It's depressing. We're grinders.Dier, Dembele and Sissoko are not exactly liquid football are they..
Hazard looked as though he'd never been away. Their performance tonight has given me genuine cause for concern.
I hate the chavs but I quite enjoy English teams doing well in Europe. Except Arsenal, never Arsenal.
The EPL teams are making massive strides to dominating Europe again. The way things are going it looks like we'll have 5 teams in the knock-outs, that must be unprecedented?
It's depressing. We're grinders.
not sure if i fully agree....Hazard is a star no question but Eriksen certainly has the stardust about him....funnily enough in 2-3 years could see Haz at Madrid and Eriksen at Barca (he is the only one of our core lot i can see going soon....well perhaps Danny)Chelsea are just a very well balanced team to be honest. Strong, solid and disciplined, which could also be said about us, without a doubt but where I feel they have the edge is with the dashes of flair and pace they have to go with it. In players like Hazard, Willian, Pedro etc. We don't even have one player like that whereas they have 3. And one of them is just absolutely world class in Hazard, he'd fit in at Madrid or Barca so easily, he's just too talented.
It's depressing. We're grinders.
not sure if i fully agree....Hazard is a star no question but Eriksen certainly has the stardust about him....funnily enough in 2-3 years could see Haz at Madrid and Eriksen at Barca (he is the only one of our core lot i can see going soon....well perhaps Danny)
understand what you are saying....guess our slight disagreement is over Pedro and Willian (who are good both not brilliant unlike Haz who is a W but amazing) and perhaps I rate Eriksen a tad bit higher....closer to Haz and La Liga big 2 worthy.I was thinking that, that in Alli and Eriksen for example we have two players who can be special in their own ways but I still think it's different. For whatever reason, Chelsea don't exactly 'miss' a player like Eriksen or Alli. Not saying they wouldn't improve them but their team isn't crying out for them. On the other hand sometimes when we play I really feel like despite having Eriksen and all the other contributors, we're really crying out for a Pedro/Willian/Hazard(obviously) and that's kind of the difference I mean.
understand what you are saying....guess our slight disagreement is over Pedro and Willian (who are good both not brilliant unlike Haz who is a W but amazing) and perhaps I rate Eriksen a tad bit higher....closer to Haz and La Liga big 2 worthy.
But get what you are saying!
What makes you think it may be dawning on him?To be fair, I think this may be dawning on Poch, but it's hard to tell, we'll know more when he has Wanyama and Dembele fit again.
What makes you think it may be dawning on him?
I think only Chelsea and City have the ability to get to the semifinals. We're not certain to get out of the group yet. Man United and Liverpool I just don't think are good enough teams to go far in the competition.