Positives from today

[trinitoon]

I think what exacerbates this is that our attacking players do not have the talent to set any game alight.

Rafa's defensive style is doing half the job but we don't have the personnel to do the other half of the job after staying in the game.

We will lose every game by [at least] one goal because we cannot defend that well but can defend well enough (with Lascelles) to +2 goals and win. Problem is: if we don't keep clean sheet, we never have enough to climb the mountain.

Not looking good IMHO. Not convinced with our forward line.

Then again, reap what you sow and all that.

[toptoon]

Rafa's defensive style is doing half the job but we don't have the personnel to do the other half of the job after staying in the game.

I think that sums it up well. But, I wouldnt just put the blame on the forward line. Put Perez or Rondon in a Chelsea team and they would look much better and score more IMO. The blame lies with a general lack of quality across the team which shows up most when we try to attack. It´s not like we´re creating loads of chances and the forwrds are missing them. Even players like Yedlin and Dummet (never mind the midfield) are responsible for creating those chances.