Mauricio Pochettino is speaking to the press after Chelsea’s draw with Aston Villa at home in the FA Cup.
It was one of those nights that we had plenty of back in the Autumn. Some impressive stuff from the team overall, but a real lack of cutting edge, with players fluffing big chances, and eventually letting Villa into the game when they could have been out of it.
Pochettino explained that he basically blamed bad luck for the fact that his team weren’t able to win it:
“They have amazing players in attack. They didn’t score and we kept a clean sheet. We face a team like Aston Villa, it is difficult. Of course, we didn’t score but we created chances. I trust and believe in my players, for sure, playing in this way that we are going to score.
“The ‘keeper is an amazing ‘keeper. Emiliano, he was really, really good and sometimes you need some luck to score.”
We never want to hear managers blame luck. And we would have won today had out attacking players finished better – that’s a fact.
But luck comes into that too, and we’re willing to accept that a combination of Emi Martinez and bad luck probably did cost us a goal which would have seen us through. The important thing was the performance, which was ultimately good.
How this team have luck , he like to play players out of position and his tactics isn’t good enough . When I saw the selection , ain’t going well . Now he talks about luck , their is no luck with average tactics . He didn’t start a proper striker ( Broja) . He even don’t give chance to play Washington if he won’t start Broja . Their no luck with a bad tactic. Play player’s on their strength on the right position that they flourish.
You clearly don’t understand football. We played different tactics today and all went well bar the goal. When the coach brought on Broja, what did he do, you just sit down talking nonsense about Pochettino not knowing tactics, what do you know about football?
Anyways well said coach, I believe we will score them on their patch when we meet them for the replay.
Pochettino is the right man for the job and there’s no two ways about that
Starting Broja would have gained us nothing because Broja has done nothing when given the opportunity on multiple occasions.
Palmer at the false 9 helped create at least 2 or 3 clear cut chances — including the ball he laid off to Madueke and his interception of the Lenglet back pass. Not sure either of those chances materializes if Broja is in the game because his movement off the ball has not been the best.
Sure, we needed both Palmer and Madueke to be a bit more clinical tonight, but both netted against Boro and I’m willing to accept Poch’s explanation that sometimes you do need just that bit of luck. Under the circumstances, there is no shame in battling a club tied for second in the league to a draw, and we just need to keep building and improving between now and the re-match. After losing to Villa early in the season, tonight will have convinced the boys that they’re more than good enough to win the next meeting.
The problem is him!! He is the jinxed factor for Chelsea!! It’s been way too long where we still don’t have a team. Everyone is playing for himself. He has to go. The sooner the better. As simple as that!!!
We wouldn’t have hired him if the team was ok,our woes started from Tuchel and to Potter and then Lampard before him(Poch).So blaming him solely isn’t right, Frankly,we are picking up and the performance against Villa is one of our best games in years just unfortunate we couldn’t score.
We wouldn’t have hired him if the team was ok,our woes started from Tuchel and to Potter and then Lampard before him(Poch).So blaming him solely isn’t right, Frankly,we are picking up and the performance against Villa is one of our best games in years just unfortunate we couldn’t score.