Closed Crystal Palace v Chelsea

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Looked tough from the first few minutes and was exactly that. Practically everyone having a bad game. It took all the luck in the world for us not to be losing at HT.

[1chelsea 864]

Lampard out Oscar / willian in

[Hutcho 8,443]

We'll turn it around. Just a couple of changes needed.

[quickpassnmove 924]

he's not, he's been amazing as a CM so far if you ignore the long passes. A few important tackles and that only good chance we had that Azpili crossed it was Luiz who started the counter with a very good pass.

It's the long passes that should be kept at zero, but he's doing very well otherwise, especially protecting the defense and speeding up our attacks when they pass by him instead of Lampard or Matic (in comparison)

Either no player is moving into space for a pass or Luiz is playing his passes too late. I'm choosing the latter.

[Barbara 15,149]

Hope Mourinho doesn't wait till minute 80 to make changes, as usual...

are you high?

When have he ever made needed changes at the 80 mark?

He rarely does them in HT - but when we're terrible just like today, sometimes he does - but he normally gives at most 10 minutes into the second to change this around.

You're Portuguese, you should know better than this...

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Same old same old chelsea, nothing new here

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

I'm sure PSG and Liverpool are shaking in their boots watching us right now.

Against nearly every small team we look like this. Infuriating.

Relax mate. This match is much more exciting than psg's match yesterday.

[Las7 951]

Jose needs to both make tactical changes and lay into this lot at half time - we are playing for the title, the players need to realize that.

Disappointing first half - at times outplayed by f**king Palace

[Barbara 15,149]

Either no player is moving into space for a pass or Luiz is playing his passes too late. I'm choosing the latter.

I disagree, mate...

Lamps is impacting negatively (as he's playing more advanced and worse in general) more than Luiz is in that matter. Except for the shots and the long passes I don't think Luiz is impacting negatively... Lamps in the other hand...

[Sheva. 5,373]

When i saw the lineup, i thought Lampard would play higher up the pitch, but looks like 4-3-3 out there, and it freaking sucks.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Azpilicueta is showing signs of fatigue and he's expected to play another 180 minutes of football next week. Should give cole some minutes.

[zyzz 711]

Only a matter of time until they get fatigued. We just need to be patient and stay focused

[Toli 977]

lucky not to be behind. cahill clearly a penalty. very, very poor half. disgusting offensively and at times outplayed by freaking crystal palace. should step our game up immediately

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Shit game!

[Chelsea Buzz 487]

Lampard and Luiz hurting us in this one. Poor timing on passing. Lampard getting beat to balls. Need Oscar and Wiilian/Salah on.

Come on you Chelsea! :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

[Milan 17,854]

I miss the Arsenal game, where after 17 minutes, the points were in the bag.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

are you high?

When have he ever made needed changes at the 80 mark?

He rarely does them in HT - but when we're terrible just like today, sometimes he does - but he normally gives at most 10 minutes into the second to change this around.

You're Portuguese, you should know better than this...

Yeah. Sort of thing Benitez does, not Jose.

[5354 204]

CP is frustrating us.

chelsea players needs to step up. stop crying for fouls. god damn torres, make your fking movements

and please let hazard play a free role. hes being marked too badly on either wings. either drag him into the centre or risk him being marked out entirely.

need to take out lampard or luiz to put in salah or someone else