Is Chelsea now a must win ?I am beginning to think so.
Watched yesterday - we played some nice neat football, but in truth SU were more incisive and really, all our problems showed up again - comical defending (Hause and Nyland in particular), lack of creativity in midfield, woeful finishing (Davis really must learn to put chances away).I think we are down - cannot see (even with the most optimistic glasses on) where 14 points is coming from in 9 games so ...... big summer coming up (how many times have we said that) - parachute payment means we MUST return fast - if we do, and do so well, then future can still be bright but if the panic sets in and we take too short term a view again, we are destined to remain in the funk.
Quote from: gpbarr on June 18, 2020, 04:16:16 PMWatched yesterday - we played some nice neat football, but in truth SU were more incisive and really, all our problems showed up again - comical defending (Hause and Nyland in particular), lack of creativity in midfield, woeful finishing (Davis really must learn to put chances away).I think we are down - cannot see (even with the most optimistic glasses on) where 14 points is coming from in 9 games so ...... big summer coming up (how many times have we said that) - parachute payment means we MUST return fast - if we do, and do so well, then future can still be bright but if the panic sets in and we take too short term a view again, we are destined to remain in the funk.They weren't more incisive. They had one shot on target all match.
Yesterday, we didn't look like we had anyone who could burst into the box quite late and take a chance. We did it a couple of times but need that consistency and more goals from the midfield players. Harsh, but Davis could have a hatrick. Great save from Henderson to deny him one, he also put one over the bar, although I wondered if the referee might have cancelled it out as he was on the defenders shoulders. The other effort was a tame header straight at the keeper. We lacked ruthlessness and I was a bit disappointed that Dean didn't really push for the win late on. We seemed to settle for the point. I don't see enough in us to get out of this but, here's hoping.