Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 I'll take a point fielding mostly our B-team for the majority of the match.I'd reckon we are just about fucked if Spuds and Newcastle win today though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNKS 508 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 We could have won that game. Our front three were non-existent. If only we had 2 half decent wingers, I swear we would be challenging for the title. Look at united, they have Nani, Young, Valencia.....none of the 3 are world class yet they have pace and can pass the fucking ball. I swear I fucking hate Sturridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krypt 241 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Did we read the wrong match notes ? we need a 0-0 on Tuesday. To me this is a much more important game than Tues , i know people have hope of us winning the CL. But our best chance of playing in the CL next year is getting 4th.The only winners today are spuds and Newcastle. now were hoping for them to slip up again..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Sturridge and Kalouda have been completely poor. Torres aswell, but at least he made a good tactical game, by recovering a lot of balls in our half.Danny is so selfish, I can't see him becoming a great player if he keeps it that way.Good performances: Bertrand(motm) and Essien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Torres and Sturridge were shit, considering both hardly played against Spurs and Barca i expected more.Malouda was good imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Wasted chances but so did arsenal.still aint won a derby prem wise.Weird game! stil 6th with newcastle and spurs yet to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago. 1,500 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Race for fourth isn't over yet so that's good. Players are fresh for Barcelona.Torres was pretty terrible.Didn't seem to be in the mood to run...very lackadaisical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 We're done. Bye bye fourth place. Send out 2nd string teams for all remaining league matches.5th is the best we'll do, IMO. We'll just have to win in Munich.Think QPR and Stoke can do a job today. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 the game was poor both teams looked like they wanted a draw from thatAlso yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy over 1000 posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 the game was poor both teams looked like they wanted a draw from thatAlso yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy over 1000 postsRace you to 30k! Think QPR and Stoke can do a job today. We'll see.Fair enough, though I doubt QPR can do anything. Famous last words, perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Only positive was Bertrand's performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Bosingwa must leave in the summer. I don't understand why Paulo Ferreira doesn't play more. He made a pretty good game against Benfica in the 1st leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Torres and Sturridge were shit, considering both hardly played against Spurs and Barca i expected more.Malouda was good imo.Hit the nail on the head...expected them to be the source of energy, but they seemed too casual. Malouda played decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Front three were Poor. Sturridge has a long way to go...slightly Dissapointing result, But a point is not bad, better than a loss, especially considering the matches we've had and the under strength lineup we fielded. I only watched the second half, but we defended pretty well in that 2nd half, they didn't really have any chances which is very encouraging signs for our defence ahead of the Farca game. The Cahill and Terry Partnership is becoming world class. I though maybe Robbie could have trhown on Lampard in the last 10 minutes or so. The experiment of Torres on the right didn't really work, and Sturridge was just poor as CF. He's not giving his hopes of playing centrally any boost. A bit of a boring game in the end. Just keep winning the rest of our games and go undefeated. Although 4th spot seems too far out of our grasps now.Well done to Bertand, great performance. Definitely ready for first team football. Also sorry Cap, but Kalou was so wasteful today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Race you to 30k! lol you will batter me you aint been here long and your close to 1500 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 I found Malouda to be actually alright. Nothing spectacular, but some good passes and movement.Only positive was Bertrand's performance.Really? Did you forget that we fielded a reserve team basically and that we played against Barcelona in mid week and Spurs before that? You can't expect us to win every game, especially with such a tight schedule. Lads did well, worked hard and kept a clean sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Considering the circumstances, I think we did pretty well. Exceptional defensive performance (Bosingwa included, despite one mistake) and the goalkeeper was solid too. No complaints with the contributions of Mikel, Malouda, Essien or Oriol, yet the front three were all very, very poor.Cech - 6 - can't fault him for his performance. Criminally untested by the Arsenal players though, but a couple of fine saves.Bosingwa - 6 - solid performance bar that one mistimed clearance. He showed great positional awareness and discipline and I certainly won't criticise him for that showing.Terry - 7 - superb showing from the skipper, did nothing wrong at all. Perhaps should have done better with that headed chance though.Cahill - 7 - as per JT, Cahill has demonstrated in the last two games he is indeed Chelsea quality. Brilliant once again.Bertrand - 7.5 - my choice for man of the match. Although he was once again a little conservative in his forward movement, he was very good defensively. Our LB role is sorted.Malouda - 7 - actually very impressed with him today. He was our brightest attacker and his work rate was phenomenal. He was given a disciplined role and he did well.Oriol - 6 - very much a standard game from the young Spaniard; no frills, although he looked shaky at first. Grew into the game.Essien - 6.5 - no Lampard or Meireles meant a lack of drive in the midfield, but Essien did well to occasionally supply it. A fair performance defensively as well, solid game.Sturridge - 4 - woeful today, that ridiculous volley from the half-way line epitomised the fact he is far too inconsistent and that RDM is absolutely right to have him on the bench.Kalou - 5.5 - criticise him all you like, but he battled away and whilst he often made the wrong decisions in terms of passes in the final third, he at least worked to get himself into those situations.Torres - 5 - hard to criticise a man who works hard for the team and has little service, but he seemed generally disinterested today. No wonder why Didier is preferred at present.SUBSMikel - 6 - solid when he came onMata - 6.5 - in his brief cameo he created more in 15 minutes than the rest of the team combined had contributed in 75. So, so important to this team.Cole - 6 - made no mistakes when he was on the pitch.Overall happy with the performance and the point. We will take six points from QPR and Blackburn, and I think if we can at least draw away at Anfield, should we beat Newcastle then 4th is not too distant a target. However FA Cup and UCL should now be our priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Disgrace Performance from Torres,Kalou,Sturridge and Bosi (in attack). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 that's it then. RDM had the balls to place all his eggs on the Champions Leagueif it pays off, he'll get the job but if it doesn't he'll be criticised. unfortunate situation but that's how it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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