Chelsea - FA Cup SF | Post-Match Thread

[knuckles]

I'm still wondering why Pep didn't use all our subs? - He could have brought 3 on in 1 go with 10 minutes left, just don't get it

 

[nickamon]

TWO SUBS TWO FUCKING SUBS USED. brilliant.

Do you remember how Mahrez ripped Chilwell a new one? Torres is terrible on the wing, I have yet to seem him beat a single defender all season on the wing!

 

[SWPISHOME]

If you’re going to throw a game Pep then why the fuck would you start KDB and risk him getting injured... Fucking fuming

1 million percent doesn't exist but it does today! If your willing to risk KDB theb why not risk the rest.

Fucking stupidity!

Another day of Sterling lasting 90 minutes for doing fuck all.

 

[bhayes]

how bad is the kdb injury? I didn't watch the game

 

[blueabdi]

Congrats to you Pep, you fucking gifted Chelsea to win this match. Watching sterling wasting chances when we had Bernardo and Mahrez on the bench.

 

[Dobsy]

Raheem doesn't seem to respond well to pressure and being called out. Today was the worst performance I can remember from him.

 

[ID70]

We struggled with their pace, movement and formation yet we did little to change that

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Why does Pep play strong teams all through the competition and then when we are one game from the final makes EIGHT changes ? never believed we could do the quad it was a dream but to give it away in this fashion is deplorable.

 

[Revolver]

If we are going to rest our better players rather than drafting in players who are out of form perhaps we should try and blood some of the youngsters.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Wrong team. Again. Pep mustn't want the Quad. Sterling needs to be sold. He is absolutely dog shit.

Highs to lows. And totally unnecessary.

How can anybody not want the quad... his decisions today were fucking criminal

Mendy HAS to go and, though I’m sad to say it, needs to take Raz with him... Dogshit today

 

[Joekmcfc]

Peps to blame for that defeat unfortunately. Playing out of form players in Sterling, Torres and then permanently out of form mendy. I find it hard getting my head round why he is still getting game time. A very lazy player that could have done a lot better tracking back for their goal and was constantly left or beaten for pace. Getting greedy for the quadruple which shows how good we are but simple mistakes were made on the biggest of matches again from pep. Let’s hope he now knows his strongest team and that rotation all the time is probably going to hinder our momentum.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Pep fucked this up big time. Piss poor selection, poor tactics and did nothing to change the game. The bench we've got, 5 subs and he's made 2 subs with one being enforced. On him today he's had a classic Pep balls up. He did exactly the same thing against Arsenal at this stage last season.

 

[onceabluealways]

Another Lyon moment for Pep. One holding player all season and today two against a team that wanted to bypass and play over the top. Absolutely baffling

 

[PragueBlue]

Pretty poor all round really. Probably too many changes in the end (though I was happy with the team when announced) and wasn't enough fluency there. Back 4 weren't great (nor was the keeper). No idea what has happened to Cancelo's form. Midfield wasn't much better, Foden excepted. Front 3 just offered nothing. Sterling has become an absolute liability.

Bad day but we still have much to play for and I'd fancy our first 11 to beat Chelsea in the league/CL.

 

[argyle]

Poor from start to finish.

Pep didn't even try to change things up.

Would rather not take Sterling off in case he upsets him and loses the dressing room.

Jesus, Sterling and Mendy need moving on in the summer. They aren't good enough.

 

[hertsblue]

Front three of Sterling, Jesus and Torres were dreadful, never looked like creating or scoring

They never do unless it’s a scuffed shot from a yard out. none should be in our starting 11

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Ankle by the look of it - hoping it's precautionary

Cheers mate.

 

[mick10]

Into a dip of form or interest or luck and it’s getting to me. Gutted.

 

[SuperSilva21]

An utter disgrace! On Pep again for me, picking out of form players in the hope they turn a corner! It was a fooking FA cup semi final ffs!

Mendy is an utter joke, the worse player for me in recent times and him and Sterling still played the full 90 mins!

add the fact Kev got injured and it’s the icing on a thoroughly shitty cake!

 

[knuckles]

The first half was a complete waste by us, just the wrong formation, slow passing no runs off the ball