closed Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea

[Polo7 3,496]

Seriously fuck the international breaks. 

Anyway not the best performance but a delightful victory!

[Jase 43,479]

22 minutes ago, The Mak said:

Played really well, even though I felt Boro would get a lucky goal at some point, I would have been happy with the performance nonetheless. A hard-fought game like this is the type of game we would have lost last season.

And I just want to say, Gaston Ramirez is the biggest poser in the league. Looks the business when running with the ball, but my word, he is absolutely atrocious. One of the worst players I've seen this season. Not sure how he didn't get booked and often kicked it closer to row Z than the goal. Costa also made a fool of him for his goal.

Him and Adama. A miracle if they get the ball on target more than once in a game. Shocking, shocking players. 

Well, thank god Adama Traore didn't have a football brain. We couldn't handle his pace and dribbling and would have been in serious trouble had he known what to do with it.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Did well - the International break did fuck up our rhythm a bit

Pedro was unlucky twice

Still sit there in shock watching our team this season vs last - Diego is a machine and no silliness - just goals. Moses and Kante are great - even Matic getting back to his best. 

Bring on the Spuds - 😃 They might have fluked a win against the Pikeys - but hopefully we spank them 4-0

Top of the table - long may it continue!

[Muzchap 8,966]

58 minutes ago, fmsch24 said:

top of the table, let's continue with this form, I honestly thought the best case scenario would be to get a draw, because Boro are a stubborn team after their draws against City and Arsenal, but that didn't happen. Boy the media and red nose Sir Alex must feeling really foolish after dismissing chelsea and Conte as title contenders focusing on united and city, Pep vs Jose, let's prove them wrong KTBFF

Just shows the media know fuck all - according to them Conte was getting sacked 😂😂😂😂

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Sign of champions and what-not....

I keep looking incredulously at the table. We really have no right to be first with the season we had last year and the money everyone else spent this summer but....Conte! 

[Miki-Liki 405]

46 minutes ago, Muzchap said:

Just shows the media know fuck all - according to them Conte was getting sacked 😂😂😂😂

Indeed. According to them, we would have retained the title last season...

[Azpinator 2,325]

Okay, Luiz was great. But I have to give a shout-out to the unsung hero which was CESAR FUCKING AZPILICUETA.

[coolhead23 1,147]

United - Arsenal draws, Liverpool drop points, we get 3 points against a difficult team, clean sheet, top of the table ... Overall good weekend!!! 

So game week 12 is now history, lets hope the same for game week 13 ... 

[Laylabelle 9,535]

Pretty poor performance but we did it :-D another win..clean sheet and won as many as did in a whole season

Top of the league :-D 

 

[Diceflix 207]

Most UK bethouse put Costa to score the first goal prior to the match and hell he did it! 

I don't know wheter we were bit unlucky or it was in-form Boro defense and Valdes who denied a lot of our goal-chances. and pity to see Hazard loses his goalscoring run in his 150th PL matches for Chelsea.

Anyway, a great boost after the break, let's prepare more for Spuds. 

[mannyfreshh 164]

Top of the league , 6 in a row what a time to be a Chelsea fan, week = made  

[Unionjack 7,531]

5 hours ago, Muzchap said:

Did well - the International break did fuck up our rhythm a bit

Pedro was unlucky twice

Still sit there in shock watching our team this season vs last - Diego is a machine and no silliness - just goals. Moses and Kante are great - even Matic getting back to his best. 

Bring on the Spuds - 😃 They might have fluked a win against the Pikeys - but hopefully we spank them 4-0

Top of the table - long may it continue!

+10 likes.

Not only Pedro going close with him entering the crossbar challenge but we had a few pretty good chances that we didn't get

I think its pretty pbvious it was those wankers giving him those heavy hits early on (and continued to till the end) that put him off his game. All the fuckin ref kept saying was "thats the last time" Cunts!

Only real thing that suprized me was the amount of shots we let them gave. 12 to our 13.

But considering the resulys theyve had this season (against APPARENTLY better teams than us) then I will happily take the win today, pit it behind us and get ready for those other North London shitbags,

I'm dying for it and theres no way I see us losing. Who knows, they might add others to the Danny Rose missing list after Tuesday. Tho I would rather beat them at their strongest.

16 minutes ago, mannyfreshh said:

Top of the league , 6 in a row what a time to be a Chelsea fan, week = made  

ALWAYS!!!!!

[quickpassnmove 924]

 

5 hours ago, Azpinator said:

Okay, Luiz was great. But I have to give a shout-out to the unsung hero which was CESAR FUCKING AZPILICUETA.

Diego, Dave, David and Moses (for the 1st half) did very well. Kante was OK, but we were overwhelmed by their press many times and it was a rough match for our MF. 

If they had a quick striker who put shots on target, Middlesborough could be a dangerous side under Karanka despite their lower quality lineup.

[communicate 2,703]

9 hours ago, Rekin said:

Important win. We did however see more of our weaknesses today. 
While Pedro was unlucky to not score twice today, he was invisible otherwise. Matic and Kante were somewhat solid in the middle, but offered almost nothing going forward. Hazard and Costa looked tired, and did not have a lot of good link-ups. 

Our success is extremely reliant on having all our key players available. I think we need to buy 1-2 players in January, but we still need to buy a few starting players next summer. 

I also think that while Costa is in great form, he is a finisher. He relies on others creating either space, or opportunities, for him (not to say he never creates something out of nothing). Hazard is the only player really capable of making plays happen, and if he is out of form/injured our offensive suffers. It is imperative for our future success that the right flank gets someone who can do more than run quickly and/or make short passes back and forth while running a lot. We are simply not going to get a lot of chances created by Pedro, Matic, Kante, Oscar or Willian. Their strengths lie elsewhere.  

How many world class players this days that can play both sides of the ball well and capable playing in two man midfield ? I can't think any players on top of my head.

In term of replacement for pedro, who should we sign ? Everyone mentioned Griezman who has been brilliant for Atletico but if you want to see Atletico Griezman you have to play him in the middle, Deschamps tried to play him on the right winger and he was not as effective.

Mahrez is inter anesting option. He was brilliant last season but he need to prove that he is not one season wonder

 

[quickpassnmove 924]

10 hours ago, Rekin said:

Important win. We did however see more of our weaknesses today. 
While Pedro was unlucky to not score twice today, he was invisible otherwise. Matic and Kante were somewhat solid in the middle, but offered almost nothing going forward. Hazard and Costa looked tired, and did not have a lot of good link-ups. 

Our success is extremely reliant on having all our key players available. I think we need to buy 1-2 players in January, but we still need to buy a few starting players next summer. 

I also think that while Costa is in great form, he is a finisher. He relies on others creating either space, or opportunities, for him (not to say he never creates something out of nothing). Hazard is the only player really capable of making plays happen, and if he is out of form/injured our offensive suffers. It is imperative for our future success that the right flank gets someone who can do more than run quickly and/or make short passes back and forth while running a lot. We are simply not going to get a lot of chances created by Pedro, Matic, Kante, Oscar or Willian. Their strengths lie elsewhere.  

You've got it. 

January, for me is: another LWB (or, Kenedy if Conte thinks he's suitable) and another CM. Alonso just isn't enough for that LWB position, nor does he himself offer enough skill on the ball to add a dimension to our attack; too predictable, slow and one-dimensional.

The new CB will have to come whenever possible, I guess.

I don't know who would be a great buy for an attacker, but the rumours are still going on that young attacker at Porto: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2673992-chelsea-transfer-news-andre-silva-scouted-amid-manchester-united-rumours#

 

If ManCity take Messi in January, the title race is probably over (along with Yaya playing). 

[ZOS 580]

people saying it wasn't a good performance makes me wonder if I watched a different game.. chelsea was fantastic, the intricate passing and movement, omg... at times I couldn't believe my eyes

[Special Juan 28,141]

Ground out the result which could be a sign of champions. Had a cracking day with my lad, the Chelsea fans unreal again and at work this morning having lost my voice.

Got some great pictures with Courtois, Pat Nevin, Emenalo and Buck. All of them came over and spoke to us outside the ground and all this following from meeting the lads at the hotel the previous night.

It wasn't our best performance but for a performance of champions, you won't win every game like we did against Everton but winning is all that matters.

Will post pictures later of all the players.

[cosmicway 1,333]

Easier than it looked.
Costa has become killer.
I notice that when outside the area he is not as nimble as the others but he has become killer.
I expect a fair goal margin against Spurs next week, but the one after against City looks like a more difficult test.

 

[Muzchap 8,966]

2 hours ago, ZOS said:

people saying it wasn't a good performance makes me wonder if I watched a different game.. chelsea was fantastic, the intricate passing and movement, omg... at times I couldn't believe my eyes

Never happy mate - always wanting to buy players and not give players a chance.... And in the next post will complain no youth players get a chance 😂😂😂

I have had to eat my words on Moses and Pedro - both have been great this season! Ok, Pedro maybe had a quiet game in places - but I put that down to the International break and the 11 men behind the ball tactics of Boro and they were the home team!!! 

We're not going to play amazing every week - but winning is what counts 

pas for the Alonso criticism - just shocked TBH - he gets up and down the line all game and puts in lots of crosses - do people not remember how we played before? 

Oh well - I'm buzzing and not gonna let the moaners spoil my mood 😂😂😂

[Special Juan 28,141]

Some pictures from the hotel and after the game yesterday.