Atlas Lion 1,223 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tautvix 1,321 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Delete this thread and forget January 1st day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Let's call this a 2-0 loss"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Send Watford packing and then bring Newcastle back down to earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,076 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 The thinking that City can lose 3 top players and still "put out a better XI than us" is a blatant example of fans overrating City's squad and a clear case of the grass is greener on the other side syndrome. Aside from Silva, who no doubt is world class, how many other top class players do City have in the positions behind the striker? Navas, Nasri or Milner are nothing special nor have they been in top form this season. They've frustrated City fans just as much as Schurrle, Willian and Oscar have frustrated us. I really hope you intentionally meant that as a hyperbolic comment, because that's exactly what it reads as.Thanks Dee.No I meant it literally and I do believe it to be the case.Although I am not personally aware of City fans' frustrations with the players you list, and despite the fact that I fear Milner* above all when we meet City, I accept what you tell me. Nevertheless, in my opinion, those three contribute to their team being a more capable side than ours. The fact that City fans would prefer better players in those positions is neither here nor there in terms of this conversation.I don't believe that I do overrate City's squad. I see its flaws, as I see ours. It's simply that, all flaws considered, I consider City to be better than us.*We're talking about this season, not last, so it's not especially relevant but when we went to the Ethiad for last season's league game and Milner was missing, I was delighted and hopeful. As I watched the CTV build up to our return for the FA Cup fixture a few weeks later, I laughed at Bobby Stuart's ignorance while he claimed Milner to be a weakness. He gave that as a big reason why he felt City's midfield could not compete with ours on that day. On the other hand, I could not believe what I was hearing from our former winger. Looking at the constitution of their midfield I was very downbeat and could see little hope. Milner bossed us, as he had done before and will probably do again, so City won comfortably.There are a lot of people who, despite lacking any technical or tactical insight, are paid to spew nonsense just because they used to know how to kick a football. As a pundit, Bobby Stuart let himself down very badly that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siwy_CFC 7 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 This game shown our weaknesses, first we need right back Iva do a lot of mistakes this season, yesterday spurs player make him look like a school boy. Second TSO should start rotate the first eleven Cahill look very tired yesterday he need some rest, this same we can say about Oscar and of course we need right winger because Shurrle and Salah dont play well from beginning, Sterling or Reus will do it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edetarod 2,155 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 has the DVD come out yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickpassnmove 924 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I watched the match just now and Chelsea didn't look bad. We gave up 5 goals, but still remained confident; that's a good sign. If we aren't getting another winger in January, I would like to see either Remy or Salah on the pitch for our RW because the other two choices are not going to do it. --SOMEONE take the right wing position and create there...or Chelsea need to buy. Harry Kane had a great match. If either Hazard or Fabregas are injured, I'm not sure how Chelsea will expect to win the title. We need another player for the attack. Fabregas is huge for this club right now. If he were any better on free kicks, I would say he's Chelsea's Pirlo. Excellent buy last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgekulaCFC 0 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Very disappointing result. I never did expect this. Score could be so different. Because of defensive mistakes we lost the game. Hazard was really incredible. Phil Dowd played against us as always he did! We need to recover our mistakes. I hope to win the title. Come on Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 José is either talking out of his arse or is angling for some funds in January; I pray to Jesus it's the latter.And I always said we should've sold Ivanovic when PSG were sniffing around him - jack of all trades, master of none. The mere sight of him attempting to close down a cross with his hands behind his back pisses me off to no end.Was thinking the same. Definitely digging for some funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Came all the way from Israel to support Chelsea. I've been in shock from the result but never stopped to sing!Waiting for next time!(Win Lose or Tie I'm Chelsea till i die!)Going to follow your and xpetrcechx's example and visit England during the Boxing Day this year. Seems like the perfect period for a foreigner to attend some Chelsea games in such a short space of time. Hope you've enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Great Performance by our fans ( includes me lol! ). shame about the result. our defence must to stop allow opponent players run freely to your box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevemayer 764 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Great Performance by our fans ( includes me lol! ). shame about the result. our defence must to stop allow opponent players run freely to your box.As long as cahill plays with iva nothing will change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vybz Kartel 1,613 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 This lose really really hurt, would not mind to have switched the results for Southampton and yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Gotta thank Gerrard for announcing his Liverpool departure at the right time. Took away all the attention of this defeat and the fact City have closed the gap on us for the time being.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 And people thought we were going to thrash them at the Lane... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAB 1,030 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Wow, so disappointing stats... They struggle every time on Stamford Bridge though themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Was just on Spurs website, apparently they already got the DVDs ready. Disc 1: Spurs 5-3 ChelseaDisc 2: Rest of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Couldn't watch the match (not sure I should considering the result), but after seeing the highlights, I feel a bit better because all five goals conceded came from (amateurish) individual errors. Not saying there were no tactical issues, but the likelihood that our the back 6 make all those mistakes in a single game is very low.The first goal, amazing strike by Kane, but a top keeper like Thibaut should really be getting down quicker and saving that all day long. Second and fourth were mainly due to some shocking decision making by Matic who has been incredible for the past couple of months. Third and fifth, schoolboy defending by Iva and Cahill.Yes, it looks is very bad, but fortunately, it's not something that requires a change of the whole system or something that future opposition can try to copy because it was down to individual rather than collective errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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