Chelsea kept theory first clean sheet of the Premier League season.
I went into detail how Xabi's off ball shape and player application made that happen. The tactics Xabi used to make Chelsea score and the rotations that Xabi is building little by little in possession.
On my YouTube channel. Link below👇
🚨Morgan Rogers on the front three:
"If you try to stop Cole, then it allows me and Joao more space. If you try to stop me and Joao, then Cole's going to be free as a bird to set his authority on the game. It’s kind of a mismatch for other teams of what to stop and how to stop it." [chelseafc]
So about the shape. I ask people, whats the difference between the shape we played in this last preseason game and now? Only difference was Palestra was LB that was bombing forward instead of Hato or Chavarria
Yan Diomande's weight of pass is freakish. Absolutely freakish from what im seeing. One thing as someone who loves to play a pass when I play is a footballer that appreciates technical empathy and the receiver doesn't need to break his stride to receive a pass because the passer is helping him on to his next move. Thats what Diomande is doing.
Get Alex Scott + Trent in January. Add some passing quality & creativity from deep which maximises thé attack even more. Let’s Palmer focus on being a final 3rd creator.
Trent finding Rogers & Joao in the box or in transition, cash money.
Alex Scott is one of the most valuable deep progressors in the PL b/c unlike players like Wharton & Anderson who attempt hero ball in every pass, Scott has the intelligence & sense of tempo to know when to play forward or not.
Perfect tempo controller for an elite club, similar to Vitinha in the way he reads the game & also most valuable profile beside someone like Caicedo. Imagine Henderson with better passing quality + carrying.
People want bling bling passers, instead the intelligent passers àre the most valuable. Thé player who makes the best decision 9/10 times is more valuable than thé player who makes a wonder pass 5/10 times.
So about the shape. I ask people, whats the difference between the shape we played in this last preseason game and now? Only difference was Palestra was LB that was bombing forward instead of Hato or Chavarria