Closed Chelsea v Leicester City

[Azul 1,615]

The players look like they're shocked that Leicester is coming at them with everything. You just don't get respect, you earn it.

[Cholo 428]

Calm down folks. Low-table teams like Burnley and Leicester will always aim to break down the attack of Chelsea in the first 30 mins by attacking aggressively and running long distance. But they can't keep the tempo the whole 90 mins, therefore they will hope to somehow manage to defend properly the rest of the time. That's the time when Chelsea needs to break down the opponent's defence and set up one or two lethal strikes to fix the match. CALM DOWN

[Polo7 3,496]

Why the fuck is Oscar wearing a Chelsea shirt? No desire at all. He is just terrible.

[SinineUltra 1,170]

Oscar is a pain to watch if he is pushed to the flank, very ineffective. Hopefully second half will be better.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

This is not exactly a parked bus situation here and we're struggling like we are trying to break down one like last season.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Ramires please.

[mannyfreshh 164]

Maybe we should let them score one, so we can start playing better

[Madmax 9,219]

Might not be a bad idea to go 442 because their CBs are handling Costa just fine.

[FabHazard 655]

The back line is too deep....they are just backing off...Oscar cannot complete simple pass!!

[LemmeBorrowThat 124]

You would think after Leicester gave Everton a battle and clearly displayed some strong play in the first half some of you would stop underestimating them. They aren't some scrubby squad.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

And first touch nightmares all around

[Azul 1,615]

Just put Willian in for Oscar and put pressure!

[Myself 793]

I BLAME MIKEL

One season later, Schurrle still can't understand that he must not shoot from outside of the box.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Sometimes I wish we conceded early goal against weak teams. Just saying.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Well, I'd say bring on Luis and Willian for Oscar and Azpi. Azpi is getting roasted on that left side, Oscar looks like he doesn't want to play... We need to take control of this game. Leicester seem to want it more.

[Myself 793]

I BLAME MIKEL

One season later, Schurrle still can't understand that he must not shoot from outside of the box.

[Sheva. 5,373]

No one is playing wide at all, even Ivanovic is not present in attack.

[The Rising Sun 709]

Tbf they're way better than I expected and have played this first half really well.

Also, I had forgotten how the overreaction here could be absurd, sometimes I feel I'm watching a completely different game from some of the people posting.

I agree, they are quite decent, but we are making them look way better than they really are.

The two reasons for that are that players arent playing fast enough, and when we do have the ball, apart from schurrle making runs, no one really has.

Secondly, when we have had the ball, players are too immobile, therefore no quick passes , 1-2's etc.