Jase 43,479 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Chelsea 5-1 Manchester CityPOST-MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS2015/16 FA Cup 5th Round21st February, Sunday, 2016Stamford Bridge16:00 Kick Off (UK time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Extraordinary. The bookies were spot on. The same please against the psinakis character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluephoenix 1,131 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 should have been 7-1 *sighs* but good to see back to back thumping victory. Yes City were the weaker team but atleast it is good to know we can run riots Oscar should have scored penalty and Hazard what was he thinking he should have gone for the goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weckerz 3,781 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Fabtastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Expected but still very much enjoyable! Hats off to Hazard who was different class today. KTBFFH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidur the Spider 4,515 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Fabregas was absolutely amazing, flawless performance. Love it. Well played young man! Pedro a close second, he was so lively! Great to see, knew he'd come good! Traore the goal machine, chuffed for the kid! Onto the next round! COME ON CHELSEAAAAAAA!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Got a glimpse into Hazard's mentality there and I don't say this in a bad way. The reporter told him the Chelsea fans wanted him to take the penalty and he replied by saying we were already 4-1 up so it wasn't important. Fabregas interrupted and said even though you got 1 you have to want more. Hazard just looked away a little bemused. Listen, Hazard is my guy and I love him as a player - I don't want him to change. I just want him to get back to the level he was last season. A 14-15 season Hazard in a better Chelsea team are competing with the best in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWorriedChelseaFan 151 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Traore the new Hernan Crespo! Great performance from Hazard and the team all around. More of this please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tautvix 1,321 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Well this was always going to happen after Man City line up was announced. But still happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 That was Fabregas' match. Hazard better. But we still need better. He needs to be better. He is better. Still waiting. 5 goals are 5 goals. Don't care about the weakened team. Should've scored more. The only realistic cup is still alive. Winning the FA Cup would be nice. I like Fabregas as a personality. He present himself well in the media, is well-spoken and there's a genuinity about him when he speaks. When he called Hazard on not taking the pen just now it didn't even feel like Fabregas pretending to be a 'big man' in front of the cameras. I'm happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickpassnmove 924 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 I hope we continue to use these two fullbacks for the rest of the season. When there's no space in the EPL, those FB areas are often the only place to find an edge. Excellent match from Pedro and Fabregas. so happy for Traore --again-- we can be criticized for not taking more advantage in the 1st half, but when you have Mikel and this Hazard playing, you're basically playing like 10 men. (-0.5 + -0.5 = -1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vytis33 1,272 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Pedro has had a great run of games in a row now. Hats off to him, especially for the effort against PSG. Mikel with a boss game today too. Soft side from Citeh but glad to be moving on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 1. Yes, City played a totally weakened side but that was good team performance all around. (are we ever going to keep a clean sheet at home though?!) 2. Pedro MOTM. Constant thorn in that City's defence with his movement. Worked hard all over the pitch too. 3. Scored 5 goals in back-to-back home games. Shocked! 4. A goal and two assists for Hazard. That's encouraging. 5. Why on earth Hiddink brought on Matic when we were 4-1 up?! Why not Loftus-Cheek or even Miazga?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, Styles said: Got a glimpse into Hazard's mentality there and I don't say this in a bad way. The reporter told him the Chelsea fans wanted him to take the penalty and he replied by saying we were already 4-1 up so it wasn't important. Fabregas interrupted and said even though you got 1 you have to want more. Hazard just looked away a little bemused. Listen, Hazard is my guy and I love him as a player - I don't want him to change. I just want him to get back to the level he was last season. A 14-15 season Hazard in a better Chelsea team are competing with the best in Europe. This is why he'll never win a d'Or in my opinion but that's fine. As long as he gets back to the level of being in contention for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, DYC. said: That was Fabregas' match. Hazard better. But we still need better. He needs to be better. He is better. Still waiting. 5 goals are 5 goals. Don't care about the weakened team. Should've scored more. The only realistic cup is still alive. Winning the FA Cup would be nice. I like Fabregas as a personality. He present himself well in the media, is well-spoken and there's a genuinity about him when he speaks. When he called Hazard on not taking the pen just now it didn't even feel like Fabregas pretending to be a 'big man' in front of the camera. I'm happy. Seemed like genuine advice and wanting the best for his teammate. I give Fabregas a lot of shit but that was a great moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Buzz 487 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Nice win. Should have been up 2-0 or 3-0 at the break and could have won 8-1! Pedro was everywhere and should have had one or two goals. Traore could have had 2. I like Traore. Hazard seemed off yet still, but did have three nice assists and a wonderful free kick. Wish he would have driven that late break right at the keeper and buried it. So great to see Cesc coming back to himself. Very solid game today. Paring him and Mikel has been successful in most games. Baba shows promise and gives us some quickness down the wing. Nice crosses as well. Is Ivanovic a possible JT replacement at CB? Not sure why RLC fails to see playing time. Oscar? Puh-leaze. Let's see if we can the next round at the Bridge and who we play. Come on you Chelsea!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 You can smoke screen that with City had a second string out but that was a top class performance from us. Delighted for a number of players...Hazard, Mikel and Cesc...well done Betrand on the goal. Oscar has a heart like a pea, the penalty was a disgrace. Next round, up the fucking Chels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, Styles said: Got a glimpse into Hazard's mentality there and I don't say this in a bad way. The reporter told him the Chelsea fans wanted him to take the penalty and he replied by saying we were already 4-1 up so it wasn't important. Fabregas interrupted and said even though you got 1 you have to want more. Hazard just looked away a little bemused. Listen, Hazard is my guy and I love him as a player - I don't want him to change. I just want him to get back to the level he was last season. A 14-15 season Hazard in a better Chelsea team are competing with the best in Europe. Agree completely. Loved it when Fabregas called him on it. It had something of a big brother-little brother feeling. Hazard is lost mentally. Don't think the talk about him being busy with a move away is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabHazard 655 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Oscar should not be our no 1 penalty taker..hiddink should change that ASAP before it costs us in big games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 I really liked what I've seen - apart from the defense struggling and conceding against 18year olds. While City had a third team, their defense was an experienced one and still we made them look like clowns and we did more mistakes than they saved preventing the scoreline to be even bigger. I'm happy with the progress Pedro showed in the last two matches I've watched (didn't watch against PSG - can't talk about then). It's important for us to relief the responsibility from Willian's shoulders. Eden's mentality is somewhat off. I think he might be gone in the summer - which is a shame, but I think he was involved in our best chances. Hope I'm wrong about him leaving. He seemed to love it here so much... but he's a huge fat question mark for me. I have no idea what's going on in his head and heart right now. He seems just off, the radiating happiness we've always seen exuding from him isn't there often these days like it used to Cesc owed the whole thing. He was running the show and I keep saying it, we should provide him a chance to shine. Whether it's a 4-3-3 (I still think it's our best way to get the best from him) or a very solid, physical pivot partner (something neither Mikel nor Matic fit the bill for me, but depending on the day, they can do it). Very happy for Traore scoring again, but I can't understand why Hiddink insists giving game time to Oscar and Matic but God forbids he gives it to Ruben... look how much better Baba looks ever since he's been getting minutes (something that surprised me, I didn't think he'd improve like this - although there's still a lot of room to improvement, but he's young and new to the league, so nothing unexpected). Let's hope we carry on. I hope when Terry comes back, Baba will have proven to Guus that he can't compromise more than Iva... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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