Dinamo Zagreb 1 - 0 Chelsea

[Superblue 6,372]

29 minutes ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

We looked very bright at the start, but once they scored.. we looked clueless. And they scored pretty early too, at least I would've thought we would push on more...

Mount has been abysmal, how he has stayed on for the full 90. If he wants to renew anywhere near James's amount, he has to do so much more, so much.

That to me is the biggest issue. A goal in the 15th minute of a game shouldn't dent our confidence or shift our mentality that badly. It's a massive question mark over the mentality within the group that leaves them looking so fragile.

Tuchel isn't blameless there either. Too many games like this he seems to be sat down in the dugout too much for my liking. Not sure if it sends the wrong message to the team about the importance of the game, but when there's already questions over the mentality of the team anyway, I'd rather see him on the touchline driving the team. 

[didi007 69]

7 minutes ago, Seymop said:

The rot started when we were so late in to the transfer market and at the same time we lost Rudi . We seemed unable to sign any of of our first choice targets and in panic we seem to have grabbed anybody who was prepared to come !!  Is Cucarella really a £60 million player ?  In what I’ve seen so far is Koulibally that much better than Chalobah ? Is Auba anywhere near match fit ? What has happened to Mason ? Are Ziyech,Puli,Jorginho Premiership class ? Is Tuchel elite class ? The answer to most of the above is NO — so added together it means we are in a mess !   

Wasted time on de Jong who didnt want to come to Chelsea. Biggest mistake was letting Werner leave. And we all though Lukaku was the problem

[Seymop 90]

Just watching City play. We are currently a million miles away !!

[milka 3,398]

17 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

You can't be serious mate

I don't know after one month  of the season we are  still big shit with no idea how to attack and score goals  .

Our football is  PBT  - predictable , boring and terrible. 

 

Edited September 6, 2022 by milka

[Vegetable 830]

I know what kind of opinions can be usually red here, but I'm afraid the first thing we need to do regarding Tuchel is to stop sacking managers every 1,5-3 seasons. This is the root cause of most of our problems, as the club ends up spinning into same place anyway and we cannot forever rely on freshness effect for 8 months and then downward slop next 8 and then new manager and another random players incoming, who don't fit any previous buys. Artreta did worse and now they finally passed it and look decent.

And about Rudi - I'm surprised people are saying we didn't replace him. Well, KK is not replacement, it's a step up. In theory. Too bad theory don't really manifest itself in reality at the moment.

[Bren 41]

6 minutes ago, Seymop said:

Just watching City play. We are currently a million miles away !!

Forget City. We're no match for Leeds, Southampton or Zagreb right now.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,823]

It will be interesting to see how Tuchel handles the criticism. I don't see us being a club that sacks a manager at the first sign of trouble anymore. It will be Tuchel for at least the rest of the season. I think the wheels would have to really fall off for him to be sacked this season.

[Pizy 18,994]

All these other big teams with hugely expensive squads playing beautiful, free flowing attacking football. We meanwhile play like fucking West Brom under Big Sam. With a near billion pound squad.

 

[Seymop 90]

I know many won’t agree and I’m not saying Lukaku is in the same league as Haarland BUT City have players who know how to get him the ball in the right place and a manager that knows how to get the best from him .On the other hand we never knew how to get the best out of Lukaku,he lost any confidence he had and the rest is history !!

[LAM09 7,069]

9 minutes ago, Pizy said:

All these other big teams with hugely expensive squads playing beautiful, free flowing attacking football. We meanwhile play like fucking West Brom under Big Sam. With a near billion pound squad.

 

We've spent most of it on defensive-minded players. That's the main difference.

[cosmicway 1,333]

Possession deceives.
Kepa was called into action four times (one went in, three saves).
Their keeper only twice, in the last minutes.

 

[cosmicway 1,333]

22 minutes ago, Seymop said:

I know many won’t agree and I’m not saying Lukaku is in the same league as Haarland BUT City have players who know how to get him the ball in the right place and a manager that knows how to get the best from him .On the other hand we never knew how to get the best out of Lukaku,he lost any confidence he had and the rest is history !!

Lukaku was certainly not the player to transform the Chelsea attack but he's not to blame for the utter morass.

[cosmicway 1,333]

From Chelsea loyal:
 

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Terrible performance yet again and our third defeat this season in seven games. Full credit to Dinamo they wanted it more, created more chances and fully deserved their win. Even with a striker we showed no improvement and the lack of a final ball has been evident in the entire game, the decision making was obvious and in many cases laughable. Dinamo opened the scoring in the 13th minute after a fast counter attack. The could have doubled they lead but Kepa was very good today and made the save. In the second half another big chance by Dinamo as a long ranged shot was saved off the crossbar by Kepa. Our best chance came in the 85th minute after James hit the post after his shot. Our subs probably made the game even worse for us and made no impact at all.

 

[cosmicway 1,333]

Watch Real Madrid.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

1 hour ago, Kong said:

We are playing like it's training. No runs no movement no passion no energy. it's like all our players have been replaced with the madam wax versions.

Well we're not...because in training the lads play basketball and take pictures of each other for the app

[NikkiCFC 8,372]

Did we lost to Dinamo? Really embarrassing. I hope owner pulls the trigger on manager who plays worst football in Roman era and after. 

[Special Juan 28,187]

Oh dear oh dear.....what the fuck happened here.

The clock is ticking.

[milka 3,398]

Sorry, but those two had more passion for Chelsea than Mount , Havertz, Ziyech , Pulisic

 

 

 

[Gundalf 806]

Lack of ambition, lack of character. 

Players too happy with their luxurious lives. They shouldnt get paid for a week. 

[Henrique 9,133]

I cant believe we thought William was a frustrating player, then we went to buy Sterling...I mean, he is one of the most selfish players around. He is always trying one extra dribble, instead of passing the ball. 

Ballack and Lampard never won a UCL together, while both Mount and Havertz won 1 creating a great goal in the final, and  I will always be grateful for that. However, everytime I see both put their usual lethargic, anemic and passionless performance, I do miss that old english-german duo.

Edited September 7, 2022 by Henrique