Dinamo Zagreb 1 - 0 Chelsea

[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 4,804]

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 18,877]

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 7,043]

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 8,303]

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 28,133]

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

The clock is ticking.

[milka 3,392]

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

 

 

 

[Gundalf 805]

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