Poor Robert Sanchez. He had only just put his head above the parapet this week and claimed he was in the “best form of his career”… and we could all predict what would come next.
The Spanish goalkeeper made a crazy dash off his line to try to claim a loose ball, but ended up looking foolish as Georginio Rutter was able to just head it into the net which Sanchez had just vacated.
That mistake seemed to spook him – as we saw last season, he often follows one error with another – and his play on the ball was horrendous after that. The start of the second half brought no relief, and he started that period with two sloppy efforts that had Enzo Maresca screaming at him.
Sanchez did make some good saves later in the game, but the damage was done, the downward confidence spiral had begun. Maresca will surely be thinking more than ever about summer signing Filip Jorgensen and his potential to one day be the first team option.
Enzo Maresca was furious in technical area after Robert Sanchez's second error of the game led to yet another Brighton goal. Filip Jorgensen will get chance to impress in Conference League vs Gent this Thursday…
— Kieran Gill (@kierangill_DM) September 28, 2024
Difficult circumstances for keeper to earn his place
Jorgensen hasn’t looked all that impressive in his games either, so it’s not like it will be easy for him to force his way into a team which is doing well and winning, even if that’s despite Sanchez rather than because of him at times.
Jorgensen’s other problem is that the games he gets – in the domestic cups and in the Conference League – are generally against teams which sit deep and barely test him, so it’s very difficult to impress defensively. He will get plenty of the ball though, and can try to show the calm and assurance that Sanchez lacked today.
We still don’t think it’s happening anytime soon, but the dossier of Sanchez flaws only grows larger.
His mistakes today were obvious and horrendous, but even before that the data showed that he’s a below average keeper. A lot of people conflated two clean sheets with some transformation that plainly hadn’t happened. And it’s not like continuing to play him is going change anything. All it will do is continue to cost us in bad goals conceded and stoppable shots allowed in.
Problem in chelsea is the DM caicedo and Fernandez, they are too far away from the defenders. Should coping obi, makele. I want to see lavia there.
Sanchez really have to improve his confidence and consistency
It is now second season for bob, and he is as poor as amateur. There would be now easy game for us this season.
Sanchez is not a confident goal keeper and is always prone to errors especially when playing out from the back, which has gone a long way in costing us to concede unnecessary goals
I myself was happy with Petrovic last season!!
Yes yes our goalkeeper was bad
Just Sanches being Sanches.. That the owners didn’t buy trustworthy goalkeeper is baffling..That will hurt the team in the long run..
The earlier Chelsea got rid of this Robert Sanchez the better for uses his legs without his head and let’s face he’s not good with his hands and of what use is a goal keeper who would cost you 5 to 10.mqtches in a season
He should be furious with Jackson as well.
Dude just missed it all. It would have ended up 10:3 but for his lack of understanding where the goal post is.
We definitely need a world class keeper. We cannot go on like that giving away cheap sloppy goals. Let us try and find another modern goalkeeper who not only make saves but can play with his feet and make precision distributions from the back. Chelsea needs an on form Neuer if they want to win things.
As a chelsea fan, seeing the 2 goals that Sanchez conceded which ofcourse were his own obvious mistakes, i started thinking about how good Petrovic was last season, but unfortunately he has left the club because its said he can’t play with his feet. Honestly, we need a remedy out of these Sanchez errors and we shall finish at the top
Jackson slow on execution