Bailey Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 That second half was brilliant. A million miles from the crap we were seeing. Not everyone played well, but they all had a right good go and that is what matters. We created more and better chances than them but they have the more clinical players which is the difference. Thats the first time I have been proud of a performance for a long time. chicagoblue, MikeO and Matt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 1 minute ago, johnh said: Lets hope Unsworth sees that Rooney on his own up-front is a waste of a shirt. Both Chelsea's goals came from corners, something needs sorting there. DCL & Niasse need to start as twin strikers. Agree for the first corner, but the second was just extremely well played Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Gotta give Benji some starting time. He was class. Never lost a pass. Midfield was really good tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 1 minute ago, johnh said: Lets hope Unsworth sees that Rooney on his own up-front is a waste of a shirt. Both Chelsea's goals came from corners, something needs sorting there. DCL & Niasse need to start as twin strikers. I thought we were best when Rooney was behind DCL and I would start with that at the weekend. Vlasic for Lennon and maybe Keane/Holgate in but that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Just now, Bailey said: I thought we were best when Rooney was behind DCL and I would start with that at the weekend. Vlasic for Lennon and maybe Keane/Holgate in but that's it. Different team then? 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 1 minute ago, yamar said: Gotta give Benji some starting time. He was class. Never lost a pass. Midfield was really good tonight. He lost a few but won the ball back immediately. He really was exceptional tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 That Benji proved you don't need a 60 yard showboater all the time. Kept it really simple. Moved the ball side to Side and was always available for anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Missed the DC-L goal because I turned it of after Chelsea's second. Great performance second half; by far the better team undone by finishing and good goalkeeping. If Rooney had scuffed his chance into the turf rather than catching it cleanly it might well have gone in. Didn't get what we deserved. which was extra time at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Just now, yamar said: That Benji proved you don't need a 60 yard showboater all the time. Kept it really simple. Moved the ball side to Side and was always available for anyone. And you have to think that lad must have had nerves getting called up. Would have thought he was our 45million pound signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badaids Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 7 minutes ago, johnh said: Lets hope Unsworth sees that Rooney on his own up-front is a waste of a shirt. Both Chelsea's goals came from corners, something needs sorting there. DCL & Niasse need to start as twin strikers. Or has the cojones to drop him altogether Matt and markjazzbassist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoblue Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Turned it off after the Willian goal so missed DCL's. Not that it changed anything. Real test will be at Leicester, should be a good match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Plenty to take from that game. Even though we lost I’m not despondent in the slightest. Big game on Sunday now. Looking for a first away win in 13 games! Gwlad and MikeO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Rooney seems to be going through the motions every game now. Like when you play five a side and you just want to score so arnt arsed about anything else in the game. Just hanging about waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Add vlasic to the team that started and that's a quality young side. proud of the performance and looks like we are going in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Blue Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 We got our Everton back. So good to have pace and width, ok Lennon offers energy but little creativity but its great to have two wingers playing at the same time. Davies got better and better as the game went on, Jon Jo was very good and put in some dangerous crosses. Benji looked very promising, and McCarthy offered energy in midfield. The energy and will to play attacking football was great. Really hope we kick on now, starting against Leicester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Good team performance, or at the very least a better team performance. For such a late call up, young Benji stood out. Looked real good. Started slow but got into it. Rooney frustrated me. Kept dropping back to the point that we had no one up front. He can't hold his position up there so play him deeper. We've got something to build on from this game. Loved Unsy pointing the players to the fans at the end, and the fans looked respondent to that. Get the love between team and fans back and that alone is a giant leap forward. Good signs of there being more urgency and speed within our play. Something to look forward to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 14 minutes ago, London Blue said: We got our Everton back. So good to have pace and width, ok Lennon offers energy but little creativity but its great to have two wingers playing at the same time. Davies got better and better as the game went on, Jon Jo was very good and put in some dangerous crosses. Benji looked very promising, and McCarthy offered energy in midfield. The energy and will to play attacking football was great. Really hope we kick on now, starting against Leicester. Swap Lennon for Vlasic and we got that bit of extra quality. DCL uptop and gylfi in behind. mccarthy was excellent as well. I've forgotten what he offers Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 I blame the ball. Had it not been so light I think we would have won. 🤣 Newty82 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 We lost to mostly Chelseas 2nd and 3rd string. I really don’t see anything to be pleased about last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 43 minutes ago, Paddock said: We lost to mostly Chelseas 2nd and 3rd string. I really don’t see anything to be pleased about last night. Here's my brother from another mother Paddock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 45 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: Here's my brother from another mother I know it sounds miserable but that was Chelseas 3rd string to 2nd string players bar a couple of late subs and we still got beat. It’s not good enough. Our first string should be beating them easily. I’m worried- because regardless of who we bring in we are going to struggle to score goals. The more it goes on the more fucking furious I am that we never replaced Lukaku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Can see where Pad is coming from six of their players haven't even played 90 minutes for Chelsea. Had Unsworth took over during the international break (God knows why he never) then I think we'd have won that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 20 minutes ago, Paddock said: I know it sounds miserable but that was Chelseas 3rd string to 2nd string players bar a couple of late subs and we still got beat. It’s not good enough. Our first string should be beating them easily. I’m worried- because regardless of who we bring in we are going to struggle to score goals. The more it goes on the more fucking furious I am that we never replaced Lukaku. That wasn't our first string though. It was half the u23, half seniors trying after 1 day of training together and we battered them second half. It won't change literally overnight and we were punished by 2 excellent finishes following 2 of the 3 total they had. The result was disappointing but the way we played second half at least was very encouraging. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, Matt said: That wasn't our first string though. It was half the u23, half seniors trying after 1 day of training together and we battered them second half. It won't change literally overnight and we were punished by 2 excellent finishes following 2 of the 3 total they had. The result was disappointing but the way we played second half at least was very encouraging. Matt- there was one rezzy player in the team- every other player was either an established experienced premier league player or has played regular this season. We should have put our strongest side out and tried to beat them- it was a chance for a trophy and also a win at a ground we’ve not won at since the 90s to give us a massive confidence boost. Chelsea played a really inexperienced team and they still beat us- it’s not good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 What also pisses me iff is headlines in the Echo of a satisfying gutsy defeat- against Chelseas3rd team?? Fucking hell have we really got as bad as patting ourselves on the back for getting beat by a bunch of kids who have never played a first team game for them. No wonder we’re always getting beat when we have an attitude like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Romey 1878 Posted October 26, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 I think circumstances have to be taken into account for why people are pleased with last night. Weve been getting walloped week in, week out. We’ve not looked we have any sort of plan, shape, idea, cohesion, fight, passion all season long. We didn’t get walloped last night, not even close. We had a plan, shape, ideas, cohesion, fight and passion. We had a front three playing together for the first time. A midfield three playing together for the first time, one of which had never played above U23 level. A back four that hadn’t played together before either I don’t think. We’ve just sacked our manager and the U23 boss has taken the reigns, and only had a day or two to work with the players. Oh and we were away from home, where we’ve struggled to even threaten to get a result for a while, nevermind that it was at a ground we don’t get anything from as well. Yeah we lost, but things need to be considered. Bill, Bailey, MikeO and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post c1982 Posted October 26, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 48 minutes ago, Paddock said: What also pisses me iff is headlines in the Echo of a satisfying gutsy defeat- against Chelseas3rd team?? Fucking hell have we really got as bad as patting ourselves on the back for getting beat by a bunch of kids who have never played a first team game for them. No wonder we’re always getting beat when we have an attitude like that. It was by no means a bunch of kids - obviously not the strongest Chelsea but still. Bar Musonda, Kennedy and Ampadu that team is full of internationals for top footballing nations. We had Davies, Baningime and Kenny with equivalent experience to those above. We may have had more experience overall age wise but that’s the likes of Jags, Williams, Mirallas, Rooney and Lennon - they had current Italian, German, Brazilian and England internationals in that team and brought 3 Spanish internationals on. Unsworth deserves credit for a much better performance away to a very strong - albeit not full strength - Chelsea side. MikeO, Bailey, Romey 1878 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 seriously? some people were offering excuses that we were beat by Man United, that City was a good result - they were far from good results or performances..... I don't care who you are playing - there needs to be some substance/system/energy/tempo/desire whoever it is you are playing.... last night is the ONLY TIME this season I have seen it.... I couldn't care less if that was Rotherham we were playing - it actually resembled a team of 11 players who weren't confused - they knew their job. For the first time we looked like we had a clue what to do.... BTW that Chelsea side was of a more than decent quality. Last night was the first positive thing I've seen this season.... Matt and xsaint08 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 If we are accepting as given that Chelseas second and third string players canbeat our first team then we are absolutey fucked. Only Cahill Willian and Zappacosta get anywhere near their first team regular the rest are not even subs a lot of the time. I’m not jumping on Unsworth here, I’m not stupid, I know he wont turn it round in a couple of days but the Echo being proud of the defeat and some fans accepting it as the norm is fucking outrageous it really is. We should have looked at that last night as an opportunity to get some belief back in the squad and a chance to progress in a cup- instread we’re patting ourselves on the back for getting beat by Chelsea reserves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thing is, if that was Chelsea’s 2nd string then it was ours too. It just so happens that they have a lot more quality beyond their regular xi. Rudiger plays most games, Drinkwater is only just back from injury, Christiansen and Batshuayi a top prospects who get in every Chelsea squad - plus they brought on Morata, Pedro and Cesc compared to Niasse, Lookman and Calvert-Lewin. Let’s not forget the players we didn’t play for whatever reason. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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