Closed Chelsea 2-0 Leicester City

[zolayes 14,489]

Yeah I agree, but only for the Left back spot. We only have senior 3 centerbacks, that's a little bit thin. I don't know if Christensen/Zouma can stand up like Kalas last season. Jose has used Mikel as a centerback before, that could also be a emergency option.

Agree I was surprised we let Kalas and Omerhu go out on loan ,, Omerhu could be brought back in Jan

i suppose

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Kinda glad I had to miss to miss the match after reading this thread because I can enjoy the 3 points without caring about all the negativity

How did JT do? No one here mentioned him, but a few people on Twitter were saying he had a great game and I saw some very good stats of his.

[zolayes 14,489]

Kinda glad I had to miss to miss the match after reading this thread because I can enjoy the 3 points without caring about all the negativity

How did JT do? No one here mentioned him, but a few people on Twitter were saying he had a great game and I saw some very good stats of his.

[robdog 2,084]

did anyone else get goose bumps when the Great DD came on the pitch? I could feel a vibe of positivity spreading across the Globe. Even Mr. A stood up & clapped. I know Ossie is the King of the Bridge, but I wonder if The Great DD is his replacement.

[JDY 1,290]

I thought JT's distribution was poor by his standards. Usually calm when clearing/heading but it went straight to their players a lot today.

[James 5,332]

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1o9RIoHjzQ&list=UUU2PacFf99vhb3hNiYDmxww

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1UUxZKs8-U&list=UUU2PacFf99vhb3hNiYDmxww&index=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhUvgP4SiC8&index=3&list=UUU2PacFf99vhb3hNiYDmxww

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

did anyone else get goose bumps when the Great DD came on the pitch? I could feel a vibe of positivity spreading across the Globe. Even Mr. A stood up & clapped. I know Ossie is the King of the Bridge, but I wonder if The Great DD is his replacement.

The bar I was at when he was preparing to come on. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10154528297435694&set=vb.734530693&type=2&theater

[MichaelDance 552]

2 goals, Drogba back at home, Eva's. Amazing game.

haha wow nice view, I do know why our players take a fall... I would too.

[DANILA 290]

Poor first half, but better second half. Tibo absolutely solid

[zolayes 14,489]

haha wow nice view, I do know why our players take a fall... I would too.

its known as taking one for the team ,,, the rest get to see it

[robdog 2,084]

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Hey Barbi, how come you don't have Courtois' best save? You know the foot save that noob tony gale said was an easy save IMHO that was a World Class Save

[The_Flash 1,144]

Poor first half but thankfully picked it up bit in second half and got important goals obviously

[Parky 739]

Important win at home. We're only going to get stronger & better

[the Blues 11 19]

Iva is my MOTM he was fantastic. For me Oscar was pretty solid, especially in the second half. Tibo was awesome and makes me feel good about our 'keeping.

[blu35_army 551]

the reason of poor's first half...

Mourinho disappeared down the tunnel a good three minutes before half time to prepare his team talk. Judging by his team’s response in the second half, their manager had let them know quite how bad it was, though somewhat bizarrely the coach seemed to think the weather - cool and breezy for the time of year - was partly to blame.

‘We have lots of work to do,’ said Mourinho afterwards. ‘Our first half showed clearly that we have to improve. This week I trained at 3 o’clock because I was expecting this, as it’s not the best weather to play football, because you get a bit lazy. But I was unsuccessful in that because the team was lazy in the first half, which I didn’t like. But in the second half everything improved and they showed that they wanted it.
‘I think the weather makes players lazy, lose a bit of tension and sharpness in the body and after that you pass slow you move slow and you don’t react to the second balls and by the time you wake up it’s half time
‘At half time we had to be a little bit emotional with them and make them realise we were at risk,’ said Mourinho. ‘I wasn’t annoyed but I told them that if you have the same feeling I have we’re not in trouble, we will change. But if you don’t we’re in trouble. I think they understood. It’s important not to lose points against teams that normally you would beat.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2732609/CHELSEA-2-0-LEICESTER-CITY-Diego-Costa-scores-home-debut-Eden-Hazard-seals-points.html

[Vytis33 1,272]

Poor first half

Oh yeah, like the boys were sleepwalking. Real nice flurry of activity in the second half though. Credit to Leicester for their effort today and for taking a point in that Everton match. Not the two easiest fixtures to open with.

[The Chels 2,502]

the reason of poor's first half...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2732609/CHELSEA-2-0-LEICESTER-CITY-Diego-Costa-scores-home-debut-Eden-Hazard-seals-points.html

Only turning up in the second half was a regular occurence last season too...

[The only place to be 11,313]

Put simply, this is the type of game we were dropping points in last season but a combination of creativity in midfield and a proper poacher in the box took us over the line.

We look a bit more shakey in defence but that'll happen when we push forward.

For all the discussion about Courtois, he's absolutely an upgrade in that position.

For the first hour though it did feel like it could be another one of those days, where their keeper plays out of his skin and we struggle but it may well be that the changes we've made are exactly what we needed. Onwards and upwards.

[Alabama 1,992]

I can stake all my savings even if Man utd end up signing Di maria and daley blind they will still get xposed...deir central midfield and defence wit new boy Rojo is shit...