Closed Basel v Chelsea

[Phil Driver 503]

Mikel needs to be subbed he has been a passenger a perfect night for someone who we are told protects the back four Maka would have excelled tonight and now we have a passenger ,he is being walked over and is in no mans land .

[iceboy 992]

Wtf with you guys, even 1 point would be enough.

[Special Juan 27,104]

Yes. I have a problem with a tactically rigid manager that's totally incapable of playing any other style of football and relies heavily on counter attack (pub team tactic). when we fired AVB I though that would be the end of terrible, low quality football but I guess I was wrong.

AVB is doing wonders at spurs isn't he?

Your a good act but you are on far too long.

Take your hating elsewhere, we aren't interested.

[NishC300 1,865]

Mou leaves early. Attention seeker .

On a serious note, terrible half! Absolute rubbish! Keep playing like this and we're going home with 0 pts.

[The only place to be 11,313]

The midfield simply isn't doing enough. I don't think I've seen Ramires so anonymous in a game or Lampard so sloppy. Oscar is being completely wasted on the wing and can't dictate the play like he has done and Willian is working his bollocks off but not getting any support.

It's nothing that can't be fixed at half-time though.

What's more concerning is some of the comments in this thread. Once again a few posters gleefully taking potshots at certain players like they do every week. It's apparently all they watch football matches for. A poor 45 minutes on a shitty pitch against a team who have worked their bollocks off, but it's only half-time and we ain't losing.

[yuvala 2,167]

Mikel needs to be subbed he has been a passenger a perfect night for someone who we are told protects the back four Maka would have excelled tonight and now we have a passenger ,he is being walked over and is in no mans land .

You mean Lampard

[aerlgenx 49]

still optimistic after a horrible first half display.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Mikel needs to be subbed he has been a passenger a perfect night for someone who we are told protects the back four Maka would have excelled tonight and now we have a passenger ,he is being walked over and is in no mans land .

Just stop it

[lionsden 4,689]

Sometimes I think TOPTB is right!

A response people who are incapable of rebutting a statement or forming a counter argument use. Jose maybe very successful but he's and has always been tactically rigid.

[Jase 43,479]

Well, that was rather pathetic. Lucky to still be at 0-0 at HT. We had 0 - ZERO - shots in the first half and the only attacking threat is coming from Willian. And not to mention, we seem intent of giving the ball away needlessly and let Basel hit us on the counter. :banghead: Team needs sorting!

[Jype 6,398]

Lucky to stay level, Mourinho seriously needs to use the hairdryer in the dressing room or we'll lose.

Lampard should be taken off after the break, been fucking shocking today and clearly not fit to play 90 minutes two times a week anymore. Maybe give a chance to De Bruyne?

[iceboy 992]

Hazard please.

[Jase 43,479]

Lucky to stay level, Mourinho seriously needs to use the hairdryer in the dressing room or we'll lose.

Lampard should be taken off after the break, been fucking shocking today and clearly not fit to play 90 minutes two times a week anymore.

Ooh come on mate, this can't be Lampard's fault. It's because Mikel has been playing, he's been shit...

[lionsden 4,689]

AVB is doing wonders at spurs isn't he?

Your a good act but you are on far too long.

Take your hating elsewhere, we aren't interested.

AVB is doing poorly at spurs because like Jose, he's terrible at getting his team to break down packed defenses and create chances in multitude of ways i.e tactically rigid. which proves my point

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Second half can't be much worse. Mata on please. The players look leggy!

Come on Torres. Save the day, feel free to use your mask from last season!!

[Stats 6,982]

Mikel needs to be subbed he has been a passenger a perfect night for someone who we are told protects the back four Maka would have excelled tonight and now we have a passenger ,he is being walked over and is in no mans land .

You are ridiculous. Your head is really not in the right frame of mind.

[Tomo 21,681]

How long before someone turns up here and say's everything was great under Benitez and we were playing like Brazil of the 70s?

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Mikel is so bad, i always give him a chance but he always disappoints, doing nothing, and when he's doing something 1/3 chance it will end as a stupid thing.

Lampard and Ivanovic... omg. Ivan is looking awful for more than a month, i dont understand why every time he has the ball its got to be the last ball, he thinks he's a playmaker? horrible game from the super-slow Lampard as well... they are quick, they press, the game is fast, its not for Frank to play.

Three players i dont think we should have in our first line up.