timbros:


Chelsea have never lost by a 4 goal margin in a league match since 1996 (Liverpool 5-1 Chelsea) until Higuain came with his 'badluck'....... Do you see the similarity?

Now to Falcao...

Check out this excerpt



The above happened around 2005-06 when Falcao was still in River Plate. Two major injuries on one knee. By 2008, River Plate rejected a big money move to Milan. Finally they sold him to Porto the next year. The rest is history...... You know his record in Europe till his THIRD ACL INJURY in 2014 in Monaco.

If Falcao can play for big teams like Porto, Atletico, Monaco, Chelsea, Man Utd AFTER suffering triple ACL injuries, why can't Bellotti sustain his form after a couple of one month injuries?

I'm sure you know he struggled miserably at Yoonited and Chelsea before he revived his career at Monaco

Sarri: Kovacic ready to step up and be Jorginho's Chelsea understudy
18 hours ago / autty
The Blues manager is looking at options within his squad to deputise for the former Napoli man after the club failed to sign a midfielder in January


Maurizio Sarri is retraining Mateo Kovacic to play the role of Jorginho’s back-up after Chelsea failed to sign a replacement for Cesc Fabregas.

Fabregas joined Monaco in the January transfer window, but Chelsea were unsuccessful in their attempts to sign former Zenit man Leandro Paredes, who ended up joining Paris Saint-Germain instead .

Sarri has been left looking for options to find a new deputy to his vital cog in the ‘Sarriball’ machine. Ethan Ampadu and Kovacic were both trialled in the role in Chelsea's FA Cup win against Sheffield Wednesday.

Chelsea boss Sarri thinks that Kovacic is now capable of playing in that role after he came on in Saturday’s 5-0 thrashing of Huddersfield to replace Jorginho, who was substituted due to a minor groin problem.

"I don't know [if we will suffer for not signing a midfielder] but I have to try with our own players," Sarri told reporters at Stamford Bridge. "So, I think Kovacic could be a very good option. A very good option, then we need to recover completely Loftus-Cheek, after his back problem.

"Then, we can play sometimes with Kovacic as a central midfielder and then Jorginho will be able to rest. We are trying in training with two players; the first is Ampadu and the second is Kovacic. It may be that for the characteristics, Kovacic is more suitable for this team.

"As you know, Ampadu is more defensive. Kovacic is really close to Jorginho in moving the ball really fast at one-touch. In the future, I think he will be able to do this position well."

Sarri's tactical inflexibility has been the source of much criticism in a week when Chelsea lost 4-0 to Bournemouth, who utilised David Brooks to mark Jorginho in the club's worst defeat for 22 years.

However, Sarri was defiant when questioned about his lack of plan B and the predictability of his line-ups, in which Jorginho takes a central role. Sarri also defended Jorginho, who he believes is misunderstood, as the Premier League's leading pass maker is still to register an assist this season.

He came close on several occasions as he lined up alongside his former Napoli team-mate Gonzalo Higuain against Huddersfield and Sarri thinks Jorginho played much better against the bottom-of-the-table side, explaining what it takes to get the best out of his first signing.

"No, Jorginho played very well," Sarri added of his £57 million man. "I put Kante on the pitch after the fourth goal because Jorginho had a little problem with his groin. This was the only reason because, in my opinion, Jorginho had a good match.


"Jorginho needs movement without the ball from the other players, because he is used to playing one-touch and it is very difficult to play one-touch without the movement of the other players.

"So, if the team, like in the first 20-25 minutes, played very well with movements without the ball, then for Jorginho it is easier, I think. In the first 25 minutes we played our football because we moved the ball very fast and very well.

"There was good movement without the ball. We were really very dangerous. We didn't play with our backs to the opposing goal like in the last match, with five players doing it in the last match. We attacked the spaces and so I think that we played our football.”

Chelsea are now aiming to put a run of results together after the morale-boosting hammering of the Terriers, although February will be a tough month for the Blues with two matches against Manchester City to come, as well as games against Manchester United and Tottenham.

The undermining factor in Chelsea's efforts to comfortably secure a top-four place has been consistency, as they mix high-profile wins with embarrassing defeats. Sarri admits that he has never managed a team of players who can be so good one week, and then so badly off the pace the next.

"Not in the past [have I managed a team that's so inconsistent]," he concluded. "But my target is to improve the mentality, because if we improve the mentality I think it will be easier to arrive into every match with the right level of application and determination.

"It is not easy, of course, and it is a long way, but we need to try to improve in mentality. In every training, in every match, but we need to improve."

hoopLA:

So this dude is an ipob member?
No wonder.

Wakanda nonsense is this ffs?
I wonder why some people go to skul sef, this one will call others illiterates. The guy is one of those that don't even fight in this shekpe lodge.

BikeMan:
I'm sure you know he struggled miserably at Yoonited and Chelsea before he revived his career at Monaco

Yes.

I mentioned those clubs because he was still able to make the move to a big clubs despite all his injury woes. Why can't Bellotti make a move from Torino if he is that striker airmark wants us to believe he is? Injury is no excuse for Bellotti.

"Not in the past [have I managed a team that's so inconsistent],"


This coach talks too much for my liking. Even when Conte was struggling, he wasn't yabbing the players excessively like this unsuccessful smoker. The consistent teams he has managed, what did they achieve?

biomustry:

Wakanda nonsense is this ffs?
I wonder why some people go to skul sef, this one will call others illiterates. The guy is one of those that don't even fight in this shekpe lodge.

He takes football over the line. I saw him insulting timbros few pages back

timbros:


Yes.

I mentioned those clubs because he was still able to make the move to a big clubs despite all his injury woes. Why can't Bellotti make a move from Torino if he is that striker airmark wants us to believe he is? Injury is no excuse for Bellotti.

Belotti isn't good enough honestly but I would also not consider Monaco a big move for Falcao after failing in the EPL,abi is Monaco a big club?

BikeMan:
Belotti isn't good enough honestly but I would also not consider Monaco a big move for Falcao after failing in the EPL,abi is Monaco a big club?

His big move was Porto to Atletico. Between 2010 and 2013 Falcao was one of the hottest strikers in Europe.

Notice that by then, he has already suffered 2 ACL injuries on one knee. That's the point I'm trying to make to Air.mark..... He still bounced back after career ending injuries while in River Plate.

timbros:


His big move was Porto to Atletico. Between 2010 and 2013 Falcao was one of the hottest strikers in Europe.

Notice that by then, he has already suffered 2 ACL injuries on one knee. That's the point I'm trying to make to Air.mark..... He still bounced back after career ending injuries while in River Plate.

Ok.Let's see if Belotti would bounce back sha,maybe in a bigger team

Omo hammers dey vex o

Liverpool has started this game poorly.

Saido Mane scores against the run of play.

Roland17:
Saido Mane scores against the run of play.

Milner looks very offside

na every game pool go dey get dodgy decisions?

This league is dangerously rigged against apariola

raumdeuter:


Milner looks very offside

Milner was clearly offside, the linesman should have seen that.

Roland17:


Milner was clearly offside, the linesman should have seen that.

they don't blow against pool again these days.

linesman is practically standing next to Milner and he couldn't see he was offside?

Antonio ti ki si.

See Allison

nihilistjnr:
na every game pool go dey get dodgy decisions?

This league is dangerously rigged against apariola

Why do I have this weird feeling that Klopp will choke this title run?

nihilistjnr:
See Allison

Emi o le wa ku

I'm surprised the ref allowed that goal to stand sef. I thought the goal would be disallowed and Antonio given yellow card for daring to even shoot

M. Noble is the unheralded hero in that equalizer, he provided a strong screen that disrupted Keita's run to cover Antonio.

Roland17:


Why do I have this weird feeling that Klopp will choke this title run?

See linesman.

Klopp should be sacked if he flopps these awoofs

Roland17:
M. Noble is the unheralded hero in that equalizer, he provided a strong screen that disrupted Keita's run to cover Antonio.

you're seriously downplaying the utter stupidity of Keita.

Keita doesn't need an excuse to be foolish

nihilistjnr:


you're seriously downplaying the utter stupidity of Keita.

Keita doesn't need an excuse to be foolish

Lol. That screen na NBA move oh!!!! Again, that goal look like training ground material and good teams sniff that out.

timbros:


Chelsea have never lost by a 4 goal margin in a league match since 1996 (Liverpool 5-1 Chelsea) until Higuain came with his 'badluck'....... Do you see the similarity?

And it was Higuain that made Luiz to fumble a pass that led to one of those goals, among other stupid defending by our defenders.

timbros:


Now to Falcao...

Check out this excerpt
The above happened around 2005-06 when Falcao was still in River Plate. Two major injuries on one knee. By 2008, River Plate rejected a big money move to Milan. Finally they sold him to Porto the next year. The rest is history...... You know his record in Europe till his THIRD ACL INJURY in 2014 in Monaco.

If Falcao can play for big teams like Porto, Atletico, Monaco, Chelsea, Man Utd AFTER suffering triple ACL injuries, why can't Bellotti sustain his form after a couple of one month injuries?

Was he rushed back from injury like Belotti? It seems you are just here to waste my time.

M. Noble has been playing like forever and he is only 31, I think say the guy go don reach 51.

Liverpool is struggling with defending set pieces.

i dont see liverpool winning this game..

Liverpool are reallllllly reallly struggling with these set pieces.

Rice should be scoring there.

nihilistjnr:
na every game pool go dey get dodgy decisions?

This league is dangerously rigged against apariola

This game needs a Salah penalty to be complete

Keita is a serious scam