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40 + 2 – Chelsea have had 40 shots across their last two matches (22 vs Newcastle and 18 vs PSG), the most attempts they’ve had in back-to-back games in all competitions without scoring since January 2011 against Liverpool (20 shots) and Fulham (25 shots). Blunt.

“dowman can’t pass / playmake / run games” he’s just good enough to run through teams himself, doesn’t mean he can’t do it 16 and has every type of pass in his locker 👇

Give him a run of games and he'll be better than Sanchez on the long run, his style is more suited to Modern football, and in terms of shot stopping not miles behind, besides Sanchez hasn't helped Chelsea win anything major. The top coaches stick to their philosophy, and how Rosenior handle this situation will tell me more about his character and mentality.

Filip Jorgensen vs PSG all ball playing actions

Chelsea under Rosenior have inherited the same OOP issues Maresca had due to their insistence on defending M2M when Chelsea don't have the ball. Maresca's OOP structure wasn't bulletproof either, but the more I think about it, the more I realize pressing M2M was probably intentional by design due to our starting midfield profiles built around Enzo & Caicedo Both naturally have aggressive temperaments to hunt for the ball, but often struggle to cover space and lack elite screening abilities when asked to defend zonally. So it makes sense to use a defensive pressing scheme that plays to their strengths while covering their weaknesses A downside to being a rigid M2M side out of possession means your team would often be caught lacking compactness centrally in moments and your OOP structure won't be bulletproof, which would make your team susceptible to being bypassed easily in moments when there is a lack of communication from your players, poor timing when engaging or the M2M press being manipulated by clever opposition tactics. PSG & Bayern employ similar M2M pressing styles but they can get away with it in the German & French leagues, but the Premier League is unforgiving with opposing sides setup to capitalize on lapses in concentration. Newcastle's goal yesterday validates this point.

Micah Richards after PSG defeat: "He’s [Liam Rosenior] cooking. He’s cooking up a storm. I’m telling you now. Tactically, this guy has got it. I’ve seen everything I need to see. “The way they build up, Mistakes again, but Sanchez probably should have played."

Part of Arsenal’s open-play creativity issue is the absence of a player like this to open the entire game up. Risk-takers create transitions. Transitions are where most goals are scored. The lack of them is why all Arsenal forwards have average output.