Closed Newcastle v Chelsea

[LukakutoStamford 779]

When players like Hazard, Fabregas and Pedro are just looking absolutely clueless going forward... There's only one man you need to look at.

Man, RLC would've helped massively today.

To be fair Hazard hasn't been the problem today he's had no support and he's been crisp today

[Johnnyeye 7,441]

Hope for a better second half, surely it can't be worse, can it?

We´ll see, with us playing like crap i won´t have high hopes, and if we do manage to play better, expect Newcastle and specially Krull to defend for their lives and keep us out then hit us on the counter and score, we´ve seen it happen time and time again.

[nullabletype 987]

And have we really troubled them so far? We are being outplayed at our own game of closing down and hassling the opposition, and we just don't seem to be up for it.

Our own game? Since when have we closed down hassled opposition? This side has had zero intensity for the longest time now.

[Costa19 858]

It's like our players is fed up by winning the league last year. No fighting spirit, no hunger just NOTHING. Maybe Ferguson is right when he said that if there is sometime you really need to sign new top players it is the year you won the league or another major title.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

Wish we had their midfield !

And would be nice having another option like going with attacking full-backs.

[TeddyBear 6]

Towards the end of the half they showed the ground different players had covered. Very worrying that Matic and Fabregas so far ahead of our other players. They are having to do a lot of running because of the poor play by our center halfs i feel. If we want to play the high line the CBs have to be more aggressive. I'm not sure if its because our defenders are used to the park-the-bus/deep defense or they are simply being outplayed by Newcastle players. Probably a combination of both.

[Pizy 18,368]

Not even one bit of good football there, nothing. They have played their best half of football all season because we have allowed them too.

Massively gutless from us, no heart, no passion or no desire.

Your last sentence is spot on and exactly the problem.

Our side has no gut. An opponent puts pressure on or smacks us in the mouth and we can't handle it. We're so easy to bully which is shocking and unheard of from a Mourinho team.

I've now fully converted to the "we don't train attacking play" side. Our attacking players look like total strangers. It's embarrassing. Nearly every manager in the world would kill for the players we have. We just waste it.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

I think I need to travel to the Uk again...

[MefiX19 1,092]

Come on take fab off for RLC

Some tactical genius didn't put him to the bench.

[BlueStorm1003 539]

Come on take fab off for RLC

He isn´t even on the bench

[Last Sicarius 610]

So we dont JT26 on pitch? ffs

Every lines sucks.

[bluephoenix 1,126]

How to replace Cesc with RLC when one genius didn't even put him on the bench...

He is not on bench ?

[FabHazard 655]

We are getting dominated by a rock bottom side ..our midfield is literally non existent ...Cant hold the ball under little or no pressure..hoofing the ball to noone...This match is fucking predictable in any season..

[Special Juan 27,429]

Long balls to Remy from Asmir, Zouma and Cahill, for the simple reason this team has no trust in anyone to create anything from nothing.

It's all hope.

[Johnnyeye 7,441]

Making a pub side look like world beaters. Fuck off.

That´s Chelsea for you mate.

[lionsden 4,689]

This is clearly Wenger and the FA's fault. #freechelsea

[Jase 43,479]

Against 2 of the worst teams we'll play all season and a win against 9 men.

I don't expect those results to suddenly make us world beaters again but certainly give the players more confidence and make them play better than they have been! The performance they put out there in the first half was fucking atrocious!

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

He is not on bench ?

No.