closed Brighton 1-2 Chelsea

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

5 minutes ago, Stats said:

3 points!!! Arsenal lost. Great day 

It's Christmas time so I will take results over aesthetics at the moment. I'm hoping we go on a 7 game win streak now

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Just now, blues.bridge said:

i have seen only second half but: Alonso is ridiculous 3/10, Luiz is a disgrace 4/10 and Willian is Useless, he runs on the field without purpose, he does not press well, he does not create anything, he does a lot of precision mistakes or other 4/10

I kind of accepted it when he plays on rw because he is clearly better on left. But today was his same old average and he played in his preffered spot. Not cool. 

[mccg 1,528]

Alonso hitting the post, the only positive thing he done what a xmas joke he is , what a turkey, Emmerson needs to take his chance big time now! Another game we should have wrapped up early and chilled out but ohh no, ffs when will these players learn from their mistakes! 2-0 away from home , bring on Mikel ..game over.  Game management is shit at times

[Johnnyeye 7,510]

Sarri's words: "Alonso can become one of the best fullbacks in the world" 

stop smoking that crack pipe ffs

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

2 minutes ago, mccg said:

Alonso hitting the post, the only positive thing he done what a xmas joke he is , what a turkey, Emmerson needs to take his chance big time now! Another game we should have wrapped up early and chilled out but ohh no, ffs when will these players learn from their mistakes! 2-0 away from home , bring on Mikel ..game over.  Game management is shit at times

Problem with Emerson is he has barely taken his chances. On Thursday he looked dreadful which is sad because the LB spot is there for the taking 

[Johnnyeye 7,510]

4 minutes ago, Vesper said:

In this case to our favour overall

Alonso should have surely been sent off

one of those rare days we get a break, if it was any other ref Alonso is off , you can put your money on it

[Stats 7,147]

3 minutes ago, Vybz Kartel said:

It's Christmas time so I will take results over aesthetics at the moment. I'm hoping we go on a 7 game win streak now

It is just a relief that our top 4 place will be cemented for quite a bit. We are 3 points ahead of Arsenal with a much better goal difference. Also have Leicester at home next week which should be a 3 pointer. If you had said to me before the City game last week that come next week we would be 3 points ahead of Arsenal, I would have laughed. I did not see them losing to Southampton or thought we would beat City but football is a strange game. B2B victories though. Lovely.

[Pizy 18,928]

As others have said, Alonso was again terrible today. He needs to be dropped for a match or two to send him the message that he's not undroppable and that his standards aren't good enough. His talent going forward isn't even able to make up for his dreadful defending lately. 

Its one thing to get abused by the top teams, but small sides like Wolves and Brighton are targeting him and having plenty of joy.

Let us see Emerson, please! At least if he makes a mistake he's got bags of pace to recover. 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,076]

23 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I am starting to agree, he has seemed to regress the last 2 months. In his slot he needs to score, and he isn't. I still hope he comes good.

I think our evolving opinions come from a mix of managers improving their plans against him, and of us calibrating our assessments a bit better. I think we've agreed before that Matt's natural style means he's not likely to become a regular goal threat so if the goals do come it'll be a very welcome surprise. 

[Dazzy_Vance 454]

The same players are mentioned every week among supporters. Every fan can see it. Why can’t the manager?

[Alabama 1,992]

Please Sarri drop Snailonso....

[Starman60 1,343]

A lot of people on here slating Alonso. Perhaps rightly so, but I've watched Emerson and the guy may be good at putting in crosses and getting down the wing, but in my opinion the guy cant defend !!!. I have seen him getting turned inside out, losing his man and at times being very tactically niave. If anything I would like an upgrade on both of them but in the mean time I'll stick with Alonso, only because of his free kicks and ability to score some cracking goals for us. He hit the post today with a peach.I understand he is lazy, slow and sloppy at times, but at the moment I see him as being better than Emerson.

But what would I know, I'm just an old, white, balding, visually impaired, ugly, teetotal, grumpy, unintelligent, heterosexual Chelsea supporter. (Think I broke all the "ism's" there)

[Fulham Broadway 17,319]

8 minutes ago, Starman60 said:

teetotal

That's the real shocker Starman 

Alonso was alright, and never mind about the commentator saying he should have been sent off-Andone and Stephens led a charmed life and should have seen red

[Starman60 1,343]

2 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

That's the real shocker Starman 

Alonso was alright, and never mind about the commentator saying he should have been sent off-Andone and Stephens led a charmed life and should have seen red

Done my drinking when it was cheaper ( and when I could handle it and the missus without getting in trouble )

[Laylabelle 9,535]

Hopefully man U can do something right today.. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

6 minutes ago, Starman60 said:

Done my drinking when it was cheaper ( and when I could handle it and the missus without getting in trouble )

Don't worry mate I drink your share!

I ran out of electric 5 mins into 2nd haf and had to drive around finding somewhere to top up!!

But looks like I didnm't miss much.

WTF is going on with RLC? Doesn't he know what to wear yet? And all the guys looking over to see whats happening - took their mind off the game - very amateur.

[mccg 1,528]

45 minutes ago, Vybz Kartel said:

Problem with Emerson is he has barely taken his chances. On Thursday he looked dreadful which is sad because the LB spot is there for the taking 

2bh most where pretty dreadful on thursday,but he has made less mistakes and looks more solid/better than Alonso 4sure! 2bh most would do abetter job than him in his form

[OhForAGreavsie 6,076]

37 minutes ago, Dazzy_Vance said:

The same players are mentioned every week among supporters. Every fan can see it. Why can’t the manager?

He obviously does see what we see. He just seems to assess it differently.

[Unionjack 7,531]

Just now, OhForAGreavsie said:

He obviously does see what we see. He just seems to assess it differently.

Theres a load of us on here seeing the same thin but assess it differently!

[Vesper 30,195]

55 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

Don't worry mate I drink your share!

I ran out of electric 5 mins into 2nd haf and had to drive around finding somewhere to top up!!

But looks like I didnm't miss much.

WTF is going on with RLC? Doesn't he know what to wear yet? And all the guys looking over to see whats happening - took their mind off the game - very amateur.

It's unreal that a £25m plus player for a top 10 or so team in world cannot come to the pitch with his bloody socks sorted!