Chelsea post match thread

[Father Paul]

I think that's rubbish mate. He could have played Aguero, Silva, Sterling, Fernandino, Kompany and Hart. Or just some of them. Sterling can hardly be worn out, can he - he's not been playing 90 minutes week in week out and he's only 21. And some of them would still have been available on Wednesday.

He decided not to risk any of them and basically tossed the FA Cup away, a piece of silverware that we conceivably might have won. And for what?

Personally, I think we'll lose in Kiev on Wednesday and I think we'll lose to Liverpool on Sunday as well.

Incidentally, if we were to do that and the we lost away to Liverpool on the following Wednesday (which surely we might), then that would be a run of 6 consecutive defeats. I wonder when that last happened to City?

Possibly relegation days oh the bitter memories. Put I must support the manager on this one. The main blame should be focusedon the FA and the BBC not Peller's. However, I fear you could be right about the next three games although I think we will get at least one draw from Kiev and Liverpool away but this will probably be inspite of not because of the manager who it increasingly looks like will be going out with a whimper rather than a blaze of glory.

 

[VOOMER]

What are you saying?

It's a barm.

 

[xenon_]

What are you saying?

I'm saying that no one in their right mind thinks that Chimps League QF is worth more than silverware.

I'm also saying that the decision made by Pellegrini was a gamble, which weighed up many probabilities... not just Chimps League QF or Fa Cup title winners.

So when you oversimplify the argument to ' Chimps League QF justifies FA Cup suicide,' you're being disingenuous, inaccurate and frankly naive (especially naive to consider that playing a full strength side at Stamford Bridge would've resulted in a high chance of victory, let alone a high chance of winning the FA Cup.


Still don't get it.... you're assessment of the reasoning behind Pellers' decision is lazy and wrong.

Also a full strength side at Stamford Bridge would not have been best for the club. (In spite of FA cup being superior to Chimps League)

 

[Marvin]

Are we not underestimating our squad?

The first team that Pellegrini puts out would get beat at most away grounds at the moment because he insists on the inclusion of Toure, but I don't think there is much wrong with the first team squad, particularly if it was bolstered by Alex Garcia.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

I'm saying that no one in their right mind thinks that Chimps League QF is worth more than silverware.

I'm also saying that the decision made by Pellegrini was a gamble, which weighed up many probabilities... not just Chimps League QF or Fa Cup title winners.

So when you oversimplify the argument to ' Chimps League QF justifies FA Cup suicide,' you're being disingenuous, inaccurate and frankly naive (especially naive to consider that playing a full strength side at Stamford Bridge would've resulted in a high chance of victory, let alone a high chance of winning the FA Cup.


Still don't get it.... you're assessment of the reasoning behind Pellers' decision is lazy and wrong.

Also a full strength side at Stamford Bridge would not have been best for the club. (In spite of FA cup being superior to Chimps League)

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[xenon_]

Thanks for the clarification.

That it? No response? Nothing to reinforce the drivel you typed 10 posts ago? Or no admitting that you've been hasty and inaccurate of your criticism of our gaffer?

Nothing? Fine. Not the worst-case scenario :)

 

[omcfc]

I think that after losing to Leicester and Tottenham at home he was afraid to play a decent side at the Bridge and lose that too. It's easier to hide behind the schedule, play the kids then say "well it was only to be expected."

 

[prof-taf]

Can't be arsed reading every page but has anyone put out the team they would have used?
MP getting a shit full today for making a bold decision given the situation we find ourselves.
I wonder how many dissenters would be if next year Pep the messiah does the same thing? He is a very bold manager and most on here won't know whether to stick or twist with there support.

 

[BobKowalski]

I think that after losing to Leicester and Tottenham at home he was afraid to play a decent side at the Bridge and lose that too. It's easier to hide behind the schedule, play the kids then say "well it was only to be expected."

Pellers said he would be playing the kids before the Leicester and Spurs games. Fair warning was given on what our response would be to the scheduling of this game.

 

[Lomas has a lob on]

The most striking thing about playing the kids yesterday was how much our work-rate as a team improved.

Yeh, I thought so too.
Kind of ironic that the reason we got such a pasting in the end was more to do with the ineptness of the majority of the seniors we had out there rather than the kids.