1 minute ago, enigma said:

Passing has been poor

 

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

That is what worries me the most, Roma are a quarter final team at best and we are being outplayed.

We really aren't being outplayed, our passing has actually been really good IMO. Our defence is off, that's it.

the way rudiger is playing , it is 5/0 to Roma

second half score is 5/0

you have been warned

Edited October 31, 20178 yr by ChelsaePirate

Only team we looked fantastic against was atletico and turns out they're sh*t this season anyway. 

Well that was sh*te

disapppinting. 

rudiger's error was absolutely criminal, as was David Luiz's. 

We've played pretty well but poor finishing is letting us down as much as individual errors. 

Alonso has been terrible again. We have no real threat in those wing back positions. 

On the plus side Atlético are losing. 

a win wouldve done wonders in Group C

Chelsea +7 GD and 2 pt lead

Roma +1 GD and 5 pts

Cant lose by 2

So many wayward or underhit passes as well. Unacceptable at this level.

 

Dave is many things, but I'm not convinced by him at wingback.

Man utd get massive stroke of luck. Another og by the goalkeeper

Even if Azpi isn't injured, get him off, he shouldn't be a RWB. 

Should not be 2-0 down, the mistakes have cost us badly. We have actually been better than we were in the home game and have looked the more dominant side, but that means piss all if you are going to miss easy chances and gift them easy goals.

Not looking good. Actually we played quite ok just didn't score. In these kind of games it often means a defeat.

5 minutes ago, ashwin said:

We have played well, this is quite unfortunate

master of understatement, ashwin 

Even with a defeat tonight, we can still get through the group to the knock out stages, so all is not lost

2 minutes ago, fun2sh said:

And move Luiz in middle ...Fabregas doesnt work there against good midfield

This just common sense. How can Conte think Fabregas and Bakayoko are a good pairing in Midfield. Teams are dominating us in midfield and an extra man in midfield will stop attacks before they get to us.

Putting Zappacosta on isn't going to change that at all.

Conte honestly is making really bad decisions in terms of team selection and tactics. He's looking clueless out there compare to last season.

Agent Rudi did us no favours, Azpi has been terrible, Hazard was bright and got stepped on, Morata is feeble, no aggression, other that that blinding half. 

You know what worst part is? This bunch of scrubs are our best. We have only one real improvement to this squad and he is injured. All of them are our usual starters. What a damn disgrace. 

We've played well and we've had great chances but that is an absolutely pathetic mistake from Rudiger. You'll never see John Terry or any other top defender make that mistake in their entire career. It was embarrassing and it could well have cost us the game. I'm so angry. It's schoolboy stuff. Anyway we have to come back at them now, like they did at the Bridge when they were trailing 2-0 at HT. They look vulnerable to me but we have to show a lot of intent, and we need to have belief. Come on Chelsea.

1 minute ago, Andy2461 said:

Man utd get massive stroke of luck. Another og by the goalkeeper

Who cares - their group is garbage.

 

If we buck our ideas up we can beat this lot. 

So few ideas and so much apathy from the players is a concern.

Played okay for 20 mins, but irrelevant at the end of the day, as the result is pretty much as feared. We are so sloppy at the back and so sloppy with our passing all over the field, it's criminal. I can't see how it's going to change in the 2nd half, unless Hazard somehow rescues us, but that's a lot of pressure to put on one man. I don't see anything on the bench which is going to turn this around.

I dunno we looked more in control yet we are down 2-0 

that 2nd Goal was just stupid 

we are not clinical enough and we are paying the price 

Rudiger a young lad with young players mistake. He was excellent in the last game and got rave reviews. Next game abd a starting position and grade a brainfart.

General play has been pretty decent but I've been saying for a while that this team just isn't clinical enough and we're showing that again tonight, very rarely have any confidence in us when we get into a good attacking position and the less said about the defence, the better. I've been quite impressed with Rudiger but any eleven year old playing school football leathers that ball up the f**king pitch, literally no idea why he's left it.

We've pressed them into some awkward moments so we need to keep doing that because with the pace of our front three against a very slow defence we can cause them some problems, just have to take our chances. COME ON!!!

We haven’t been too bad in my opinion, just not taking chances. We had a good spell of the first half possession but haven’t been able to make it pay. 

Bad defensive errors but still 45 minutes to grab something. 

Just now, Forever Blue said:

Even with a defeat tonight, we can still get through the group to the knock out stages, so all is not lost

What's the point of getting to the knockout stages when our team is playing this badly? We are going to get decimated once we play a good side. As a club we shouldn't have a 'knockout stages' is good enough.

Bollocks. Thought we actually played quite well should have been a few ahead by now 2 easy chances missed and 2 pathetic mistakes.