Chelsea (a) post match thread

[Metalartin]

Fuck we need to cash in on some of the moaners here someone get BMRTV on the blower, we'd have more views than ArsenalTV fam.

 

[TFC]

pep has not come up to scratch this season but we have to give him a free pass. next season he will have nowhere to go, he has to perform.

This is how I see it also. He'll get a free pass this season, but from the final whistle against Watford, this fella will be under an incredible amount of pressure to completely rework the squad and have it performing sharpish.

 

[cookster]

remember when Hughes and mancini were in charge and we had a backbone and will to win. Since pellers and pep we are total piss. No strength or desire.we need to win and it is like we are happy losing only 2 1. This City is not City. Weak as piss

Hughes? I'm not happy with how things are working out but really...

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Did i watch a different game? We outplayed chelsea and if we had their luck we would have won

 

[The-Dogs-Pollocks]

Comparing Conte and Guardiola is ridiculous though, Conte was always going to get better results in the short term. If Guardiolas football was easy to implement then everyone would be playing it, the point of it is how good it is once it's embedded, which takes time (and players capable of doing it, which is what we will get in the summer and continue to get).

Even just having Jesus and Gundogan fit and we'd be a lot better than we are now, let alone having half decent fullbacks.

He had chances to remedy the fullbacks in the summer or to intergrate maffeo into the squad - he did neither. He sold Hart and brought in an appalling replacement, so we now have a poor second choice keeper who can't pass in goal. He brought in a centre half who is still a work in progress. Plus he is unwilling to tweak his approach to make any allowances for these mistakes / decisions - which means we can not defend. Okay Gundogan's injury was unlucky but the other things are his own making. To be classed as a great manager surely you have to be able to coach and train players to play the way you would like - not just buy an all star eleven?

Hopefully next season the players will hit the ground running and yet another season 'of transition' will have been worth it.

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

I reckon we deserved 8 more points than we have got v top 6 this season. Should have had 4 from che. 3 from spurs 3 from liv. Instead we got 0 1 1.

Title winners get what they deserve plus lucky points they don't deserve. We are miles away just like last season.

Can't even guarantee we will beat hull!

 

[Stoned Rose]

This IS the worst side we have had since 2011
Can say pretty confidently I would back mancinis title side to slap this team around in every way possible 8 games out of 10
Would certainly be backing that side too, with more fight and guts to carry the fans passion and expectation in equal measure

Tonight we rolled over and died, with some impressive passing thrown in to cloud over the abysmal mentality we now have firmly installed

Alas, all we can do is hope we do what we should do, and secure the wins against the lesser sides to secure top 4.

Mancini's team would beat this team to death.

 

[waspish]

pep has not come up to scratch this season but we have to give him a free pass. next season he will have nowhere to go, he has to perform.

Perform What win the title champs league? I feel the amount of new players we will be bringing in this summer and mainly foreigners be a miracle if we win the league or champs league, be the year later we will win it.

 

[Paul_Powers_Tash]

This IS the worst side we have had since 2011
Can say pretty confidently I would back mancinis title side to slap this team around in every way possible 8 games out of 10
Would certainly be backing that side too, with more fight and guts to carry the fans passion and expectation in equal measure

Tonight we rolled over and died, with some impressive passing thrown in to cloud over the abysmal mentality we now have firmly installed

Alas, all we can do is hope we do what we should do, and secure the wins against the lesser sides to secure top 4.

Totally agree. Mancini's title- winning side would destroy tonights team. Yaya in his prime, Silva and Kun with an extra yard to hurt the opposition, Kompany, Zabba and Hart at their best, and NDJ and Barry putting out fires all over the pitch. Our biggest failing in recent history was not backing Mancini in the transfer market and getting him the top quality players he wanted. If we had we would have been Champions for years.

Ah well!!.......

 

[The perfect fumble]

So, we're destined to scrap for top four and probably won't win any silverware.

Trafford Rangers - who can't score and only draw - are right up our arses and with a trophy already in the cabinet.

Great progress.

(And our kits are shit.)

Yep and yes that orange kit is indeed shit.