I can’t keep in mind the final time I noticed Chelsea’s gamers ending like they did yesterday in opposition to Fulham. Maybe when Cole Palmer was scorching and scoring for enjoyable.
Granted, Jadon Sancho additionally did it in opposition to Ipswich to avoid wasting our complete embarrassment in that recreation. However apart from that, we simply don’t end like that sufficient.
Actually simply half a sight of purpose, one contact, and BANG! Typically they don’t even want the contact.
Sarcastically, Chelsea and Enzo Maresca have been saved by a Cobham starlet yesterday. After spending £1.5bn constructing an enormous and costly squad, the hero of the day was Tyrique George, who banged in a worldie to avoid wasting one other embarrassing defeat.
The ball involves him, he has half a sight at purpose, and his first contact is hit with conviction.
Why don’t all our gamers do that? Why aren’t they coached to do that? All of our attackers and midfielders want to observe this purpose on repeat and do the identical factor.
Maybe that’s precisely what Pedro Neto had in his thoughts when the ball got here to him in an analogous space in stoppage time yesterday afternoon, as a result of his end was even higher and much more instinctive.
Neto let the ball glide throughout his physique along with his first contact, and spun to smash it house along with his second.
The definition of 1 contact, BANG!
Please can we do extra of this. That is the way you rating objectives. Don’t permit time for gamers to reset and get the blocks in and extra numbers behind the ball, simply smash it with conviction. We don’t must make that further go when a shot is on.
The irony on this purpose as effectively was the construct up was so fast earlier than it, very a lot not what we now have grown used to seeing from ‘Maresca-ball’. However the recreation opened up at this level and went very finish to finish which clearly suited us a lot better.
Belief in Cobham extra, maybe?
Play extra direct and quick, maybe?
Take pictures even when you could have a half sight on purpose, maybe?
Do all these issues and we’re instantly higher off.
