Closed Chelsea 1-2 Basel

[King11Didier 916]

We should have bought new left back and better striker.Or take back PvA and give him more chances and keep Lukaku,not buying some old striker.
Awful performances and like Kojo said,maybe the lose was better because if we won this match,fewer would talk about our awful performance.
Hard work in front of Mou.

[yuvala 2,167]

I wonder what is the problem here ...

- We have good players, great players.

- We have one of the best managers around.

What the hell ?

[Kinol 337]

We have lost three consecutive games. Lost at home to the worst team in the group. When you're living in cloud cuckoo land even the mildest criticism is an overreaction I guess.

Worst team? I would say they are the best, after us.

[Jusek 2,031]

José losing at the Bridge, that's worrying.

[obiwan92 217]

I wonder what is the problem here ...

- We have good players, great players.

- We have one of the best managers around.

What the hell ?

The manager loves counter-attacking.

Our team is built on fluid, almost tiki-taka style

I honestly believe the Mou has to stop imposing himself. Not every squad can play the same way.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

That was an absolutely horrible game.

[Barbara 15,149]

I agree with someone else who complained about those complaining about overreaction ( ) because not all critics are overreaction...

There are facts. We made mistakes today. If we state those mistakes and we say we're complicating our way in the easiest possible group it doesn't mean we're overreacting. we are stating facts. Or does a loss home help us in anyway? Or can we deny mistakes were done? I don't agree with people saying we won't qualify, José should be sacked, and whatnot. We need to be patient, but we also need to be fair with the mistakes we did.

It's one thing to complain about one match and how it happened, it's another completely different thing to say we're fated to failure. It's too early to judge the team and Mourinho, both need time, but we can criticize the mistakes done. Nothing is lost, except the match - that is. But mistakes were made and they should be acknowledge. There is overreaction, I agree, but there is also a lot of fair assessment about our mistakes. We will improve and the results will come.

Our attack continue to be a big liability as well. Eto'o was probably too battered from the match against Everton, but the alternatives are so hopeless... and I happen to disagree with whoever think that Lukaku would have made a difference... because it seems like we'll listen that record the whole season... along with the Sturridge and the Moses tracks.

[zolayes 14,489]

We have lost three consecutive games. Lost at home to the worst team in the group. When you're living in cloud cuckoo land even the mildest criticism is an overreaction I guess.

let me say ...this is the merest blip in our journey to the Quadruple KTF .. KTBFFH ,,,tonight didn't happen ..wake up tomorrow and find we won 3 0

[LegenTerry 265]

Bringing out Mata was the mistake. Sort of. He had three options 1) Kevin for Willian (the best of them) or Hazard; 2) Mata for Oscar - but that didn't make any sense as Oscar was by far our best player in the pitch; 3) Mata for Willian or Hazard.

There are two problems with the Mata sub 1) Mata has been poor this season.

Mata is poor? He wasn't playing any match yet,maybe he had playing 30 in total this season

[LayZ 201]

We looked good against Bayern but have looked absolutely woeful since...this brand of counter attacking football clearly doesn't work against teams who park the bus or are at least patient in possession...which does not bode well for our premier league hopes...

On a sidenote,who subs both midfielders at the same time?

[polo 18]

Torres was the best today

[Magic Lamps 11,655]

Bucharest are far worse than Basel. Anyway, Mourinho was outfoxed tactically my Murat Yakin, we allowed them far too much space for the 1-1 and the 1-2 was a series of individual mistakes.

[Mong630 7]

What went wrong before this game:

1. Spending big on players like schurrle and willian when what we need are capable defenders
2. Loaning out our best striker, keeping 2 useless donkeys and signing a 32year old who hasnt played a single match on PL level for years.
3. Pre-season is only pre-season but it becomes totally useless when you forget everything you see and use it only for marketing reasons instead of creating a team you want to play when its for real

During the game:

1. 3 very bad substitutions. Hazard was awful, mata shouldn't even be on the bench and what's the point in bringing on Mikel? The only player that could have changed things around is KdB, have no idea what he did wrong to Jose for not getting any minutes to prove his worth.
2. 4-2-3-1 is no formation to play a team like Basel at home. Play 2 strikers (even when your strikers are shit) and it will be a much easier game.
3. Arrogance: just like people on this forum predicted a 5-0 win, the same way our players acted on the pitch. There are no CL-games that you can win by playing at 80% unless you have messi or ronaldo in your team.

[Sheva. 5,373]

I miss Torres-Mata combo, at least Mata would always score lol.

[Kinol 337]

I wonder what is the problem here ...

- We have good players, great players.

- We have one of the best managers around.

What the hell ?

A bunch of mediocre players that play like a team>A bunch of great talents who dont play as a team.

A front 3 with different types of players that have speed, technique, pace, creativity and gives with>Oscar, Mata, Willian, Hazard etc

Theres my 2 reasons why we are where we are.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Absolute horse shit. If anyone can find one positive to draw from todays game I'm listening and I'll be ready to shoot you down.

Cole - back to back abysmal performances

Ivanovic - Not looking anything like a RB

Cahil/Luiz - Zero organization and no awareness whatsoever.

Lampard - I'd be surprised if he made one tackle today. every time he received the ball he turned around and passed it to the defenders... Useless

Van Ginkel - Probably the worst I've seen him play, poor first touches and late on almost every tackle.

Hazard - FLOPPED. He hasn't put in one decent shift in the Champions league to date. Zero influence and some of the most ridiculous decisions passing it.

Oscar - Ya he scored but his passes were awful, again the decisions just weren't there and when they were the pass was wayward.

Willian - He ran today... That's about it. I thought he was gonna inject some width we looked so narrow it was frightening.

Eto'o - never got involved and when he did just looked terrible. Had no endeavour or made any runs.

Mata - Still looks like he needs more time with the 1st team he just looked like he didn't know where to play the ball.

Ba - I back him to score today and truly he looked average. Held up the ball at least.

Jose Mourinho has no excuse today tactically he got it wrong today Salah had a field day down the flank and neither Cole nor Brana had the pace to deal with him.
We only got width from our FB's and when we turned it over our FB's were way too slow to get back and deal with the Salah. That was a tactical error...

The FB's need to stay home and allow for the width to come from our wingers. We look completely unorganized to call this a Jose Mourinho side. I'm VERY disappointed with the performance and lack of drive.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Sadly too many individuals they are not playing like a team. I really really hope for pod stuff but so far so poor, I dont get it, towards end of las season I thought we were very good and in preseason but now very worried and embarrassed.

[polo 18]

Mata is poor? He wasn't playing any match yet,maybe he had playing 30 in total this season

Mata has played two matches i think and he was shitttttttt