Closed Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

[Polo7 3,496]

Seemed like a typical game from last season. Cahill really should have done better for their for goal. Matic was missed and so was some rotation. Bring on the next game.

[The Skipper 20,609]

And your an ignorant Chelsea fan. Anything new?

I'd rather be labelled as 'arrogant' than be stupid enough to think this Chelsea team needs an 'overhaul'. Get back to playing your FIFA pal, maybe there you can have Pogba, Messi and Ronaldo on the bench.

[mannyfreshh 164]

City will win the title this season, book it. we are back to our shit just like last season. Sack Mourinho, the guy never learns from his mistakes. he is too blind to see that the same 11 player can't play 3 games in row in 7 days. Pathetic coaching.

Put down the crack pipe

[sherry33 234]

It is posts like this that make me laugh at some people on this forum. Mikel has a good performance, his only PL start this year and gets criticized by some moron who wants us to sign Paul Pogba to take Mikel's place on the bench when we already have 2 class players who will start ahead of him. Fucking brilliant idea son.

Too complacent, not enough urgency until we scored. When we were on top of the game we really had to score, it always has to happen. All this talk of not being known as the Invincibles?? Since when did that make a difference, teams always try to beat us, its football for fuck sake.

What a load of BS every great team in the world has atleast 3 world class players in the centre midfield and some good subs. We have 2 world class players and no subs!!??

It's guys like you that piss me off deep down you know Mikel can't do shit with the ball can't pass forward and yet you talk about me wanting someone of Pogba calibre to replace liability players like Mikel.

[Sepehr SS 36]

This NEEDS to be a wake up call.

1. Branislav Ivanovic is NOT. REPEAT NOT a full back. Cesar and Filipe (further proved by his performance at the end) should be our starting pair with Brana moving into centre half where I feel he's best.

2. Play Remy.

3. Mikel played fucking well despite the result.

4. Drogba has proven to be a great signing.

5. Intricate passing along the penalty box will not create goals against these sides, we looked threatening when we started to lump balls in. Back in Mourinho's first spell we had that plan B and used it well, we still have it with the re-signing of Drog but are not using it enough.

6. ROTATE ROTATE ROTATE.

I have had a shit week and this just tops it. I'm not saying Mourinho out or anything daft, we just need to learn.

COME THE FUCK ON YOU BLUES!! Still top!

So true but mourinho will never move iva to centre half because he is too arrogant to correct his mistakes. i'm sure if we play 100 more times against newcastle, we are still going to lose all 100 because our coach is never going to correct his mistakes and makes the same mistakes again and again because he thinks he is the special one

[pakito 17]

Fuck this day. City also will have Silva and Kompany soon back fuck it

Sherry33 play more Football Manager in your ROMANIA

[didierforever 7,349]

meh!!! expected!!! even though mikel played really really well, but there was no penetration from cesc. JT, GC, luis/azpi and cesc took atleast 3 touches each before passing the ball.

DD was an absolute BEAST!!!!! MOTM by a light year today.

no doubt he is the 2nd choice.

costa had a shocker. cant remember a single effective moment from him.

even his play while running at defenders seems average.

GC was awful. totally at fault for the first goal. seemed like an easy clearance. hazard was nowhere in the 2nd half. with a man down, he should have been running at them no ends.

shit happens, first loss. no problem. i just hope that EH, oscar, cesc, azpi, GC, JT, iva, all get a good rest for the CL game dead rubber. no need to "respect the competition" and shit!!!

[Beepu 1,714]

I don't even think we lost because we had no Matic either, Mikel played pretty well today. Our attackers just didn't step up once again and we were far too slow in our build up play. Mourinho really should've started Luis, this was the ideal game for him. Newcastle didn't want possession at all.

Totally agree. I thought Mikel did okay although he was one of the slower players today in our build up, though Mikel will be blamed for everything including cancer and ebola.

We could end up with a measly 3 point lead today. So to those that thought we had the league comfortably in the bag: stop it.

[Blue Traveler 256]

Despite what Jose been saying we were fucking complacent, selfish and lazy today esp in the 1st half. Willian, Oscar Hazard and Costa all were wasting chances and would'nt pass the ball to better positioned player and this is what happens when you don't kill the game off.

And all this tiki taka and passing behinde the PK area is bullshit and frustrating to see and doesn't work anymore too many team know how to counter that.

[Laylabelle 9,535]

Hull..Stoke..West Ham coming up.What fun.Another early kick off against West Ham joy..if win all good if loose sets the mood..

Next year eh Jose..gotta win there eventully

[mannyfreshh 164]

Cahill is the weakest link in our defence. The guy makes mistakes after mistakes

[The Skipper 20,609]

Say what? Eden wasn't great but he hit the post created some great chances in the first half and creates 3 crosses that no one felt like running into the six yard box for ....

Costa was the one today who was terrible with his aimless a plodding dribbling.

Admittedly I missed half of the first half but still thought Eden wasn't playing well. He wasn't the only bad player out there, there were players that performed worse (I'm looking at Costa and Cahill) but generally he was far too passive and played a bit within himself instead of stepping up. Yes, he hit the post but he should've scored IMO. He does that and the whole dynamics of the game changes. He does that, and he doesn't lose the ball for their second goal. Fine margins.

[Christacinto 137]

So yea, Matic is the player that will make or break our title chances. I do think that Mikel did the best he could, with good possession holding, but creatively he adds nothing in attack

and that was the difference today. And of course, this loss has fatigue written all over it. I think we can all agree that our A squad holds the best players, but you just can't expect them to keep

playing games every three days and emerge victorious. A tired Hazard is (probably) worse than a fit Salah, in my modest opinion. He and Oscar should have been rested today, maybe to come on still fresh in the second half. I really think Shurrle and Remy would have been the better options to start on midfield, as brawn to wear them down...

But hey,all is going to be okay. This season is ours.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

What a load of BS every great team in the world has atleast 3 world class players in the centre midfield and some good subs. We have 2 world class players and no subs!!??

It's guys like you that piss me off deep down you know Mikel can't do shit with the ball can't pass forward and yet you talk about me wanting someone of Pogba calibre to replace liability players like Mikel.

Yes we have Ramires, Mikel and Ake who is a young lad. You don't need fucking 3 world class midfield players in a set up where you predominantly play with 2 central midfielders. Rami and Mikel are happy to play less regularly as say Pogba would. Pogba wouldn't even be a direct replacement for Mikel so it shows exactly how much you know about football as hes a box to box midfielder.

[Madmax 9,219]

Well that was hilariously predictable. All that talk about invincibles and of course we fall to two shit goals.

Mikel misses an open net --> they go up the other end --> Cahill reverts to being a Bolton player --> goal.

Hazard hits the post --> loses the ball --> Cahill reverts to being a Bolton player again --> goal.

[sherry33 234]

I'd rather be labelled as 'arrogant' than be stupid enough to think this Chelsea team needs an 'overhaul'. Get back to playing your FIFA pal, maybe there you can have Pogba, Messi and Ronaldo on the bench.

I told you what the team needs. If your a Terry or Cahill fanboy and only think about our legends than you surely don't know what your talking. We need 3-4 players at must to have a full team because this ain't gonna cope it in 4 competitions.

[quickpassnmove 924]

I can see this problem happening again. Was only a matter of time. Chelsea need more depth and quality for every season, every competition.

Who are the sad sacks voting for Jobi?

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

Why are people assuming City will beat Everton? Let me know where you got your crystal ball from

[The Skipper 20,609]

Cahill reverts to being a Bolton player again

QFT.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Will people stop saying " We lost against a small team , City batter teams like that "

Stoke, West Ham, Newcastle, CSKA,

They have lost to these teams.

There are no easy games! This is not the early - mid 2000's. This league is so competitive and it only take 1 game where the players aren't completely on their game to lose a match.

We have lost 1 game so far. Yes , City are closing in but do you really think their poor form would last forever?

I like the fact that Costa is being called out after 1 bad performance.

This has nothing to do with how competitive the league is. We all knew we would lose this match if Mourinho would not change his tactics and rotate. When we are tired, teams like sunderland and Newcastle will find us out. With our resources we should be able to rest all first teamers and still beat those teams easily. We should be prepared to simply see these games out and win them without shining. It is Mourinho's job to prepare the squad so that is can take on every team without risking to lose due to unforced, avoidable deficiencies such as fatigue