You're never going to put a load of goals past a well organised Chelsea defence and team who have come for a draw.Originally Posted by hobson's choice
We created a couple of pretty clear chances but we don't have a striker clinical enough to finish them. We need someone who can take the one chance in a big game like that, get one and we're winning the league.
You keep saying things like this as if we had a God-given right to win that game. They've only lost once all season, that was away at City where...well, we know how good City are at home. They're only 2 points away from us for a reason. I am disappointed we didn't win it after our late goal was cancelled out but Everton are a tough side to beat this year, they're not going to lose many games.
We've had a tough run of games and not come through it that well, we've got a few games now we 'should' win and so far this year we have been winning those. Keep doing that and we'll be up there come May.
I get what NQ is saying with that result. It's where momentum was lost. The team is weak mentally and we carried this disappointment to the next run of games. We haven't played the same since. I give credit for Everton with the way they played but I was also impressed by the way fought there way back into the game after being dominated. That fight has disappeared since and it looks like we're in that cycle where we can't recover quick enough. We've had tough games but it will be criminal if we continue on like this.
i think AW didnt want to change anything because we looked to have contained Chelsea and had a nice shape to us. It was a case of keeping what we have and definitely a lesson learnt from the Dortmund game.
There is a good article in the Bleacher report linking his tactics to that Dortmund game. He didn't know whether to stick or twist! He just froze. I think making no decision at all is really bad and he needs to work on his tactics. He didn't have to make a blunder like when taking off Flamini for Gnarby but you just never know what Wenger is thinking when it comes to subs.
TBF I felt we finished the game strongly, it was our best period. We didn't have them on the ropes but we were certainly the stronger team.
I would rather a point than nothing so it's not all bad.
As crazy as this might sound I think we have a better chance of beating Chelsea at SB as they will no doubt play a more open/expansive game.
Agree re winning away fromh home.
If you think Rosicky was bad you must be livid with Ramsey. Check the comparison.
Rosicky
Passing - 45/53 - 85%
Ramsey
Passing 55/75 - 73%
That's really poor from Ramsey and he didn't win any of his tackles yesterday. He's pushing forward way too much and only completing 50% of his passes in the final third. It leaves us open to counter attacks. We were lucky because Chelsea are really poor on that side.
Another note....Giroud's hold up play needs work.
Passing - 20/31 - 65%
There was a great opportunity to break on Chelsea with Theo bombing down the right. A pass played into his path with have set him off but a missed controlled ball by Giroud meant the move slowed down completely and we lost the opportunity.
Speaking of Theo.....
Passing - 11/18 - 61%
That is pathetic. There is no way he should be playing on the flanks. He's contributing very little to our build up play.
Exactly. There was no need to make subs because we were on top of the game in the latter stages. What we needed was a striker that could bury Giroud's chances, and Podolski would not have buried those because he is completely unfit and sluggish.
Sluggish due to his comeback from injury by the way. When he's completely fit he's definitely more pacey than Giroud so may have buried them.
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