Chelsea (H) | Post-Match Thread

[goalmole]

Is there any other team in the world that would play such a weakened team in a big title-deciding match a mere 20 days before a cup final?

That wasn't THE title deciding match, it was potentially A title deciding match.
There is potentially another 8 title deciding matches to be played yet, any of which could decide the title.
There's one being played tomorrow afternoon.

 

[chickaroon]

Chelsea didn't play there best team today. Silva, Chilwell, Kovatic, James, Haverts. They have a very good squad. I think the CL Final will be very close. We have to control their pace up front and then impose ourselves.

 

[Luke The Blue]

Maybe it will help to have to keep playing strong teams for every game.

Pep said that it can't be turned off and on and having to play to the maximum intensity for every game will help.

I agree its a tough one for Pep now does he rest players and not risk them getting injured or does he keep going full strength for momentum and to keep them match fit?

(Once the league is wrapped up)

 

[paulchapo]

Since Yaya left, Our penalty record has been horrendous. We really need to sort this next season. We have had six different penalty takers this season!

It's shocking. This season there are no fan's either to add to the pressure. Other teams fan's think, 1-0 when they get a penalty, ours are just expecting we'll miss. 12 yards, free shot and we shit ourselves.

 

[OntarioBlue]

A) the keeper doesn’t go into the net with the ball

B) no shit Sherlock, can’t believe Sergio is the only player not to score a penalty, no great player ever missed a penalty, arf.

1.Ffs, I wasn’t being literal.


2. From 12 yards the odds are so overwhelmingly in favour of the penalty taker he should score probably nine times out of ten. We have missed 9 in the league in two seasons.

 

[chaddblue]

Gary linker you take a dink and score you look cool, Ian Wright city fans wont have a go at Sergio for that.

They fucking will Ian, they fucking will.

No bellend plastic wankers will.. city fans won’t

 

[bluealf]

My only post after the match is this one.

Awful fucking penalty, score and the game is over.

and

How the fuck can some **** who is paid to look at penalty decisions look at that one on Sterling and conclude that it wasn't a penalty, you absolute cheating twat.

That is it, I am still fucking boiling.

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

A) the keeper doesn’t go into the net with the ball

B) no shit Sherlock, can’t believe Sergio is the only player not to score a penalty, no great player ever missed a penalty, arf.

I think the problem is that he didn’t try to score but unfortunately fluff it, he tried to do a stupid party trick to make himself look cool, but fucked it up badly and embarrassingly.
We can all forgive a failure to achieve when honest endeavour has been applied but fucking about attempting a show-pony dink over the keeper when we really really needed a second goal to put our ribbons on the Premier League trophy - well that was the act of someone who put his vain-glory smack bang in front of our football club wining a major honour - he delayed or even possibly stopped us from wining a major trophy, made himself, and by reflection us, look stupid, and I’m glad he had the balls to do the decent thing and apologise.
I accept his apology, I love the guy and I happily forgive him, but I’m not going to deny it happened and I’m not going to pretend I was happy about it.

 

[paulchapo]

Chelsea didn't play there best team today. Silva, Chilwell, Kovatic, James, Haverts. They have a very good squad. I think the CL Final will be very close. We have to control their pace up front and then impose ourselves.

The lack of pace in our midfield and defence may cost us. Only Walker has any, I think they'll target Zinchenkos side like they did Mendy today. Ferna as DM is 36 and Rodri is like a tortoise. He also can't help dawdling on the ball at times like for their first goal today. Once he's lost it he can't recover.

Watching them closely lately I have them as favourites.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

It's shocking. This season there are no fan's either to add to the pressure. Other teams fan's think, 1-0 when they get a penalty, ours are just expecting we'll miss. 12 yards, free shot and we shit ourselves.

Plus the new rules make it harder for keepers to save them! For a man with a meticulous attention to detail, I’m amazed that this area hasn’t been sorted. Surely one of our players can take a penalty and if they miss still have the bottle to take the next one! That one Rodri took the other month was laughable considering who was on the pitch at the time!