Chelsea - FA Cup SF | Post-Match Thread

[trublue55]

That team should have walked all over Chelsea. If player can't be arsed, what he do?

Ideally not pick them in the first place, or at the very least sub them asap

 

[Marvin]

Business end of the season & we have no strikers that is the issue & may cost us everything this season. Ridiculous we didn’t take somebody in January even on loan

We could have played Haaland up front but it would have not made a difference. We came alive after Pep brought Foden and Gundogan on because all of a sudden we could retain possession high up the pitch and get our forwards on the ball.

 

[madloaf]

mahrez is our 2nd best player after Kev ffs . Raz should be cleaning his boots

Foden and Dias want a word.

 

[waspish]

KDB season could be over ? bad ankle ligament am hearing and 6 to 8 weeks if the scans in the morning confirm it
best results could be 2 to 3 if its lucky and treatment and rest BUT pep saying its looking bad and he's in pain and sounds bad with the longest time period out

now this what pisses me if you either put your strongest team out or rest your best players!

 

[johnnytapia]

Yep
Mr Whippy back in position
Foden supporting him outside and both getting into the box .
2nd half after their goal and changes made we were much improved even without kevin. Only time Chelsea were under pressure
Eddie ,Bernardo, Mahrez , Zin, Walker , Stones , Laporte/ Dias , Rodri to play v Villa

We didn’t have a shot

 

[LongsightM13]

Oh dear. No Kev no champions league

 

[chaddblue]

KDB season could be over ? bad ankle ligament am hearing and 6 to 8 weeks if the scans in the morning confirm it
best results could be 2 to 3 if its lucky and treatment and rest BUT pep saying its looking bad and he's in pain and sounds bad with the longest time period out

If that’s true I feel physically sick

I don’t even know what he did. Totally innocuous .. which sometimes is worse

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Shit happens we cant win every game. Some bad performances out there today. Raz, where do you start. He has been given every opportunity to improve his form, but it's just not happening. Was surprised he even started today. He is no longer reliable, and this is costing the team. I was one if the people who defended him when he first came to us and was convinced he would come good. He did and has given us some fantastic moments and scored brilliant goals. Unfortunately in my mind now he should only play for us as a sub when we are winning.

Sterling's drop off in form is alarming. I can't recall ever seeing such a slump in any player. It's not even a lack of effort. He just looks shot to pieces. It's sad to watch. Confidence is a strange thing in sport. You see it when top golfers just get the yips and their form collapses. He was hiding on the pitch today. He just didn't want the ball. For all his flaws he used to be one of our hardest working players. Perhaps he is just burned-out.

 

[franksinatra]

Bad day at the races. Sadly when you have played as many games as us you need a bit of luck with the draw etc but sadly we got a bang inform Chelsea side.

Players to me have looked a bit leggy the last couple of matches so a necessity to rotate, but sadly we lacked a bit of invention to create much rendering the front three pretty ineffective (not helped by their performances either).

Hopefully a bit of R&R and the team can get back on track.

 

[smallsteve]

Sterling looks to have spat his dummy out, looked totally disinterested.

You do wonder don’t you! Could it be that he has not been offered a contract he wants and so he is trying to force the issue!? If so it seems a very odd way to go about it. The best way to get a big contract is to prove yourself irreplaceable, exactly as Foden is doing!

 

[Fordyboy46]

From manager to players, we didn't want to progress to the final. Inexcusable performance from all bar Fernandinho and Laporte, plus Foden's cameo. The rest utter dogshit and our back up players have proved again they're not up to the job at City

 

[PragueBlue]

Fuck fuck and fuck

Our best form this season came while he was injured. We'll be fine.

 

[Mike N]

I wonder why we didn’t use all 5 subs? It wouldn’t have mattered if we’d have lost 4-0 as opposed to 1-0.

 

[beano46]

Some of those players need to look at themselves, twice in a week they've let the team down

At least three on that pitch today need shipping out, I think we all know who they are.

 

[plattlanebenches]

Grass was too long.

 

[eastmanc]

Felt sorry for Fernandinho who did his best and for Rodri who looked knackered after 15 minuteswhich is understandable.

At least we know our starting 11 from now on doesn’t include Sterling, Mendy and Cancello.

Couldn’t agree more, he can not pick these three again this season. I would add playing Torres on the wing, totally passive when he plays there.

 

[Bill]

Threw that game away with a stupid team selection. As soon as Gundogan and Foden came on we looked like City again.

Pep was trying to be nice to the squad and give everyone a game.

Will we ever be in a position like that again?

Meek.

yes. as soon as our manager grows a pair . that said i reckon he wanted us out. the CL is THAT important to him.

 

[chesterbells]

Bad day at the races. Sadly when you have played as many games as us you need a bit of luck with the draw etc but sadly we got a bang inform Chelsea side.

Players to me have looked a bit leggy the last couple of matches so a necessity to rotate, but sadly we lacked a bit of invention to create much rendering the front three pretty ineffective (not helped by their performances either).

Hopefully a bit of R&R and the team can get back on track.

Sensible post alert.

 

[OB1]

Peps worse trait is he's so bleeding stubborn. It's cost us before, it cost us today and will undoubtedly cost us again.

Perhaps his stubbornness is also why he wins so much.

 

[Chak19]

8 changes and non-existent (positive) subs say he didn’t want to win the game

He never makes changes anyway, look at the Lyon game last season, as for the rotation yes it was sheer arrogance from him to expect that team to beat Chelsea but saying that he didn't want to win a cup semi final is ridiculous.