MrExcalibur100

Let's not deceive ourselves. Fabregas would just have been another defender in that 2nd half. He'll have done absolutely nothing.

One of the reasons why he might be apprehensive to sign a contract. He also wants to shine to instead of playing as a second fullback. One of the reasons why a high end player like Reus will be apprehensive to come here.

When your manager employs tactics that actually make you look far worse than you were in the previous half, he hasn't done a good job. When he continues to do this vs any decent team that matches us quality wise, you start to get concerned he doesn't have any alternative ideas.

That's "counter-attacking" football for you. Surrender the possession to the opposition intentionally and then try and win it back and break quickly as possible.

Mourinho does this in every big game. This is not an oddity at all.

If we played the way we did in the 1st half, we could have won the game. I just don't get it. Trying to protect the lead from minute 1 of the 2nd half. And the fatigue excuse doesn't wash either as he does it against every big team, even when the team is playing well. His tactics actually made the team play far worse in the 2nd half. Despite the conditions going into the game, at least try and play for say 20 mins in the 2nd half, if it doesn't work, okay, then try and protect the score. But to do that from the start of the 2nd half is not the way of a big football club with so much money. This is what frustrates me the most about Mourinho.

Mourinho has disgraced us yet again without even trying in the 2nd half , even from minute 1. Coward.

Loftus Cheek on with 1 second left to play. Strictly for the cameras.

Since minute 1 of the 2nd half. Are you surprised?

It's unfair on the players to ask them to play this way after playing 120 mins of football 4 days earlier. It's one trick pony tactics and it's boring and predictable.

How can they support us when we come out in the 2nd half to defend? To keep the score?

That's only half the issue, that's not the point. If you can't see the obvious change in tactical approach in the 2nd half, then I can't help you.

This is how you play "counter-attacking" football. Surrender possession and wait for the opposition to make a mistake, then break. We did the same thing vs Arsenal at the Bridge this season. I just don't see how that makes sense as we're playing so much worse now and as it requires more energy and we played 120 mins of football only 4 days ago. Mourinho isn't helping this team at all. One trick pony tactics. Very predictable.

Again, more long balls from Courtois. Mourinho is happy to settle for 1-1. Simply pathetic.

That doesn't explain our start to the 2nd half or Courtois blasting long ball to no man's land. We showed more energy in the last mins of the 1st half than in the opening stages of the 2nd half so far.

If we keep on playing long balls with Courtois, they're going to destroy us. Is this what Mourinho told the team to do in the 2nd half? Play on the counter, lol. Because it sure looks like it.

I know there's no Fabregas but we have to make an attempt to keep the ball on the ground if not, we'll lose. All these hopeful long balls are doing what exactly? Awful start to the 2nd half.

We can't build from the back. None of our defenders are comfortable passing from the back.

Great news. I love the way the club is handling the Costa situation. The way Chelsea get treated in England is absolutely disgusting and shocking. Remember the hysteria about the so-called dives earlier this season as well? Media black-out for a month is the best medicine to all these cunts. They really do hate our guts despite the fact that we're the ones who has kept English football relevant in Europe all these years.

I've come to accept that the Stamford Bridge crowd is almost always terrible except on certain occasions and except vs certain teams. And Man City isn't one of those teams.

You just wait and see.

If you thought 1st half was bad, we're going to get properly shafted by the ref in the 2nd half again. He's on a mission, Clattenburg the cunt.

ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING refeering of this game. Simply diabolical the way Clattenburg is performing in this game. He's doing "the duty" of his overlords, probably the reason he got this game, a known bent ref. Jose was talking about conspiracies, he has a serious point. Hazard clearly keeps in the fucking ball, but somehow it's throw in to City. All the 50-50's in their favour. Hazard being man-handles, no calls. This league is corrupt.

Did you guys catch it? Just on the build up to that goal, that ball from Hazard did NOT go out of play yet the ref claimed it did.

That ball from Hazard right now didn't go our of play.