Closed Chelsea 1-0 Swansea

[zolayes 14,489]

Now you see why I was complaining on Monday, I knew Jose was gonna go back to this, it wasn't just for that match, wouldn't be surprised if we park it again and draw Pool 0-0 because Ramires is out

when he has the choice of one of the 3 stooges up front ,,its Hobsons choice .. for me Schurrle or even Bamford up front

[iceboy 992]

Draw between City and Liverpool now would be great.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

By the way, the ref was pure rubbish. We could at least be awarded 2~3 penalties.

[zolayes 14,489]

That's one player from eleven. We already know we have striker issues.

I think people here are being blinded by:

1. Our inability to finish our chances.
2. Our inability to finish our chances
3. Our inability to finish our chances.
4. The 1-0 score line.

We had about 20 attempt on goal and about 10 on target; how can we be playing such "terrible" football with stats like that? People on here are mental, I swear.

and you think that is AWESOME ... ...the aim in the game is to score GOALS ,,,

[chelseathebest 150]

We played great, but should've scored much more.

Oscar is my MOTM. Luiz, Mikel and Hazard were also very good.

It is about time to buy a proper striker. We won't get far with what we have now.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Criticize the finishing and the strikers, but if you're crying about the performance then fuck off. We fucking DOMINATED that game but like always no end product to put an exclamation on that domination. Gotta sort it out, it's getting beyond ridiculous now.

[Henrique 9,133]

Ramires' suspension could be a blessing in disguise when we're facing Loserpool. I love Rami but god he is one hell of a frustrating player to say the least. All his hard work seemed worthless after he missed passes and shots recklessly, constantly.

Dude, Ramires is a DM. Easily the most consistent player of the season. The fact some people are complaining about his shoots and passes, when the team started with Oscar, Hazard, Mata + one striker, shows something is really wrong.

Lampard+Mikel against Liverpool...heaven help us.

[Special Juan 27,103]

A win is a win and we dominated but in front of goal we are laughable.

[GeeMon 34]

Was refreshing to see Luiz back. His ability to find a pass definitely helps us play a better possession based game.

Ramires was frustrating with his decision making but mostly with that yellow. Missing the liverpool game is horrible for us.

Etoo was dreadful, so frustrating throughout the game.

3 points and close to the top. Amazing that we haven't kicked into gear and are doing it without a striker.

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Ramires got a silly yellow card. Puts us in a lot of trouble with that. Probably Essien next game?

[Azpinator 2,325]

I honestly would trust Schwarzer upfront more than Eto'o.

The Matador though He should have played against Arsenal.

[DJames 729]

Thank you Chelsea for my Christmas present! 3 pts in the bag!

Please Mourinho hold additional practice sessions to work on our finishing. It is horrible....

Eto'o go home you're stale drunk!

[pgleo 90]

Good game from the 3 amigos but Eto'o .... my God !! The less said the better. Gotta finish these games early.

[DanishBlue 426]

Bir-CFC - a part of the performance is to score goals, that's what football is about. You can easily call this a shit performance cause we didn't know how to score beside a fucking lucky goal. We were at home against fucking Swansea with reserve players. Nope, shit performance.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Ramires got a silly yellow card. Puts us in a lot of trouble with that. Probably Essien next game?

Schwarzenegger in the pivot?

[Jype 6,398]

Not a bad match, at least not as bad as some people are saying. We created lots of chances while remaining solid at the back, only thing missing was a striker capable of actually finishing those chances. Don't know about you guys but for me that's taking a step in the right direction and like Mourinho said, this team is only two or three players away from being complete and then only the sky's the limit for what we can achieve.

[OneMoSalah 8,615]

Damn Ramires is suspended for the Liverpool game, hopefully see a 3 man MF of Mikel - Essien/Lamps - Oscar (best we can do right now haha), double pivot of Mikel-Lampard and I will cry.

[didierforever 7,349]

how??? how the fuck did this match end as 1-0. our striker force is a disgrace. defense was solid. some really good deep balls from luiz. mikel provided a nice cover. ramires seemed hung over and him missing the liverpool match is probably the worst thing that could have happened today. we simply cant have some luck going our way and having some easy matches. also what is wrong with our set pieces. with players like iva, jt, luiz, we should be scoring 2/3 goals in 12 corners. really need to work on some aspects.

cech - nothing was on target. nothing much to do. distribution was good and always found iva. 7/10

iva- solid match. good at the back and decent going ahead. dint give the ball away and compared to his previous performances against swansea , who are his bogey team, he was really good. 8/10

luiz - brilliant. that pass to mata at the start of the 2nd half was just orgasmic. was really good defensively too. 8/10

JT - a couple of very unlike JT passes at the back. but good performance nonetheless. seemed a bit leggy though. dont know how he ll play against pool and that too some1 as quick as suarez without the energy and cover provided by rambo. 7/10

cole - good performance. he needed to put in one of those. linked up well with hazard, some really good interceptions. tough call between him and azpi for the pool game but on recent performances, azpi should nudge it in his favou. 8/10

rambo - very sloppy in passing. should have put hazard thru towards the end of the match. a weird performance from him. but he will be missed the most for pool. infact the only player who i would not want to miss a big match would be rambo. big blow for us. 6/10

mikel - brilliant performance. pressed really well, provided a very good shield for the back 4. good performances and hope he can put another one against pool. we will definitely need it. 8/10

mata - what a performance. that control of the ball. that ball to etoo on the turn. his creativity is UNMATCHED. absolutely unmatched. 9/10

hazard - MOTM. his link up with mata was awesome. that one-two was just awesome and he should have put his laces thru it. everytime he got the ball we seemed like scoring but somehow dint. the best moment of the match would be when late in the match he made that block to stop a cross. flawless performance. 10/10

oscar - workrate and tackles were really good. runs off the ball to pull off defenders and provide space was great too. with rambo our his role against pool becomes doubly important. 8/10

etoo - what a joke. i can finish off those chances. the worst thing was watching rodriguez scoring on volleys, rooney scoring a screamer and then this SHIT!!! half the time he was literally in MAZACAR's way. i still remember that counter in which he stopped hazard from running on the wings cos etoo was on the wing and not in the center. hopeless performance. schurrle should be started as a ST. 0/10

subs -

lamps - almost scored with that low shot!!!. controlled the game really well. did his job. 7/10

schurrle- uninfluential. that would be the best way to describe his performance. could not get behind the swansea defence. also should have done better when on the ball. 6/10

willian - not much to do. infact nothing to do.