Chelsea - FA Cup SF | Post-Match Thread

franksinatra said:
Bad day at the races. Sadly when you have played as many games as us you need a bit of luck with the draw etc but sadly we got a bang inform Chelsea side.

Players to me have looked a bit leggy the last couple of matches so a necessity to rotate, but sadly we lacked a bit of invention to create much rendering the front three pretty ineffective (not helped by their performances either).

Hopefully a bit of R&R and the team can get back on track.
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Torres, Mendy, Fernie and Steffi.
 
flyer said:
Agreed. Torres and Mendy need to go in the summer. As for Sterling, get rid if we get the right offer. If not give him some time to sort his head out, but definitely no new contract until he shows improvement
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We ordinary folk would be getting a wage cut if we did our jobs like Sterling.
 
God there will be white handkerchiefs waving soon.

If we had played our best 11 (whatever that is because no two posters agree) we may well have still lost.

It won’t help anyone blaming individuals. In fact why the need to blame anyone? There were two teams out there and we have no right to win every single game.

Just try saying Chelsea were better today without following up with a “but” and a long list of people who should never play for the club again. You will feel better.

Next game.
 
franksinatra said:
Bad day at the races. Sadly when you have played as many games as us you need a bit of luck with the draw etc but sadly we got a bang inform Chelsea side.

Players to me have looked a bit leggy the last couple of matches so a necessity to rotate, but sadly we lacked a bit of invention to create much rendering the front three pretty ineffective (not helped by their performances either).

Hopefully a bit of R&R and the team can get back on track.
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that conceded 5 against WBA? That bang in form Chelsea?
 
smallsteve said:
You do wonder don’t you! Could it be that he has not been offered a contract he wants and so he is trying to force the issue!? If so it seems a very odd way to go about it
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Doubt it. I couldn't see Pep playing him if there were any contract issues.
His confidence and decision making is going downhill fast.
 
I'm not sure the quadruple was ever a serious target otherwise he would not have played Mendy, Sterling or Jesus. It was one roll of the dice too many.

Mendy should only ever play as a wing back when we have an extra CB as his defending is non- existent.

Sterling's playing like a man who knows he's going soon and we desperately need a new striker as Jesus just isn't good enough to be our number one.
 
Sick to death of hearing about sterlings "confidence". It's fuck all to do with confidence, he's still taking men on and losing the ball, he's still as greedy as fuck, he's still shooting from everywhere - that's not a lack of confidence, in fact it's the opposite it's misplaced arrogance imo. His nose is out of joint because the likes of foden and mahrez have surpassed him when in his mind he's supposed to be the main man and he is playing accordingly, too many people feeling sorry for him when in reality you should be absolutely fuming with him because it's clear that he just isn't putting the required effort in. In the meantime he's trying to negotiate a better contract!!! That's my take on it, give me shit about it if you wish but I hope we don't see him on the team sheet again this season and would be more than happy to shift him on in the summer.
 
Tell you what couldn’t give two fucks about the league cup final next week at the moment,but weds game at Aston Villa is absolutely huge now,dont even want to think about a loss as certain fucking thoughts keep entering my head about ending up with fuck all end of season,just get back to the formation,dominating and playing the football that got us to this stage please pep ..
 
Pep Guardiola: "First 15/20 minutes we struggled, last 15/20 of the first half and second half we were better. They didn't create much apart from the counter. We didn't create much but we were there, we were there. With Phil and Gundogan we increased our rhythm." [via
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Pep Guardiola: “When you lose the game, the decisions are bad, but it’s a poor argument, my friends. It’s a poor argument.” Guardiola also pointed out that #ManCity had two and a half days to recover from BVB, plus travel. [via
@SamLee
]
 
Ashleymcduff said:
people moan about the team every week on here fella ,

Im just a plasterer , my opinion is not valid , we have a massive squad of mega money signings and a massive wage will. The squad players should be capable of stepping up when called upon not serving up that shit ???
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People were not moaning when the team selection was right and we were getting result after result.

It doesn't matter about the massive wage bill that selection of players didn't look up for it.
 
What's the point of struggling all season to get to an FA Cup semi-final and playing a joke line-up.

Pep has let the players and fans down. You have to give the team you selected a chance to win the game. How on Earht do you think Torres and Sterling are going to get on the ball if you play Fernandinho and Rodri.

You can make 3-4 changes, not 8 against a side like Chelsea. That's a joke. ANd if you do make that many changes, play a balanced side i.e. one defensive midfielder. I think Pep must have thought he'd win it off the bench but that's a very dangerous game and got the result it deserved.
 
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