communicate 2,703 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A very good wake up call.It showed what happen when we play against a very good offensive team without parking the bus.Btw Ivanovic went forward too much. We need to improve defensively and bossing the game better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullabletype 987 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Don't see what is wrong with losing the Super Cup- its not like we have never won it or anything and it is just the Community Shield of EuropeA team like Chelsea should be competing for everything we are in the running for.But that's not the biggest problem. The biggest problem for me, which tonight and basically all of last seasons league form highlighted, was that any team who decides to pressure us can push us to the brink and in to submission. Of course Atletico aren't just some team, they're a great oufit, but the sentiment stands true.Everything that went loose, they wanted. When we won the ball, they wanted it back. When they had the ball, they made sure not to lose it. They had a fight that we couldn't match. A fight, that in the past, smaller teams have brought to us and managed to take away similar victories relative to their stature.It seems we have plan A, and I'm not even sure what that is. But when that doesn't work, we have plan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 And are you even a fan btw?No I just choose to spend about £1500 of my own money (quite a lot for a 16 year old really) on a season ticket and following Chelsea up and down the country. I also get up at 3AM to drive to the other end of the country in heavy snow to see us play Newcastle just for a laugh. I like to spend my weekends spending time and money on something I don't even enjoy because I have nothing better to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Ok it's bad enough to have to name a motm but 16 voting for Mikel? All his passes were behind players runs and Atletico walked through him nearly scoring 8 times. Like it or not, Hazard again was by far our best player and even he did nothing because of how shit we were as a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 We got SLAUGHTERED. Thats whats wrong. And are you even a fan btw?YES he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouNameIt 1,511 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 No I just choose to spend about £1500 of my own money (quite a lot for a 16 year old really) on a season ticket and following Chelsea up and down the country. I also get up at 3AM to drive to the other end of the country in heavy snow to see us play Newcastle just for a laugh. I like to spend my weekends spending time and money on something I don't even enjoy because I have nothing better to do.I am just amazed how you couldnt see any wrong with that game, that we lost and the way we did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I am just amazed how you couldnt see any wrong with that game, that we lost and the way we did it.I do see that there were things wrong but these things happen in football. Sometimes all of the players don't play well but that does not mean they will play like that for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Ashley Cole @TheRealAC3 Wellll that was a lesson, absolute joke no fight, desire, passion, and a big reality check!!!!!! #sorrycfcfans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I do see that there were things wrong but these things happen in football. Sometimes all of the players don't play well but that does not mean they will play like that for the rest of the season.If we played well and they scored one lucky goal then it's fine but Falcao himself had 4-5 golden chances against us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I am just amazed how you couldnt see any wrong with that game, that we lost and the way we did it.we lost because we started too slow ,,,they were quicker to the ball ,,more aggressive ...as a result 2 quick goals left us chasing the gameand they picked us off on counter attacks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouNameIt 1,511 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I do see that there were things wrong but these things happen in football. Sometimes all of the players don't play well but that does not mean they will play like that for the rest of the season.I never said they would. But it was still a pathetic, embarrasing and horrible performance. And this was actually an important game. First of all we've never won that title, and if we would of, it would have been historic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 First of all we've never won that title, and if we would of, it would have been historic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 It was like watching Arsenal v Chelsea from 2-3 years ago, except that we were Arsenal and Atletico Madrid were Chelsea. Was hopelessly torn apart on the counter by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr123 167 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 From BBC deadline day page..Chelsea defender Ashley Cole tweets after losing 4-1 to Atletico Madrid in the European Super Cup: "Well that was a lesson. Absolute joke. No fight, desire, passion, and a big reality check!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Congratulations to Atletico, clearly the better side tonight. Falcao is just a special player.I think this game doesn´t mean as much as people make it up to be. It is a UEFA showpiece afterall. Of course it is emberassing to lose that high, but to be honest, watching Robbie in the interview here is just proving that we are on the right track. The attitude was poor, we looked like Pre Season, but fuck it, hats off to Falcao and a very talented Atletico side.And another thing, I am close to delete my account here. All this knee jerk reactions, all this negativity (which is easily confused with realism, but which i don´t confuse), all these spoiled brats, throwing all out of the pram when it on an off day doesn´t go right,I am sick of it. I honestly don´t know why I invest time into this. Apart from some posters like Hutcho,zolayes, Kez, Duppy and Fulham Broadway amongst others who really can keep their head in situations like this, a lot of people are just premature internet warriors.It's exhausting trying to deal with the near-constant immense overreactions. We need more posters with long-term perspective. (Not the "what a bad pass, he needs to go. We need to go buy some 19 year old who is really good on FIFA12. He's worth 50M pounds easy" stuff.). We are going to play 60 or so matches this year. We are top of the league right now. We aren't likely too finish there, but this is a transition year. Expecting every single match to be a win is ridiculous. Expecting every single player to play well every single game is ridiculous. Take a deep breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Wellll that was a lesson, absolute joke no fight, desire, passion, and a big reality check!!!!!! #sorrycfcfans Ashley Cole.nice to see he noticed that now he is off the pitch and did nothing about that during the match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 From BBC deadline day page..Chelsea defender Ashley Cole tweets after losing 4-1 to Atletico Madrid in the European Super Cup: "Well that was a lesson. Absolute joke. No fight, desire, passion, and a big reality check!"Honest and hopefully as he says, a reality check for this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irakozium257 350 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 From the start, you could clearly see that Atl. were much better from how they were covering and forcing us to play the pass, pass, air ball like under AVB. My God, Ivanovic was an abomination, he was sooo slow, went too forward, basically looked like an amateur. I hope Azpi gets to start in the next matches, not because I'm overreacting, but because Iva has to feel threatened like David Luiz was when Cahill got signed. I remember him getting much better in the games vs Sunderland and so on. I love Iva but nobody should fucking feel comfortable regarding starting matches, this is why Fergie is a great coach, doesn't cut any slack for anybody. Time to hibernate and let this shitty evening get flushed to hell, like the 2-4 against City in '10, 0-3 vs S'land in 10-11, etc. And for the spoiled fucks, stop being so pessimistic and just hold on, shit happens, your attitude to adversity is what makes the change.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Embarrasing match. For me it was like some players thought it were just a friendly match, and Atletico started really well. Well, who cares about this trophy? But the way we lost it was embarrasing. Cahill was really awful, what was he thinking when Falcao get that ball in the first goal? What Luiz was thinking when he missed that ball and let Falcao get it and score? What the defence was thinking in the second goal? ffs.The fact is, important match or not, we conceded 9 goals in 5 matches. Tonight it could be 6 or 7 for Atlético. Thats a big problem. The reason we were really defensive against Barcelona and Bayern was simple: our defence sucks, so we have to defende with 11 players.I think we will have a lot of problem this season, in the right back, with our CB and with our DM, specially if RDM keeps using Mikel+Lampard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam Dunk 1,442 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 What was the point of the Bertrand sub? Just for sentimental value for Ryan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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