mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
Lucky that the linesman got it right? Don't understand that point at all sorry. Had the flag gone up we would be heralding a performance which proved we are improving in confidence, going to away grounds and getting really good results. Chelsea have some brilliant players and we, just like every team in the league have shown nothing to suggest we should be going to Stamford Bridge and not concede. They have fabulous offensive players, therefore going there we can reasonably expect to have to score 2 or 3 to win the game. We conceded a poor one, then a deflected goal. We then get another and but for a horrendous decision that would have been enough.
3-2 away at Chelsea is a fantastic result.
And on the point regarding the inexperience in the side. It isn't exclusively games which makes a player "mature", it's additionally age and experience of this league.
Stones, Deulofeu, Besic, Funes Mori, Lukaku, they are all early 20s/novices in this league (FM). You can't just start thinking, reacting, playing like a 28 year old just because you've played 70 games for Barcelona B, for example.
Where is John Stones for that first goal and why, when the ball is played, is he not busting a gut to get back in case a rusty Jags misjudges the flight of the ball? Why is Deulofeu trying to beat a man on 97minutes50seconds instead of doing what others did against City in the LC and keep possession? Why are Funes Mori, Besic and Lukaku jumping into the crowd a matter of weeks after we did the same thing vs Bournemouth, costing us 2 points?
They have got a lot of growing up to do.
Take all that naivity into consideration and we STILL should have won the game!
What we get in return for patience whilst this lot grow up, improve, gain experience, is the pleasure in watching some of the finest talent in the league play with vibrancy, flair and fearlessness.
I'm happy with our end of the deal.
