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What i dont like about this app and Chelsea fanbase in general is genuine inability to separate current events with bigger picture. Anyone saying Xabi Alonso is the problem here and should be sacked after 5 PL gameweeks in my opinion is not a Chelsea fan for the right reasons.

Managers who like their teams to play in a certain way will always need time to put that system into place at a new club. So even if he came into fully settled squad, we would need time for him to coach players what to do and when to do it, and make them believe in that process that will longterm help us become better.

So in perfect scenario, it would still be struggle and would need time. Our scenario is far away from perfect. We didnt bring a midfielder after Enzo left, we got JP, James, Caicedo, Palestra etc injured, and thats imo practically all starters for us when fully fit ( you can disagree on Palestra, but there's a reason he played all preseason games, he is present and future of this club ). So, at the moment, we have our manager patching the holes left in the squad without getting any stability because of injuries + SD's blunder on the last day of transfer window.

Should we be disappointed by how we performed last few games? Absolutely. That's fully valid. Should we expect more? Undoubtly. But should we turn on Alonso for it? Absolutely not. Not a single manager out there can take this team in our current situation and make us perform immediately with less struggle than what Xabi is facing.

Being sad and loosing your heads cos we arent winning is one thing, but we set a dangerous precedent if we point to our manager again. That should absolutely not be a case going forward, especially if we want any progress longterm. Arteta went tru it, Guardiola did aswell, Klopp did when he took over Liverpool first. You dont teach intricate tactics, patterns of play and timings in 2 months.

You need lot of time to translate to players exactly what you want from them. We need more intensity and taking responsibility, i fully agree on that. But these things need time, culture doesnt change over night, and constant change doesnt help it aswell.

Talking about Maresca ( which i find disgusting given what happened there ), mentioning Tuchel's quick transformation and similar things dont change where we are at the moment. Its not the same team, not the same opposition, and not the same level. Allow Xabi to work with these players, there is not a single option better than him out there. And i find it disturbing that i even feel the urge and need to say these things. We as a fanbase gotta do better, cos this is gettin absurd.

In Xabi i trust 💙

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@SirayahShiraz @premierleague I could never be a journo because of these moments. There is no chance i wouldnt throw in one small "you gettin battered son" shout before i leave the room 🙂😂

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Was there early days 😉

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❗️Alonso: “We can play back four, back three. Pedro can be a wing back or can be a winger. Marco Palestra can be a fullback, can be a wingback… centre backs that can be fullbacks, you can call them whatever but that’s normal in modern football.” [sky]

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Similar. But people would object saying did we even need Huijsen next to Colwill.. for the same reason... if we brought Ramon, who would you bench yourself? As rotation option i get the shout. But he surely wouldnt wanna come for rotation. So are we dropping Lacroix or Josh? Or James if he plays rcb when he is back given we are bringing a midfielder? Thats the thing. If we are bringing one more defender, it should either be lcb, or some1 who will start at lwb next season if we wanna upgrade that position. Or even rwb if we sell Gusto for competition ( which we would still have in Neto/Palestra anyways )...

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@MaxFSport Condolences to you and your family Max. He is in better place now, still cheering for Chels 🤍

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@3dAnatomy138342 My 3 aswell

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You have 10$ to build your 3 man midfield. Which 3 players are you choosing? ( P.S. - Rice being 5$ while Caicedo is 2$ goes against any logic out there, but lets do it just for fun 🤣 )

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@Mercuriusfr We dont do non-bias shit here 😀😂😀😂 UTC ! 💙

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@Mercuriusfr Chelsea fan not taking Caicedo gotta be sacreligious 😀

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@ArchieStanding Same 3 i chose 😉

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@dimo13579 My 3 aswell 😉

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@RH_CFC Absolutely. Thats the only double pivot out there where Messi, Mbappe and Vini can play in front 😀😂😀😂

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@RH_CFC Yea, it depends if its flat 3 or you add one No.10 in there..

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@RH_CFC Not a bad flat 3.. i chose Moi-Rodri-Jude.. given Rodri is much better as sitting 6, i didnt wanna put Vitinha in.. id rather take Joao Neves then to be counterpress animal next to Caicedo

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@Frank_Bushell_ Cant lie, this was probably my 3 aswell in 4 2 3 1.. in flat 3, there might've been some changes tho

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Promised a thread on Rogers some time ago, but didnt deliver it. What better time to do it than now tho, after he signed for our beautiful club. Lets get into it.

Morgan Rogers has flaws in his game. He definitely isnt a finished product yet. But what makes him special is the fact that in things he is good at, he is amazing at them. In addition to that, his surroundings made his flaws visible even more, and it was very easy to see why, especially if u watched full 90's of Aston Villa last few seasons.

In that Aston Villa team, he was practically the only real ball carrier. And players around him werent optimal to get the best out of him, not even close to optimal.

Emery likes intensity, team showing character, and having leaders on the pitch at all times. He likes it to a fault, because he would fit players in positions that arent ideal for them to have the best players on the pitch at all times.

When you have Mcginn/Buendia/Sancho as your wingers, its not easy to be a creator from midfield areas. These arent your "attack the space" wingers, but more the ones who move inside and occupy advanced midfield areas, while Digne/Maatsen/Cash overlap a lot. So thats the first thing that made Rogers life a bit more difficult than it shouldve been. But it doesnt stop there.

Guy in front of him was Watkins. Aldo Watkins is a great runner into space, he is also an enourmous BCM magnet. I cant count how many times have i seen Rogers putting a chance on a plate for him, just for Watkins to miss it like its nothing. Watkins also isnt great at dropping deep and linking up play, cos he is more of a poacher than a creator like Kane or JP ( now his new teammate ).

One more thing that didnt help him whatsoever was protection behind him. Emery had Tielemans playing almost every single game. Tielemans is great passer and has a top football IQ as a player, but what he is not, he isnt great transition defender. So, to maximise Rogers, Onana should be playing almost every game. He didnt ofcourse, because he is injury prone ( currently injured again ), so in comes Kamara. Kamara for me is one of the most underrated players in that Villa team. He is one of the cogs that got them that UCL position, and one of the key players in them winning European competition. But that balance in double pivot was far away from being perfect, especially when you expect your No.10 to do so many risky things when carrying the ball and dragging players with him, creating openings for other teammates around him.

He didnt have creators around him, or the ball carriers to help him get more isolations. This is why Aston Villa massively overperformed their xG, 2 seasons in a row aswell. At one point in the season, their xG was same as Wolverhampton's, and they were in relegation zone at that time. Doing all that carrying of a team who doesnt create enought is a big task for any player out there, so people have to be a bit more objective on impact Rogers had compared to what could've been if he had right profiles around him.

On that note, in comes Chelsea. At Chelsea, Rogers wont be the only ball carrier, and he definitely wont be the only creator. He will have people creating for him, and thats when his xG overperforming will come in handy, given he is a huge threat any time he finds himself around the box.

This is exactly what Chelsea was missing. We had Enzo as box crasher, and aldo he isnt as physical, Enzo was really good at it because of his elite level football IQ and reading the space in advance. Not many players have mental capacity to always stay concentrated and make a perfectly timed runs. Thats why it worked. But outside of that game reading, Enzo isnt a guy that will receive the ball, drive past 2-3 players with quick feet and then fire a bolt in opposite corner. That's Roger's bread & butter.

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@Otulala001 Excuse me kind sir. Our boy 🤣💙

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@ToniLazarusic 🤣

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@Thfc_RR This is why yall are topping the league as we speak, cos yall just too good 🤣