Chelsea (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Gumzy97]

We are a bit one dimensional, constantly look for the big man up top to make a run or put it in the net, Cherki taking too many touches instead of shooting because he wants to find Haaland, Foden the same. Our wingers don't look like they want to score instead they constantly look for the big man.

Its not just this game but Sunderland etc.

 

[BlueMerlin]

Delap was offside made a play for the but didn't touch it. So not classed as offside apparently?? Sawn off again by V A R !!

I thought that too. It looked like Delap was offside but VAR didn’t look at it. But this was a mugging by Oliver and his assistants. I don’t trust the integrity of that guy.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Dias and Gvardiol stay on we win

Delap started to bully us just as Sunderland did

We need a bastard in midfield, someone to give as good as we get

 

[simon23]

Time for stones come back ?

He is done...he was done a season ago and nothing has changed. Both him and Ake should have been told to go in the summer

 

[paulsimpson]

Soul destroying. Pity. They were there for the taking but we didn't capitalise. They came into it more and more as the minutes ebbed away. Got to defend better. There's no way the cross on the ground for their goal should get through our six yard box to Enzo.
But let's be philosophical about it . We are still second and need and extra ingredient or two. Get into the market if we want to stay up there with an injury situation looming.

 

[Gaz76]

No one to blame but ourselves today, we just weren't at it from the start, our lads look knackered at the minute, hopefully after the Brighton game we can rest cherki/foden/haaland.
Think Bernardo was the only one who didn't deserve that result, he ran himself into the ground

 

[chickaroon]

All on pep

Players exhausted due to lack of subs.

It was obvious midfield needed help 2nd half but no pep leaves a shattered rodders on all game.

Zero game management from pep

Who would you have brought on?

 

[phargrave]

Not over yet
We go again Wednesday.

That’s the worrying thing

 

[Doc_Testosterone]

When you look at Arsenal’s squad and the way they can rotate and just deal with injuries, we have pretty much a 0% chance of winning the title. Pep clearly felt the only chance we had was to spam the same team over and over again and just pray that nobody got injured or fatigued. In the short term it fooled some into thinking we were in the race. But it is a marathon not a sprint - a deep squad is needed and we just don’t have enough players that are good enough. As we enter a period of injury and tiredness now, we are going to slip far, far away from Arsenal. We are not at their level right now.

Arsenal are literally an extended Rice or Gabriel injury away from getting 3rd in the league.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Tight game. Shame we couldn’t hold on. It’s difficult when we have the ref on the opposition side every bloody game.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

More chance of Maduoro sitting next to you on Wednesday

Ha.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Piss poor quality and decision-making in the final 3rd cost us time and time again. We had the chances to win this 4 or 5 nil comfortably and either chose the wrong pass or executed it poorly, constantly. We only scored due to fortunate loose ball after the failed pass to Haaland. But creating chances ourselves? Fuck it up every single time.

Back to the training ground please Pep.

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

Cherki starting to piss me off, he seems to think he needs to do tricks and flicks every time, look at me footballer.

I’m sure you’d like him if he played for your lot…

 

[makinghistory]

Don't remember their keeper having too many shots to save

He did in warm up.

 

[blue moony]

I thought that too. It looked like Delap was offside but VAR didn’t look at it. But this was a mugging by Oliver and his assistants. I don’t trust the integrity of that guy.

Stop blaming the refs we were wank

 

[cookster]

Keep your best defenders on the pitch fit we don't concede so easy either.

You can concede at anytime, one nil is NEVER enough to sit on.
The goal came from one of our "best defenders" getting skinned and allowing an unchallenged cross into the box.

 

[M Gaudino]

Dias and Gvardiol stay on we win

Delap started to bully us just as Sunderland did

We need a bastard in midfield, someone to give as good as we get

what did dias injury look like? hoping gvardiol is just a slight twist on his ankle but youd think at least 3 weeks out.

 

[simon23]

No reason we didn’t have semenyo already in this team instead of letting him play 2 pointless games for Bournemouth whilst our squad struggles.

We clearly needed him yet the club are pissing around or he’s not coming.

Semenyo changes nothing in our central midfield where they were just simply walking through us...

 

[Shirley]

That point for Chelsea puts the rags in 6th place….reason to be cheerful

 

[Blumooniac]

We are, unfortunately, a soft team atm. Soft as f**k.