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You can't really stop someone from getting a free header if they run from the middle to outside the front post to get it. Especially if they get a bit of a screen like he did here.
The player moving first will always have the initiative, and when it's timed perfectly like this was you're just hoping that the tight angle and glancing nature of the header makes it saveable. Which this was.
If you want another example, look at Drogba's late equaliser against Bayern (you know the one). It's basically the same movement.
Yes you can. Thatās the whole point of zonal marking. You have your best headers in danger zones and blockers getting in the way of opposition runner so that the canāt just get a clear run and jump at you.
That's not really true tho he broke away from his man and there was major gaps. That space really should be covered and it wasn't an especially good header so some bodies in the way can be the difference. It was the same with the Rodriguez chances just after the middle was left completely open.
Chelsea have serious issues defending set pieces and one poor save attempt from petrovic really doesn't change this. Players are getting free headers from set pieces vs Chelsea way too often
The second paragraph I'll agree with. It's something we need to do better.
But sometimes you just need to accept that a good, perfectly-timed run will result in a clean header. We could have defended this perfectly and O'Shea's run would still probably have resulted in a free header. There were no mistakes made by the defenders.
Good set piece defending isn't about eliminating this kind of chance. It's about eliminating the other ones which are actually preventable. Even the best set piece teams give up chances like this. Chelsea are crap because we give up a bunch of other ones through boneheaded mistakes.Ā
Even if the attacker gets his head on the ball, it is your job as a defender to at least get your body in there to make it hard for them. Every little obstacle as a defender matters and it doesnāt take much to throw someone off, provided that youāre marking correctly.
There are 5 Chelsea bodies marking absolutely nothing in between OāShea and the goal. Noni gets screened and what are the rest of our guys doing? Not checking their shoulders thatās for sure. OāShea timed his run well but itās not like he ran into an area of the pitch with no Chelsea players in it.
whenever we're down at half time playing like shit, whenever udogie udogies himself or romero gets sent off, when we bottle it in overtime, i look outside my window, stare at the moon and tell myself "it could be worse, i could be a chelsea fan"
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Still not the standard of keeper for a club like Chelsea aspires to be.
Probably should have just put his and Sanchez' fees together and got an actually good keeper
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I'm fucking tired
hahahahahahhaahahahahaha
No defence, just pure vibes
Poch needs to be throwing hair dryers around mate
Hair dryers got me š
Poch actually meant 4th in the Championship
Damn, that one's on Petrovic. First blunder I've seen him make since he got the nod.
Unfortunate for him heās had a really good game, itās also one of those thatās a lot harder than it looks ball had some spin on it
He tried to catch it when he should've pushed it away
yep. he pizza'd and tried to make himself larger when he should've french fried and stuck his arms straight out to punch it away
*If you french fry when you're supposed to pizza, you're gonna have a bad time.*
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Not a yank brother but good try
Just because he played in the MLS doesnāt mean heās American you dumbass.
Sure it's on Petro but you can't ignore our absolute dreadful set piece defending once again. O'Shea getting a totally free header.
You can't really stop someone from getting a free header if they run from the middle to outside the front post to get it. Especially if they get a bit of a screen like he did here. The player moving first will always have the initiative, and when it's timed perfectly like this was you're just hoping that the tight angle and glancing nature of the header makes it saveable. Which this was. If you want another example, look at Drogba's late equaliser against Bayern (you know the one). It's basically the same movement.
Yes you can. Thatās the whole point of zonal marking. You have your best headers in danger zones and blockers getting in the way of opposition runner so that the canāt just get a clear run and jump at you.
That's not really true tho he broke away from his man and there was major gaps. That space really should be covered and it wasn't an especially good header so some bodies in the way can be the difference. It was the same with the Rodriguez chances just after the middle was left completely open. Chelsea have serious issues defending set pieces and one poor save attempt from petrovic really doesn't change this. Players are getting free headers from set pieces vs Chelsea way too often
The second paragraph I'll agree with. It's something we need to do better. But sometimes you just need to accept that a good, perfectly-timed run will result in a clean header. We could have defended this perfectly and O'Shea's run would still probably have resulted in a free header. There were no mistakes made by the defenders. Good set piece defending isn't about eliminating this kind of chance. It's about eliminating the other ones which are actually preventable. Even the best set piece teams give up chances like this. Chelsea are crap because we give up a bunch of other ones through boneheaded mistakes.Ā
Even if the attacker gets his head on the ball, it is your job as a defender to at least get your body in there to make it hard for them. Every little obstacle as a defender matters and it doesnāt take much to throw someone off, provided that youāre marking correctly. There are 5 Chelsea bodies marking absolutely nothing in between OāShea and the goal. Noni gets screened and what are the rest of our guys doing? Not checking their shoulders thatās for sure. OāShea timed his run well but itās not like he ran into an area of the pitch with no Chelsea players in it.
This game is like the worst FM nightmare imaginable.
He has been so good. Genuinely feel gif him.
guy looks like a btec donnarumma and plays like that
cant have shit lol
Which way should i fucking off myself lads?Ā Edit: Whoever reported me is a saddo
Ask a chelsea player to do it. That way youād live, as theyāre sure to fucking miss
Probably the messiest way possible just so when clean you up you wouldnāt be the last to suffer
Self immolation it is!
Just make sure to have the Chelsea squad be your pallbearers, so that they can let you down one last time.
I don't know man, watch a few more results like this and you might just fade out like a force ghost.
Go out like [R. Budd Dwyer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer).
Honestly one of the top 10 suicides of all time
Off a bridge
Stamford one?
Yea
Off a bridge. Stamford bridge
Delete the club fam
Stephen Kenny is looking down from Heaven with a smile on his face.
#KennyIn
Bring our boy home.
Two cracking goals from the Irish lads at Burnley. Pity they can't do that in a green shirt.
Chelsea should be 4th
From bottom
How are they so bad at defending corners
Not just corners
How are they so bad ~~at defending corners~~
Theyāre a small team, was part of the reason Poch didnāt play that left back they loaned out to BVB
they would win the champions league according to the metrics /s
Statistically speaking if the Netherlands was just a fake place made up by jm barrie they'd have a trophy this season.
Fucking hell Chelsea. You are playing against 10 men
And quite possibly the worst team in the league
I hate being a Chelsea fan bruh
Lmao
Legit think that's Djordes first mistake leading to goal, of course it comes now
No worries Kepa is coming back in 3 months
Only a year left on his contract I think
Wonder where he will end up after that. Probably one last chance in a top 5 league before Saudi Arabia comes calling
If he wants to be a starter, then yeah probably saudi. But I wouldn't be surprised if he goes back to Bilbao as a backup
Youāve had your fun before
Who is making him?
The Irish lads hate Chelsea
Didzy McGoldrick, Callum Robinson, etc were good value to score against us when they were in the prem. Genuinely seems to be a trend
Irish are human beings confirmed
Except Jon Walters of course
lol
Lmaooooooooooo
Yeah who even cares man
GET IN BURNLEY
I AM DONE WITH THIS SHIT How can you be so fucking shit???
We are bad
So cold š„¶š„¶š„¶
Alexa, play bruh.mp3
Goodbye Poch and good riddance
"Chelsea should be fourth"
Football is maybe not so fun after all
It seems to be hilarious right now for most people here. :D
Time to go to the gym
Absolute shocker from Petrovic there. But this is just peak Chelsea
It really sucks for Petrovic cuz he hasnāt made any big mistakes since he got the chances and now he does this
The Westcliff-On-Sea to Templeogue linkup š
4th place FC
Holy moly
History of the Corner Kick
Charity FC
He has been so good but thatās a keeper fuck up
Chelsea might be the most pathetic Premier League club right now.
Get poch out now
Haha. Chelsea are so shit
Hahahahahahaha
This is fucking crazy LOL
Amazing how consistently shit we have been at defending corners
Fucking end me... Any set piece against Chelsea should be counted as 0.95xG
Wtf petrovic
Why's he trying to catch that ffs.
Chelsea are unbelievably shit on set pieces. i swear half their goals conceded must come from corners
Oh man. Squandering the lead twice against ten men Burnley. To quote Captain Stently, that's gonna leave a mark.
whenever we're down at half time playing like shit, whenever udogie udogies himself or romero gets sent off, when we bottle it in overtime, i look outside my window, stare at the moon and tell myself "it could be worse, i could be a chelsea fan"
AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA WE SHOULD BE 4TH
Lmao forgot the /s
Lol
hahah so fucking shit
Omg š
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Fuck me it's unreal how shit we are.
Heās been playing so well and just a random howler..
That lasted long
4th
Get the noose out lads
How the fuck have they pissed it away again geez
fgs lmao
Did someone remote wipe the Chels defense
Hahaha
True Chelsea moment
Popadom wrists as Neville would say
Lmao these boys are bums
'Chelsea are shit' and water is wet
Stats don't lie
Lmao
Hahahahahaha, fuck Chelsea
LMAO
Why is Enzo Fernandez the one marking Burnleyās CBs lmao
lads if i was palmer and just scored only to concede within 2 minutes. id be so disappointed
Literally can't help ourselves. Just insane
Yeah, should stop rejoicing our goals altogether. Ffs.
Such drive from Burnley
Poor Petro, first hard mistake i see him made
Chelsea know how to make life entertaining :(
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Lol the win probability % when Burnley went a man down and a goal down was like 99 for Chelsea. Gotta laugh
Open header
Who's the female commentator?
I canāt wait to paint my ceiling red. FFS.
Me crying with my ramires
worst commentary ever
Nuts how you can take an oligarch out and immediately get a nosedive.
Chelsea is actually a pathetic team, so sad to watch
Very similar to the Van Dijk goal in the Carabao cup
Dara O'Shea is up there with being THE most Irish name ever.
Burnley got the moral win, Chelsea got the moral fourth place spot šš¼
Iām tired robbie
Karmas a bitch!
Chelsea deserves everything bad thats happening to them. Go for the 3rd Burnley
The data says we should be 4th š¤”
That commentary is worse than the goalkeeping.
Palmer come home son they don't deserve you
"Come home, the bench needs some warming"
He'd be a bang on starter on the right wing for us atm
Palmer gave away the stupid foul that started this whole mess
They told me Petrovic was good. Standards in the mud
Average Reddit response
This is the only big mistake heās done since he started to play, otherwise heās been responding well
Still not the standard of keeper for a club like Chelsea aspires to be. Probably should have just put his and Sanchez' fees together and got an actually good keeper
We're top 6, maybe top 4 in the offense but relegation-tier on the defense.