Thibaut Courtois

[The Chels 2,502]

He obviously doesn't have faith in our defense. Feel for him Filipe and Costa. The team they were in last year was infinitely better than this one.

From being one minute away from winning the CL to being knocked out at home in the round of 16 against 10 men... Just a bit of a drop then. It will be a real kick in the teeth for them (and very embarassing for us) if Atletico go on to win the CL, especially Luis as the other two are still young enough to win it. Seeing 'partidazo de PSG' and 'PSG con 10' trending on twitter tonight it's clear the Atleti (and Real/Barca) fans are especially basking in our misery. Bloody annoying!

[iseah100 5,612]

From being one minute away from winning the CL to being knocked out at home in the round of 16 against 10 men... Just a bit of a drop then. It will be a real kick in the teeth for them (and very embarassing for us) if Atletico go on to win the CL, especially Luis as the other two are still young enough to win it. Seeing 'partidazo de PSG' and 'PSG con 10' trending on twitter tonight it's clear the Atleti (and Real/Barca) fans are especially basking in our misery. Bloody annoying!

As they should. We took Atleti's 3 best players and couldn't do shit. Ridiculous. Luis can't get a sniff, Costa did fuck all in Europe. Tibo did all he could but at a certain point there is only so much he can do.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

I don't give a fuck about Atletico, what I do give a fuck is Courtois' reaction that led to Silva lobing him with his head from 14 yards out. Terribl piece of goalkeeping there.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

As they should. We took Atleti's 3 best players and couldn't do shit. Ridiculous. Luis can't get a sniff, Costa did fuck all in Europe. Tibo did all he could but at a certain point there is only so much he can do.

Costa was not that good last year in Europe anyway, 3 of his goals against a terrible Milan side that ended up finishing 8th, 3-4 against the likes of Zenit, some Austria side...etc. Against us it was a pen.

[mikeholiday 209]

As they should. We took Atleti's 3 best players and couldn't do shit. Ridiculous. Luis can't get a sniff, Costa did fuck all in Europe. Tibo did all he could but at a certain point there is only so much he can do.

Would you start Luis over Azpi?

[iseah100 5,612]

I don't give a fuck about Atletico, what I do give a fuck is Courtois' reaction that led to Silva lobing him with his head from 14 yards out. Terribl piece of goalkeeping there.

Lol what? He can only get JT and Cahill off the hook so many times. Silva got free twice in a row. Horrible set piece defending cost us, not Tibo. He and Hazard were our only good players.

[The Chels 2,502]

I don't give a fuck about Atletico, what I do give a fuck is Courtois' reaction that led to Silva lobing him with his head from 14 yards out. Terribl piece of goalkeeping there.

Does it matter? We would have ended up conceding anyway.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Does it matter? We would have ended up conceding anyway.

Not saying he's guilty, we deserved to go out and he did make a great save before that, but this was pretty poor from him.

[Zyphus 1]

Not saying he's guilty, we deserved to go out and he did make a great save before that, but this was pretty poor from him.

It depends... Silva should never be able to score a lobbed header from that area. If you defend properly, the attacking player can't put that much feel in a header like that.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Can't blame him at all. He did everything he could. I'm sure he didn't expect the defending to be that poor.

I'm being very harsh with that criticism. Its me with my GK/GK coach's hat on. You commit to either coming for the ball or staying. If he stays, he saves it. A misjudgement on TBO's part as he should have realised it was an impossible ball to try and catch. He will learn. The save beforehand was tremendous though, if de Gea pulled that off there would be a media wankfest.

[Hazardinho 88]

Are we really going to say that last goal was a fault of Tibo. I bet 90% of all goalkeepers would have conceeded that goal even if they were positioned well. Just because of his length we expect thousand times more.
That first save just before was insane! He handled all crosses during the match.

[Special Juan 27,429]

He was to blame for the second goal for me. Silva heads that ball from between the 18 yard box and the penalty spot, it's an out swinging corner and is moving away from the keeper, he the commits and then has back-peddle. If he stays put he saves it, simple as and if he's coming he has to stay committed to that decision.

Great save before hand, brilliant in fact, but it still remains he was at fault for the goal.

[coolhead23 1,146]

Are we really going to say that last goal was a fault of Tibo. I bet 90% of all goalkeepers would have conceeded that goal even if they were positioned well. Just because of his length we expect thousand times more.

That first save just before was insane! He handled all crosses during the match.

I dont sure if it is his fault or not ... I m blaming freaking everyone (different matter altogether) ...

But for me Courtois doesnt come in the 90% of those who didnt but he comes in the 10% of those elite where we expect him to save everything ...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Poor positioning for the second goal, but still my MOTM for that incredible save just before but mostly because he wasn't one of our spiritless outfield players.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

He wasn't at fault at all. Jesus, what are you writing. You have "an emotional reaction" like Mourinho would say. Watched Thiago Silva goal so, so, so many times already and I tell you this : yes he initially went for a ball BUT until the ball reached Thiago Silva's head, Thibaut is already at the same position when he started. So he was positioned perfectly. Just because he wanted the ball initially doesn't mean that he was caught out of position. It isn't always black and white. The shot was perfect, Thibaut to save that should have been few steps closer to goal on his right side but that would expose half a goal on his left hand side. And he wouldn't have guessed where Thiago Silva will shoot.

[SykikJV 146]

I'm being very harsh with that criticism. Its me with my GK/GK coach's hat on. You commit to either coming for the ball or staying. If he stays, he saves it. A misjudgement on TBO's part as he should have realised it was an impossible ball to try and catch. He will learn. The save beforehand was tremendous though, if de Gea pulled that off there would be a media wankfest.

I'm still in doubt about this one. Yes, he rushes out a little bit and has to track back, but at the moment Silva heads the ball, he is almost in perfect position? No goalkeeper is standing exactly on the goalline at that moment?

Edit : his position :

[iseah100 5,612]

He wasn't at fault at all. Jesus, what are you writing. You have "an emotional reaction" like Mourinho would say. Watched Thiago Silva goal so, so, so many times already and I tell you this : yes he initially went for a ball BUT until the ball reached Thiago Silva's head, Thibaut is already at the same position when he started. So he was positioned perfectly. Just because he wanted the ball initially doesn't mean that he was caught out of position. It isn't always black and white. The shot was perfect, Thibaut to save that should have been few steps closer to goal on his right side but that would expose half a goal on his left hand side. And he wouldn't have guessed where Thiago Silva will shoot.

Agree 100%. That was a perfect header.

[Amblève. 4,995]

I think Alex is pretty much right here. You either commit to staying on the line or you go out for the ball with your all. Courtois did neither and was caught in no-man's land. That goals is on him as much as it is on Terry/Cahill.

It speaks volumes that even our best player (Courtois) fucked up when it mattered most last night. This squad has no players to will the team to a win.