Closed Chelsea 1-2 Basel

[Starman60 1,343]

Pure rubbish tonite. We didn't play as a team. We were totally disjointed and never created anything that frightened the opposition. Basel controlled the whole game. Closed us down brilliantly and counter-attacked superbly. Now teams can see our weakness we are in for a long hard season unless Jose works his majic

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Just- WTF?!

[NishC300 1,865]

Hopefully this will be a learning curve and we are going to come back even harder now. Great teams come back from tough times.

[Milan 17,854]

Luckily, there is no Juve or Napoli or other strong teams in the group. We are just making it difficult for ourselves but we will go through, no doubt. This period might serve as some wake up call because some players really, really need to step up and start performing.

[Barbara 15,149]

two people responsible for this loss: Mata for playing and Mourinho for thinking it would help. He killed the match with that sub and after Mata came in we never pressured again in the attack, he lost possession too many times and created bloody nothing for us.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

I dont get the thought pattern Jose had when he removed Willian for Mata. I mean, seriously? Then he placed our most dangerous attacker on the wing, where he was shown not to do well on the wings for like the first 15 min.

We lost the game there because he was the only thing keeping them modest on the wings.

Hazard needs to meet the bench this weekend.

[zyzz 711]

sometimes it seems like our attacking players are too busy with changing position that they cant concentrate on the game

[Kinol 337]

I agree with the point that those who think everything is an overreaction need to open their eyes. The only time our team has worked this season is during the first half vs hull city and during some parts vs Bayern Munich. Weve looked lost the rest of the time

[coolhead23 1,146]

Bad link up play, poor finishing, trying too much to play rather than keeping it simple, bad substitution in Willian, a bad Hazard, poor defending, no team play .... excellent Oscar! Guess it sums up the match!

Not sure if Jose is to be blamed or the players, for me it is collectively pathetic performance yet again!

[DanishBlue 426]

Fuck this. I'm so sad right now, wtf just happend

[Barbara 15,149]

I wonder how we would have played had we had Mata on at the start. Don't know what you guys think but he seems to be the only one out of our attacking talents who has the composure for those last minute balls which we have been severely lacking at the start of the season. Pressure is on now, I hope we don't get a repeat of last season!

I have no idea which match you've watched, I'm positive it wasn't the one the rest of the world did. Mata destroyed the team and was good for nothing. Not ONE good play from him, but I can remember many times losing possession and looking useless. Absolutely useless. Composure? Sorry, no way in hell. He showed a lot of lack of it if anything.

[zolayes 14,489]

Fuck with this negativism ..Look we are in 3rd place ,,we can defend our Europa title ,,,AND EVEN if we lose 3rd place ,,,we can concentrate on the Capital One Cup

winning that would be a real COCK up ...

my only moan is about Stingray ,,,,he gave the link for the second half otherwise I would missed that complete load of shite

[Stats 7,056]

Where is Lukaku when you need him? .........

[zeppos 20]

The players look confused and there's no consistency in our system. Rather than build a winning system where the players can clearly find their place and perform, we continue to be all over the place. Mourinho tries to be the star of the system (and fails) by coming up with "genius" tactics which creates more confusion and disorganisation.. This team needs to go out from its own strength, wtf is Mourinho try to do....?

[kobematabryant 400]

Why didnt Mata play from the start and why was Willian subbed off?

[Cosmin 2,484]

Am I the only one who thinks that Torres is more useful at this moment than Eto'o or Ba could be?

[zeppos 20]

The players look confused and there's no consistency in our system. Rather than build a winning system where the players can clearly find their place and perform, we continue to be all over the place. Mourinho tries to be the star of the system (and fails) by coming up with "genius" tactics which creates more confusion and disorganisation.. This team needs to go out from its own strength, wtf is Mourinho trying to do....?

[Golo 0]

Can not fault Jose a lot in this one. Mistakes he made were not playing Terry, Bringing on Mata, NOT TAKING OFF HAZARD but the blame is mostly with the players.Poor movement all game. Second half was awful. Oscar needs to move into the double pivot. Cole and Ivan need a rest. Hazard has been poor in most games, he does not look like he is enjoying himself. De Bruyne really needs a chance. Biggest issue is upfront. Our striker will not score many goals because of the system we play. Too many passes. We need a top striker.