MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I posted this in the post match Arsenal thread. Bolded parts are relevant to this game. Unbolded relevant to our season in context:"What have we seen so far that we DIDN'T see in the 2nd half of the season? Or for majority of the 2013/14 season? Against big sides, specifically in the CL? * Is it hopeful lobs to no one in particular? Or wingers playing as fullbacks, spending more time in the opposition half? * Or 3-4 passes in our "built attacks" then a player hoofing it to no one in particular? Or passing it to Ivanovic to cross the ball to no one in particular? Or ZERO shots on target for over 70 minutes? * Or Ramires being an automatic, unjustified starter? Or Hazard receiving the ball in bad positions, before being crowded out? I can go on. Gone are the days we actually play well in both halves. When we do well in one half, the team becomes defensive in the other or vice versa. This was all predictable to anyone who knows quite a bit about football and the history of Jose Mourinho, the manager. No signs of practicing organised attacks, instead a brief period of dominance then an overreliance on individual brilliance of 1 player. Whether it's Drogba, Milito, Ronaldo, now Hazard. When the team became "defense + Hazard" for the 2nd season in a row, I knew we were headed in the wrong direction. We all wanted to blame it on "fatigue", but that was only part of the problem. The bulk of our problems lies at the feet of the manager. The technical quality of most of our players has gone down the drain. We now rely on instictive talents of our attackers to win us games instead of anything coached on the training ground. That might work against smaller, weaker teams, but against stronger sides, it won't. I know many people in this thread will start blaming individuals again, I won't because I know better. Our players are MUCH better than they have shown today. I know what they are all capable of and I know why they've played the way they did today. I refuse to blame any of them. I'm not that surprised Roman has failed to back Mourinho in the transfer market. Signings will have been a temporary solution to a permanent problem. We will be lucky to scape 3rd place this season. CL? forget about it. At the first sight of a big team, we will park the bus and be humiliated again like against PSG and Atletico. We might win the FA cup, but that's about it. Time to wake up. This team is already on the decline under this manager. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,348 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Christ.Wake up team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanicus 5,208 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Don't worry guys it's just pre-season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Frustrating.That bench. Can't get over that bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveLamp 270 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Embarassing performance, many people including myself called this after our horrible preseason and transfer window. Hope we go out and sign Pedro now or we will be seeing a lot more of this as the season goes onSo happy for you right now, you must be delighted.How was it embarrassing? Good first half, and honestly a good effort and performance second half. Without that red, we win comfortably.Next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeveldejonathan 17 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Hazard really wasn't that bad IMO. Created some great chances (great through balls for Costa e.g.) and at least 5 free kicks. Granted, not his best performance, but compared to some others on the pitch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcs most wanted 657 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Even a striker like Gomis was exploiting our defence, god help us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo7 3,496 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Ivanovic and Courtois cost us the game.Begovic, Oscar and Willian did especially well, bring on next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 & cue the TalkChelsea meltdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Great game from Montero and shelvey.great passes from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 problem wehave it that 9-11 players know without doubt they will start, so they dont need to right for there place.we need a massive signing fast. Jose needs to pull his head out his fucking ass and get somebody like Pedro in before next weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabHazard 655 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 we played very good in first half...but defence looks shaky..ivanovic is a liability in both attack and defence..montero destroyed him.considering 10 players draw is not a bad result... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukakutoStamford 779 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Well we were dominating prior to the sending off. So unless you can find a way to add players to the pitch after receiving a red card and inform the club, we won't do much better given the exact same thing happening. Dominating? Have a word with yourself. Prior to the red the back line was getting abused. The red was caused by Ivanovic clearly being out of his depth ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 So happy for you right now, you must be delighted.How was it embarrassing?Good first half, and honestly a good effort and performance second half.Without that red, we win comfortably.Next...Start of 2nd half? playing like a preseason game and not giving a care in the world. We also score 2 lucky goals, how would we win comfortably with them hitting the post and forcing our GK into like 5 good saves?This is not the same side that only lost 3 games last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanSnake 1,211 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Ivan was bad, Willian was bad.Great heart and effort. Hope Hazard and co step up BIG TIME for City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 So happy for you right now, you must be delighted.How was it embarrassing?Good first half, and honestly a good effort and performance second half.Without that red, we win comfortably.Next..."we win comfortably"?I mean the s/o and penalty made a huge difference, but it didn't by any means make Ivanovic play awful at right-back for 90 minutes. Nor did it make Fabregas & Hazard (the latter for 80 minutes) disappear from their duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Happy to take a draw given the circumstances. That was the sort of game we'd have lost under Ancelotti, Villas-Boas, di Matteo. Lots of things going against us, but overall I don't think anyone can begrudge Swansea a point and we didn't deserve anything from the game.PositivesWillian - outstanding in attack. Visibly tired as the game progressed but looked by far the most potent of our midfielders.Costa - again, excellent. Very glad to see him come through the game despite injury concerns, and though he tired as well, he looked a threat. Begovic. Horrible circumstances for him to make his début in, did extremely well and made one or two excellent saves. I'm not at all concerned that Courtois is out for three games, tbh. The result. A draw isn't a nightmare. The last time we drew our first game of the season we won the Champions League. Swansea missed a brilliant chance to get all three points today. If they'd have shown more conviction they'd be going home with a win.NegativesIvanovic and Fabregas - both utterly atrocious. Look well, well short of match fitness and almost everything they did was woeful. Hazard. Though he grew into the game in the last 10-15 minutes, he was otherwise anonymous. Disappointed with that. Willian - technically at fault for both goals.Willian played Gomis onside and was nowhere to be found on the first goal either, leaving Ivanovic to defend two with Matic having to be pulled over Our moaning at the end of the game. Fucking deal with it, lads. We got a point when we didn't deserve one. No point complaining about the Courtois decision - correct to award a red card and point to the spot. That was about the only decision the referee got right.Shit happens. We're going to have a slow start, I guarantee you that. We might only have 6 or 7 points after our first four matches. But we'll come good, just you watch. We're too good not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Swansea destroyed us... even before the red card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,918 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 problem wehave it that 9-11 players know without doubt they will start, so they dont need to right for there place.we need a massive signing fast. Jose needs to pull his head out his fucking ass and get somebody like Pedro in before next weekendIt isn't José who's preventing us from signing players, it's our board.Zero chance José thinks the exact same team as last season is good enough to win the league again without ANY game changing signings. He's being hamstrung by the higher-ups who don't want to spend big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuvala 2,167 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Lol I love how for some people this game means we have no chance of winning the league..Moving on to the next match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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