Chelsea - FA Cup SF | Post-Match Thread

[eastmanc]

I wasn't hopeful once I knew Mendy, Torres and Sterling were starting. We can barely afford two of them starting without it having a significant impact on the performance of the team.

We carried too many players today.

Home to Porto

it was played in Seville.

 

[tommy116]

All that hard work to get to the semi and Pep plays the duds, why not do that in previous rounds?? Play your best team v Everton in the quarter finals then play the reserves in the semi utter madness. The keepers positioning for their goal was beyond pathetic like something an under age kid would do and as for Mendy and Sterling what do they teach them in training??

 

[WickyWain]

Apart from Laporte who was average, every single one of them was fucking shit!

Just like the semifinal last season. A complete fucking let down again!

Bit harsh on Foden, unless you're just on about the players that started?

 

[Cobwebcat]

Fernandinho: “Unfortunately, we were not able to play good football and take the chances. The way we play we try to press as high as we can and we give a bit of space behind our back line and they exploited that.” [via
@ManCity
]

 

[bluemc1]

Would’ve been better off with Walker and Ake as full backs and zinchenko and Cancelo playing where Sterling and Torres did

I’m not joking either

 

[Vienna_70]

Meh! Didn't want to win it anyway ;)

Rag!

;-)

 

[lazerblue]

He shouldn’t have taken a short corner then in the last second of a half
Basic common sense

exactly, should have been slung into the box, i was fuckin fuming

 

[Beanhead]

wtf have i just read

His movement is exceptional and the reason why he’s one of the only players on the planet able to score 20+ goals from the wing. It’s certainly not because of his finishing. Never was .

 

[madloaf]

No it’s not.. absolutely the opposite. It’s everything for a forward. It’s the difference between scoring 3 good chances or missing all three and the next three... and so on.

To put it in context.. Prior to this season, during the 3 previous seasons Sterling was our biggest goal threat and often the match winner in key games. Two of those seasons were the best this club has seen...which begs the question?

Did Sterling fluke 3 seasons on the bounce and is now playing to his true level now? Or is he a player that is having a huge blip and letting the pressure get in the way of his performances?

BTW It’s not really a question and quite obvious to anyone with a brain cell.

Players turn shit overnight. That night was 6 months ago.

 

[ancoats]

What has Sterling done? Have I missed something??

defo

sterling been shit since pep dropped him and just coasts in games and clearly not giving 100%