Chelsea (a) post match thread

[SWP's back]

Yet we should have scored two goals in the 2nd half from absolute sitters?

Exactly.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Same old, same old. I didn't see any live action. I taped the game in the hope of a win and had texts from my ERO, amongst which were 'Fernandinho sitter', 'Stones sitter'! How many rock solid chances do we spurn. We must be top of the league for glorious chances not taken!

I could say that about my sex life.


When i had one.

 

[flb]

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.

Cant argue with that, the big big worry is the linesman and referee angle, I totally agree mate but what the fuck can we do about it? Last night Dave got punished when pushed in the back-clear clear foul in our favour.

How do we prove its corrupt, its week after week and we are not a cheating dirty side by any imagination, they are in for us and it makes me sick to the stomach, they are not even border line decisions and the club need to really do something about it or it will ruin our chances of ever winning anything if it continues.The footballing authorities want United back in the top four, I wouldn't say at our expense top four wise as Spurs, Liverpool and Chelsea would be getting as many shit decisions as us-there has been a dangerous damaging image that has been drummed people into thinking we are unworthy of our successes and it appears even the refs think it now aswell-its that bad mate that if it happens to the same degree next season then I could seriously see Pep saying what is the fucking point?

Onto the football anyway, i feel for Pep i really do as hes had one hand tied behind his back all season with sub standard players in key areas-Id say its this that is getting people wound up and unfortunately its Pep who is the face of MCFC on the pitch so he gets the flak- its been done to death on here for 2 seasons now our recruitment over the past two seasons hasn't helped him its hindered him, people are rightly or wrongly concerned about the upcoming summer window, time will tell but every City fan wants City to win and that's the truth of it-Im not having this some want Pep to fail nonsense.

Its a good post that mate.

Keep up the good work !

 

[lancs blue]

Yet we should have scored two goals in the 2nd half from absolute sitters?

I thought our best moments in the 2nd half came from set pieces which we're supposedly not very good with. But from open play I'd agree that we were sterile and toothless, Chelsea defended those attacks quite comfortably on the edge of their box.

 

[blueinsa]

Exactly.

It just proves that Peps tactics are not the issue here right now.

I will get the players from box to box is what he has always said and he does that with ease.

Players have to then take responsibility and either defend or hit the back of the net.

 

[hammocity]

Bloody good post that.

Yep, best post I have read in many a year, agree with every single sentiment.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I could say that about my sex life.


When i had one.

Yer might be a soul mate with John Betjeman, RS. He was asked when he got to wheelchair stage - 'Any regrets, John?' 'Yes, not enough sex'. He seems to have been another one who was seriously underfucked!

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

We need a rock in CM, with Nasri out in Sevilla, it wouldn't be a bad idea for us to use him as a bargaining chip / swap deal for Steven Nzonzi, he is a bit like Matic. He has some PL experience and I would have him and Mooy in our midfield next season over Carvalho.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

So the morning after the night before and a better time to reflect.
A wonderful bonus on seeing not only our Captain make a comeback but hopefully he has now turned the corner.A wonderful display from him,looking calm and assured and the Komps we all know and love.
Just like the Arsenal game they were there for the taking,but once again we just don`t take our chances enough.Some wonderful play at times but get into their area and we seemed a little lost.As others have said,had we had their defence then what a different story this season could have been.
I`m far more positive than some on here and for those questioning Pep,the old adage "you cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear" certainly springs to mind.
Of course we`ll replace our ageing full backs,of course we`ll look at getting another centre half in, (hopefully Vinnie can show us it wasn`t a one of game with his injuries).A goalie is a must as I get scared like shit with both of ours,even though Willie has shown to be better than Peps signing.
I am concerned that too often this season some of our big name players don`t appear to be the same players who can make themselves into world beaters at times,so yes a lot of inconsistency.
At times going forward we looked superb.At other times we slowed the game down in midfield,allowing Chelsea to re-group.
Pep will get it right,of that I have no doubt.Some people want it now.It wont happen until he gets HIS OWN defence,not a piss poor one he inherited.
Watch us next season.Some people will be eating humble pie regarding Pep.

Our world class players seem to be taking it in turns to have an off moment, just when the goal is gaping. Sergio might be on fire, and KDB can't hit a pass, KDB gets his radar sorted and Sergio hits the post. The only time we all seem to be firing is when we have lambs in front of us waiting meekly for the slaughter. Against 'raging bulls' and Wanking Whistlers (and Whistling Wankers) we seem to put 99% of the trust in the other guy!

 

[bondsman]

The likelihood that we will have a new keeper and full backs that are up to the job. And Gundogan and Jesus.

Take Kante and/or Hazard or Costa out of the Chelsea team for three months and see how they do.

Gundogan was a great player his injuries have been horrific he's not coming back as good or better. Other teams will strengthen as well. We don't know who we will sign or whether they will be bonyesque or decent. To just say we will win everything next year given how average we currently are seems a tad ridiculous and I've been reading that for the past 4 seasons.