Closed Rubin Kazan 3-2 Chelsea

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

He had a good game though, I don't know what you are on about. He scores and the decision to score was poor yes?

Whatever mate, I said it for the last time, his decision making was poor in this match, has been poor in his whole Chelsea career, and it was a good goal.

BTW, stop wanking.

[nachikethas 1,154]

Alright guys, how about Tottenham? Are you supporting them tonight?

On one hand I hate seeing them in European competitions but on the other hand, extra two matches would keep them busy in the fixture list which would be good for us.

hell no! never ever wanted rival teams to go further of any competition even though logically its good for us.

go basel do a manu again.

[xPetrCechx 13,571]

VERYYYYYY SOFT PENA!

[Stats 7,147]

Whatever mate, I said it for the last time, his decision making was poor in this match, has been poor in his whole Chelsea career, and it was a good goal.

BTW, stop wanking.

Contradictory when you done the same sign yourself nearly on double figures, first season here and I am sure he can improve. Some people are just too judgmental.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Contradictory when you done the same sign yourself nearly on double figures, first season here and I am sure he can improve. Some people are just too judgmental.

Of course he will/might improve, but right before this moment, still, his decision making was poor LOL. It has nothing to do with how many goals he has scored.

[Hutcho 8,443]

yes i admit and agree with his attitude problem in these kind of matches.but bashing him like he should never play again,how did he made 200 app is not good i think.i am a fan of mikel but admit when he is shit like today,but why can these haters appreciate when he plays good or why put whole blame on him like today

I wouldn't consider myself a mikel hater in the slightest, but he was bad today. He has had some good games this season but today wasn't one of them.

[Rmpr 8,977]

I wouldn't consider myself a mikel hater in the slightest, but he was bad today. He has had some good games this season but today wasn't one of them.

[didierforever 7,349]

MAZA rested no longer care about CAR. he and mikel showed exactly what is wrong with this team. their is no one to be a man and step up and take responsibility of seeing the team out of a poor position. i remember 2 such positions when JT came out of the defense towards the end of the match to just push us up the field. the over reliance of this team of hazard and mata is absolutely laughable. without them we are worse than a midtable team because atleast those teams still have some plans and plays to get out of the jail but we dont seem to have any damn clue.

piss poor performance but great result. my MOTM would be FSW (if we could vote for him) for his team selection and then not substituting MAZA just to show the the players on the field of how a professional footballer actually should be playing. if i was FSW today, i would come out in the press conference and questions the attitude of each and every player present today. (and believe me i hate FSW but the performance was worse than anything he could ever say or do to the club).

DISGRACEFUL.

[Stats 7,147]

MAZA rested no longer care about CAR. he and mikel showed exactly what is wrong with this team. their is no one to be a man and step up and take responsibility of seeing the team out of a poor position. i remember 2 such positions when JT came out of the defense towards the end of the match to just push us up the field. the over reliance of this team of hazard and mata is absolutely laughable. without them we are worse than a midtable team because atleast those teams still have some plans and plays to get out of the jail but we dont seem to have any damn clue.

piss poor performance but great result. my MOTM would be FSW (if we could vote for him) for his team selection and then not substituting MAZA just to show the the players on the field of how a professional footballer actually should be playing. if i was FSW today, i would come out in the press conference and questions the attitude of each and every player present today. (and believe me i hate FSW but the performance was worse than anything he could ever say or do to the club).

DISGRACEFUL.

I think you are taking this out of proportion. Rafa has helped us going into Sunday not playing Hazard or Mata. Also you are forgetting they had to do the chasing so while they won fortunately because of a ridiculous penalty decision, the tie was always in our hands. We are through you know..... there was no Cole, Bertrand, Mata, Hazard or Ba.

[didierforever 7,349]

also its pretty funny how every1 is targeting mikel on his shit performance but no one would dare raise a finger on the blue eyed boy, OSCAR on his awful outing.

[didierforever 7,349]

I think you are taking this out of proportion. Rafa has helped us going into Sunday not playing Hazard or Mata. Also you are forgetting they had to do the chasing so while they won fortunately because of a ridiculous penalty decision, the tie was always in our hands. We are through you know..... there was no Cole, Bertrand, Mata, Hazard or Ba.

that is the problem. our 2nd team should not have been outplayed by a russian team who is 4th in their league. atleast counter and kill them when they have 8 men committed to attack. also the goals conceded plus the lack of any effort. even qualifying to the semis of europa league does not seem to be any positive if this is how our squad players will play because mata and hazard will get injured (GOD FORBID) at some point.

[Stats 7,147]

that is the problem. our 2nd team should not have been outplayed by a russian team who is 4th in their league. atleast counter and kill them when they have 8 men committed to attack. also the goals conceded plus the lack of any effort. even qualifying to the semis of europa league does not seem to be any positive if this is how our squad players will play because mata and hazard will get injured (GOD FORBID) at some point.

I am sure the approach would have been different if we needed to win but the fact that they needed more goals than us is the reason they would have more of the ball. That is logic unless your Barca. Why should we go ultra-attacking mode when we have a good lead. Also when we played Steua, Mata and Hazard both had poor games. I will excuse tonight because we done what we needed to do.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

also its pretty funny how every1 is targeting mikel on his shit performance but no one would dare raise a finger on the blue eyed boy, OSCAR on his awful outing.

Agree with you on Oscar. He has been disappointing lately. Sloppy passes all over the pitch, I really don't know if it's a problem of attitude or ability.

[didierforever 7,349]

I am sure the approach would have been different if we needed to win but the fact that they needed more goals than us is the reason they would have more of the ball. That is logic unless your Barca. Why should we go ultra-attacking mode when we have a good lead. Also when we played Steua, Mata and Hazard both had poor games. I will excuse tonight because we done what we needed to do.

i agree that we dint need to do much attacking and even that we dint need to move out of the 1st gear and torres nullified their away goal so early in the match. but there is a difference between ,just standing around the box having absolutely no clue of whats going on or i doubt some players were least bothered of what was going on, and proper organized defending leading upto counters. our very safe position after getting the 2nd away goal should barely be any excuse for the kind of performance our players put today.

[DDA 9,941]

Couldn't care less about losing, if we rested Hazard and Mata and got through then happy days. We aren't the only team in the world who relies on a few key players, just look at Barca and their need for Messi against PSG and Reals need for Ronaldo to fire them through bad times. They both look completley different and less threatening teams without their key men just like us when we don't have Mata or Hazard. I feel we will adress this in the summer when Mourinho arrives home.

[MHL 47 378]

Another one of our small 'records' gone, we hadn't lost to a Russian team in Europe - we have now.

Putting Mikel on lost us the game, disgraceful lack of effort. Oscar no better performance but with effort.

Before people start banging on about Oscar and poor performances, please remember he's very young and a young man a long way from home and friends. He was great at the start of the season and will be again next season. He'll learn and become more consistent. Hazard was red hot at the start of the season then went quiet and has come back into form again. Young footballers tend to be inconsistent, with the right management these two will become even better and more consistent.

Oscar's drop in form has coincided with TFSW's dropping him soon after his (wrongful) appointment. In doing that he's possibly effected the lad's confidence, he played excellently under Di Matteo and he's playing poorly under TFSW. I'd play him centrally, he looked good there at the start of the season - there's plenty of hope for him, unlike Mikel who is what he is now and hasn't the scope to be much more. Lacks positional sense/discipline, pace, concentration and consistency of performance

[samzilla 517]

Have people already forgotten Oscar's game-changing goal as a late sub against Sparta Praha? He's a huge part of the reason we're even still in this competition. He can't come on as a sub and score within 33 seconds every game. He's done very well for Chels this season.

[robdog 2,084]

I heard that Lampsy and Luiz had an verbal fight after the match, can someone confirm that?

I believe you are referring to this:

It's Yossi & not Supa Frank.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Luiz is probably asking what a west ham reject is doing there...

[The only place to be 11,313]

I believe you are referring to this:

It's Yossi & not Supa Frank.

That actually looks like Yossi is telling Luiz to calm down rather than having a go at him and fits with what the reports at half-time were saying.