DDA 9,941 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Currently sitting at work with nothing but one thing on my mind, how shit Lukaku is and how we got mugged off paying 100million for this absolute disaster of a player. Criminal. Fucking criminal. Makes my blood boil. Johnnyeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, DDA said: Currently sitting at work with nothing but one thing on my mind, how shit Lukaku is and how we got mugged off paying 100million for this absolute disaster of a player. Criminal. Fucking criminal. Makes my blood boil. We couldna have known. I had spotted some dismal performances with Belgium (the semi against France most notably) but overall there were not many candidates last year: Haaland, Lewandowski, him and Ronaldo. Haaland we know the story, Lew was not for sale in the end, Ronaldo well - he went to his childhood love. It's the scouting team who are supposed to know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, cosmicway said: We couldna have known. I had spotted some dismal performances with Belgium (the semi against France most notably) but overall there were not many candidates last year: Haaland, Lewandowski, him and Ronaldo. Haaland we know the story, Lew was not for sale in the end, Ronaldo well - he went to his childhood love. It's the scouting team who are supposed to know better. We should have not got anyone at all if the main targets such as Haaland and Lewa weren't available. We should have been clever enough to stick with Havertz in the attacking position and to wait for the right striker. That's the problem with our club is that it doesn't actually have top footballing brains making the decisions. Look at Madrid and Byern.. 9/10 times they get it right. They employ the best footballing brains to scout their targets. It's getting beyond frustrating now. Hopefully whoever takes over from Roman gets this right because I cannot bare to see another Lukaku situation.. manpe and Johnnyeye 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, DDA said: We should have not got anyone at all if the main targets such as Haaland and Lewa weren't available. We should have been clever enough to stick with Havertz in the attacking position and to wait for the right striker. That's the problem with our club is that it doesn't actually have top footballing brains making the decisions. Look at Madrid and Byern.. 9/10 times they get it right. They employ the best footballing brains to scout their targets. It's getting beyond frustrating now. Hopefully whoever takes over from Roman gets this right because I cannot bare to see another Lukaku situation.. Not to mention Morata, Iguain, Pato, Falcao. Also we had the man for such jobs: Olivier Giroud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,510 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 2 first goals by Benzema were class, but the 3rd one was an absolute howler by Mendy, wtf was he thinking? very difficult to turn it around now. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,446 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) Knew this was going to be a lousy game right from the off. Crowd booing Courtois from the start of the game. Arsenal-like mentality of acting bitter. Got treated like Arsenal. Edited April 7, 2022 by Blue Armour Johnnyeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 He knows his defenders do not have the fast returns needed. He saw it against Brentford three days ago. Yet he commits everybody to the attack, like as if the opponent was Preston Northend. Maybe we are not good enough to eliminate Real Madrid this year but it was a Tuchel howler 100%. Mendy was the last straw but in any case we did not score a second goal. Real Madrid is not like Atletico. Atletico and teams like Atletico can shoot a long ball and perhaps manage two counters in an entire match. But Real Madrid knows how to move the ball downfield better and be clinical better than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,510 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 one thing is certain, i’m not going to lose my mind over this, if we don’t make it trough then so be it, this is the same group that won it last season, there is no shame in losing to a good Real Madrid team, but we could do much better for sure. Hoping for a good response in the 2nd leg, no away goals might play to our advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said: one thing is certain, i’m not going to lose my mind over this, if we don’t make it trough then so be it, this is the same group that won it last season, there is no shame in losing to a good Real Madrid team, but we could do much better for sure. Hoping for a good response in the 2nd leg, no away goals might play to our advantage. Me too. If Real is good they deserve it - and in any case one day soon they 'll be as good as before, when they had Ronaldo. But I am losing sleep because of the way we approached the game. No defense, like as if we were already 2-0 down or as if the opponent was a championship team. And there was the Brentford warning too. Johnnyeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) they controlled the game from start to finish. Something is off with our team and I don't think it's a single section.... lack of aggression in all areas of the pitch. Yeah one can say it's the defense of middle, but it's all connected esp these days. Regarding Madrid, if Benzema keeps his form then yeah they can win it all -- guy is red hot atm. Also, don't think our bench is good enough compared to other top sides, esp in attack. Edited April 7, 2022 by robsblubot Johnnyeye and bigbluewillie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,958 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Tuchel clearly very fed up Hopefully this anger will transform to the on field action and energy. Johnnyeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) Our defense was impenetrable until 5 days ago. We had scoring problems and Lukaku problems but not this. Even Pool and City could not score against us. Edited April 7, 2022 by cosmicway Johnnyeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhead23 1,147 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Johnnyeye said: one thing is certain, i’m not going to lose my mind over this, if we don’t make it trough then so be it, this is the same group that won it last season, there is no shame in losing to a good Real Madrid team, but we could do much better for sure. Hoping for a good response in the 2nd leg, no away goals might play to our advantage. To be honest, I dont think there is shame in losing ... Someone has to. The issue is how you lose or even how you win speaks volume of the team. And the last 2 games are more like we allowed them to win. I dont think the players can hold their heads high after the last 2 games and for me that is the issue. Hoping really hoping that we find our mojo back. Johnnyeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,510 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 minute ago, coolhead23 said: To be honest, I dont think there is shame in losing ... Someone has to. The issue is how you lose or even how you win speaks volume of the team. And the last 2 games are more like we allowed them to win. I dont think the players can hold their heads high after the last 2 games and for me that is the issue. Hoping really hoping that we find our mojo back. yup, the team needs to get their shit together no doubt, maybe all the drama surrounding the club is starting to affect the team, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Just now, Johnnyeye said: yup, the team needs to get their shit together no doubt, maybe all the drama surrounding the club is starting to affect the team, unfortunately. I don't really see why. There is ten multibillionaires now fighting it out. Our Panathinaikos in the same position ten years ago found a fake Arab seikh, a fake sardine factory owner who was a ticket boy in Panama and a fake again building society from Chicago - so had to relegate for two years in the end ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,393 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) Pain. Chelsea always take the wrong people, especially in attack. Morata , Higuain , Werner , this man - the list is long Edited April 7, 2022 by milka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blue Armour 4,446 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Nero said: Eh...we lost at Stamford bridge this time. Not the same kind of match. The atmosphere at the Bridge was electric in 2012. This time I'll remember for it being hostile to Courtois. Acting like snowflake Gooners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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