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I had stoke down for a 2-1 win, shame about the 3-2
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Etrusco wrote What about Chelsea? What went wrong there?


-Matic was suspended, his replacement (Mikel) just isn't good enough to fill that role in our current style of line-up. To cater for his absence, Ramires should have played alongside him with Fabregas pushed forward leaving Oscar out.
-Cahill's tactic of backing off doesn't work. His poor attempt at a clearance also led to the goal.
-Post 1-0 down, they parked the bus and countered to great impact (karma for the times we've done it)
-Costa did nothing.
-Azpi/Iva seemed sluggish and were hassling rather than getting the ball
-We wasted a lot of set-pieces
-Hazard lost a bit of tempo
-Willian was wasteful with his shots
-Cisse, damn Cisse...
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OhDiegoCosta wrote In light of TTG allowing us to swear:

Shit performance by Costa, absolutely invisible.

Mikel was dozy and lacked match fitness (understandable. Cahill at fault for the goal. Pretty poor performance by the entire team in truth (excluding Drogba who was a menace when he came on)...

I guess there are positives to losing (i.e. no more media pressure) but being only 3 points in front just isn't good enough...

This is the first obstacle we've crumbled under this season and so it's hard to take - It'll all be forgotten if we blitz the league now in the next few months but credit to Chelsea for capitulating under the absence of Matic


To be honest complaining about about "Only" being 3PTS ahead is ridicules.
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OhDiegoCosta wrote In light of TTG allowing us to swear:

Shit performance by Costa, absolutely invisible.

Mikel was dozy and lacked match fitness (understandable. Cahill at fault for the goal. Pretty poor performance by the entire team in truth (excluding Drogba who was a menace when he came on)...

I guess there are positives to losing (i.e. no more media pressure) but being only 3 points in front just isn't good enough...

This is the first obstacle we've crumbled under this season and so it's hard to take - It'll all be forgotten if we blitz the league now in the next few months but credit to Chelsea for capitulating under the absence of Matic


To be honest complaining about about "Only" being 3PTS ahead is ridicules.


Couldn't disagree more. 3 points isn't a large gap, merely 1 loss away from competition

With all of our competition playing inconsistently this season, we should be more points clear. City have been unconvincing, United/Arsenal/Liverpool have been on-off. There's nothing wrong with being critical, even whilst we're first..
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OhDiegoCosta wrote
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OhDiegoCosta wrote In light of TTG allowing us to swear:

Shit performance by Costa, absolutely invisible.

Mikel was dozy and lacked match fitness (understandable. Cahill at fault for the goal. Pretty poor performance by the entire team in truth (excluding Drogba who was a menace when he came on)...

I guess there are positives to losing (i.e. no more media pressure) but being only 3 points in front just isn't good enough...

This is the first obstacle we've crumbled under this season and so it's hard to take - It'll all be forgotten if we blitz the league now in the next few months but credit to Chelsea for capitulating under the absence of Matic


To be honest complaining about about "Only" being 3PTS ahead is ridicules.


Couldn't disagree more. 3 points isn't a large gap, merely 1 loss away from competition

With all of our competition playing inconsistently this season, we should be more points clear. City have been unconvincing, United/Arsenal/Liverpool have been on-off. There's nothing wrong with being critical, even whilst we're first..


Being critical is fine and 3PTS isnt a big gap but we are still top , If you said we would be 3PTs top at this point of the season (Before the season) we would of all taken it.

You talking about inconsistent but its not necessary being inconsistent , Thats just the premier league , No one was "Consistent" last season and we still lost it.Anyone can win at any point , Any game / any team.
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Stop crucifying your clubs or any other clubs bad performance in one match, No one can go the season in the premier league undefeated in the modern game especially the EPL.

Just over a third into the season you don't expect one team to be marching ahead because there's so much competition in the league. Be grateful you're top as Chelsea don't have many titles under their belt, so being top and favourites to win the league can't be bad.
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360MoTioN wrote Stop crucifying your clubs or any other clubs bad performance in one match, No one can go the season in the premier league undefeated in the modern game especially the EPL.

Just over a third into the season you don't expect one team to be marching ahead because there's so much competition in the league. Be grateful you're top as Chelsea don't have many titles under their belt, so being top and favourites to win the league can't be bad.


completely agree ,The fact we are top of the league is a blessing , To complain about one game is just expecting perfection , We cant beat everyone.

In terms of saying we dont have much titles ,I mean we have a few fair titles..Not as much as the other top 4 maybe but we have a good amount , Alot will be added with this team though.
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There's a reason Alex Ferguson was such a fantastic manager - Even when his teams were dominating, he still had the guts to point out their flaws; same with Mourinho in his criticisms of Hazard - There's nothing wrong with demanding better out of a system that's doing well.
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OhDiegoCosta wrote There's a reason Alex Ferguson was such a fantastic manager - Even when his teams were dominating, he still had the guts to point out their flaws; same with Mourinho in his criticisms of Hazard - There's nothing wrong with demanding better out of a system that's doing well.


You need to read my comments , Your talking about 2 different things here.Its fine to be CRITICAL , Saying that Hazard needs to score more or whatever.

But to complain about losing , Complain about "Only" being 3PTS ahead is just being greedy ,As i said its fine to be critical ,Its even fine to be a little pissed off with a result but to be moaning about being 3PTS top of the table...
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CompleteDesigns wrote
OhDiegoCosta wrote There's a reason Alex Ferguson was such a fantastic manager - Even when his teams were dominating, he still had the guts to point out their flaws; same with Mourinho in his criticisms of Hazard - There's nothing wrong with demanding better out of a system that's doing well.


You need to read my comments , Your talking about 2 different things here.Its fine to be CRITICAL , Saying that Hazard needs to score more or whatever.

But to complain about losing , Complain about "Only" being 3PTS ahead is just being greedy ,As i said its fine to be critical ,Its even fine to be a little pissed off with a result but to be moaning about being 3PTS top of the table...


I don't think we're discussing two different things..

Being critical of the team is the same as being critical about our points because points come from wins and good performances - Any other season, I'd agree with you but not this season. The start we've had in terms of performances has been spectacular. Critics and rival managers have admitted that. Yes, the idea of us going invincible was a little deluded but even fans mentioning that as a potential highlights just how impressive we've been. Meanwhile City (who have a fantastic squad) haven't quite been up to par and well.. the less said about the other teams the better *cough* Liverpool *cough*. There's no doubt that our rivals will start to up their performances and start gaining points at a faster rate. I think it's personally reasonable to wish that we'd picked up more points (i.e. Sloppy defending vs United with a minute to go, not holding a lead against 10 men Man City - Yes that is ridiculously picky but the United one especially is valid) so that when City/United/etc. start mounting a serious title challenge, we have a little more breathing room.

If wanting as much success as possible is "greedy", I am greedy, no doubt! But that's because we've got the team, the manager and the background staff to dominate football. We've been the saviour of the BPL's champions league places in recent years due to CL efficiency yet we have nothing to show for it. I just want this year to the year we prove just how good we are.

I wouldn't like this to turn in to an argument because I completely understand your position - I just hold a different and stricter expectation of the club under the current circumstances (don't get me wrong, 3 points clear is still a great position to be in)
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