mutchisman1

OK the dust has settled on this and maybe you will allow a Baggies fan's perspective. Corresponding fixture last year we didn't play too badly but got hammered 6 - 0 with Chelsea hardly needing to get out of second gear such was the gulf in class. Chelsea were (IMO) the best team to visit The Hawthorns last season and you gave us another footballing lesson...so our expectations for this game were not high. Maybe there was an element of 'just needing to turn up' among your players, who knows but you were certainly second best for most of the first half - if Long's pass had reached Tchoyi then he may well have found the net (or equally possible may well have fallen over the ball lol) for 2 - 0, then things might have been interesting. Second half was a different affair and once Chelsea realised our weakness along our left it was just a matter of time before things turned around. Disappointed to have come away with nothing but Chelsea (just) did enough to win and 1 -2 is certainly better than 0 - 6 and might just show how we've made progress over 12 months. One thing though after a match that was largely played in good spirit I though Terry's grabbing of Odemwingie's shirt near the end (for what?) completely unnecessary. Good luck for the rest of the season (apart from the one fixture, obviously) and please make sure you stuff the Villa in both games.