Tomo 21,751 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I don't think we can complain about tonight, we negotiated a potential upset with relative ease.Just because their in League One doesn't mean we have a define right to go their and win 6-0, remember what (nearly) happened at Brentford last season? remember what actually did happen to Arsenal at Bradford?They don't often get the big boys coming to their ground, so the fans and the players are going to find extra energies of effort and commitment to cause an upset, if your not on the ball then you will get embarrassed.I also like how the team took the sting out of the game when Swindon had their purple patch in the second half, that was a really professional thing to do. We also had players making their first appearances (or one of the first) off the season, we now have the luxury of a good back up keeper aswel, boy how long have i been waiting for that.Routine win, good night's work, in the next round, quite frankly, can't complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Went for Schwarzer for MOTM for no reason call me pessimistic but that was another below-par performance. I can live with the odd off-game but we have had quite a few now this season.Mate, it's the league cup, it's Swindon, it's our B team. We weren't exactly going all out for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinol 337 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Torres MOTM, but only because everyone else were bad. I hope he starts against Tottenham but im still not hyped at all about him. I would only call his performance today good, nothing more. Missed alot of chances and his overal striker instict just seems gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutcho 8,443 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Job done. We didn't play great. Well done torres. Motm. Only vs swindon but he still played better than anyone else, put the effort in and was unlucky not to get more. I would definitely start him vs tottenham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Went for Schwarzer for MOTM for no reason Mate, it's the league cup, it's Swindon, it's our B team. We weren't exactly going all out for it.yes it's Swindon but our B team comes to almost £200m. That Swindon side is probably worth £5m at most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Went for Schwarzer for MOTM for no reason Mate, it's the league cup, it's Swindon, it's our B team. We weren't exactly going all out for it.Went for Schwarzer for MOTM for no reason Mate, it's the league cup, it's Swindon, it's our B team. We weren't exactly going all out for it.Schwarzer was a good call ..he was 100% safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 yes it's Swindon but our B team comes to almost £200m. That Swindon side is probably worth £5m at mostSO did they beat us at the Bridge??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Nice to see Torres caring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 yes it's Swindon but our B team comes to almost £200m. That Swindon side is probably worth £5m at mostThat's not really the point, is it? We had a job to do and we did it with minimum effort. If we were 100% concentrating we would have won 5/6-0 at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 SO did they beat us at the Bridge???????What does that have to do with anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Perhaps shouldn't be surprised with that average performance really. About 9-10 players are all second choices at the moment. Most are lacking in match fitness and sharpness and hardly ever played together. It was just more of a functional performance with the players doing enough to get the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 What does that have to do with anything?more than your point did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,918 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Can't believe people are saying we played poorly there. Why, because we didn't win 10-0?We played with an entire XI that hasn't had any chance to get match sharpness and still handily won away from home. Yes, we should've scored a few more but we came within inches time and time again.Liked what I saw of Willian and Essien and I hope both start this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Schwarzer was a good call ..he was 100% safe Yeah it's good change to actually feel safe when Cech is not playing. One save he made after the offside was just incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I don't think we can complain about tonight, we negotiated a potential upset with relative ease.Just because their in League One doesn't mean we have a define right to go their and win 6-0, remember what (nearly) happened at Brentford last season? remember what actually did happen to Arsenal at Bradford?They don't often get the big boys coming to their ground, so the fans and the players are going to find extra energies of effort and commitment to cause an upset, if your not on the ball then you will get embarrassed.I also like how the team took the sting out of the game when Swindon had their purple patch in the second half, that was a really professional thing to do. We also had players making their first appearances (or one of the first) off the season, we now have the luxury of a good back up keeper aswel, boy how long have i been waiting for that.Routine win, good night's work, in the next round, quite frankly, can't complain. My only disappointment is we're not taking clear chances to score. The players we have you would think that would happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
different level 1,056 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 You might say I'm a whiny bastard because I'm complaining even though we won, but our finishing was poor again and I'm still pissed at Willian for his decision to ruin a 100% scoring chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray 9,441 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Well, we won! I do feel Mou's challenge will be more a motivational/match form one for a LOT of the players, than a tactical. Good luck in this first year with this broad young group . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonlol 154 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 bertrand made a good case that he should get some starts; tbh I think cole plays like hes on drugs way to often these days, wouldn't mind bertrand being our #1 lb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Swindon had a good period at the start of the second half ,,, Almost in all games a team has this ,,, During this period we defended well . I was particularly impressed by Willian in defence ,, We must check his DNA he can't possibly be Brazillian but I guess that applies to Oscar as well ... I did NOT say OSCAR WELLES ...I must stay serious but when I see so many still negative its hard to stop taking the piss ,,,If you thought that poor go back to U tube or your play stations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edetarod 2,155 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Ramires best finisher in our team along with Lampard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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