Burnley V Chelsea (PL) Thurs 19th Apr 19:45 UK

[Scott Harris]

It was probably an accident, but i wouldn't put it past Ashley Barnes to do that on purpose.

[sonic90]

The crowd calling him soft are invited to take a boot to the face themselves to prove how hard they are

[sonic90]

Btw just in case I haven't sh*t on Bakayoko enough already, his touch carried the ball back into our box when Cahill was down, imagine if there happened to be a lurker behind him and there was no stoppage for injury

[paraphil]

Bakayoko makes no attempt to put in a tackle. He runs towards the player with the ball then stands off 6 feet from him. He's contributing absolutely nothing.

Edited April 19, 2018 by paraphil

[Londonisblue]

3 minutes ago, mojo said:

this crowd is f**king Retarded

it's bumley you know ... fckiuing bums !!!

[Bluesince66]

So far so good.

[Floyd25]

2 minutes ago, sonic90 said:

The crowd calling him soft are invited to take a boot to the face themselves to prove how hard they are

Half of them would last 5 minutes running around on that pitch, they love a pie up there.

[AlexTommo]

Good half. Need to kill the game off in the 2nd though.

[Bmanwho]

I just realised on the 46th minute that Lennon is on the pitch

[EdinburghBlue]

Good performance so far, completely in control. I like the 2 up front. We just need a second to kill the game!

[rtwelch]

Here we are again folks. We’ll miss a few glaring chances early second half then concede and draw or lose 2-1.

[Scott Harris]

A controlled first half from us. I like the balance of the 11 on the field. I don't think Bakayoko or Emerson have been anything special so far, but they naturally fit into their positions. Swap Pedro for Hazard and i think this formation could go somewhere.

[IliyaKrostin]

I think we were the better team in the first half, but I think we looked more to control the ball instead of more attack. We are closing Burnley very well, we have to push more players forward. 

Good to see Emerson, a good player until now. 

We need another goal to get the win here, Barkley or Hazard for Pedro and we will do it. COME ON CHELS!!

[didierforever]

1 hour ago, Shug said:

Baka owes us a performance

Lets hope he gives us a half decent one.

 

 

unlikely but living in hope

So far so good, I would say

[dynamite]

Pretty happy with that first half. Morata and Giroud have looked dangerous, I think they've done well together. Baka and Pedro need to do more though imo. 

 

Need a second goal, never confident at 1-0 especially after what happend against West ham, too many leads we've given away this season, let's not drop more points. 

 

COME ON CHELSEA!!!! 

 

[big blue]

Refreshing to see us play 2 strikers, and I think they look pretty dangerous, giroud is showing his experience and intelligence. 

Back 3 have looked solid enough, cahill better than usual.

Emerson has kept it simple, hasn't been tested defensively yet though. He's doing okay considering he hasn't played much in the last 12 months. 

Bakayoko is absolutley sh*t as usual. 

I don't remember a midfielder player who gets his pocket picked so often, and his 1st touch is abysmal, it makes Lukaku look like prime Zidane!

Need to grab a 2nd.

[TheFunkeyGibbon]

Refreshing to see us play 2 strikers, and I think they look pretty dangerous, giroud is showing his experience and intelligence. 
Back 3 have looked solid enough, cahill better than usual.
Emerson has kept it simple, hasn't been tested defensively yet though. He's doing okay considering he hasn't played much in the last 12 months. 
Bakayoko is absolutley sh*t as usual. 
I don't remember a midfielder player who gets his pocket picked so often, and his 1st touch is abysmal, it makes Lukaku look like prime Zidane!
Need to grab a 2nd.

Pretty much all of this is bang on. It's interesting to see how Giroud and Morata compliment each other.

[Valerie]

13 minutes ago, paraphil said:

Bakayoko makes no attempt to put in a tackle. He runs towards the player with the ball then stands off 6 feet from him. He's contributing absolutely nothing.

He does that every time, as if he's afraid to invade someone's personal space.

[Spiller86]

Been very impressed with Emerson. Great crossing. Has pinned Lennon back. 

Again we've looked tidy without being incisive. We need another goal. We need to come out after halftime and put the foot on the throat for 15 mins and get that second goal.  

If we don't you can bet they will score at least once. 

[Davey Baby]

Burnley have been unbelievably poor but I think Dyche will put a rocket up their arse and they'll come at us second-half.

 

We'll concede. We always do. We can't possibly go 90 minutes without at least one of our defenders doing something calamitous.

 

Pedro gets a lot of flak on these boards but I'd just like to add to that and say he's sh*t. He's sh*t. There I said it.

 

I think Giroud and Morata quite like playing with each other. They're both good-looking boys. Maybe they've got the hots for each other.

 

Kante is superb. Bakayoko is an embarrassment. Not his usual calamitous self but a total passenger. It would be nice to see him break sweat once in a while. He's a midfielder, after all, and if he can't offer workrate what else can he offer?

 

Palmieri. Nice name. I like him. I've always liked him. Every glimpse I get I'm impressed. I've got a good feeling about this boy. I think he's very good.

 

Anyway that's that. Come on Chelsea.

[Munkunku]

Kante has come down with a case of the Bakayokos!

[Valerie]

Conte putting on a snood. That's it, we're doomed. It all went downhill when he stopped wearing the club suit, and now he practically has us relegated with that snood.

[paraphil]

Just now, Munkworth said:

Kante has come down with a case of the Bakayokos!

Don't worry. It won't last.

[Floyd25]

I can’t understand why we play around with it at the back and then kick it long, like you couldn’t have punted it long with the goal kick. 

[Londonisblue]

Conte has shown the limits of italian/Juve tactics ... Now it will be up to him to innovate his tactics to become great again with CFC!