1 minute ago, mojo said:

you don't sell costa

Costa wanted to leave, so he would have been useless too. We have seen how sh*t Costa is when he doesn't get things his way.

Giroud's very good here. I think our best player.

Just now, evissy said:

Giroud's very good here. I think our best player.

I think he has struggled, Hazard has been our best player so far.

Too sloppy and casual. Sort it out.

I think he has struggled, Hazard has been our best player so far.

Giroud's been a good target here. Done things like he should.

Need Morata on...he'll stretch the Southampton defence, Giroud wants the ball at his feet only at least Morata will run onto balls and into space

We lack accuracy in terms of passing and decision making upfront ... Worrying !

Tip tap, flick, trick, loose the ball, start again. 

Someone take a grip of this f**king game.

HT

Longer this stays 0-0 I can see soton getting a sneaky 1-0 win 

Just now, evissy said:

4 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I think he has struggled, Hazard has been our best player so far.

Giroud's been a good target here. Done things like he should.

The ball has bounced off him a lot and his lack of pace is showing when the team is trying to quicken things up in attack.

pedestrian, sloppy, imprecise, dull

hoping for something much better in the second half

This was kinda a borefest in from the 30th minute !

Just now, goose said:

Tip tap, flick, trick, loose the ball, start again. 

Someone take a grip of this f**king game.

Been like this all season, can’t wait to see something different. 

crappy half of football ...Chelsea huff and puff and going nowhere, Saints happy to sit in and frustrate.....seen this type of game far too often this season. 

All to slow and careful. 

2 minutes ago, Blue Exile said:

Too sloppy and casual. Sort it out.

That’s it, casual I was trying to think of a way to put into words how we’re playing.

Its such a weird feeling this, wanting us to win but I feel like I know even if we do we will lose the final.

Can someone take a proper shot outside of the box?? Can Moses make a successful cross? Can we be more accurate when passing from the back AND upfront?? Can someone help Kanté in the midfield FFS?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just now, goose said:

Tip tap, flick, trick, loose the ball, start again. 

Someone take a grip of this f**king game.

Agreed goose. Too much individual play in the final third. Not combining or stretching Southampton at all. Giroud is great at creating little angles with his layoffs but largely Hazard and Willian are going alone. 

City would have been 3 nil up at half time against a Saints team playing like that.

Just now, CFCCAN said:

crappy half of football ...Chelsea huff and puff and going nowhere, Saints happy to sit in and frustrate.....seen this type of game far too often this season. 

Our defense doesn't know how to play out of defense. The midfield is almost non existent. The forward players play way to intricate, everything has to be perfect. 

I just don't think the formation suits the players this season. I would have liked to see the same set up we seen against Burnley. I would love to see Hazard playing off two strikers, Hazard's brilliant when running from deep. I also think it gave the squad more balance.

First 10 minutes were great for us, then the game went towards Southampton, everything is so slow...

Let's hope for a better second half. COME ON CHELS!!!!

Hazard and Willian are very talented footballers but we just aren't getting the ball to them early enough for them not to be double/triple marked. Which kinda makes sense to defend like this if you are Southampton.

What we need is either a) move the ball into Hazard and Willian quicker before they are marked out of the game. b) we need more movement and more numbers forward. c) we need our wing backs to cross the ball better when we get into the final third

5 minutes ago, evissy said:

9 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I think he has struggled, Hazard has been our best player so far.

Giroud's been a good target here. Done things like he should.

He's doing some good but the attack often breaks down with him, still when we get that chance I'd definitely want Giroud to take it over Morata

I miss the days of having players who weren't afraid to take a shot on. Lampard wouldn't let a game go by without a few long range efforts. Ballack could do it. Essien could do it. Drogba would drop deep and smash them in. When was the last time Fabregas got the ball 25 yards from goal and had a shot, instead of passing sideways? This football is so f**king dull to watch.