Chelsea (H) Post Match Thread

[Mike N]

The North Stand? What was that about today?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Why was there so many empty seats , yet i have been trying for months to get a ticket and the planner on the club website has had it sold out months ago .
Everytime i checked it was still sold out ,hard to believe that so many who had tickets just decided to give it a miss on the day .
Its a bit frustrating for people like me who would have been there had the tickets been available

I don’t know. There must have been at least 700-1000 empty seats today though.Maybe more.
FS was the worst but there were loads in the upper tiers too.

Maybe over protective parents not wanting to subjec their little darlings to the cold in the FS. Who knows.

 

[JRockBlues]

Really happy with the way we played again today. Magnificent performance to end what could have been a really tough week. So much energy on that pitch again and another really good team performance with another couple of Premier League records broken to go along with the 3 points.

I must however mention the opposition. .Last year's champions were afraid to play football. That's how good we are now. I seriously hope the media slate Conte as much as they did Benitez when he employed similar tactics against us. No matter who you play there has to be some intent to beat the opposition but Chelsea just sat there and took it like a Brucie team did for Taggart all those times. I hope they refund all the treavel and ticket costs for their fans who made the trip to watch that.

 

[bondsman]

That will be the media line, much as it was after both Arse games. Fact is we are just exceptionally good at nullifying teams.
Expect to see the media playing down our performances and choosing to focus on the opposition, but we really shouldn't.

Spot on mate.

 

[the blue panther]

Arguably Kompany, Fernandinho, Mendy or Delph and Sterling, would have strengthened our team today, not that their replacements slipped up at all.
Its good to have subdued the reigning champions so effectively, and just a pity we couldn't have got another goal, or 2, from the "thrill" viewpoint. But, these last 6 points have been a bit of a bonus - thoroughly deserved, but, I'd have settled for 3/4 points this time last week.
There's a lot more to come from this squad, and a frightening prospect that we'll probably strengthen more in the summer.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Spot on mate.

Thanks - but apparently not. Teams can turn it off and on against us at will. If we score they can suddenly up their levels and get at us. Neville seems to be setting the agenda.
Fabregas played well today and unlike him didn't down tools- tried everything but we just had all the answers. Gone are the days when Hazard turns up and is given the freedom of the park.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

I don’t know. There must have been at least 700-1000 empty seats today though.Maybe more.
FS was the worst but there were loads in the upper tiers too.

Maybe over protective parents not wanting to subjec their little darlings to the cold in the FS. Who knows.

There was virtually a whole row empty in the Colin Bell stand. The empty seats weren't the odd one scattered around the ground, a fair few chunks together were free which is strange.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

There was virtually a whole row empty in the Colin Bell stand. The empty seats weren't the odd one scattered around the ground, a fair few chunks together were free which is strange.

Maybe it was people who couldn’t get there because of the weather. All the train companies were still telling people not to travel today as were the highways agency.
Rows of empty seats would also make sense for people who not only sit together but travel together.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Maybe it was people who couldn’t get there because of the weather. All the train companies were still telling people not to travel today as were the highways agency.
Rows of empty seats would also make sense for people who not only sit together but travel together.

Could well be the case but it seems to be the same areas most weeks. Doesn't bother me as I'm there but if people cant get tickets I can understand peoples frustration.

 

[Bluep*ss]

Why was there so many empty seats , yet i have been trying for months to get a ticket and the planner on the club website has had it sold out months ago .
Everytime i checked it was still sold out ,hard to believe that so many who had tickets just decided to give it a miss on the day .
Its a bit frustrating for people like me who would have been there had the tickets been available

I think the answer is - similar to the Emirates on Thursday - Arse said 58,420 seats sold - but crowd was probably 15,000 short.
City say they sell 54,000 + - some stay away. Very frustrating for people like you - who want to go.