PAOK beat BATE 4-1 away so we shouldn't really have any issues

Vidi are a league 2 side, if we showed any urgency and had a decent striker it could have been plenty.

Most of the team was average today, would give the majority a 5. Kepa best player which tells the story

I think you unfair on Morata, not only he scored the winner, he did some important defending as well at the Vidi corners. Yes he frustrates us with those misses, but tonight I think he showed why Sarri still believes in him.
Morata needs our support, not this kind of slagging off from a Blue. I may be in a minority here, still believing he will be important to our cause this season.

Yup very tough to break down. Didn't help that we had donkey boy Morata up front being useless for much of the match.

No idea why he was complaining about a camera following him for a few seconds after the final whistle, especially as he was the only goalscorer in the game.

The sooner he's gone the better.

comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 1 minute ago
Yup very tough to break down. Didn't help that we had donkey boy Morata up front being useless for much of the match.

No idea why he was complaining about a camera following him for a few seconds after the final whistle, especially as he was the only goalscorer in the game.

The sooner he's gone the better.
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Proper drama queen, didn't celebrate the goal, kept shooing the cameras away. Wow he scored one goal fk me that's his 6th goal in his last 52 games and he still missed a easy one on one sitter

Can’t complain with six points. But it must be a bit concerning that you’re stuggling to put such poor teans away without having Hazard in the side?

comment by Alexis The King Sanchez (U10026)
posted 2 minutes ago
Can’t complain with six points. But it must be a bit concerning that you’re stuggling to put such poor teans away without having Hazard in the side?
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I wouldn't say it's because Hazard isn't playing i'd say it's more because we don't have a decent striker

Literally have no real source of goals consistently apart from Hazard at the moment

Don't really have any midfielders that score, our CB's don't seem to score anymore, Azpi never has scored, Willian is always inconsistent, Pedro's been good this season but bar Pedro who is inconsistent anyway, Alonso our left-back, and Hazard we have no goals in the team.

We really don't have a goal scoring midfield, barkley, fab, kov, kante, jorginho none of them are really goal scorers. So we require a 30+ goal striker really

Azpi never has scored a lot *

In a season, Jorginho might get you 2-3 goals? Kante 2-3? Kova 5? Fab 5? Barkley 2-3?

None of them are really going to get 10-15 +

And when you have 15 goal a season strikers, it's a big struggle

Yo Oscar ngl was expecting to open this and see a stinking pile of sheeeeet but pretty accurate ratings my g

Well yeah your strikers are crap, but he lifts the rest of the side. I guess the great thing about Hazard is that he’s rarely injured, so even if you do rely heavily on him it shouldn’t cost you that much over the season.

Fans need to get behind their players; Morata is frustrating, but all players go through periods of poor form.

Even if he doesn't, and we need to replace him, we can at least support the guy when he plays. I'm pretty sure he has outscored Giroud this season, yet I don't see half as much criticism for him.

I'm pretty sure he has outscored Giroud this season, yet I don't see half as much criticism for him.
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GT won’t be happy about this.

RLC I think that RLC was not 7.5 and Emerson 7.

I agree with Broquain and Tway here.

comment by Broaquin (U16342)
posted 7 hours, 37 minutes ago
Fans need to get behind their players; Morata is frustrating, but all players go through periods of poor form.

Even if he doesn't, and we need to replace him, we can at least support the guy when he plays. I'm pretty sure he has outscored Giroud this season, yet I don't see half as much criticism for him.


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What do you mean periods of bad form? He had 2 months of good form in august and september last year and has been $hit since, he has 6 goals in his last 52 games

And Giroud doesn't get as much hate because when he's not scoring he's still contributing in the way of getting assists, making space, holding the ball up and leading the line etc, Morata just does nothing apart from whinge and whine, live offside, or fall on the floor

A year of being crap is not " bad form " sorry, Morata has had 2 months of good form which you can pretty much put down to a purple patch now and nothing more

comment by Alexis The King Sanchez (U10026)
posted 10 hours, 9 minutes ago
Can’t complain with six points. But it must be a bit concerning that you’re stuggling to put such poor teans away without having Hazard in the side?
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Very worrying signs indeed.

comment by Alexis The King Sanchez (U10026)
posted 9 hours, 59 minutes ago
Well yeah your strikers are crap, but he lifts the rest of the side. I guess the great thing about Hazard is that he’s rarely injured, so even if you do rely heavily on him it shouldn’t cost you that much over the season.
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He may not get injured, but we’re running a risk of burning him out if he’s been over used.

All good comments above... nice one lads.

comment by Alexis The King Sanchez (U10026)
posted 15 hours, 44 minutes ago
Can’t complain with six points. But it must be a bit concerning that you’re stuggling to put such poor teans away without having Hazard in the side?
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Two 1-0 wins v league 1 standard sides...unimpressed

comment by Tway (U1162)
posted 16 hours, 25 minutes ago
I think you unfair on Morata, not only he scored the winner, he did some important defending as well at the Vidi corners. Yes he frustrates us with those misses, but tonight I think he showed why Sarri still believes in him.
Morata needs our support, not this kind of slagging off from a Blue. I may be in a minority here, still believing he will be important to our cause this season.
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I hate him too. Possibly more than I hated Torres.

Both big babies

Morata can do instinctive finishes when he has time to think about it he is another Torres Sutton Fleck Hartford Cascarino

comment by CFC: FFP Champions (U20729)
posted 42 minutes ago
Morata can do instinctive finishes when he has time to think about it he is another Torres Sutton Fleck Hartford Cascarino
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Hmmm I use to think that but the miss against West Ham, and lastnight were all on him quick, he still fluffed his lines. Poor player for me. Atleast the kezmans and torres’ of the world worked hard

Another underwhelming performance from rlc for me lastnight too, could have been rustiness though, had one great dribble.