Parking the bus

[iseah100 5,612]

Besides that 8-0 drubbing to Soton they would have the 2nd best defense in the PL. There's a reason they have 8 draws. City will probably draw them too.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Last night we tried to pass THROUGH a parked bus. I'm glad we didn't end up on the losing end after that sort of performance. Fair play to Sunderland.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

We park the bus enough times,cant complain when another team does it.Up to us to find a way through which we didnt.Fair play to Sunderland.Hardly going to put in another 8-0 loss performance.Did their part and got the result..just glad didnt get the win lol.Home against us where we struggle lately

[Rapkun 668]

I thought Wickham on Ivanovic's flank was very clever, he shut down one of our best attacking threats. But I still maintain that with a fully fit team, we would've certainly won the game. All of our creative players bar Willian to some extent failed to make the difference.

[edetarod 2,155]

The Bus :heart:

it won us the CL

[zolayes 14,489]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17673812

30% possession, 4 shots, only two on target. Don't be bitter/hypocritical, Sunderland were fantastic. If any club has no right to complain about teams defending well against us, it's Chelsea.

Anyone who thinks Sunderland didn't defend well just has to look at our average touch map:

love that graphic show s the centre more congested than my chest ,,, get a good inhaler to widen the lung passages

in other words get some FUCKING WIDTH

[The Chels 2,502]

I thought Wickham on Ivanovic's flank was very clever, he shut down one of our best attacking threats. But I still maintain that with a fully fit team, we would've certainly won the game. All of our creative players bar Willian to some extent failed to make the difference.

It was very clever tbh - stop him attacking, reduce our width (as Azpi cannot do much at LB) and force Ivanovic to defend 1v1 which he isn't very good at. Not rotating makes it easier for the opposition to figure out exactly how you will play and stifle you, especially when you refuse to change things at half time.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

There's a difference between defending well and literally parking a bus, Sunderland did the former. The blocks, interceptions and holding a solid defensive line was tactical and organised. If the big stat of the weekend was that we've scored in every game before Saturday - What exactly were Sunderland meant to do?

Though, I don't buy into this Lee Cattermole to England nonsense. He's mediocre.

[The Chels 2,502]

There's a difference between defending well and literally parking a bus, Sunderland did the former. The blocks, interceptions and holding a solid defensive line was tactical and organised. If the big stat of the weekend was that we've scored in every game before Saturday - What exactly were Sunderland meant to do?

Though, I don't buy into this Lee Cattermole to England nonsense. He's mediocre.

Yep they defended well and still created better opportunities than we did in the game. In comparison when we park the bus we hardly create any chances at all so I think they did an excellent job. And I agree about Cattermole - whenever an average English player has a good game against a bigger side, the media (Sky especially) ask why they're not playing for England. Remember Sky's hype about Delph last year when he scored against us in the away fixture?

[zolayes 14,489]

There's a difference between defending well and literally parking a bus, Sunderland did the former. The blocks, interceptions and holding a solid defensive line was tactical and organised. If the big stat of the weekend was that we've scored in every game before Saturday - What exactly were Sunderland meant to do?

Though, I don't buy into this Lee Cattermole to England nonsense. He's mediocre.

Cattermole ,, Scott Parker ,, Sidwell ,,, ... not an ounce of creativity in the three

[LDN Blue 7,903]

And I agree about Cattermole - whenever an average English player has a good game against a bigger side, the media (Sky especially) ask why they're not playing for England. Remember Sky's hype about Delph last year when he scored against us in the away fixture?

Yeah exactly lmao. There's always a 'flavour of the month/season/year' or whatever and it's the same calibre of players.. Cattermole, Shawcross, Delph, OSMAN FFS

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Cattermole ,, Scott Parker ,, Sidwell ,,, ... not an ounce of creativity in the three

When Scott Parker was England captain facepalm.

[zolayes 14,489]

Only kidding lads, but I was surprised at how few chances you had. I think Mourhinio (sp) wants to go through the season unbeaten so was happy with the draw.

Good luck for the rest of the season, hope you win it.

good to know you are still alive ... oh Im quite pleased to be alive ( and Coughing ) as well

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Though, I don't buy into this Lee Cattermole to England nonsense. He's mediocre.

The Arabic commentator was calling him "Lee Qatar-Mall"....

I realize that that adds nothing to the discussion, just thought I'd throw it in there...

Also, :doh:

[Styles 9,790]

This was the first real bus test we've had this season in my opinion.