Closed Chelsea 1-0 West Brom

[robdog 2,084]

Maybe they did it ironically?

hmm...if you believe that, I have some beachfront property here in Arizona I would like to sell to you

[Hutcho 8,443]

Ow reaaaally ? Close but no cigar, lol :-)

Ps: only my wife knows how big my calibre is, you don't :-)

And @Rmpr, because he knows... :eyebrows:

[Stingray 9,441]

And @Rmpr, because he knows... :eyebrows:

Shhhhhht don't tell the herd me, you, Rmpr and Dionsa do the nasty together :-)

[Jase 43,479]

Thought Lampard had a shocker. He couldnt keep up with everyone else. Honestly think he should go in the summer.

I wouldn't say he had a shocker but just wasn't influential as we would like him to be. And it has to be said that apart from him scoring goals, and important goals for us these days, can't see what else he would really provide to the team really.

[Hutcho 8,443]

I don't see how we can say anyone had a shocker... We probably played our best first half in 2 months, and carried that on for 25 mins in the second half. I don't think anyone played badly. And Lampard had a solid game. Our pivot was surprisingly good considering how the lamps rambo partnership has been recently. So i don't agree that he had a shocker... No one did.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Lampard had a shocker? What the hell? I don't get it with some people. They complain if Lampard's leaving the pivot exposed and say he should be more disciplined and when he is, he supposedly has a shocker. I thought this was one of Lampard's finest defensive performances this season, he got back well, made a few great tackles, stayed in position well and also spread the play quite nicely during our dominant spell. Anyone who thinks Frank had a shocker should go watch the game again.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Hazard loves one twos, I wish we could make use of those runs he makes more frequently.

[didierforever 7,349]

Thought Lampard had a shocker. He couldnt keep up with everyone else. Honestly think he should go in the summer.

what the hell???

[Hamilton 2,120]

Lamps did a great job in front of defence, it's just when he doesn't scores or takes on chances it looks like a bad game, we're to spoilt on that point from him.

Like said above, no one really had a bad game. Maybe Moses had a so so 20mins, a bit to selfish imo..

[Special Juan 28,133]

File this under the three point eye brow wipe.....Onto the next thank god.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Lamps did a great job in front of defence, it's just when he doesn't scores or takes on chances it looks like a bad game, we're to spoilt on that point from him.

Like said above, no one really had a bad game. Maybe Moses had a so so 20mins, a bit to selfish imo..

Thought Azpilicueta had one of his poorer games for us as well. Not horrible or anything, but also not great. Generally agree though, only Moses was poor.

[Stingray 9,441]

Thought Azpilicueta had one of his poorer games for us as well. Not horrible or anything, but also not great. Generally agree though, only Moses was poor.

and Torres :-)

[coolhead23 1,147]

Outcome from this match: 3 points which is right now worth in gold and more importantly Rafa still around unlike his predecessors who got sacked after the last 2 West Brom games :banghead:

[Alabama 1,992]

Join the club my friend...Join the club!!! The majority of us can see that he is a fraud, but what can we do? CFC is ran w/ North Korean like policies. Maybe we can get Rodman to speak to Mr. Abramovich for us & get him to speak to the fans xD

ok....ktbffh

[Miguelito 459]

well it might be a bit late to write my analysis on this game, but ive been busy all weekend so i figured better late than never.

i was so pleased with the way we played for once and it was great. we had so many times where i would be say "well done or great job or oh wow". it was like we learned how to do great one touch passing overnight. we got out of so many tight situations using it and it was a real joy to watch. even when it was just getting us out of the back or just to get the ball out wide, it was lovely stuff. i thought ba was a massive part of this and honestly thought he was absolutely superb throughout. his performances sometimes go under the radar but for me, he was our best player along with cech and oscar.

i thought basically our whole team played well, even from individual standpoints everyone did good. i thought lampard and azpi were our worst players, and thats saying alot as neither of them had a bad game by any means. moses did do bad when he came on, but it wasnt for long, so i am excluding him.

cech- amazing, what else is there to say. the best goalies in the world are ones that even when they havent done much for awhile that they will come up big in situations and he came through

cole- was good, nothing spectacular but solid

ivan- thought he was good, again nothing amazing but a lot of times when defenders go unnoticed they played well and did their job

Luiz- he was great, had many vital stops and started attacks from the back well

Azpi- he is just really good defensively, but didnt offer much going forward

ramires and lampard- i dont understand how sometimes the pivot looks so good with them two and sometimes its awful, but i thought they did really well, ramires in particular. lampard had couple wayward passes and other ones that i saw that really put the player he was passing to in a bad position, but he was good at shielding the defense.

hazard- this guy is a gem, that one run in the 2nd half was mesmerizing. he was really good throughout, but was surprised at how many times he fouled the other team

mata- semi-quiet game by his standards, but still kept the ball moving and helped our attack click so well

oscar- he was the star of the show going forward. he was absolutely everywhere and involved in basically everyone of our attacks. hope his recent form continues because when he's like this our entire attack improves tremendously. everything is so much more fluid and hes just a joy to watch. its sad he missed his chances because he deserved a goal or two.

ba- he was brilliant, he held up the ball extremely well and was a nuisance throughout. and most importantly, did what great strikers do, scored the winner.

i loved the entire game. we played some of the best football ive seen in awhile and even though we deserved more goals, but it was nice to see us hold off in the end, showed resilience.

well done boys