Fernando 6,585 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Costa was back today. Great performance from him. I thought we played well enough to win today, two brain farts cost us (Oscar pen, Matic penalty). I saw something that I haven't seen in a long time from this team though. The will to bounce back from a goal back down. On wards and up wards. As I was saying in the match day thread, Mikel's introduction was actually a positive one. We were getting smashed in midfield and his introduction completely changed that and allowed us to dominate in the second half. We were unlucky to win today tbh. Can't fault the players, they actually showed effort (apart from Oscar who was pathetic).Good post. Don't know why people can't see this. We are in lack of confidence and today was an improvement. I also saw how good the mikel sub did to stabilize the midfield, it also allowed matic to move forward. I take today as a positive and hopefully we can build from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 Oh god. We just can't string two straight league wins, can we? Our last one was back in May! It's such a frustrating performance, albeit a slightly different one. Still made the same brainfart individual errors (e.g Matic handball - like WTF?! - and Cahill backing of Ighalo - DUH!) but I guess on the bright side, we responded well after going behind. In fact, it's our best response this season when trailing in matches. Showed the hunger and desire to fight for the cause and actually, created chances, some really good chances. The shit part in all of this though is that we're still in the bottom 6, 2 points above the relegation zone. Like seriously, when the hell are we going to get out this?! United and Palace away next for us and I'm not feeling optimistic, even with the former's shit form! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinineUltra 1,170 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Penalty miss is a shame but I'm more livid about penalty given away by Matic. A point is better than a loss, a small step forward against inform Watford, which is not an excuse but a silver lining I guess. ManU next, 2 strugglers. Let's see who wants it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 We can't have Pedro, Willian, Oscar or Fábregas as starters if we want to be taken seriously, hurts so much seeing De Bruyne at City right now.Lukaku at EvertonSturridge at LiverpoolCech at Arsenal Bertrand at Southampton ....list is endless mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Did Mourinho make Oscar our new penalty taker before he left? If Hazard was still to hurt to take the penalty, (like it's the 1st time he's done this for us) then surely, give it to Costa for his hattrick. Oscar, a donkey all game, making terrible decisions all game skies the fucking penalty to the heavens.Why was Fabregas subbed at half time at 1-1 as well? That was very very strange, and I didn't see how it helped us. Waiting an extra 8 mins to bring in Hazard after Costa's goal was also a big mistake, half fit or not. We HAD the momentum after Costa's 2nd goal.Pedro had no business coming off. Should have been Oscar.Anyway, it's early days. Guus will learn his squad, slowly but surely. Discerning betweeen the average, good, great and overrated players.Hiddink was shocking in his line-up and decisions. It took ages before making a sub into the 2nd half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socur Toxanarosa 145 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Poor performance. Maybe José was right: these players are just not good, apart from Willian and Hasard. For the rest, we need a big clean-up. To cite just a few: Matic has been horrible, Ivanovic is awful, Fabregas was non-existent, Oscar is laughing stock, etc. Sorry to disappoint you, but Willian is NOT good enough, he's having a good season in a awful team, he's a very athletic and shit, but his football IQ and end product are piss poor for a top club, we need better players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adnane 1,101 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Heads up to everyone here complaining about Fabregas, wondering why Watford bossed the midfield and then wonderinf why he was taken off for Mikel Average game, should've done better, good to have Diego back, move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beepu 1,714 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Thought the team did much better today. Dropped points because of 2 silly mistakes by Matic and Oscar (sigh....), but the team bounced back from a goal down which hasn't happened for awhile now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Close the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky 739 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Im really disappointed TBH. We should and could have won that game. Oscar should off been subbed off instead of Pedro.Oscar should never play as #10 for Chelsea and Ivanovic should warm the fucking bench. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Trust Diego to get a suspension for next week right after he gets his goalscoring touch back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Costa was back today. Great performance from him. I thought we played well enough to win today, two brain farts cost us (Oscar pen, Matic penalty).I saw something that I haven't seen in a long time from this team though. The will to bounce back from a goal back down. On wards and up wards.As I was saying in the match day thread, Mikel's introduction was actually a positive one. We were getting smashed in midfield and his introduction completely changed that and allowed us to dominate in the second half.We were unlucky to win today tbh. Can't fault the players, they actually showed effort (apart from Oscar who was pathetic).Fair play to Mikel. I wouldn't go as far as saying his introduction completely changed it. Chelsea were all over Watford for most part of the first half and only lost control towards the end.But he did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Im really disappointed TBH. We should and could have won that game. Oscar should off been subbed off instead of Pedro.Oscar should never play as #10 for Chelsea and Ivanovic should warm the fucking bench. SImple as that.Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
different level 1,056 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 That's awesome. If we lose to United in two days chances are by the New Year's eve we're going to be in the relegation zone. Merry Christmas, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman60 1,343 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Well I thought we didn't play half bad today......We attacked well, Costa scored twice, we didn't throw in the towel when we went behind and we should have won it. Ok, Matic WTF !!! Absolute stupidity. Oscar poor penalty, but in fairness he did slip! But Hazard or Costa should have taken it. Gary Cahill, where do I start? Should have been closer when attempting to close him down, but that deflection was cruel. It could have gone anywhere, but it went in, just our bad luck at the moment. I felt we put in plenty of effort, and we were just unlucky. The team chosen was the same as Mourinho's in the past, but they did seem to play with more purpose, heart and attacking effort. I think the results will come, but as already said on here (By Styles)......Baby steps guys, baby steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 We won't even finish top half, let alone top four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman60 1,343 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Sorry to disappoint you, but Willian is NOT good enough, he's having a good season in a awful team, he's a very athletic and shit, but his football IQ and end product are piss poor for a top club, we need better players.Looking forward to some more of your "in depth analysis" of our players !!!!!!In the words of John Mac Enroe.........."YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS???" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edetarod 2,155 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 honeymoon over already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmsch24 312 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Ghhhh Oscar you have to give him credit , when it comes to disappointing the fans he does it with conviction. Can't believe jose chose that usless player over Mata and De Bruyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Costa was back today. Great performance from him. I thought we played well enough to win today, two brain farts cost us (Oscar pen, Matic penalty).I saw something that I haven't seen in a long time from this team though. The will to bounce back from a goal back down. On wards and up wards.As I was saying in the match day thread, Mikel's introduction was actually a positive one. We were getting smashed in midfield and his introduction completely changed that and allowed us to dominate in the second half.We were unlucky to win today tbh. Can't fault the players, they actually showed effort (apart from Oscar who was pathetic).We weren't being overrun any more simply because Mikel didn't get caught behind the ball.Fabregas ran out of steam after 20 minutes and couldn't regain position whenever he was caught behind the ball.He is a complete liability tactically. I hate the fact that such a weak, limited player is seen as a big player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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