Closed West Brom 1-0 Chelsea

[The Rising Sun 711]

We're Fucked. Not only this season but also next season, so dont pin up all hopes of success for next season. We need a player clear out of quite a few players which if replaced well will be expensive. Then they still have to play well together.... it is not a given that who ever comes in will fit into the team seamlessly.

Our problems run much deeper, and one summer transfer window will not miraculously fix everything.

[Kojo 4,676]

Some quick points:

• Cech and Cole were outstanding
  
• A strange performance from our fans. Very noisy at times but at others subdued. I, for one, have lost my voice from screaming my heart out for the club.
  
• I can confirm the fans were singing 'sacked in the morning' and 'don't know what you're doing' to AVB. I wasn't happy with that at all and started an argument with several morons around me.
  
• We're absolutely shit
  
• The difference between now and last season is that we now have no desire whatsoever. We can't even create chances at the minute.
  
• West Brom = full value for the result, but we made them look good.
  
• However I had a great day, spent some quality time with the old man and got a retweet off the Official Club Twitter page! Now to repeat it again on Tuesday and see a horrible season get even worse...
  

I felt really sorry for you when i seen the result because i know you were going to the game and thinkin about selling your tickets. Well i'm not going to any Chelsea games again till the players actually sort the shit out and start putting some heart into it and trying, because why should i show my support if they wont fight back, i remember the Liverpool game when we lost 2-1 i was so happy with the players because we came back 2nd half and showed them how average they are and battered them, we deserved to win that game. But then we switched off last minute.

Our season just keeps getting worse and worse, and well done to you for showing your support to the club even at this time.

[zolayes 14,489]

I suggest you watch the game again. It's the the way AVB is setting us up to play, not the players. It's been the same for months. Why slate Lampard? Mata was poor, everyone was poor.

The tactics don't work, AVB is trying to use the same tactics he used at Porto but they don't work here. To get the best out of everyone, you need to play a system that works. It was very much the same under Scolari, Scolari in his last few months as manager persisted with the same tactics. We were poor, nobody was playing well which was simply down to his tactics. Hiddink comes in, chooses the right system that suits the players, we win the FA Cup, we win every game but one (I think it was) in the Premier League, minutes away from getting into the Champions League final.

I know AVB wants to play a certain way but it's not working out. He needs to make changes.

its not tactics or formation when the captain barely even manages to walk ,,,AND its not the first time this season, PERHAPS we should

let Frank pick the manager ...maybe Frank Snr since Uncle Arry is unlikely to want it

[Tomo 21,751]

They were not as bad last season like I have explained to , they finished 2nd and they were playing shite football but they were winning games and we never felt like we were going to not be in the top 4. This guy ( AVB) is trying to play triangles with fucking rugby players. Carlo kept things as they were and we steam rolled teams, this season we are being out fought.

Weren't we 5th this time last season too?

[Justin_3d 1,140]

AVB looks so stress out in the interviews.

http://bcove.me/g9sh2rwv

And this guy pretty much got it right:

http://bcove.me/1eavwk96

All at sea

Chelsea has no team spirit, says Charlie

http://www.skysports...7565884,00.html

But this team look like the manager is isolated on the side and I think it is time for the owner to come out and either support his manager or else keep this whole club in limbo.

Charlie Nicholas

Quotes of the week

[teignman 441]

I didn't get to watch this one. Does anyone have any links to video of this abomination? Thanks in advance.

[Laylabelle 9,539]

Weren't we 5th this time last season too?

Think so.We were pretty poor at some point then everyone else got a bit worse

[carefreeluke 27]

its not tactics or formation when the captain barely even manages to walk ,,,AND its not the first time this season, PERHAPS we should

let Frank pick the manager ...maybe Frank Snr since Uncle Arry is unlikely to want it

The whole team was poor not just Frank Lampard, it's been the same for months now.

[manpe 10,861]

Shit. We did create 2 great chances, but Sturridge fucked both of them up. Sigh.

3 actually.. The last shot Lampard had. Young Lamps would've knocked that in.

[Henri 115]

Player or coach it really dont matter anymore. Who really beliveve we can fix this before end of season?.

Lets face our doom with dignaty, shall we?.

[Trueblue1982 48]

Exactly.They made the effort,we fucked around.Defintly deserved it.

Just depressing...and the attitude of some players is just pathetic.Feel sorry for Cech one of the few who seemed to want to win or least get something out the game

i think a couple more actually made an effort but not that many more, cole, cahill, luiz, torres (the short amount of time he got) iva....

[Badboy 1,526]

Weren't we 5th this time last season too?

Weren't we 5th this time last season too?

We won 8 of our last 12 games which propelled us into second place. I don't see that this season because we're playing like shit. Carlo managed to get the players on his side and they fought for him, AVB can't do that.

[Tomo 21,751]

We won 8 of our last 12 games which propelled us into second place. I don't see that this season because we're playing like shit. Carlo managed to get the players on his side and they fought for him, AVB can't do that.

As much as i like Carlo we were just as shit last season, even in our "mini" revival all the scorelines were flattering us.

[Trueblue1982 48]

AVB should stay but I have my doubts.

He keeps persisting with tactics that worked so well for him at Porto but in essence are not working for him at Chelsea. He's not changing things. It wouldn't be that bad if we were seeing glimpses of some good stuff, that we could look forward to in the future but the reality is, in this shape and formation we're not seeing anything positive. Mata and Sturridge should be out wide, instead they are told to play as inside forwards, so they are told to come inside every game which just makes it too compact and congested in the middle and therefore it's easy for teams to defend against. We need width, we need to Sturridge and Mata to stay out wide, I miss the days when we had Duff and Robben on the wings, actual width. Our only real width comes from the full backs which is easy to defend against and just leaves gaps when we go forward. When we play teams who put men behind the ball, we always struggle because we don't make use of any width and it's always too congested. The only times we've played well in the last few months has been against teams who have attacked us because there's been more space. Man United, Man City etc. It's no wonder why Torres and even Drogba come out wide it's because they can't get the ball, we can't get any possession or space in the final third, it's too congested in there.

Its been this way for a long time, we have not had natural width for too long, mata shouldnt be out wide he should be tucked in the middle between the lines, silva esq, and we need NATURAL wingers, sturridge thinks like a central striker, we should have been bringing new players in seasons ago and we wouldnt be in this situation now with the 'old gaurd' and player power, i dont know why after 60 min when drogba was limping around he wasnt hooked he hadnt done a lot in the hour anyway and torres looked sharp when he come on but couldnt do anything because we had lost the game from the start in the middle, we was poor in the middle where it counts and sturridge should have done better with his two chances

[Trueblue1982 48]

Couldn't agree more. He's spent so much time not playing, he's come to value when he gets to. Unlike most our players he doesn't take it for granted, playing the game he loves, so when he's called upon he'll try, try and keep trying.

I think with his injurys aswell that that 'holding' role will be better for him i think we have lost the tank, but think we have in him now where he can brake the play up and he just drops in when luiz goes for a wonder

[Blue Armour 4,466]

Newcastle can go level again with us if they win...we've gotta a better goal diff but still they've appeared suddenly

Or rather, we've been falling for so long now...

[xPetrCechx 13,580]

Cole was a disaster...

[Fulham Broadway 17,363]

Match report;

We pre arranged a pub outside Brimingham. In there for 3 hours singing Osgood songs and dozens of Chelsea songs while Dippers v Arse was on the TV. Landlord got pretty fed up with us by the end.

Back on the coach everyone pissed up singing , coach driver seemed uneasy, then 8 police outriders intercepted us and escorted us to the Hawrthorns. Felt like fucken royalty.

Singing all through the game, whilst some multi millionaires went through the motions on the pitch. Baggies scored near the end I think, cue loads of abuse to their fans who suddenly piped up. Then they started singing-''Getting sacked in the morning, You're getting sacked in the morning'' at which point all the Chelsea fans joined in singing the same.

Ginger cunt wants the sack so he can get paid off -just another parasite bleeding Roman for little effort.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Post match interview:

[Jase 43,479]

1. Bye bye 4th place.

2. Hello Europa League.

3. We have turned from a dominant physical team into a bunch of softies who back out of tackles and challenges.

4. Fair play to West Brom for exploiting out pathetic inability to get into challenges and winning the 2nd ball, which has been a major problem for us all season.