Post match thread - City v Chelsea

Very interesting comments from Vinny about how we set traps all over the pitch.

That is exactly how it seemed, allowing Chelsea to play in certain areas of the pitch, and knowing what they would do when they got into those positions.

We're seeing it unfold with Sterling in the team. He's actually tucking in, rather than an outright wide man.

It's allowing Silva to move so freely and Sterling is absolutely crucial, simply because teams fear his pace.

In addition, it's also improving Kolarov, who knows he's got someone diligent enough to cover his attacking forays.

With KDB on the right, the options and movement is on Barcelona's level, outside of Messi being a freak of nature.

One thing I will say, I have no clue why we keep telling Joe to play that wide kick out to Sagna. Yes, Sagna won it every time, but it's just cheap gifting of possession because we have nobody around for the knockdown.

It's bizarre when you consider how careful and measured we are with the actual football.

Hart needs to be much more alive to rolling the ball out down the centre or sending Sterling away on a test of pace down the other side.

Vinnys comment is a controlled way of saying to the other 18 sides, "Hey, look, this is the way you beat 'em, you do the same." No point keeping the analysis you have done on a team to yourself, let the other clubs exploit it too. The more teams that learn how to beat the Rentboys, the better for us.
 
.... Fair play to them, some know they were well beaten.

http://shed.chelseafc.com/chat/posts/thread.shtml?127350717

Another thing is City have successfully roughed up and unsettled Costa in two
consecutive games at the Etihad.

He likes a physical battle but I'm afraid he's come off second best against Kompany and Mangala, even if some of the tackles have been over the odds in terms of legality.
No. It has been shown that he likes a physical battle only when he knows he can win it.
The bollocks at half time on the way to the tunnel was like one of those pricks outside pubs who is hard as nails because he is being held back by his mates. In open play when he had to compete, he turned into a sulking brooding fanny
 
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We're seeing it unfold with Sterling in the team. He's actually tucking in, rather than an outright wide man.

It's allowing Silva to move so freely and Sterling is absolutely crucial, simply because teams fear his pace.

In addition, it's also improving Kolarov, who knows he's got someone diligent enough to cover his attacking forays.
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I think a huge benefit of Sterlings presence was keeping Ivanavic trapped in his own half. As soon as Sterling was sub'd Ivanavic was able to get forward and put crosses in.
 
No. It has been shown that he likes a physical battle only when he knows he can win it.
The bollocks at half time on the way to the tunnel was like one of those pricks outside pubs who is hard as nails because he is being held back by his mates. In open play when he had to compete, he turned into a sulking brooding fanny
Aye, no coincidence that he was looking for a fight with Fernandinho, yet didn't seem so keen on fighting Vinnie or Mangala. Absolute shithouse
 
Not sure if this has been posted before or not, Costa hits Fernandinho with an elbow but he just gets on with it, no rolling around on the floor so it didn't become a big incident that it maybe should have, they had words after the incident too..
costa.jpg
 
Excellent! Fernandinho MotM. Very happy to see our defence work as a single unit now and I imagine Zab and Clichy will have to impress greatly in training to break into the current lineup.
 
Not sure if this has been posted before or not, Costa hits Fernandinho with an elbow but he just gets on with it, no rolling around on the floor so it didn't become a big incident that it maybe should have, they had words after the incident too..
costa.jpg

We all saw it at the time and unlike Dinho's that's a stonewall red (to anyone apart from Shearer and Maureen anyway). Don't expect anything to come of it though and to be honest I'm looking forward to Yacob/Gardner v Costa next week.
 
Very interesting comments from Vinny about how we set traps all over the pitch.

That is exactly how it seemed, allowing Chelsea to play in certain areas of the pitch, and knowing what they would do when they got into those positions.

We're seeing it unfold with Sterling in the team. He's actually tucking in, rather than an outright wide man.

It's allowing Silva to move so freely and Sterling is absolutely crucial, simply because teams fear his pace.

In addition, it's also improving Kolarov, who knows he's got someone diligent enough to cover his attacking forays.

With KDB on the right, the options and movement is on Barcelona's level, outside of Messi being a freak of nature.

One thing I will say, I have no clue why we keep telling Joe to play that wide kick out to Sagna. Yes, Sagna won it every time, but it's just cheap gifting of possession because we have nobody around for the knockdown.

It's bizarre when you consider how careful and measured we are with the actual football.

Hart needs to be much more alive to rolling the ball out down the centre or sending Sterling away on a test of pace down the other side.

Sterling's dedication to getting back was incredible yesterday. Have to credit Rodgers for that I suppose. He was tearing back every time we lost the ball.

I have a slightly different view on him attacking though - I think the fact he is staying wider than Nasri would means Silva has more space to drift around in, and it means Kolarov's 1-2's to get round people and down the flank are only 5 yards long instead of 15 - which means he's keeping the ball better and we're seeing end product instead of getting frustrated by him losing it trying to get past someone.
 
Not sure if this has been posted before or not, Costa hits Fernandinho with an elbow but he just gets on with it, no rolling around on the floor so it didn't become a big incident that it maybe should have, they had words after the incident too..
costa.jpg


Did see that - it was Gullit and Shearers justification for Fernandinho getting a red card beleive it or not, because after being elbowed in the head himself, apparently there's no way Fernandinho's elbow was accidental.

Twisted logic.
 
Remember when Steven Taylor clobbered Sergio over the head and was sent off, no different than what Costa did to Dinho. Virtually the exact same thing.

Genuinely not shocked Costa's antics haven't been highlighted.
 
Remember when Steven Taylor clobbered Sergio over the head and was sent off, no different than what Costa did to Dinho. Virtually the exact same thing.

Genuinely not shocked Costa's antics haven't been highlighted.

More to the point considering how he behaved afterwards, Barton on Tevez.
 
Very interesting comments from Vinny about how we set traps all over the pitch.

That is exactly how it seemed, allowing Chelsea to play in certain areas of the pitch, and knowing what they would do when they got into those positions.

We're seeing it unfold with Sterling in the team. He's actually tucking in, rather than an outright wide man.

It's allowing Silva to move so freely and Sterling is absolutely crucial, simply because teams fear his pace.

In addition, it's also improving Kolarov, who knows he's got someone diligent enough to cover his attacking forays.

With KDB on the right, the options and movement is on Barcelona's level, outside of Messi being a freak of nature.

One thing I will say, I have no clue why we keep telling Joe to play that wide kick out to Sagna. Yes, Sagna won it every time, but it's just cheap gifting of possession because we have nobody around for the knockdown.

It's bizarre when you consider how careful and measured we are with the actual football.

Hart needs to be much more alive to rolling the ball out down the centre or sending Sterling away on a test of pace down the other side.

i was having a chuckle to myself about the hart kick outs to sagna, over the last two seasons chelseas m.o. was to kick out up to Ivanovich for knock downs, and poor silva was the guy trying to jump with him. it looks like we adopted their tactic to some degree yesterday - i also believe we used it effectively gaining some good possession from joes kicking.

i think we mixed it up well, if we tried to keep playing out from the back chelsea would have been closing us down a lot more aggressively. visions of stuttgart there :(
 
Anyone else seen the video of Costa elbowing Ferni at a corner about 5 minutes before he lead with an elbow?
Don't know of it's been pointed out on here before but Costa also put his hand round Fernandinhos throat in the first half as well. Similar to what he did to someone last season, the guy is a nut job, wind him up and watch him fail.
 
IIt's taken 12 months but everyone seems to have got Costa's number now. He still gets away with an awful lot. One referee is not enough when dealing with Chelsea. We blame the refs but it must be incredibly difficult to ref their matches.

Although they get away with stuff, quite happy for Costa and co to focus their energy on cynical ploys rather than the football. Costa lost focus on his football yesterday.
 
It was my sons first game yesterday, hahaha what a start!

Sorry to go over old ground on the ref, but fucking fabregas got away with murder yesterday, constantly pulling silva and fernandinho back, he only got booked with about 10 mins to go

How did ivanovic not get booked for checking sterling in the first half?

Alright you could argue about fernandinho, but they could have had at least 2 sent off yesterday, no straight reds but 2 yellows easy
 

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