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Ugarte's passing breakdown is absolutely ridiculous to be fair, looks like the perfect DM to bring in as his ball winning is laughably excellent and his passing is elite too:

Passing

Defense

3 minutes ago, Lazarus said:

How are all these batshit decisions getting past the chelsea board?

 

All the signings, then the sackings and the payoffs, now Lampard?

 

Bonkers.

They don't have a plan they are sure of and willing to stick with.

The Potter thing went very badly and now they are seemingly making decisions based on purely appeasing the fans.

Lampard? Possibly bringing Mourinho back yet again? This is madness.

9 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

 

One of the best things about this transformation is how bad it continues to make Bruce look 

5 minutes ago, Shak said:

Joao Pedro seems like an ideal signing.

 

Isak adds a whole other dimension to our game the way he plays, dropping deep to get the ball and allowing the wingers and CM to go beyond him and exploit the space.

 

From what I've seen and (mostly) read of Pedro he seems like he'd be able to play the CF role in a similar way while also being someone who could play either wide position. With European football next year and the need for a rotation with the way Howe likes to play, Pedro seems to make sense.

 

I don't know if he'll be happy with it but for me Wilson should be used primarily as a substitute. Cracking player to bring on when we're chasing a goal.

Agree 100%.

Wilson scored two yesterday, but there is a clear difference in the quality of our build up and possession without Isak, it's why we were so disjointed most of the game.

Joao Pedro would be a great understudy to Isak because he does indeed have the same profile and style of game, and we could really do with another striker of that ilk, and as you said he can also fill in at other positions so will be very very handy.

Will there ever be a season this entertaining again?! My goodness

1 minute ago, Killuminati said:

I wouldnt even have an conversation at all. Keep Joe at all costs and put a "Hands Off" on him.

Very rare midfielder to find like him. 

Absolutely! I said a few weeks ago that I thought he was one in our squad that was untouchable, as he really sets the tone for this current team.

Another player having a ridiculous turn around at the club

Doing such a great job of keeping things simpler now. Seems to be loving it and this run has really given him confidence, which he previously seemed to lack. Fantastic for him really.

Been so good lately. His game is becoming so well rounded and more efficient.

Another who is really coming along and developing further under some really great coaching from Howe and his team.

4 minutes ago, Kanji said:

He’s worth more than 40m imo. 

Absolutely, and has been for a while now.

If someone comes in with a £40 million bid it gets laughed off.

Probably have to start with a bid of £60 million just to start any kind of conversation!

Best manager in the league.

He's still continuing to improve

This guy is just a problem anywhere he is played on the pitch now.

That bending inward run for his first goal man. Geez.

2 minutes ago, pedro111 said:

Quiet little shout out for Gordon's tackle and control of the ball for Isak's goal.

 

 

 

Yes! Did very well there. Really like him, he's going to be a big player in time.

4 minutes ago, SAK said:

 

13 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Anyone celebrate Joelinton's first btw? Fucking VAR. 

VAR got us the goal man. It had been ruled out for offside!

18 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Bruno probably upset because he’s never seen Eddie gan full radge before. 

I've seen a different camera angle that shows the lead up.

Bruno asked if Howe could sign Paqueta if West Ham go down now and Eddie said 'No chance'.

7 minutes ago, LiquidAK said:

Pretty sure schar got the armband after trippier and burn went off. I realise I’m the only one who cares but squad hierarchy is fascinating to me  and fab deserves it after surviving Bruce 

'Surviving Bruce'

Should be a movie made with that title. Starring Schar, Joelinton, Longstaff and Willock 

1 minute ago, Pilko said:

That's been overdue for a long time, one of those games where most of what we creates goes into the back of the net. Fucking brilliant all round by the lads.

 

Had a feeling of the Brentford home game which funnily enough ended the same score & also involved Murph picking someone's pocket for a goal.

 

West Ham are proper dross. Reckon that'll be Moyesy getting the tin tack tomorrow morn.

Yeah, absolutely. The promising thing was that we always continued to create a lot of chances, which is what is most important really.

3 minutes ago, STM said:

Haven't even played well.

This is the thing!

I must admit after the first half it was very telling how much we missed Isak in our build up play. His dropping into space to link things and also carry the ball makes us so much better. Without him now, it is glaringly obvious that our control of games drops off.

Wilson scored two though, so thankfully he made up for things in a different way.

2 minutes ago, Mattoon said:

Turns out Joelinton is a £40m Brazilian striker

He's a £100 million baller 

What a finish with the left. Put some respect on that man's name!

Fucking Joelinton. Top class player!!!

2 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

Still can't believe he plays for our club. Madness

That last season at Sociedad was a huge blessing.

New manager came in with a funky diamond formation that he didn't adjust to straightaway and so his goal numbers were down from the previous season. If he had built on that previous season's tally someone else would have snapped him up.

Really great that our scouts were still so sure about him and pushed the boat out to get him.

1 minute ago, Gazzaschicken said:

Can't believe I was nervous after 2 minutes of this game

I am horrendously nervous with our last few matches this season. Had to bail out when they scored their first. This run in is going to be painful!

Turned it back on once I saw Isak had been subbed in. I knew what was coming!