Chelsea - FA Cup SF | Post-Match Thread

[RayCTID]

that conceded 5 against WBA? That bang in form Chelsea?

Chelsea got punished in that game for thinking they could coast (similar to today's performance against Chelsea)

 

[Danamy]

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.

If we played like we did today even Southampton would've beaten us

 

[Andy Preece]

Half expected that after Wednesday but seen it all before ! Outside our best 11 squad not that special , desperately need a proper No 9 - magnifies how great the effort has been to get to this point .

 

[Great Kompany]

The problem with resting players is the simple issue of PSG which remain the strongest team in the UCL.
They have two crazy proven goal scorers. We have none.
Zero. We have excellent technical players and a better game plan to create more chances but no goals.

So UCL is not a given even with our best team but this Chelsea team today was totally beatable.
I see this as a chance missed at a trophy.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

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.

Quite brilliantly summed up mate..

 

[BlueAnorak]

Pep really can't do subs can he.
Woeful performance by all except Foden and Fern

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Would loved to have seen Cole Palmer and Delap up front for us, rather than play out of form players. By the way Palmer scored a fantastic goal for the 23’s

I'd have liked to have seen a few that were on the bench playing today.

 

[vmsuhail]

Does this mean we have a free weekend ?

Only if we reach the CL final. A complete waste playing like that.

 

[Marvin]

Bottom line is win the league

 

[2sheikhs]

What a load of absolute bollocks

What advantage would it be to us to completely wreck him? Personally, I've never really rated sterling because I believe that he's the kind of player that fucks things up if you give him too much time to think.
We're stuck with him I'm afraid.

 

[OB1]

yes. as soon as our manager grows a pair . that said i reckon he wanted us out. the CL is THAT important to him.

Oh Bill, there's no way he wanted us out and he doesn't need to grow a pair, he has his teams try to attack more than anyone.

 

[Phil Mitchell Foden]

I think we all know we can't trust Sterling, or Mendy, in a big game and this should remove all doubt.

Fucking had enough of them at the moment. Utter shite.

 

[mat]

I just think we're fucked.

 

[come-on-barney]

Now to the game that matters on Wednesday.

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
@SamLee

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
]

Sounds like an excuse to me. Wednesday is all that matters now. We don’t win at Villa then it gets very interesting.

 

[VOOMER]

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.

Erm you seem to have liked yourself.

 

[Eoiyflem]

What advantage would it be to us to completely wreck him? Personally, I've never really rated sterling because I believe that he's the kind of player that fucks things up if you give him too much time to think.
We're stuck with him I'm afraid.

So you think he shouldn't be subbed even though he is playing complete shite? Rubbish

 

[happy days]

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.

Poor team selection. Very frustrating as it was a great chance to get to another final. Bit like v Arsenal in last year’s semi.

 

[eyalluvitt]

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.

Think he tackled himself at one point today, he had a total Regi Blinker

 

[Eoiyflem]

Erm you seem to have liked yourself.

What?

 

[Mike N]

Couldn’t agree more, he can not pick these three again this season. I would add playing Torres on the wing, totally passive when he plays there.

Torres looks a better player down the middle.