Chelsea (H) - Post-Match Thread

[Tangled up in blue.]

Never in doubt

 

[AshtonBlue1980]

Lived in Hulme then. Got very tasty that night.

Yep I remember that well! Didn’t they walk from Piccadilly station mobbed up? After the game me and a mate turned the wrong corner and they were kicking off everywhere! Ran for ages before it calmed down - covered in sweat as it was quite a warm night too

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Yep I remember that well! Didn’t they walk from Piccadilly station mobbed up? After the game me and a mate turned the wrong corner and they were kicking off everywhere! Ran for ages before it calmed down - covered in sweat as it was quite a warm night too

They brought a huge mob up. Probably the biggest I encountered and it was kicking off all over.

I wasn't part of the scene but you had to look after yourself that night. I remember that the name 'Plum' was sprayed all around Hulme.

 

[Decepticon]

He was and his daughter is a big blue.

BTW I used to drink in The Old Abbey in the Maine Road Days. Always good on match days.

Yep, big supporter.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/offstories.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/837/amp/

 

[Clembo]

Surprised at how negative they played tbh, basically allowed us to just control the game. How do they expect to challenge for the title if you aren't even going to attempt to take points off us.

Some top performances from us, Big Kev with the winner, 12 in a row, lovely stuff.

 

[Blootoof]

Noticed a lot of popped champions league balloons on the way out :D

 

[ancoats]

did anybody notice Dias was on the bench today hahahah

 

[Winchester]

City 1
Dog and Duck 0

 

[fredmont]

Didn't expect such negative football from a Chelsea side full of world class talent. Just goes to show the respect we have gained as a formidable force.

They were the same at Stamford Bridge, everyone behind the ball until they go one down, then they revert to hoof ball. It's as if we play Burnley four times a season.
Tuchel - 'we deserved a draw' !! It was a must win game you berk, and you made no attempt to do so. Something the BT 'pundits' failed to mention at all.

 

[chesterbells]

Great 3 points, two horse race now

Yeah, shame we aren’t playing that lot next week to try and kill them off in the “race” too.

 

[Bluechipblue]

Wankers

This can't be true. We only buy the very best, ready made superstars. I know this because I read it in a number of media publications this very week.

 

[Jamshopbridge]

Was The Old Abbey on the Manchester Science Park ? Landlord Dave ?

Yes that's the one. It's still there I believe. Not sure if Dave is still there.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

last 52 PL games since we lost to 2-0 away to Spurs on 21/11/20:

P52 W42 D4 L6 GS: 127, GC: 34, GD: +93, Pts: 130/156, PPG: 2.5, GS p/g: 2.44, GC p/g: 0.65.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

I think you've been absurdly generous here.

Did he get it spot on? He played it like a cup final, but that doesn't work when the other team wins with a draw.

Chelsea needed to win today, and parking the bus with (as you said) the biggest problem they posed us being slightly impeding our build up, didn't do anything except reduce the amount of time they had to win the game, and made them need 2 goals to win instead of 1.

A tactic we had figured out after 15 minutes and passed over the first press over and over again.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

In all seriousness, I have never met a single Chelsea fan who hates City. Annoyance? Yes. Dislike? Probably yes. But outright hatred? Not really. We don't consider you our rivals. Most of us prefer you lot winning the league, if its not us.

Are some elements of our fanbase going to rub the CL final in your faces when we play each other? That's a given and an expected part of football fandom. I mean both of our fanbases still get the very boring and totally original 'where were you when you were shit' chanted at us at every away ground. Liverpool fans have song their 'fuck off Chelsea FC you ain't got no history' song at us every game we've played for nearly 20 years. Fans will be fans and I'm certain if roles were reversed, we'd get it in the neck from elements within your fanbase. It is what it is.

As for the last point, you know very well we're not talking about the cup winners cup here :)

Thought a European Trohy thing was all in good humour, but given the paltry numbers (didn’t count more than 20) looked a bit half hearted and small time.

Can’t blame the Chelsea fans for taking the piss about it though. Completely fair game and football would be much duller without any bantz.

 

[cleavers]

Yeah, shame we aren’t playing that lot next week to try and kill them off in the “race” too.

They'll kill themselves soon enough imho, they're missing key players now when they need to keep up, and when they're all back they'll have to fit in the extra games, hopefully they'll get the LC final (and lose), so another game to find a date for.

 

[14aguero]

The forwards, Grealish, Foden, Sterling, and De Bruyne, provided the energy and the intensity required. I don't who has or has not been out with COVID, but they looked ready, as were all eleven. Rudiger and Azpi... are easy to dislike, so Grealish's getting tangled up with them throughout the match was fun. The second half of the season started in a lovely way.

 

[cleavers]

We don't consider you our rivals. Most of us prefer you lot winning the league, if its not us.

If we can't win it, I suspect most of us would prefer you, to any of united, arsenal, liverpool, or spurs (LOL), who none of us can stand.

 

[CPPSC]

If we can't win it, I suspect most of us would prefer you, to any of united, arsenal, liverpool, or spurs (LOL), who none of us can stand.

Spurs hahaha

 

[Impeccable One]

Yes that's the one. It's still there I believe. Not sure if Dave is still there.

Doubt (my) Dave is there, it was my lunch local on a Friday when I worked in the science park on YTS in 1984 :O

Could only afford pie, chips n pint cider once a week on 28 quid a week !