2020/21 Carlo Ancelotti

[TheBigIguana]

Iwobi's decision-making is abysmal.

£28 friggin million.

I don't think it is. I'm not arsed enough to go and take screenshots, but some of the times he's given the ball there are no good decisions, especially because he's right footed facing his own goal on the right touchline.

As a team we need to get away from the ball from the fullback straight into the winger. It just pins you all the time. Both sides of the field we lose the ball that way a lot but more often on the right because Digne is good enough to avoid playing them too often.

 

[BlueToff]

I don't think it is. I'm not arsed enough to go and take screenshots, but some of the times he's given the ball there are no good decisions, especially because he's right footed facing his own goal on the right touchline.

As a team we need to get away from the ball from the fullback straight into the winger. It just pins you all the time. Both sides of the field we lose the ball that way a lot but more often on the right because Digne is good enough to avoid playing them too often.

It is. Like, I can see it with my eyes.

It wasn't as bad today as it normally is. And in certain games, I think he should be playing central as he's the one player we do have who can carry the ball.

But he's nowhere near good enough, really, as well as he played in December (which was just probably average tbh, the bar's that low).

 

[TheBigIguana]

It is. Like, I can see it with my eyes.

It wasn't as bad today as it normally is. And in certain games, I think he should be playing central as he's the one player we do have who can carry the ball.

But he's nowhere near good enough, really.

I just don't know what he's supposed to do with the ball a lot of the times he receives it. Holgate is playing it to him with a man on his back, out of bounds a yard to his left, Sigurdsson and whichever poor midfielder not offering options inside and on his weak foot. And we're like "OK Alex, make a good decision here"

 

[Wat Tyler]

 

[Ring master]

 

[maccavennie]

Honest as always.

Hard to implement gameplans with brain dead donkeys like Iwobi, Gomes getting minutes.

 

[BlueToff]

I just don't know what he's supposed to do with the ball a lot of the times he receives it. Holgate is playing it to him with a man on his back, out of bounds a yard to his left, Sigurdsson and whichever poor midfielder not offering options inside and on his weak foot. And we're like "OK Alex, make a good decision here"

The West Brom game was much worse. He got through a fair few times and stopped dead, slowing the entire game down, then picked a ball that wasn't on.

Today, early on, he did well to get down the right and find space. He then has the ball on the edge of the box, to the flank, and floats in an absolutely useless ball straight to Mendy, when he'd slowed the pace right down and let Chelsea get into their shape.

Another one after that Digne cross where he picked up the loose ball - the simple, correct pass was to Holgate, who for once had overlapped, but instead he goes back to Gomes.

 

[TheBigIguana]

The West Brom game was much worse. He got through a fair few times and stopped dead, slowing the entire game down, then picked a ball that wasn't on.

Today, early on, he did well to get down the right and find space. He then has the ball on the edge of the box, to the flank, and floats in an absolutely useless ball straight to Mendy, when he'd slowed the pace right down and let Chelsea get into their shape.

Another one after that Digne cross where he picked up the loose ball - the simple, correct pass was to Holgate, who for once had overlapped, but instead he goes back to Gomes.

The simple correct pass is never to Holgate. He's open for a reason.

That cross wasn't a poor decision for me, just a poor cross, which isn't surprising because he can't cross.

 

[BlueToff]

The simple correct pass is never to Holgate. He's open for a reason.

That cross wasn't a poor decision for me, just a poor cross, which isn't surprising because he can't cross.

Holgate had made a run beyond the last man with both Dom and Rich in the six-yard box, yes it was the right pass.

Anyway, wrong thread for this. Iwobi isn't the answer, we know that.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Holgate had made a run beyond the last man with both Dom and Rich in the six-yard box, yes it was the right pass.

Anyway, wrong thread for this. Iwobi isn't the answer, we know that.

Iwobi shouldn't be the answer but for what we need right now he just might be.

To bring it back to Carlo, his refusal to address our forward passing and open play creation problems could still sink this season and is basically guaranteed to eventually be a problem.

 

[BlueToff]

Iwobi shouldn't be the answer but for what we need right now he just might be.

To bring it back to Carlo, his refusal to address our forward passing and open play creation problems could still sink this season and is basically guaranteed to eventually be a problem.

Well, I do half agree.

But it's made harder by having the likes of Gomes passing backwards, Iwobi making awful decisions/putting in crap passes, us having not signed a right-back for the last 3 seasons etc etc etc

 

[Jim Hopper]

Honest as always.

Hard to implement gameplans with brain dead donkeys like Iwobi, Gomes getting minutes.

Have you not heard mate? He tells the players to play crap and be slow and pass sideways and backwards.

How dare Gomes not turn into Pirlo with the energy of Kante pinging 40 yard defence splitting passes for Richy.

How dare Alex Iwobi not emulate Ronaldo for the night skinning players left, right & centre and causing mayhem.

How dare our centre back, forced to play right back not turn into prime Cafu.

Soooo embarrassing!! I’m so angry raaaaaa

 

[TheBigIguana]

Well, I do half agree.

But it's made harder by having the likes of Gomes passing backwards, Iwobi making awful decisions/putting in crap passes, us having not signed a right-back for the last 3 seasons etc etc etc

The players aren't great I admit, but the structure isn't there at all.

 

[BlueToff]

The players aren't great I admit, but the structure isn't there at all.

Agree with this. It really isn't. And after 15 months, that isn't good enough.

 

[LocalNative]

The simple correct pass is never to Holgate. He's open for a reason.

That cross wasn't a poor decision for me, just a poor cross, which isn't surprising because he can't cross.

Noticed several times Chelsea targeted him, happy to let Keane and Godfrey have the ball but as soon as it went out to Holgate they all pressed up. It worked.