Closed Sunderland 0-0 Chelsea

[Milan 17,835]

All I am asking now is the very same attitude and approach from Sunderland against City. Fuck them if they will be piss poor again.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Fabregas' corners

[cosmicway 1,259]

Willian cannot take defenders. He has n't got a chance in that department.

The answer to them parking the bus was aerial football but we saw none of that.

[zolayes 14,489]

I went to school there! Only live down the road in sevenoaks

I taught In TW

[zolayes 14,489]

Nope they are Utd and Liverpool supporters.

Of course with a few Arseholes thrown in

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

3 games in a week probably a good time to rotate a bit...

[LAB 1,030]

It happens. Points wise it's not the end of the world. I am happy we didn't lose the game.

We lost all our width today which is kind of a mindfuck along with the performances of some players, Hazard especially. I think i would have subbed him off instead.

[robsblubot 3,228]

Agree that Sunderland deserved the 3 points as they had all opportunities really. We had nothing going forward.

I really like Connor Wickham - he's got pace, power, and skill, which makes him one to keep an eye on.

For a change, I agree with the commentators in that our fullbacks were too defensive today. Which led our wingers all alone against defenders with cover. So, we had no wing play to speak of and Sunderland contained us in the center. Well, that's the fullbacks we've got - great defensively not so much going forward.

I understand the point some here are making about more rotation, but you can only rotate when the subs are (almost) as good as the starter. Every substitution we made today brought in a weaker playing to the pitch. Perhaps with the exception of Andre - actually like his style better than willian who is too much of a one trick pony for me.

Good undeserved point.

[mannyfreshh 164]

Fire mourinho .. We are headed straight to relegation

[cosmicway 1,259]

We have Terry-Costa-Ivanovitch and Drogba who are specialists in the air and we failed to give it a try.
With the ball down we managed only one good effort, Matic towards the end of the first half.

[Blue Traveler 256]

Gus Poyet you fucking rat face bastard!

He puffs up like he won the CL with his filthy tactics!

[Liquidator 5,176]

I taught In TW

Which school? I went to TW Boys Grammar

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

I blame Jose for this draw, should hv played Filipe Luis or brought him and Drogba to cross the ball when it was apparent Sunderland wanted to park the bus

[JDY 1,290]

Really poor performance. Glad we got the 0-0 the way it was going to.

Willian was the only player trying to make something happen in the final third. Thought him, Matic, and Thibaut did well, other than that, average/poor.

Cahill also looked shit scared when Altidore came on. Rushed everything, slipping all over the place.

[FabHazard 655]

Today i think hazard did not dribble any player....these are the sort of matches where he can do something out of nothing...but when he struggles we struggle

[chelseafc9010 224]

Seriously what the hell was that?

There was clear things problem with the game plan from minute 1:

1) No runners in behind, only Costa made runs, meaning he was isolated and even if he won the ball he couldn't pass out the ball or have enough space to cause danger. Yes Diego was awful today, but he was completely isolated.

2) No width at all. It's so obvious, last season every time we lost points on a game like this it was because of lack of width. Eden, Diego, Willian, Oscar, Matic, Fabregas looked like they were playing a mini piggy in the middle game in the middle of the park instead of trying to make space and move around the pitch, awful. Also when our fullbacks attacked, they have no quality to deliver. But we have known this for so long now, Jose has too, Azpi is on the wrong side and Ivanovic is poor on the ball, they just can't attack. (Before people go on about Ivanovic scoring, there's a difference between being good in the box and on the wing)

3) No intensity at all, the players looked tired, they didn't make runs or run with the ball, all short passes, no intensity whatsoever.

4) Dreadful performances by players like Hazard, DIego, Oscar. Less so Oscar, but the other two were awful. I can forgive Diego though because he was isolated, while Eden was just dreadful, no intensity, no risk taking, he just made simple passes and made it look like he didn't want to win today.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Like against westspam lest year... Bunker.

Oscar Hazard And Cesc were horrible.

They needed to use their legs and didn't. Definitely fatigue is a factor

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,742]

Gus Poyet you fucking rat face bastard!

He puffs up like he won the CL with his filthy tactics!

Are you aware of who Gus Poyet is?

Great player and great manager who got it right today.