cosmicway

I like to see Pep crying for losing the premier and also crying when he loses again the champions league. He managed one thanks to Lukaku.

So do we.

No they did not. But our midfield was an empty space. They might as well have put some chairs and coffee there.

Practically they could have equalized earlier, So what ?

City did n't play much different at 0-0. All of them up front trying to pressure and they were leaving gaps behind that we exploited twice. But we were not letting them play ball inside our box ! So what was Poch afraid of in the second half ? He could at least have kept them from reaching the box with such ease.

The only real way to win this match was to make it 2-0 in a counterattack and we could n't. In the 2021 cup final it was a similar match - we escaped. But despite City having the possession the chances were 6-6 (remember Pulisic ?). If Poch could n't afford but to play defense and the counterattacks did n't produce a second goal then they 're going to score - can't be helped - ball was inside our box most of the time ! I wish we could play with such determination against Wolves and Nottingham Forest though.

Poch should n't have parked the bus.

The champions league team was not doing great things in the league. We managed to eliminate Real Madrid but Lamps too almost eliminated them last year - they were going to collapse if Cucu had not missed that sitter. Real Madrid of 20-21 were not as good as now, so our really great act was to win the final - in a single match anything can happen. Last two years no more Kante, Rudiger gone, Mount the super talent became a beer drinker, James almost permanently absent. Up front we don't have a superman (Ossie - Didier - Eden - Mo, nobody of such a caliber). Eden was the no 2 in the world as I have to concede first place to the short one and as Mbappe was only beginning his career.

Fewer teams/matches in the domestic leagues and the stage of 16 in the champions league to become a mini league. Simlilarly for the other UEFA cups. This is the solution, more European football but no "superleague".

Yesterday we were pickpocketed in the midefield quite a few times (Caicedo - Madueke mainly). So Palace managed some counterattacks and their goal undeservedly so, Pontificating over the ball and the opponent snatches. Like this Citeh can score 20-25. But if we make them run then a repeat of the first round match is not impossible.

Palmer and Gallagher won this match.

It was an easy shot. Could have missed but it was an easy take.

What worldlie ? We passed him the ball.

Nobody cares. Caicedo - Madueke - Enzo compete for the biggest sh*t.

I 'm German tonight. Tuchel out.

What made big difference tonight is we scored early - frustration was not allowed to set in. If the same thing happened against Everton say or Brentford we would n't have lost those matches. Then we avoided the silly defensive mistakes of the Wolves match (but also Villa was not up to it). Those problems we did not have tonight - it was like the team of Diego times.

Well. if we lose to Palace on Monday you are going to hear that. It's become like an elevetor.

Amazing. Final score Chelsea 2 - Aston Villa 1 after 20 minutes of horror show Villa pressure.

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The ides of March.

He clearly ain't got what it takes. Somewhere against slower moving defenders than those of the premier he could shine, they would probably declare him a legend. But I 'm afraid is hard lines here.

Slaughter of the Indian creek. Poch out.

Saw the Pep team yesterday against Brentford. Smooth-sleek they were one goal down but it looked like a question of time, then equalised at the stroke of half time then scored two more. The Brentford players were even afraid to go near them and press because they knew by doing that they were in danger of opening some corridor. Bu contrast we look like a Typee tribe charging like blind men.

So who do you think sabotaged the team ? But as for Abramovitch what could anyone do amidst the Putin situation ?

We count four successive failed managers in 18 months. Tuchel failed. Despite his earlier successses in early 22-23 season the team was doing very badly so it counts as failure. Potter failed. Lampard failed. Now Pochettino.