Closed Sunderland 0-0 Chelsea

[zolayes 14,489]

THIS IS NOT the time panic and Im sure Jose won't .... He might stop the Xmas Party tho

[Liquidator 5,176]

Do you mean Skinners ?// actually I lived at Tw but taught at Tonbridge

No Skinners is separate and were our local rivals for everything. Tw boys grammar is a bit further up st John's road

[Barbara 15,149]

Mourinho needs to rethink some of his obvious choices in this busy time of the year.

We're entering December's marathon and he thinks now is a good time to repeat the same lineup for the third time in a row in a week.

And then if that's not bad enough, he takes his sweet time to make subs.

Seriously, can't he see that's not the smartest thing to do? I hope he has a better approach of the starting eleven the next weeks. He calls the players that haven't been playing much his untouchables and it shows. He won't touch them at all. They'll rot in the bench.

The players in the pitch were tired, uninspired, a little bit sloppy/lazy, but I can't even blame them...

[The_Flash 1,144]

Same old story, I fu******* hate Sunderland

They parked the bus, they rugby tackled different players so many times, so many bad tackles, the ref IGNORED AGAIN

There was another ridiculous in box situation with JT being held around the body then neck and Gary got lifted off the ground?? In the box but NO PENALTY??

We didn't play well, Sunderland really have become our diddy team, we get 5-0 against Shalke and then get 0-0 against Sunderland

Hopefully better result next game, the people slagging Jose can't get to

Come on people look at the positives

-We are still unbeaten,

-We are still top of the league

- We are not Liverpool

[edetarod 2,155]

meh, can't be party every week

bring on the next game

[dUMB 189]

We weren't in the mood today, and Sunderland knew which tactic to use if they wanna take 1 point. November is over, we're still unbeaten. Could be worse.

[zolayes 14,489]

No Skinners is separate and were our local rivals for everything. Tw boys grammar is a bit further up st John's road

Oh you mean the Tech .. not quite the same standard

[CHOULO19 24,332]

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

I like the kid, but Iva made him look like Leo f***ing Messi today.

[1chelsea 864]

too amny passes, Hazard in the middle killed it

[chelseafc9010 224]

Our backline needs sorting out next season.

JT is coming to the end of his career, Cahill is like a lost school boy without JT holding his hand, Azpi is on the wrong side and Ivanovic runs up pitch like a rhino seperated from his family for the first time.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Also is it just me or did Hazard tried to walked the ball into the box? He virtually made no burst or sprint at all. Clearly tired imo, I am actually worried about the condition of some of our players. Only Willian seems normal and good so far, the rest have been off pace.

[didierforever 7,349]

this place is awesome after a poor result. the same people who were banging on about our starting 11 and in the pre-match thread, 99% of the people had the same line ups as today, are now critisizing jose for using that line up? thats just LOL.

credit where its due, sunderland were pretty good defensively.

courtois my MOTM.

[robsblubot 3,595]

I like the kid, but Iva made him look like Leo f***ing Messi today.

I have my restrictions to Iva as a right back, but I consider him to be very good in defending, especially when he doesn't make too many runs forward like today.

So, I really can't take anything away from Connor, as I have to assume he has merit in making Iva have a defensively poor performance.

What really concerns me from today is that Sunderland showed how to play against us: stick (real) wingers on both sides, blocking our fullbacks and our width is gone. Better teams with better finishers wouldn't let us walk away with a point today.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,073]

Oh dear god, SkySports are making Sunderland champions or what? So many congratulations, compliments, having good time with Poyet. Says a lot about us.

I think they've had their fair share of criticism this season so I don't begrudge them a single syllable of the praise they're getting. As for Gus, his game plan was very effective so well played to him too.

[didierforever 7,349]

Our backline needs sorting out next season.

JT is coming to the end of his career, Cahill is like a lost school boy without JT holding his hand, Azpi is on the wrong side and Ivanovic runs up pitch like a rhino seperated from his family for the first time.

how many goals did we concede?

any team in the world will be defensively circumspect when you have 7 or 8 players in the attack.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Mourinho needs to rethink some of his obvious choices in this busy time of the year.

We're entering December's marathon and he thinks now is a good time to repeat the same lineup for the third time in a row in a week.

And then if that's not bad enough, he takes his sweet time to make subs.

Seriously, can't he see that's not the smartest thing to do? I hope he has a better approach of the starting eleven the next weeks. He calls the players that haven't been playing much his untouchables and it shows. He won't touch them at all. They'll rot in the bench.

The players in the pitch were tired, uninspired, a little bit sloppy/lazy, but I can't even blame them...

Untouchable indeed.. It's not only that but subs should have been made earlier in the West Brom game. It was won after 20 mins but no subs were made till the 80th minute mark.

[chelseafc9010 224]

how many goals did we concede?

any team in the world will be defensively circumspect when you have 7 or 8 players in the attack.

How many goals did we score today?

[Barbara 15,149]

Our backline needs sorting out next season.

JT is coming to the end of his career, Cahill is like a lost school boy without JT holding his hand, Azpi is on the wrong side and Ivanovic runs up pitch like a rhino seperated from his family for the first time.

I needed the laugh, mate.

Cheers

[Jase 43,479]

Our backline needs sorting out next season.

JT is coming to the end of his career, Cahill is like a lost school boy without JT holding his hand, Azpi is on the wrong side and Ivanovic runs up pitch like a rhino seperated from his family for the first time.

:lol:

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I like the kid, but Iva made him look like Leo f***ing Messi today.

Brana was a step behind everything today, obviously tired.. Would've been a good game for Luis to come in, in hindsight of course... Azpi wasn't very good either.