Agree 100%, I am struggling to remember the same back four two games in a row. The lack of quality in the forwards is really telling as well. So many crosses to nowhere.

It’s like the worst of Lampards Chelsea. Side to side and incredibly slow.

Yep. We are a totally different proposition when he is playing. Enzo up the pitch, more space for Cole etc etc. but he hardly plays.

Terrible.

Big fan.

It was the ‘anecdotal’ quote from a taxi driver that killed me. Followed swiftly by the debunked stats.

Can he play in goal?

Would that make 8 goalkeepers or 9?

Long balls! Ffs

We have seven goalkeepers. Seven.

So dumb. We absolutely deserve that. #chelsea

Just dreaming. Terrible

So weird. Ceded control of the midfield and when the ball goes up the pitch we give it away with poor decisions.

Real lack of precision costing us game after game. Last pass always seems wrong at the worst time.

Totally. Much better than the other available options that’s for sure.

2. The story so intimately going in. That’s not the film’s fault, but is a risk when you remake such well known material and removes any sense of jeopardy.

1. Excellent review! I loved how beautifully shot it is, the central performances are excellent (exception Taylor Johnson who seemed miscast and couldn’t compete in the gravelly voice contest). It was perhaps too long, but the main issue I had was the lack of suspense/fear caused by knowing

Hallelujah

Every team has a period like this every year. Unfortunately, we are very different without Lavia and Fofana. Slower, less direct and the further back Enzo is, the worse we are.

I agree. He has become an increasingly lazy director. A total waste of everyone involved.

Absolutely!!! Happy Christmas to you.

I agree, because you break up the partnerships as well. Suffered from having Enzo further back as well

Incredible save and block.

We would have lost that game last year for sure.

I think he saw someone who wouldn’t do what he said!

Sanchez and Badaishile combo terrible for the blood pressure though.

What a player Lavia is!!

A Christmas shopping shove for the novel I published this year, Rabbits. The reviews were ace and it’s a bloody beautiful hardback, too, and I honestly can’t imagine WHY YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO BUY IT AT LEAST ONCE. (Pub link: birlinn.co.uk/product/rabb...; Amazon: amzn.eu/d/jkU9LNr)

Clear man of the match for me. Always open, always show for the ball, never stops running. Incredible.

He was incredible. What a performance. Cuccu had a fantastic game as well I thought.