I know this comment is quite late in the day, but I have a travelling.
I think this is an excellent article setting out a problem. Many of us that have attended games at Stamford Bridge have been aware of for long time. It really has been a problem go back over 20 years, so it’s nothing new. The only flaw in the argument is that Liverpool have a pitch of a similar size but don’t have the same problems. At the end of the day, it is all about the players and their ability. Everything else I believe is excuses.
We don't get behind defense's enough and the reason we used to break the low block previously was because we had winger's who cut in across the defense and could score aka Hazard and Willian and others.
When we've won games this season our wingers haven't just run down to the corner and crossed into a mess of defenders, they've carried the ball into the or across the line and put the pass into the box from short range much more difficult to defend against.
I'd definitely try fix it via better finishing rather than changing the pitch size. Like you suggested, we were so good at home under Jose because we were good enough to score first, and then the smaller pitch may have helped us defend the lead.
They'll probably go for a bigger pitch when the new stadium is built though.
I know this comment is quite late in the day, but I have a travelling.
I think this is an excellent article setting out a problem. Many of us that have attended games at Stamford Bridge have been aware of for long time. It really has been a problem go back over 20 years, so it’s nothing new. The only flaw in the argument is that Liverpool have a pitch of a similar size but don’t have the same problems. At the end of the day, it is all about the players and their ability. Everything else I believe is excuses.
We don't get behind defense's enough and the reason we used to break the low block previously was because we had winger's who cut in across the defense and could score aka Hazard and Willian and others.
When we've won games this season our wingers haven't just run down to the corner and crossed into a mess of defenders, they've carried the ball into the or across the line and put the pass into the box from short range much more difficult to defend against.
Btw Luke nice article.
I'd definitely try fix it via better finishing rather than changing the pitch size. Like you suggested, we were so good at home under Jose because we were good enough to score first, and then the smaller pitch may have helped us defend the lead.
They'll probably go for a bigger pitch when the new stadium is built though.
Great article. Picking less defensive teams would be a start.