Chelsea v Westham Monday 21st December 2020. The Jimmy Greaves derby.

alderz

Cuz1 said:

To be fair I think cresswell as been one of our most consistent player this season so far

He has. But not at LB

puddleglumhammers

Again a very thin bench for midfield or attack options. Why 2 central defenders and 2 extra goalies ? Surely a promising young midfielder or winger or attacker would be worth a place.

steve

So seems it sit back .And keep Chelsea at bay for 94 mins and hope for 0-0 ,,,,Lets see how that works out

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

I’m shocked Noble has come in. I just don’t see what he adds anymore.

If we wanted more in the middle, could have put Fornals there and had Benrahma wide.

We’re going to lose.

Pengeman

Bizzare Bench: Why have WHU named two centre-halves and two goalies as subs? Surely, someone from the second team would have benefited from experience with the first-team squad. Or is Moyes making a statement to the owners about the lack of depth? Or there a cunning plan to fool Chelsea by unleashing Martin as a winger and Diop as a centre forward?

MrsGrey

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

I’m shocked Noble has come in. I just don’t see what he adds anymore.

He's been ripping it up in training ;wahoo


:-)

OutcastLondoner

Pengeman said:

Bizzare Bench: Why have WHU named two centre-halves and two goalies as subs? Surely, someone from the second team would have benefited from experience with the first-team squad. Or is Moyes making a statement to the owners about the lack of depth? Or there a cunning plan to fool Chelsea by unleashing Martin as a winger and Diop as a centre forward?

I actually did see a rumour on Twitter that Diop's been tried at centre forward in training!

CleverTrevor

I think they couldn’t put any youngsters on the bench as there was COVID at Chadwell Heath as far as I’m aware.

Lukerz

Surprised Benrahma didn’t start, we do need a counter attacking threat

Clactonite

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

I’m shocked Noble has come in. I just don’t see what he adds anymore.

Maybe Moyes thinks we’ll finally get a penalty 🤷‍♂️

Yeoldhammer

I can understand the Noble pick in wanting to have someone just spray the ball about, but unfortunately there will be no one to spray the ball about too, other than Bowen. Fancy Chilwell locking Bowen up for most of the game making Noble pretty redundant.
I can seen Bowen getting frustrated and picking up a yellow / red.
Reckon Haller is going to be a literal traffic cone all night.

Cuz1

alderz said:

Cuz1 said:

To be fair I think cresswell as been one of our most consistent player this season so far

He has. But not at LB

alderz said:

Cuz1 said:

To be fair I think cresswell as been one of our most consistent player this season so far

He has. But not at LB

So how many games as left back has he let us down ?

OldCastleSwift

It's a horrible looking bench. Two 'keepers, four defenders and two of the slowest wingers in the league. The U23s are self-isolating according to Ex, but even so, it just demonstrates how thin our squad is. Most of us were concerned about the lack of strength in depth at the beginning of the season, and it looks like those fears are being realised.

Noble in for Benrahma baffles me. We have no pace in the side at the best of times, but with Noble back in, and given we'll be relying on counter attacks, I can't see how we'll get in their final third.

IronHerb

You can only use 3 subs so no real issue.

Yarmolenko
Benrahma
Snodgrass
Diop
Fredericks
Johnson
Randolph

That was being referred to as a strong bench not too long ago.

thornburyiron

Here we go. Back to rubbish defending. Why was he left totally unmarked. .

Hammerwombat

How very disappointing😩

alderz

Cuz1 said:

alderz said:

Cuz1 said:

To be fair I think cresswell as been one of our most consistent player this season so far

He has. But not at LB

alderz said:

Cuz1 said:

To be fair I think cresswell as been one of our most consistent player this season so far

He has. But not at LB

So how many games as left back has he let us down ?

I mean, it wasn’t me that said it, but I would say that his performances at LB last season were not good. He lacks the pace to get forward and backward well enough, and he doesn’t have as much time to cross from deep without Masuaku outside him

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Needed to keep it tight early.....now going to be hard to get back into it

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

We look like we're going to get smashed.

IronHerb

So Noble gets his first touch of the ball after 14m 39s and almost puts Abraham through on goal.

Gonna be a long night.

ianbishoplegend

Var use is not even trying to discreetly biased

thornburyiron

Big mistake picking Noble. He’s never going to be at the races and he’s wasting a midfield place n

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

We're looking great going forward. Noble adding a lot.

claretandbluesky

This is not a match to bring Noble back for. He is not a starter now. Very poor selection from Moyes.

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

This is really difficult to watch.

Pearces_Left_Foot

Noble is so far off the pace it’s embarrassing haller can’t hold it upfront . We need to hope Chelsea don’t get a second

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

16% possession. LOL

thornburyiron

Even if Haller he led it up Noble wouldn’t arrive until tomorrow.

ianbishoplegend

Terrible top 4 ref

ianbishoplegend

Players need to stop and complain for VAR stop being so passive