Smal

Longstaff trying to win a free kick in that situation is fine, he's just absolutely awful at it though

Our shape when our defenders have the ball in settled possession is absolutely awful tbh and that is a structural issue that he needs to fix. It’s one thing that’s entirely to do with coaching rather than tiredness. There’s rarely anything on for Schar or Botman/Lascelles other than a sideways pass to another defender and it eventually ends in us either being impatient and booting it, or coming under pressure and giving it away cheaply.

agreed with this. His final pass is his outstanding attribute. I see him as a Maddison type rather than someone who can play in midfield. He sometimes looks like he’s too keen to play the safe pass, but I think people need to remember he’s made all of his appearances in a struggling team with low confidence levels. I’d like to see him play for us when we’re on a good run of form so he can play with a bit more freedom.

Sums up Barnes’ night, that. Really poor.

Proper, proper shit display and honestly can’t see light at the end of the tunnel for this lot.

I miss ASM

Think Hall did actually take pens for Chelsea youth btw

Some of these have given up, sadly

A genuine 1/10 performance from Bruno. Proper looked like he doesn’t want to be there.

Bruno’s been so bad, man

first bit of quality all game from… Miggy Almiron

Hope we can get Hall/Anderson on for Longstaff at some point.

Ours all look like they were out last night tbh. Shocking from all of them.

Can’t believe how bad we’ve been tbh. Everyone just technically and tactically deficient. Even Isak’s been bad technically.

There is literally no midfield showing for the ball when we have it in defence. Bruno and Longstaff have been so bad, man.

No midfield structure in possession at all. CBs have no one to pass to.

Bruno is having a ‘mare again.

this is just awful technically. Bruno trying too hard with the ball.

Longstaff finally showed for the ball when the centre backs had it. First time in weeks.

Too many hoofs. Really would hope we could try and control a game against Champo opposition, like.

Schar’s passing has been off for months now

He’s not normally that bad on his right though. We had issues playing the ball out from defence all game - even Trippier and Schar. Arsenal bombarded our only realistic midfield passing option in Bruno which worked very effectively, and Longstaff just hid most of the game like he didn’t want to receive the ball. Their centre backs were proactive against a half-fit Isak… there was just never a good passing option for our CBs. And also… he regularly uses Burn as an outlet but Livramento plays much higher and was generally marked as a result.

His start to the season was absolutely majestic and he looked like he’d hit a higher level than last season. Every game he was a monster and so dominant. The injury has been a killer for him. Probably worth giving him a game or two off.

Love him but I do think he might not see the start of next season if this carries on for the rest of the season.