Chelsea (a) post match thread

[oddfellows]

I've seen more balls on a snooker table. Grow some City.

 

[razman]

He has this season pep... Can't take this shit into next season

 

[Callum Ramsey]

Pep wouldn't have done what Conte did in that second half to see out the game if it was the other way round and that just about sums it up. Its happened countless times this season where the team has let leads slip especially that tottenham home game.

 

[LittleEgg]

Nowt to do with pep first off...

Its the same old faces who are slowing the game up(silva), the same striker playing mostly with his head down, same lack of self belief from the established wingers/fullbacks(training must be the same 1 drill over and over), same lack of any kind of ability to nutmeg/wrongfoot etc(other than perhaps sane), same lack of urgency, same lack of anything unpredictable, same lack of willingness to play direct instead of pulling back and moving the ball square again and again...could go on.

Slow, unimaginative, and painfully predictable. The squad needs world class additions that already have a winning mentality. Let me ask a serious question here...which players other than yaya and tevez(long gone) have arrived from top european teams used to dominating week in week out? Really struggling to think of any here...this summer window needs to be the one where a few players(like isco)arrive from some of the very best clubs in the world. As i think adding young kids to the situation(unless of gabriel jesus quality) is not going to help with this mentality situation.

World class marque signings or pep will struggle again next season...calling that now and i'm willing to bet money.

Wont even mention the defense at this point.

 

[jaiguruKun]

You could argue that Nolito came far closer to creating a goal than Sane ever did. That pass was arguably the best moment of quality from any City player in the second half.

I don't understand why we signed Nolito. The coach clearly does not rate him.

 

[ballinio]

Maybe we forgot to play ? Bored with this team now & the so called best manager in the world.

 

[bobmcfc]

However talented he is he's also a flaky player who's as soft as they come.

Always wimps out of challenges too

 

[Damien10]

Watched the second half go by with no real fight to get level, you can't turn up for only 45 minutes of a football game. Second half Chelsea made a defensive change, at 2-1 down City needed to counter that earlier and throw on another attacker. I would of sacrificed Delph for Sterling around the 60 minute mark.

 

[RobinHood]

Monaco, Liverpool, Arsenal & Chelsea.

Everyone saying a defining period.

We WON how many?

 

[City_Sean]

This manager has massively failed this season. He's spent £160m and yet there's no sign of progression. Like the last few years its individual quality bailing us out. If he actually bothered working on the defence then maybe we wouldn't be so porous and teams won't be able to carve through us like a knife through butter.

 

[_OVO_]

Pep is naive man. I really believe in him but It's just something I can't ignore

 

[argyle]

Same old story really, playing quite well, not taking chances, conceding out of the blue.

Team looked tired towards the end, not enough strength in depth, lacking in certain positions, lacking off the bench.

Promising signs, but just falling short.

Still optimistic for next season.

Hope so but everything you wrote is exactly the same as last season.

 

[gomer27]

I can take missing out in the title to Chelsea this season. They have no champs league and a much better manager.
But spurs? Liverpool? Arsenal? For them to be within 6 points of us is unacceptable.
United? Could an possibly will catch us. Okay they have a better manager than we do but their squad is light years behind ours.

Unacceptable. Any other manager would be looking over his shoulder.

haha you are out of your mind if you truly think there manager is better then pep....conte has more quality over the pitch then pep has here

 

[The-Dogs-Pollocks]

Dejavu.

Shite in both boxes. So many games against the top 6 have gone the same way, Got to question why Pep hasn't managed to resolve these issues.

At least Kompany is back.

 

[whos_kompany85]

Not enough penetration, too many misplaced passes, not taking our chances, not enough mental strength.
Again.

 

[Armaan]

Anyone apart from Kun, the rest don't really seem to be doing much.

 

[rushts]

Some of our sideways passing when chasing a goal looked pretty good though.

To the Chelsea fans...;-)

 

[Tb1981]

At end of day a few tweaks and some new players and I don't think we're far off
its a million times better than last year under pellegrini
Keeper is a priority and some full backs
Vinny needs a run till end of season now
The remaining fixtures Re not too bad
United and spurs have tough fixtures
So can see us in second at end
A distant second though

 

[simon23]

A lot will be said tonight, but we were the better side and didn't deserve to lose.

Such a bitter pill to swallow, the whole damn thing.

while i agree i don't think we deserved to win in that we just didnt create enough....are passing was a bit laboured....plenty of possession but very little came of it....chelsea parked the bus and did the side for he game that we really cant do which is defend

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Even on attacking corners, Kompany showed the difference between the real deal & lightweights.

He takes out 3 players, Stones misses two from 6 yards.

That's the difference between champions & also rans.

Well Stones is English and 22, so we would let him get away with it this time, right?