7 Things Learnt from Chelsea 3 - 0 Wolves | Sayo Aluko
1] This is how it should be. Grind out a result even on your not-very-good day, beating zero odds like small pikins. First half was stuck like inertia, Wolves didn't just park the bus, they set up a garage of Mack Trucks; but then, we upped the tempo in the second half as expected, especially when Estevao happened.
2] When Palmer gets fit, I can't wait to see his interplay with Estevao swinging the RW and the No.10 roles between themselves to impose UNPREDICTABLE danger to opposing teams. Estevao is so Palmer 2.0. His movement, his space-finding, spatial-awareness, take-on confidence and approach, are all so Cole. I hope Maresca is desperately thinking about this, just as any real Chelsea fan must desperately expect it.
3] Estevao came on today, and with one click like a Soviet whiz kid or Julian Assange, he declassified Pedro Neto, all in a matter of seconds. This boy is very important for us and I need Maresca to trust him more; he deserves, no, he needs the consistency to master this art of impact.
4] Pedro Neto scored, and so???? Guys, I won't argue with anyone again. I'll just say one thing: Thank God we signed Geovany Quenda. By the time he arrives, and if Maresca's mind has improved in courage, Pedro Neto will be teaching "Work Rate" to bored Housewives who need another option for Pilates, definitelyfat away from Cobham.
5] Goal contributions this season:
Garnacho: 4
Cunha + Sesko [real name: Seskeroboske]: 4
Brilliant performance today from the boy we rescued from the theatre of nightmares. It seems Maresca's trust in him as increased and he [Garnacho] is trying to repay that trust. May we see more of it. Oh, lest I forget, Garnacho now also has more PL goal contributions [4] for Chelsea than Mason Mount does for Man United [3]. Man United signed Mount in July 2023, we signed Garnacho 2 months ago. Abeg, it's just observation, and as legends say, observation nor be crime.
6] Joao Pedro scored, now in consecutive games, good to see, but he still led our wastefulness in front of goal today. I insist, there's an attacking beast in this boy, I can't wait to see it again. They way he even shoots now is too languid you'll start to think back to his first set of goals at the CWC. Those two against Fluminense? Stung like B2 bombs and had us dropping Costa comparisons. We need that ruthless shooting back. Talking of languid shooting, Delap. 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ Let's hope he's just rusty aftwe being sidelined for long. Because....arrgh, man was shooting, no, passing to the Wolves goalie.
7] As usual Caicedo did Caicedo things today; Fofana was uncharacteristically composed again today; and Enzo Fernandez today played like the version we all watched play with the Albiceleste at the World Cup in Qatar. Man had a dominant all round display. Man of the match? Yes.
PS: Congratulations to Malo Gusto for his first Chelsea goal o! Hmmmn, I read it's his first ever in his professional career. Okay o. Congrats sir.
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