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Posted by SoccerJunkie on 5/6/21 at 2:53 pm to cwil177
I can not stand the English commentary/analysis on why Pulisic did not start the second leg of the CL.
They use phrases like "Havertz is in Superior form"
That is such BS. If Pulisic played against the scrubs a t Fulham how many goals would he have had. Would he then be in superior form..
"In Form" is really an excuse Tuchel uses to hide his preference to play his fellow German compatriots. Just like Lampard did with his English mates. Sorry but there is bias
Its about minutes!!!!. Give Pulisic Werner's or Havertz's minutes and he would be way more productive.
Bottom line - he will only be the coach's first choice if the others form is really bad. Both Werner and Havertz have been given way more chances to play their way into "Form"
They use phrases like "Havertz is in Superior form"
That is such BS. If Pulisic played against the scrubs a t Fulham how many goals would he have had. Would he then be in superior form..
"In Form" is really an excuse Tuchel uses to hide his preference to play his fellow German compatriots. Just like Lampard did with his English mates. Sorry but there is bias
Its about minutes!!!!. Give Pulisic Werner's or Havertz's minutes and he would be way more productive.
Bottom line - he will only be the coach's first choice if the others form is really bad. Both Werner and Havertz have been given way more chances to play their way into "Form"
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Posted by SoccerJunkie on 2/23/21 at 2:39 pm to In The Know
What what Pulisic's production have been if he played Timo's minutes and in Timo's position.
Werner is horrible - his first touch mediocre at best and he can not take players on like Pulisic
Lampard and now Tuchel have bet on Werner - personal bias in my opinion
Complain about Pulisic's injuries but if given Timo's minutes when he was healthy he still would be more productive.
Timo has done nothing to deserve all the minutes and the subsequent movement of players to positions with which they are not best at to accommodate his limited skill-set
Werner is horrible - his first touch mediocre at best and he can not take players on like Pulisic
Lampard and now Tuchel have bet on Werner - personal bias in my opinion
Complain about Pulisic's injuries but if given Timo's minutes when he was healthy he still would be more productive.
Timo has done nothing to deserve all the minutes and the subsequent movement of players to positions with which they are not best at to accommodate his limited skill-set
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Posted by SoccerJunkie on 2/16/21 at 12:47 pm to lynxcat
"Pulisic deserves to start". - this from Tuchel. What a load of crap! It would be much better if he just said his form is off thus he is not starting. But he won't because he has not given Pulisic a fair shot.
Let's face it priority has always gone to Werner whether it was Lampard or Tuchel.
In fact when played out of position Werner was horrible far worst than Pulisic's play when Pulisic plays out of position - which has been most of the year, under both coaches, by the way.
Where might Pulisic be with form if given the same opportunity to play, in his best position, with equal amount of play. If you gave him Timo's minutes in the position Timo played my bet is he would have been much more productive.
Timo's touch, dribbles, shooting, have been amongst the poorest on the team but they have not waivered getting him in form at the expense of playing others where they fit.
In fact the reason they moved Pulisic around is precisely because he was the better option to add value somewhere else to help the team.
This dribble Chelsea coaches /mgmt give you about competing everyday for minutes is BS - they are not without politics. I saw that with Lampard and now we are seeing it with Tuchel.
By the way, I am not necessarily opposed to it - because as a coach you go with what you think best but call it for what it is please.
Let's face it priority has always gone to Werner whether it was Lampard or Tuchel.
In fact when played out of position Werner was horrible far worst than Pulisic's play when Pulisic plays out of position - which has been most of the year, under both coaches, by the way.
Where might Pulisic be with form if given the same opportunity to play, in his best position, with equal amount of play. If you gave him Timo's minutes in the position Timo played my bet is he would have been much more productive.
Timo's touch, dribbles, shooting, have been amongst the poorest on the team but they have not waivered getting him in form at the expense of playing others where they fit.
In fact the reason they moved Pulisic around is precisely because he was the better option to add value somewhere else to help the team.
This dribble Chelsea coaches /mgmt give you about competing everyday for minutes is BS - they are not without politics. I saw that with Lampard and now we are seeing it with Tuchel.
By the way, I am not necessarily opposed to it - because as a coach you go with what you think best but call it for what it is please.
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Posted by SoccerJunkie on 2/15/21 at 5:48 pm to GeauxTigers2020
Agreed he has not been in the best of form - but the coaching has done nothing to help with that - i.e like playing him consistently in his best position. This has not been the case this year - Lampard refused to play Pulisic on the left to accommodate Werner. The farm was bet on Werner and everyone else had to adjust - that impacted Abraham, Giroud, Pulisic etc. - and as such led to a lack of team play. To that point Tuchel has also bet on Werner. However, his new shape is better suited to Werner and the roles therefore require different skill-sets not necessarily conducive to Pulisic or Ziyech's games. It wasn't a fluke that Pulisic dominated last 1/2 season - he was put in a role, played there consistently, and allowed to have the ball at his feet and make the plays. Lampard got away from that to accommodate Werner. Tuchel doesn't have that role in the shape he has moved forward with. For Pulisic - time to move on
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Posted by SoccerJunkie on 2/15/21 at 4:58 pm to Clockwatcher68
Tuchel revealed his thoughts regarding Pulisic with his first impression as shown in the original starting lineup in the first match of the year under his tutelage.
The lessons:
1) Tuchel was going to give his German boys first shot at the starting positions despite playing horrible all season. As a result, Tuchel is willing to play others out of position to allow his boys to work into form. In this way he will do exactly what Lampard did.
2) His shape doesn't necessarily work with Pulisic's game unless he is willing to bench his boy Werner or try Pulisic at the left wingback position
3) Bringing him (Pulisic)off the bench in game 1 was exactly where he saw him on this team - any other narrative is BS
4) Pulisic was the last to get a start amongst those competing for roles in the new set.
Pulisic has the quality - my 2 cents - go to a mid table club start everyday and kick arse. The "competing every day to start" story were sold at Chelsea is utter BS. Lampard and Tuchel did the exact same thing - to give their boys/country-men first chance
The lessons:
1) Tuchel was going to give his German boys first shot at the starting positions despite playing horrible all season. As a result, Tuchel is willing to play others out of position to allow his boys to work into form. In this way he will do exactly what Lampard did.
2) His shape doesn't necessarily work with Pulisic's game unless he is willing to bench his boy Werner or try Pulisic at the left wingback position
3) Bringing him (Pulisic)off the bench in game 1 was exactly where he saw him on this team - any other narrative is BS
4) Pulisic was the last to get a start amongst those competing for roles in the new set.
Pulisic has the quality - my 2 cents - go to a mid table club start everyday and kick arse. The "competing every day to start" story were sold at Chelsea is utter BS. Lampard and Tuchel did the exact same thing - to give their boys/country-men first chance
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