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but he isn't stupid. He can't be that stupid to rely in our vulnerable defense. We have walking liabilities there, literally, it's suicide to rely in this defense. He needs to grow a pair in some matches. If that's the approach against RM, Barça or Bayern, I won't complain. But against a PSG that from minute one showed they were more worried about not conceding (to avoid what happened last year and maybe go for it at the Bridge and surprise us), he SHOULD have been more attack minded. I'm not saying to go for the kill, but release ONE attacking midfield, allow the team to attack. But yeah, he's too afraid of losing these days and it's starting to get its toll on him. Good thing the league looks like a done deal, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if we lost to Spurs in a couple of weeks. Like not at all. specially after the 5-3? He'll defend like there's no tomorrow against a team that is inferior to ours in terms of quality and that has good attackers. With this defense he should try to WIN the game instead of settling for a result because if there's one certainty is that a mistake will come. If our keeper will save us, or the opponent will miss the goal (like Cavani did today) it's another story. But that's not a reliable defense, he shouldn't be so defensive in games against PSG, Liverpool and Spurs. He should understand that there are chances we'll concede, especially away from the Bridge and he could show a little more ambition against teams that are clearly not at the same level as us. we're doing something right. And also a few wrong things and counting with a lot of lucky results. Well, I'm not complaining about the results, but it also doesn't make me have any sort of hope about winning this competition. Actually as I just stated, it makes me feel nervous about playing Spurs. I mean freaking Spurs!!!!! There's a reason why we were spanked by Atletico and Spurs... and that shows what happens when we don't have our keeper saving our arses or any lucky goal for us.

which is why if you're going to play Fabregas at #10, you have to play Luís in the LB. Simple as that. Cesc is easily marked out of these games - Luiz did it very well today imo - but it also helps him to find more space for his magic passes if we drag players to our wings. We just CAN'T do that with Azpili in the team. Sorry, he has a lot of defensive qualities, but he's really null in the attack with the eventual good cameo there. Also Willian was visibly tired - I didn't think I'd see this day, but even he didn't have the usual energy. So if he wants to start Cesc as #10 because he's more creative than our alternatives (Oscar, Willian), just make sure to also add width to the team, otherwise we're easily nullified as we were. We didn't have ANY attack in this match and it showed when our goal came from a play orchestrated by three out of our four defenders in the match. I think we controlled well the game until we made another stupid defensive mistake. It's their turf, Courtois saved us, but I even expected more bite from PSG, so I won't count those headers as something unexpected, or completely avoidable. It's normal stuff from a team playing the first leg of an UCL round of 16 at home. Still I didn't feel we'd concede (although with this defense I ALWAYS feel insecure about conceding stupid goals). So we were in control to win the match, but when he saw Blanc's approach to the match he could have instructed at least one of our AMs to show up more in the attack. He didn't. Then he played Fabregas - who is still coming from injury and no Luís, we were the terrible attacking show. I said early in the first half that if we didn't show some bite we'd end up the match with no shot on goal. I wasn't that off mark if you ask me. That's completely giving up on attack and NO TEAM should ever do that unless there's a huge disparity in the quality between both teams. That wasn't the case. We're becoming more and more pragmatic in those matches and while I defend it in a few instances, today was completely unnecessary.

I voted for him but forgot to mention.... he's been amazing, the reason we didn't lose

We had this game COMPLETELY under control, until our defense once again just succumbed. I know his classy flick has played a big part on our goal, but Cahill is a liability. With him in defense we'll never look confident or comfortable. His flick in the attack was luck. Iva is also a liability (although he improved as the match went on - there was clear some manager instruction for him to be in the box instead of closing down wingers and LBs in the wings, so I can't blame him for this positioning, rather Mourinho), but he ALWAYS scores important goals. It wasn't luck, he's always in those positions. I hope to see Zouma at the Bridge. It was sort of expected that Cahill would start this one, but Mourinho needs to let it go completely and start Zouma away and home, league and Europe, it doesn't matter. Or he buys a replacement that he trusts to do it, Cahill shouldn't ever start a Chelsea match again. Cesc was terrible, Willian and Hazard were hiding in the pitch. Our attack was disappointing, pathetic and invisible - with Costa also having a bad match. I understand that was the approach Mourinho went with, but it was still terrible. We didn't play bad, we just didn't seem to want to do something with the match, which is disappointing because PSG wasn't any better than I expected them to be. They were beatable, we leveled things up with our tactics and our players being invisible. I trust us to win at the Bridge, but what I don't trust at all is us not conceding.

completely disagree. he's been fair imo

where the hell was Iva? why is Rami covering the winger overlap? and horrible marking in the box too

not an FA referee... it's been too long so we're unused to someone having the same standards for both sides...

I'd be super pro to subbing Costa off - as long as it is for Remy, not Drogba, at mark 65. He can regain rhythm against Burnley just fine

in other occasions when Mourinho deployed him at CAM he also had Luís playing. We're missing it today

not in the bench. Injured *thanks the gods*

http://www.chelseafc.com/_jcr_content/main/livematchsummarylarg.audio.html

it never ceases to amaze me (negatively) how bad on aerial duels Costa is.... his timing is completely off as well as positioning. He doesn't win a single one. It's frustrating

I know he's a liability on defense more often than not, but because of those goals - that keep on coming - I understand why it's so hard for Mou to remove him from the team.

an all-defense goal Terry -> Cahill (unexpectedly amazing) -> Iva

Ivanovic, always him

it had to be Cahill to kill our attack he's useless, I can't stand him anymore

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the problem is our AMs - Willian and Hazard - are hiding from the game and Cesc is going deep to start things off, but it's also hiding in the final third this is beyond pathetic

if we don't start showing some bite in this game we'll end it without any shot on goal. beyond lethargic

another shaky - undecided - move from Courtois in a cross... what's wrong with him these days? but two great saves nonetheless

where have you see pressure in this match? lol

incredibly boring and uneventful start of match

wow a lot of high profile ex-footballers, managers and whatnot at Parc des Princes

Come on Chels!!!!!!!! Let's destroy them

very predictable lineup (not that I'm implying José was predictable, but the team sort of picks itself). I like it with the exception of Cahill, obviously