Closed Swindon 0-2 Chelsea

[zolayes 14,489]

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.

PESSIMIST ..That was our RESERVE side and they pleased me .. IMO that side would finish above half way in the PL

I'm no longer paranoid about Cech getting an injury we have An Aussie who can catch the ball .

Ryan showed we can rest Ash ,,,Willian worked his balls off ... Mata showed why Oscar is our number 10... Torres played well .. IF you can't see some ot those go to

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[Barbara 15,149]

I'm at lack of words

although I'm among the 16. Who would have said this day would arrive?

[Tomo 21,684]

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.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

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.

[Kinol 337]

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.

[Hutcho 8,443]

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.

[Liquidator 5,176]

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

[zolayes 14,489]

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

[zolayes 14,489]

yes it's Swindon but our B team comes to almost £200m. That Swindon side is probably worth £5m at most

SO did they beat us at the Bridge???????

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Nice to see Torres caring

[CHOULO19 24,332]

yes it's Swindon but our B team comes to almost £200m. That Swindon side is probably worth £5m at most

That'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.

[Liquidator 5,176]

SO did they beat us at the Bridge???????

What does that have to do with anything?

[Jase 43,479]

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.

[zolayes 14,489]

What does that have to do with anything?

more than your point did

[Pizy 17,861]

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.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

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.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

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...

[different level 1,056]

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.