Chelsea (a) post match thread

[blueinsa]

That's a passionate post

I'm a passionate guy what can I say ;-)

 

[adr2.8i]

Someone needs to say it as it was.

Mancini like Pellegrini had one decent season and the rest was mainly fucking turgid. It wasn't that long ago not to remember the crap performances and defeats yet its like history is being re written on here yet again.

Fans constantly longing for his return are a complete fucking embarrassment and i will tell you why. Not a fucking peep from any of them when things are going well, not one peep yet as soon as we lose a game they are back on moaning and whining.

Some are far more interested in being proven right on an internet forum at times than they are City doing whats required and moving forwards.

We played well last night. Some of the attacking play is on a different level to anything else seen in this league and but for some lax finishing and the final ball, we are not far off. Kun, Sane, Jesus, Sterling, KdB, Merlin gracing the pitch yet its moan fucking moan. "Should have backed Bobby" is the cry yet you all forget one thing. he would have spunked money on Van Persie and whilst it might have won a league, we can only guess he too would have been gone now and those players mentioned Merlin and Kun aside probably wouldn't be here and we would be watching the Ballotelli show week in week out or at least we would when he wasn't suspended.

We need new full backs, a keeper and a dominant CM. We can all see it, we have all said it and we have all acknowledged it will happen this summer when several contracts are up and players will leave that are just no longer up to it. What do you want Pep to do in the meantime? Play players he doesn't have? Chelsea barely mustered a shot 2nd half last night and but for a deflection and some poor goalkeeping and a lucky deflection yet again off the penalty save they have actually done fuck all. They didn't out play us, we out played them for large periods yet some just dont want to see it.

Pep came in and said we are going to change the mentality of the club. Not just the tam, the club and he said on several occasions its going to take time. We are competing against clubs with decades of experience at the very top when in reality we have been there for a few years. We went unbeaten at the start of the season but he kept telling us we would lose game, lots of games and he has been proven right. Maybe he knew then the quality in the squad wasn't of the required standard? He told us it wasn't a quick fix and that his job would take several years. Did anyone actually listen to what he said or was it in one ear and out the other?

Best owner in world football, some of the best talent in world football and without a doubt, the best manager in world football as shown by his record and for those that will harp on its easy when you are with Barca and Bayern, his job here is to turn us into those same sort of elite clubs that for the next 50 years will dominate the game because he has changed our mentality into the same as theirs. Winners!

The fans also need to change their mentality. Its not all about the next game or the next few weeks. it will take time but it will happen because everything our owner planned for when he came in and promised he has delivered and in Pep, he will deliver once more. If you cant see the improvements being made within the club as a whole i feel sorry for you. if you cant see what he is trying to do out on the pitch i feel sorry for you. Pragmatism is thown around here like confetti. You want pragmatism? Watch a Mourinho side or a Pulis side because that's pragmatism. Turgid, crap anti football that harps back to the days of muddy pitches, big lad up front and shouts of "get rid" from the sidelines and "get it up to the big man up front".

No fucking thanks because we are better than that and it might win the odd battle but it wont win the war because we will win the war.

Finally refs and linesmen are screwing us over every single game. See that for what it is and accept it and instead or turning on the team, direct some of that anger at them because they are costing us big time. Such fine lines in football and this season we have been royally fucked over and its costs us so many points its untrue. We get what we where due and the league table looks very different and the mood on here is very different. Its not Peps fault they are bent, nor is it Merlin's or Raheem's and like us, the players are fucked off with it as well but its a battle right now and we all have to take the fight to them and win the war.

Its a passionate game and we all love this club but some of the stuff written after a defeat is cringe worthy and downright disrespectful.

BRAVO!!!

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Forget the personnel,We're probably the mentally weakest side in the current top 7.Heads drop so quick when things aren't going for most of our players,always waiting for others to make things happen,no one seems to ever want to take responsibility.The Chelsea game could still be going on till now and don't think we would've equalised..Never looked like scoring another one.Courtois rarely looked troubled and Chelsea barely broke sweat.Nolito's pass probably our only bit of magic all night.

disagree , when the goons equalised on sunday the team went for the jugular and were superb regaining the lead within 3 minutes and we battered the Chavs 2nd half if we had taken one of the 3 or 4 clear chances (never looked liked scoring ? tell that to Chav fans whistling for the end of the game), this thread would have a completely different tone and Pep would be a managerial genius .

 

[FantasyIreland]

Funny enough I don't think he got it spot on - the setup was perfect but the season's already gone and we weren't really playing for anything so why play Delph and Dinho together? There was no better time for Pep to implement his crazy attacking philosophy, Pep should have thrown all our attacking options at them, peg them back completely and break their resilient back 4. They played Zouma as a make shift fullback, if we had Sterling on the pitch yesterday, with Nacho and aguero in a 4-1-2-3 setup I am sure we would have taken that game.

He obviously cant win with you.You berate him for over ambition,then do similar when he is more conservative?

Sterling has been woeful this past few games,he didnt deserve to start.Nacho doesnt work well with Aguero,and i have my doubts about his overall quality.Unfortunately thats where our options end.

We should have won last night,we played far the better football,only poor fortune prevented that IMO.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Surprise , Surprise , MOTD even commented that we were the better side and were unlucky and the general consensus of the media agrees , the stats dont lie , twice as many shots on target , twice as many corners , over 60% possession in their half , the only cocks who believe we were shite post on here .Fair play to Chelsea and their Italian manager they ground out another result which is a true sign of champions , interesting if a nuetral was asked if you were given a free season ticket would you watch the chavs or us , if you life was all about winning trophies at any cost probably the Chavs (or maybe Celtic would be better for "fans" who can't stomach a defeat and have a low esteem and have to be associated with something succesful , basically a Rag)but if you want entertainment and excitement with players that get you off your seat then come to the Etihad.

It's not been like that every game though. Home form has been patchy. We have played well in patches in most games but unless we go 2 or 3 goals in front like at West Ham in the cup we are fragile.

There have been lots of games this season where we have been average. Even Pep has admitted that.

Chelsea have done what they have to do. Ground wins out. It's actually what we need to do over the coming weeks. I would be happy with a poor scrappy 1-0 win against Arsenal in the semi. The result there is all that matters. I don't care how we play. Sometimes the result trumps the style. Sometimes not.

 

[Blue Hefner]

It is impossible to predict wins against the better sides with this defence. We just can't be sure of anything this season. Wembley is 50/50 in both games (if we get through the semi.)

I agree. It doesn't matter how well we do in general play when we have keeper(s) throwing them in and silly errors from experienced players like last night

 

[GaudinoMotors]

BRAVO!!!

oh come on - he's shit

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

He obviously cant win with you.You berate him for over ambition,then do similar when he is more conservative?

Sterling has been woeful this past few games,he didnt deserve to start.Nacho doesnt work well with Aguero,and i have my doubts about his overall quality.Unfortunately thats where our options end.

We should have won last night,we played far the better football,only poor fortune prevented that IMO.

If Sterling has been woeful then what do we say about KDB? Yet he always seems to get a game. I am not berating him but the time for cautious is long gone, if he wanted to play with caution he should have done that when the season was still fresh, its gone to shit now and the best approach yesterday would have been for him to stick with his crazy attacking philosophy and go all out.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

That orange kit is horrible.

It would make a brilliant cycling jersey if it had a bit more of a collar!

The pattern of play is very predictable. Most teams in the PL have an easy time defending because we are so slow and methodical in the build up. Unless there is an injection of pace that goes directly towards goal, or Silva provides the defence-splitter or Sergio produces the one second of world class, then we come off second best, scab a draw or lose by the odd goal. The way CFC play, the way Haringey play is evidence as to why they are where they are. We play 'beautiful' football and it won't get anything much better than fourth! Beautiful football only beats the shittest of the shit! Roll on Hull!

Mind, if we'd have had our 'due' from the Whistling Wankers . . . . . . . . . . . . .!

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

If Sterling has been woeful then what do we say about KDB? Yet he always seems to get a game. I am not berating him but the time for cautious is long gone, if he wanted to play with caution he should have done that when the season was still fresh, its gone to shit now and the best approach yesterday would have been for him to stick with his crazy attacking philosophy and go all out.

We would have been picked off had he done that because Chelsea are the masters of the defend/counter game and our midfield players who are attack minded are lazy when it comes to defending particularly De Bruyne.