Smirking_Saint

So are you blind to the fact he has a better saves to shots ratio then those considered the best in the prem aswell as his clean sheets then ?! Itll be nice to see you be positive about any of our players tbh

http://www.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/premierleague/stats?table=defensive&stat=goalsAgainstAvg#top He has a better save to shots ratio than Hart and Courtois who are the only ones in a reasonable comparison due to the low shots faced. Therefore he is doing pretty well all things considered. Time to start laying off the bloke and looking for things that arent there.

Quite obviously yes

Despite this, personally I saw enough decent balls in and around him to be able to do a better job of bringing others in. I never see him actually hold the ball up, just flicks. As per goalscoring, again there was enough delivery into the box to make more of yesterday. He shouldnt ever be the only one in goalscoring positions, but all too often he isnt either

A penalty is a set piece tbf

Which is what was widely reported at the time. Id say id was a shame that it caused many good players and a good manager to leave but in the end it all worked out for the best. I understood he reasons for leaving, just not his application of him leaving. Perhaps the new board were slow and naive in there early approach to things, and yes at the time I was vocally annoyed but they've sorted themself out and come out IMO smelling of roses. We dont know the state of play early after NCs leaving, so maybe there were reasons for their hesitance

He hasnt the composure to take the majority of his chances. So Im not sure Id want him near a set piece. I imagine he would just try to hit it as hard as he can as per usual

I just find it laughable that many find any reason to knock him, to talk about incorrect technique etc or apportion any blame for the first is plain daft. It was an incredible strike that he did well to get anywhere near ! The second, yes he may have done better, he got a hand to it, but Im not expecting much from a shot that took a deflection and was obscured by nearly 3 players. If you really wanted to point fingers then Davis failed to close Coutinho for the first (like he failed to close Shelvey) and Morgans poor pass and Targetts panic caused the second.

But we do create 'enough' certainly enough for us to get a bit more out of games then we currently are. I agree he isnt the whole problem. Delivery has to be better, as does any sort of play aroumd the box and 50% of the supply to him is very poor. But he is still part of the issue, he doesnt get into enough dangerous positions, lacks composure, tries too many flicks when he should hold it up and can be easily marked (as can most target men tbh). He needs to do better, but its worty noting he was only 8m which for a decent prem striker is cheap

Been taking your cue

Go to bed poppet, but drink plenty, you've had a great week but back to school in the morning

That'll be because Reed isnt as good as Morgan or wanyama

Really ? Under or through two players ? Id say its a bit harsh to say so tbh

Too many flicks and not enough time with the ball at his feet for me. Yes he is capable, you can see its more of a case of a man out of form that has the quality in terms of chance creation. But I think he needs to get it down and allow the attacking players to get closer to him and help him out. Personally I dont see his movement or composure to be particularly form related as its always seemed to be lacking, composure especially

You need to get into positions to enable them too

First was a worldie, second he didnt see till late. Cant blame him much today tbh

He lacks real composure to be a top 6 player but Id say he has enough in his game to be good. He tries too many flicks etc when he should be holding it up more. He never manages to get in any real threatening position either, at times not even in the box for crosses

We have missed Ryan yes, but Targett hasnt been that bad, apart from the slip

We desperately needed back up in jan, looking like a bad idea missing out. And yes I am aware there may not have been decent options.

My favourite ever commentator phrase has to be 'anywhere else on the pitch its a foul but its not enough for a penalty' Hmmm sorry ?

Exactly my way of thinking here And Im pretty liberal minded, find the PC brigade over the top and loathe social media outrage. However I cant see how you can defend a bunch of idiots openly being filmed chanting a racist chant TBH

I think the chants of 'were racist and we love it' and the eventual blocking of a black man are unfortunately too much to ignore for me. Am I getting hysterical ? No Are a lot of the reactions of people over the top ? Yes But realistically it was ****ing moronic and cant be said that it was anything over than a racially motivated incident. Even taking the blocking of the black man from the train out of the equation then they are still filmed singing racist chants. Unfortunately thats were the buck will stop. Should they be banned for life ? Not in my opinion, but realistically they should expect a time limited ban, which I would personally find fair

So why defend them ?

Exactly, Im surprised so many are looking to defend the incident TBH, no place for it in society

Exactly, whatever their actual everyday thoughts on the subject of race at that time on the metro in paris they were caught up in racist chants and the stopping of a black man (amoungst others) from boarding a train. Looking at the situation in isolation, which of course it will be, does not make healthy viewing for the culprits. Hopefully Chelsea are able to identify and ban the culprits until they grow up a bit.