to be really hurting Leicester

frank lives until xmas.

defending just doesn't seem to matter anymore. football, the new basketball.

villa sitting proud with zero goals against

The drug cheat sounding more and more like Mourinho

He said Leicester weren't trying to play football.

The team that scored 5 against his.

Didn’t see that result coming against Wolves. Clean sheet too.

Would seem that Moyes is about to transform Masuaku from a liability of a left back into a fine crossing LMF/Winger

I like the pink, those stripes can fuck off tho'... There isn't enough intensity (and maybe a little bit of hubris) about our play, I think that's what's been letting us down, these little lapses in concentration have been there for a while... Some nice moments during the game but we are a long way off being title contenders, we are woeful at the back and I'm not sure how Frank's gonna fix that... Thank fuck for that Tammy goal!

Think the return fixture is April if West Brom want to eat another chelsea manager. Will Frank last till then tho 🤔😉

That kit looks like Palace knockoff bought in Croydon Market 🤢.
Tottenham in the cup next.... Must win

defending just doesn't seem to matter anymore.

Over the last 3 seasons the teams finishing in the top 3 also conceded the least amount of goals which kinda contradicts this.

Chelsea conceded 54-39-38 over the last 3 seasons under 3 different head coaches. No prizes for guessing which season Lampard was in charge. A lot was being made of the fact that we were a more attacking side but we scored 69 vs. 63 and 62 goals the seasons before that. With the attacking talent we have up front you'd think we must be able to get closer to Conte's title winning season with 85 goals (I'll settle for 75+).

Conceding 6 goals in the opening 3 opening 3 there's literally zero chance of improving on las season I think, more so when you'd expect two of these teams to finish in the bottom half of the table. I can't see us getting a clean sheet until we meet Sheffield Utd in November with Spurs/Man Utd/Palace/Saints/ Burnley coming up before them.

The top 3 conceding fewer goals probably hides the "when a collapse happens it happens" and being unable to shut up shop so to speak....

It'd be nice to think we could actually shut up shop one day.

Teams seem to be able to play right through us. Midfield barely seems to exist when not in possession of the ball and defence is literally always having to pull the proverbial emergency brake.

Let's see where we are in 6 weeks time, the chopping and changing in the back 4 can't help for sure.

Guardiola has done terrible transfer business at City, particularly in defence.

Without Fernandinho in the team, the seem to fall to bits.

I also think he was reliant on Arteta.

If I were an Man City fan I would be worried - Guardiola talking down their chances before the game because of injuries, given the team they were still able to field; Guardiola saying Leicester "didn't want to play"; Rodri saying Leicester were lucky... They've just shipped five goals at home (if that matters anymore), so you would hope that - behind closed doors at least - their analysis of the opposition's tactics might be bit bit more insightful. Not coming across as entitled spoilt brats - "football hasn't been fair to us" - would be a start.

So, Liverpool's title to lose, obviously...

So, Liverpool's title to lose, obviously...

Hmm. Something something chickens, counting...

Nice to see the thread hasn't descended into a "death of football" storm over the weekend's handballs*. Jenas and Fletcher struck me as rather jingoist on MOTD2 last night, ranting about the EPL being the best in the world, and that it shouldn't follow the FIFA rules applied everywhere else.

(*Obviously helped by the fact that one of them shafted Spurs...)

It’s very much a case of ‘where next’ for City. Obviously you’d never sack Guardiola because he’s raised the bar for the whole league but it’s hard to see him at City after this season.

That said, I thought Leicester were terrific. Barnes and Castagne are a different class.

depends on what Roman's ambitions are Rich ;) a lot of clubs that used to win the league seem content with 5th place these days and a day out at Wembley for the milk cup

pep genuinely believes nobody is allowed to suss him out . Fair play to the guy, he has revolutionised football in his day and seems to be working on a new 'false defense' tactic really successfully.

Hmm. Something something chickens, counting...

That's how it works round here

Barnes and Castagne are a different class.

Castagne really does look the business. It will be interesting how well he copes with a switch to the left when Ricardo is back, which would be harsh on Justin. The £ for Chilwell looks like a better deal with each game.

Barnes needs work on his finishing, but his pace does pose problems for defenders.

The £ for Chilwell looks like a better deal with each game

As in Drinkwater good?

He hasn't played for you yet, so it might work out well for both clubs - I wish him well as an academy product. But we're not missing him after three games, and both full backs are showing more attacking ambition.

he has revolutionised football in his day

Sick burn.

He hasn't played for you yet

Another thing he has in common with Drinkwater.

Haha