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Yesterday’s performance was a result of decisions made in the summer. I am surprised Odegaard is getting the brunt of the criticism, when it’s the tactics that need to be questioned in the first place.
We watched Kai combine better with Saka then Ode did. And u blaming the tactics
Tactics were shoddy and Odegaard was also awful yesterday as well
He ( and Saka) was shut down by Chelsea’s tactics. They kept 10 behind the ball and there was hardly any gap between midfield and defence. We should have used the left hand side more but neither Rice nor Martinelli have the killer pass to open defences.
I’d say anyone blaming or singling out one player for yesterday’s performance isn’t speaking in good faith. The entire xi from back to front played absolute stinkers, paticularly in possession. There were levels to the stinkiness but I personally wouldn’t rate anyone above a 6 and multiple players at a 3/4
Now we have some sample size as well something just hasn’t clicked so far this season. Again I see a lot or people trying to point this out to one singular player (partey at rb, havertz, Eddie, ode) but it’s becoming apparent something has changed that just isn’t right, whichever xi is fielded. Not saying we have been awful all season, but something is off.
We need to be careful because it’s just as likely to start biting us in the ass as it is to suddenly start clicking into place
because he is the captain and the highest paid player and he needs to step up when things are tough and not play against us
Odegaard doesn’t have the game he had with Partey at 6. Or Rice there for the whole game. Rice was also really bad until he was moved to 6, he was missing passes and too high up the pitch to make recovery runs (because he was trying to find space beyond the Chelsea box). This was a tactical misstep.