Barcelona, nice place, pity about the football team !

  • Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
  • Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!
pompeymeowth said:
Bad luck lads, true your goalie was plunder, but you had some great chances at 1-0, I thought you were a bit unlucky on the whole.
Click to expand...
I’ve said for years that Calamity Courtois drops too many clangers. Chelsea fans got very upset by that
and insisted he was a better keeper than De Gea.
 
The Ginger Ninja said:
Undone by poor defending in both games, no complaints really just need to get back to not being porous.
Click to expand...
Courtois was really poor for 2 goals, no surprise there, and Dave & Christensen were again sloppy for the third. That's disturbing as both have been great all season. Christensen looks overused, out of his depth and a bit stressed, Conte is an arsehole not bringing Luiz into the equation more often, I don't believe he's been injured all this time, and in my humble opinion, his experience in our last 3 BIG matches was really missed. Daves' form in attack has also dipped, but his defence has stood up well. Any defender would have struggled against Messi/ Suarez/ Iniesta, they are all on a level beyond anything we have, so not going to criticise defence.
Hazard again dissapointed. His dream to be on the same level as Messi is still just a dream, and as very good as he is, he has never shown that he has what it takes to get there. This was a great chance, and he was all but invisible. Messi dazzled. Hazard, with his back heels, poor passing and giving the ball away showed his limitations and maybe knocked 20mill off his transfer price. Willian is just the opposite, and I would be doing everything to keep him, though I fear he is sick of Chelsea, and will be swamped with opportunities at better Clubs.
All I learned I already knew, we can match any team if we are positive and set up correctly.
We are badly let down and unbalanced as a squad because we have the wrong strikers, no midfield attacker and no defender who can play the ball out. We are constantly trying to shove square pegs into round holes and being surprised there is no flow to our play.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: The Ginger Marks, Blueman and BobbyD
I actually thought that you were going to do it last night because Spurs drew away and lost at home as did Man Utd. City won away and lost at home and Liverpool won away and drew at home, no English team won the second leg at home. Now as Barca drew away and were playing an English team I thought the trend would continue and Barca would lose or draw at home, not to be.

Spurs played well enough but lost but played well enough that if the form like that continues into the PL they should be alright and I think as you hit the woodwork twice and missed easy chances and were dominant for spells that you could still challenge for top 4.
Spurs returned to winning ways after Euro but you and Utd still have it all to do.
 
Stan said:
I’ve said for years that Calamity Courtois drops too many clangers. Chelsea fans got very upset by that
and insisted he was a better keeper than De Gea.
Click to expand...
I dont think anyone could have made that claim in the last two seasons and have been serious.
Because that is ridiculous.
De Gea is the best keeper on the planet, hands down.
Courtois at the moment isn't even the best keeper at CFC, I think Willy needs to be given a run of games.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Blueman
Chelsea Pensioner said:
I thought Alonso was really good, slow start but he was all over them second half and links well with Hazard and Willian. Both those 2 are in desperate need of a striker who joins in and compliments them. It isn't Morata and Giroud ran away from Willian more than once and young Will was not best pleased. The rest I am totally with you.
Click to expand...

Willian played really well .just wish he would release a bit earlier. He does so much good until the final ball/decision making (maybe I'm being harsh).

As for Alonso not necessarily this game. He did play well and he looked dangerous .his free kicks are great but he's partly at fault for the first, maybe he could have done better but I think it was more the wastefulness when he got into good crossing positions time and and again (also his dive when through on goal when he could have smacked it).

He does have legs though constantly up and down
 
Stan said:
I’ve said for years that Calamity Courtois drops too many clangers. Chelsea fans got very upset by that
and insisted he was a better keeper than De Gea.
Click to expand...
At one stage they were fairly equal but the last few years De Gea upped his game massively, but Courtois went backwards. No comparison now.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Diego
BobbyD said:
Willian played really well .just wish he would release a bit earlier. He does so much good until the final ball/decision making (maybe I'm being harsh).

As for Alonso not necessarily this game. He did play well and he looked dangerous .his free kicks are great but he's partly at fault for the first, maybe he could have done better but I think it was more the wastefulness when he got into good crossing positions time and and again (also his dive when through on goal when he could have smacked it).

He does have legs though constantly up and down
Click to expand...
I do rate Alonso tbf. If only he had an extra yard of pace.
 
BobbyD said:
Willian played really well .just wish he would release a bit earlier. He does so much good until the final ball/decision making (maybe I'm being harsh).

As for Alonso not necessarily this game. He did play well and he looked dangerous .his free kicks are great but he's partly at fault for the first, maybe he could have done better but I think it was more the wastefulness when he got into good crossing positions time and and again (also his dive when through on goal when he could have smacked it).

He does have legs though constantly up and down
Click to expand...
Brilliant player Willian. Your most effective and important player, always puts a shift in, never lets the team or fans down.
 
Stan said:
Brilliant player Willian. Your most effective and important player, always puts a shift in, never lets the team or fans down.
Click to expand...
Agreed. Apparently Jose is keen to have him at United. Our lot will probably sell him to you.
 
Bodinki said:
How in the **** do you remember this ****?
Do you keep all the links to these quotes in a ****ing Word file or something?
Click to expand...
I didn’t. I assumed, did a quick search and hey presto.

Deirdre is nothing if not predictable. She’s been posting the same ****e for years.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back