Other Matches 21/22

[Fosterbloke]

just seen the defending from Maguire for the Leicester 1st goal

He looked hungover!

[fabinho]

Just watched match of the day. They must've made a mistake in the Utd lineup as they said Ronaldo was playing and he clearly wasn't on the pitch.

[Buzzo]

Just watched match of the day. They must've made a mistake in the Utd lineup as they said Ronaldo was playing and he clearly wasn't on the pitch.

Same with Sancho.

[RedReet]

How did Chelsea win? Brentford smashed them.

TBH, I'm not too worried that they won, as much as I'd have loved them to drop points.

It remined me a bit of United against Wolves, or Newcastle to a lesser extent. Wolves were the better side Newcastle didn't deserve to lose 4-1. When this was highlighted, typically the response was 'they are still ahead of us', 'playing poor and getting 3 points is the sign of champions' etc. It was evident that they were tactically naive, relying on individual brilliance and of course luck, which isn't sustainable over the course of the season.

Chelsea are similar IMO, although polar opposite tactically. They are relying on their doggedness and organisation and the individual brilliance of their players is being sacrificed to a degree to suit Tuchel tactics. So far, it's working, but again I don't think it's sustainable. I don't think it's possible to overthrow us and City playing so conservatively. Maybe 10 years ago it would have worked, but I don't see them reaching the heights us and City are capable of.

I could be wrong, but even when we lose, I don't remember us being dominated that often (bar the odd random result). Teams can have success by getting their tactics right (sitting deep, bypassing midfield, targeting space behind FB's etc.) and teams will have a period of pressure during a game, but I don't recall us being totally dominated like Chelsea were against City and in the 2nd half against Brentford last night. The same applies to City, which is why I just don't see Chelsea finishing above both of us.

People like Kenneth will point to the table and argue otherwise and TBF, Chelsea should remain top for a good while with the upcoming fixtures. However, if we play to our capabilities and can navigate through ACN relatively unscathed, I just can't see Chelsea living with us. If we don't, it won't matter what Chelsea do as we won't be in the title race, so those 3 points against Brentford will make little difference to us.

[RedReet]

Same with Sancho.

When I seen the starting lineup with Sancho playing and Pogba midfield, I fancied Leicester.

[Norbs]

Lol@Arsenal yet again

Paddy V seems to quite like beating his old team too judging by the page on the BBC website

[Buzzo]

Shame Chelsea only play Norwich today as they are without Werner or Lukaku. Havertz is playing up front.

[Buzzo]

Norwich are ****e.

[ChesterDave]

Hoping Norwich fluke a goal. Going to have to get rid of Christensen for Fantasy League. Too much rotation in that defence to waste good money on a Chelsea defender.

[Buzzo]

3-0 at ht

[Mark79]

This is insane. Their numbers are massively outweighing their performance at both ends of the pitch.
The purplest of purple patches.

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[S-RED]

Norwich are staggeringly bad. Joke club

[Buzzo]

5-0 down and down to 10 men with 20 mins still to play

[Bender]

What is the point of Norwich city being in the premier League other than whipping boys … relegate them already

[S-RED]

What is the point of Norwich city being in the premier League other than whipping boys … relegate them already

Totally agree, why get promoted, to just raise the white flag from minute 1 of game 1.

Embarrassing