Closed Chelsea 2-1 Dynamo Kiev

[iceboy 992]

I know few members will still moan but I really don't give a shit, WHAT A WIN for us, buzzing lets build some confidence. Baba and Matic were superb but Willian MOTM all night long.

[zolayes 14,489]

U should create poll: who was motm and why Willian

cos we dont have Own Goal option

[Magic Lamps 11,446]

strange game. in one moment we combined with swagger like it was 2014 in the other moment we completely lacked communication defensively and offensively, were wasteful, made unnecessary mistakes and looked shit like always. In the end, we won deservedly, by far the better team but that doesn't count for much as Kiew are a shit team, mind a shit team who really played for their lives. Our two main problems remain: We have to many tactical, individual and communicational errors in defense and just lack the killer instinct in attack. But Willian papered over this for one. We still have to solve these problems. Diego, Hazard, Fabregas, Matic still look out of form but they were better today, just low on confidence.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Thanks again [emoji12] but could you please change your fav player to Blackman? We need goals from Diego too!

How about a player whos not even at Cobham these days

[didierforever 7,349]

begovic - poor for the goal. if you come out in a corner, get something on the ball. 4

azpi - good performance, we looked so much better when we let both our fullbacks get high up the pitch. 7

zouma - should have scored and put the match to bed. brilliant tackle when the kiev player got behind him. 7

JT - another unsure performance. 6

baba - brilliant performance. so where are the haters? this is what happens when we trust in players. keep it up lad. 9

matic- a very good performance. held the mid well. 8

rambo - poor. good commitment, but a professional footballer should know how to pass. 5

oscar - poor. sell. 4

cesc - good first half. invisible second half. as soon as any team presses, he goes AWOL. sorry, but not good enough. 6

willian - what can i say. single handedly has kept us in the CL and out of the relegation zone. 10

costa - the 2nd best striker in the world showed his class today. another world class performance. i mean the amount of contribution he made today cant be made by any player ever. 0

subs:

hazard and pedro - showed some glimpses. hazard showed some fire for once. hazard-willian-pedro would be interesting to watch.

seems like another false dawn for me. poor performance overall, brilliant result.

[the wes 7,212]

Willian has been different class this season keep it up son

[DYC. 7,542]

I know few members will still moan but I really don't give a shit, WHAT A WIN for us, buzzing lets build some confidence. Baba and Matic were superb but Willian MOTM all night long.

Moaning about moaning is worse. Think about it. Ignore it.

Willian.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

[!Hazard! 3,394]

Willian and Baba were great and Matic and Cesc were finally showing some glimpses of their talent. Still not perfect though, but the football at times was definitely better mainly due to having two real fullbacks. Jose has to realise this by now, football in 2015 requires two attacking and technically capable players at fullback positions. Our pressing game also requires those.

Costa and Oscar were absolutely terrible and there has to be other options for those positions. Remy and Hazard/Pedro/Kennedy/Traore come to mind. Also, even though Ramires had a decent game, at times he showed that player of his quality should not be in Chelsea's XI. He is a nice lad and a fine player to have but not at this level. Such a shame the board didn't approach this issue and buy "Ramires with a brain and technique"-kind of player the fans have been screaming for a half a decade now. It continues to cost us severely in our attacking play.

[Laylabelle 9,292]

Wins a win and we don't win often

[Pizy 17,860]

Don't get why so many in here are saying it was a poor or ugly match. Yes, they were well on top of us for the first 15 minutes or so of the second half but we completely controlled the game outside of that.

Liked what I saw from everyone other than Diego who still looks well off of his best.

[cosmicway 1,247]

Are they? They look poorer than the likes of West Ham and Crystal Palace.

Better than Villa.

[Azpinator 2,325]

Ugly win...

That free-kick can't be associated with the word 'ugly'.

[DYC. 7,542]

Wins a win and we don't win often

Nicely put. I know I'm content. On to the next bit of drama.

[Jase 43,479]

Still a major concern that we're relying on set pieces or stroke of luck (e.g own goal) to score these days. We are just so bad in the final third - forever making the wrong decision, be it in picking out teammates or delivering the right kind of ball for others. The lack of movement in the box is also baffling really.

That aside, it was so vital to get the win today and thank god we did. Should give the team a boost going into Saturday's match.

[Reddish-Blue 2,213]

Baba deserves a run of games because we need two fullbacks comfortable on the ball, ready to press at every opportunity

[stroey 2,525]

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I thought we were very good in the first half, and okay in the second when they came on quite strong. Pleased with the character we showed to get the win. Shows the togetherness of the team.