closed Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[Johnnyeye 7,440]

4 hours ago, Last Sicarius said:

 

Moment of the match. 

thank God Courtois got to that or otherwise it would have been a great goal and another ex player comes back to haunt us scenario to makes us drop points, heart in the mouth moment right there  props to Van Aanholt for that piece of skill tough, taking Chalobah out of the way and making room for a good shot which required Courtois full stretch save, world class goalkeeping.

[Johnnyeye 7,440]

4 hours ago, fmsch24 said:

 

The way van Aanholt ran, he was about to celebrate the goal lol

yeah,noticed that too  

[kmk108 1,186]

3 hours ago, Chelsea Buzz said:

Sorry I am late the party. Doing my civic duty here in the states and serving on a jury so was in court all day (do you have jury duty in the UK?).

Watched the match on replay. Never did catch the reason for no Hazard tonight. Minor injury?

We had many fair chances, but oddly in the second half we seemed to work well to get someone open in the box and they would either scuff it or hit right to the keeper. Finishing was just not there. As others have said. Costa is hustling all over the pitch.

Very happy for Cesc. We all know his best years have past. We were lucky 2014-15 was perhaps his last year of greatness. However, you cannot question his fight. Even last year, when the season was lost, he fought hard. I remember his goal at the Bridge in January to bring us within one to Everton (2-3) late and him racing around trying to get the fans pumped up. Terry scored the last ditch goal to draw 3-3. I would like to see us get him in the XI from time to time, as the best opportunities present themselves. His vision and touch can be awesome at times still today.

Kante was everywhere picking up loose balls. He is a difference maker in these type games where lesser clubs lull you to sleep with 111 behind the ball and then the get a surprise counter and fluke goal. Kante presses and challenges every pass and shuts this down.

Courtois. Wow! Was not sure he was going to get to that one. He may be getting focused.

Here we are just 10 days before Christmas and sitting 6 points clear of second and top of the league. I believe it was a year ago Friday or Saturday we let the manager go last year. Just wow! Antonio Conte - legend

Come on you Chelsea!!

I think it was from the tackle he limped out of against West Brom.

condolences for jury duty. I have yet to get that notice. 

[Tomo 21,733]

8 hours ago, Gilvorak said:

So do we persist with Fabregas lads or continue with the Matic/Kante partnership?

Depends on the opponent, vs Palace? Definitely Matic back in, even more so if Eden returns. Because we need to make a couple of changes to freshen things anyway and Palace have a good scoring record for a shit team but a truly awful defense.

[Jase 43,479]

9 hours ago, WNDS said:

Positive confirmation bias. It happens all the time with footballers like Willian who tend to be so polarising: those who don't rate them are always on the lookout for errors and poor decision-making, whilst those who appreciate them more tend to place too much focus on the good things they do. In each case, significantly greater emphasis is placed upon the events that support the preconceptions that are held by the specific observer in question.

Riigghhhttt...in Willian's case, we all know his strengths and also his weaknesses and the latter is outweighing the former at the moment. I have nothing against Willian but up till now, he's done nothing to suggest he's improved over the years. And take a look at his decision making, for instance, in yesterday's game. We have all criticized him for his poor decision making but he did nothing to dispel that at Sunderland when he had the opportunities. There were several occasions where he could have played in Costa, Pedro and 1-2 others in dangerous positions way earlier but what did he do? He continued to dribble with the ball, ended up running into cul-de-sacs and nothing happened in the end. We have seen that countless of times before and nothing has changed. It's beyond frustrating to watch him to say the very least.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Massive win, it was nail biting towards the end but we got the job done and that is all that matters.

Another tough game Saturday, win that fucker and go 9 clear before anyone kicks a ball.

KTBFFH

[cosmicway 1,323]

10 hours ago, Jason said:

Wait, you describing Willian's performances there? He looked dangerous when he's running with the ball - which has always been the case - but other than that, I thought he was poor. His decision making was poor. His finishing was poor. His movement was average at best.

Not really. He hit the crossbar once and apart from Cesc's goal, everybody missed some half chances.

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, cosmicway said:

Not really. He hit the crossbar once and apart from Cesc's goal, everybody missed some half chances.

He hit the crossbar...via a deflection. Yes, we missed chances all night but I'm talking specifically about Willian - nothing in his overall performance was anything different than what we have seen.

[cosmicway 1,323]

Willian does n't have Diego's physical strength or even Eden's.
Surprisingly his failed replacement Quadrado is going great guns for La Juve and don't be surprised if you see the Italians lift the european cup. Against Barca the year before they nearly made it, then Buffon made the mistake and Barca regained the lead.

[cosmicway 1,323]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

He hit the crossbar...via a deflection. Yes, we missed chances all night but I'm talking specifically about Willian - nothing in his overall performance was anything different than what we have seen.

Could Mannone save it without the deflection ?

[Jase 43,479]

5 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

Could Mannone save it without the deflection ?

Yes, Pickford (not Mannone) would have saved it. It was low shot but it deflected over and hit the crossbar.

And seriously, are you going to use that one moment to defend Willian here?

[cosmicway 1,323]

Just now, Jason said:

Yes, Pickford (not Mannone) would have saved it. It was low shot but it deflected over and hit the crossbar.

And seriously, are you going to use that one moment to defend Willian here?

Ok, the "Ronaldo" channel from which I was watching was flickery, that's why I asked.
But as I said Willian lacks physical strength. He is nippy and clever but nobody has ever said he is a strong guy.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Fulham Broadway 16,835]

TBO's save at the end, possibly season defining.

Petr who ?

[Milan 17,853]

29 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

TBO's save at the end, possibly season defining.

Petr who ?

Yesterday's game actually reminded me of some moments with Cech in the goal. Also a tough game where we mostly dominated possession and our goalie had nothing to do for most part of the game. But he had to perform when needed most which must be super difficult. Great job Tibo!

[Fulham Broadway 16,835]

23 minutes ago, milan.cech said:

Yesterday's game actually reminded me of some moments with Cech in the goal. Also a tough game where we mostly dominated possession and our goalie had nothing to do for most part of the game. But he had to perform when needed most which must be super difficult. Great job Tibo!

Very true - nudged MOTM for me, slightly over Kante, am definitely warming to the big nosed cunt  

Big shout out to the other squad players, Willian might nudge out Pedro if he keeps getting in the box. Overall theres an increase in general fitness and sharpness in the whole squad that wasn't there last season.

[LeonDavis23 371]

Another clutch win, team just doesn't give up points from winning positions anymore. I am pleased with this