Closed Chelsea v West Brom

[Mouri_Matic 560]

First of, Mourinho didn't have Ronaldo, Benzema, Higuain and Di Maria at Porto nor at Chelsea his first time around and he still broke attacking records both times. Secondly, Inter beat Barcelona 3-1 on the first leg and lost 1-0 on the second playing with 10 players for 70% of the match. If that's not domination, I don't know what is.

Again, you can criticize the manager for his lineup or his approach to one game or another. You can even dislike his style of football. But you CAN'T accuse him of not knowing how to attack.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL WHAT? which record? don't you mean defending record since we conceded the least goal in BPL history?

and like I said I am not critising Mou and saying he is bad manager or something, I am just saying that attack isn't his strongest point, almost every single team of his are based on solid defending first and it is no difference atm. If you want to know what is attacking, you should have seen Man City, Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Real Madrid and Barcelona this season. Now that is what they call attacking...

[Strike 7,490]

Really uncomfortable to watch Ivanovic attack

[bushman 2,043]

A poacher´s goal. otherwise, not much there.

[zolayes 14,489]

now we are in front ..will we stop playing our brilliant flowing football and par the bus????

[Kish9 50]

Loserpool ahead of us by goal difference atm

[Sheva. 5,373]

Mourinho is weird. Makes so much fuss about Oscar being no 10, yet for like the last 20 minutes of that half, Oscar was nowhere near the middle. Christ.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Back! How did we play?

[tapa 11]

Nobody is good for the moment . Boring Chelsea

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Agreed. Playing attacking with lots of possession doesn't meant lots of goals (Spain). Likewise, scoring many goals does not mean possession or attacking football. Plenty times managers have been able to score a lot by defending high up the pitch.

Personally never associated Mourinho with attacking football but ymvm

It is just that some fan cannot accept flow in our team no matter how true they are. Everything got to be perfect, it is the same with players. For example some of us would say Luiz is a bit too lay back recently and then someone would come in and call that is not laid back but being more mature

We support the team but we don't need to be wearing blue tinted glasses.

[Weckerz 3,781]

Back! How did we play?

In control the whole time, creating little. Like usual. Nice effort from Hazard, Eto'o scores on the rebound like the ninja he is.

[Strike 7,490]

Send Juan Mata on

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Ivanovic sums up our half..BORING

up until Eto'o pounces in to brighten the show

[The Skipper 20,609]

This is the sort of game Bertrand and Azpi would thrive in. They would both add a lot to the attack and thus releasing and giving extra space to the likes of Hazard, Willian etc.

Shame Ryan isn't on the bench. Right now I'd throw him on for Iva, switch Azpi to the right, and take off Lampard (who has not had a good half unfortunately) and let Mikel sit deep to negate the threat of counter Ryan & Azpi will create by bombing forward.

Attacking wise we have not been good enough at all.

[DanishBlue 426]

I fear that we will fuck up in the 2nd half. We have been piss poor.

[xPetrCechx 13,571]

69% Possession!!!

[Rom2013 446]

I think 1/20 crosses is better than 0/0 like Azpi or Bretrand or COle do. THey don't risk nothing.

CHelsea players need do appear in the area to do something in the crosses, not only Eto'o. Willian is doing it finally but Hazzard doesn't do it, and if Hazard is always playing in the left and Ivanovic in the right its difficult.

I don't understand why Chelsea has so much tiki taka players and they can't do one single opportunity in the center. THey are all almost in the box of the opponent team but they can't do one single pass there.

[Tomo 21,751]

Send Juan Mata on

Only if West Brom equalize, Mata's not the kind off sub to make when we are winning, the Basle game shown that.

[zolayes 14,489]

Eto again demostrates how priceless anticipation and quickness of thought is to a striker

[The Skipper 20,609]

I think 1/20 crosses is better than 0/0 like Azpi or Bretrand or COle do. THey don't risk nothing.

You're confusing Bertrand and Azpi with Cole. They do cross the ball a lot more than Ashley, and are in general a lot more threatening in attack than Cole and Iva.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Mourinho is weird. Makes so much fuss about Oscar being no 10, yet for like the last 20 minutes of that half, Oscar was nowhere near the middle. Christ.

Like, at Tyneside. Oscar should play more centrally.