and talk about Christian puller stick because
he started five games in a row in the Premier League, Chelsea
played the full 90 in each of those games. He's played in
a plethora of positions false-9 wingback back as a Winger,
scored the goal against Liverpool, but how's he doing?
Because I think it's been a mixed bag for him so far and
Thomas two
chords come out and said
he needs to keep improving that. Yeah, I still think it
could be sharper and more clinical but it's just great to
see him back playing right after such an injury-hit season
after he had such a good start to the season. So what's your
thoughts on policy?
Ercan, where he's at midseason, the Chelsea right now.
Well, it's funny because if you asked me, specifically about
Gerald ikki, I would tell you I'm excited that this guy's
going to a coach who knows him and wants him and he's going to
put him in a high-profile situation.
But the opposite seems to be true. I feel like
total has graded Christian coercive poor sick on a curve
and not a good curve it, so I know this guy helped give him
his start and
listen. I think he's a very good player who is almost
constantly being used in his non-preferred position, and
that's fine. You should be grading them on a different
kind of curve them. Oh, what he's doing for? What we are
asking him to do.
I think what's fortunate is he has reached a point because of
what we've seen with the United States Men's National Team over
the years that I'm not worried about how he's going to produce
for the US when he puts that shirt on anymore,
but
whether or not he's going to end up being so frustrated from
not necessarily his treatment of Chelsea, but he is in his
prime. Now, he's 23 years old. There's an argument that he's
going to get,
you know, Better over the next year and a half but he's in
that Prime you would call it for an attacking player and
I just want to see him used
in a similar fashion
to what he's being used at for the Uso. I'm glad he's being
used. I'm glad that he's healthy but it's just
disappointing to see him constantly being used out of
position, especially considering that most of as we
pointed out. Most of Chelsea's
attackers are being asked to do things
that they, that they don't want to do. And so
yes, you have to do your job, but your window is very And
I want him as his very best going into a World Cup. Not in a.
Well. Now I get to do what I want to do because I'm freed
from the shackles so to speak.
So, you know, I think it's a mixed bag. I don't think it's
really going to affect him in a u.s. Shirt. I just wish he was
being optimized, definitely and I think
he spoke off the game has look wolf said, lovely finish, but
he missed the big chance early and just looks like he maybe
it's lacking a bit of confidence and he after being
chopped in change and asked to play in a false 9 and of
course it was due to injuries and illness. For Chelsea, so
it wasn't an ideal situation for him, but dug deep and was
playing as a wingback, trying his best to defend, and we all
know that's not his best position. But
the point Nick just made there about and be an optimized and
playing in the right. Is there a discussion here that maybe
politics should be, maybe not in January, but in the summer
looking at, maybe moving on elsewhere to say, you know
what, it's been good at Chelsea,
but I need to go somewhere where I am the main man, and
I'm not just playing back up to Mason Mount or other forwards
at Chelsea. So, Is
we getting ahead of ourselves there? Or should we just be
happy that he's been playing regular in the Premier League?
Yeah, I don't think it's quite there. I think we should be
happy that he's played for about a month straight and
hasn't picked up an injury. I'm knocking on wood here, you
know,
don't let that change but he appears to have found
one just have healed fully and I think that's something that
he's probably not done a ton because players are constantly
rushing to get back as soon as they can maybe a week or
a game, a little bit too early in a previous segment this week.
We talked about Emma, Lukaku and Thomas to go and how its
tuples team and he should have the authority and and he can do
whatever he wants.
I kind of want to take that back now because now that I'm
thinking down Bob, but I'm thinking down the squad, how
many players are not being optimized. I think that's
a great word for Nick to use to talk about, Pula sick, to talk
about Lukaku
to talk about Verner to talk about Harvard's,
a lot of these players. Maybe you're not being optimized in
their best position to give best individual performances to
the collective. That is the team. I think there's a way to
fit a lot of those players on. The field in ways that do
optimize them
and it does seem a little bit like to cool is a little bit
hesitant if that's the word or just simply refusing to do so
because he has his ideas, his ideas from best and that's what
we're going to do. There's a lot of really talented really
expensive players at Chelsea. And none of them are being
played quite exactly how
you would think. That's what this player does best. And
Christian pool stick is one of them, so to cool, you know,
maybe just, maybe, maybe clear off the, the tactics board. And
and just put something completely new up there, maybe
throw them up there and see where the magnets land on
the board and
wherever they went. That's what we're going.
It should he does seem though, like he's making it a little
bit more difficult than it needs to be tactically. But
also with the man management the situations and
the unhappiness that he's creating within that team.
Yeah seems a lot of players for the same positions at Chelsea
and this difficult to keep everyone happy, especially with
some of the big Superstars. But Christian Fellowship were happy
to see him fit, playing
got a big goal against Also, let's see if that gives them
the confidence to kick on in the second half of the season.
I remember head over the pro soccer talk and NBC sports.com
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qualifiers coming
up in January, we have analysis and all of that will have
power rankings at the player pool and who sits where
throughout 2022. Because, even though they were to start
the year. This is a World Cup here Lads. And with our partners at
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the live streams and
ability to watch those games. So we're really looking forward
to what will Be a huge World Cup, fingers crossed. The US
will be there and thinkers cross policy and Co will have
a very good competition.