Men against boys tough to watch really but I think it's good for the young players to show them the level they need to be at to be challenging the best

2 minutes ago, Brutos said:

We are 2 seasons minimum off even thinking about challenging the top teams again

The real question I feel is how many managers. Atleast we were good at park the bus. Now we cant even defend solidly.

1 minute ago, Slojo said:

Rudiger is soooo bad oh my word, I can't believe I actually considered him to be a very good defender. 

Yet he is still probably the pick of our current CB options (noting that Tomori is still young)

Mason better get better soon, he started the season well but has just been trying too hard and taking bad shots.

3 minutes ago, Brutos said:

We are 2 seasons minimum off even thinking about challenging the top teams again

I'd agree with that. We need another 4 or 5 transfer windows to get the players in (2 or 3 per window) that can compete at this level.

1 minute ago, Chelsbear said:

Could be our second last CL game for a while tbh 

That may be the way it turns out depending on the rest of the season. However even if that is the case not sure that is the worst thing. As we have seen this season our young team is not ready for the Champions League at the moment.

I can't wait for the return fixture when we actually have a good majority of our senior squad back and we win this sh*t 3-2

2 minutes ago, Brutos said:

Men against boys tough to watch really but I think it's good for the young players to show them the level they need to be at to be challenging the best

 

Who are the young players out there besides James and Mount? 

Davies is also only 18/19.

Beautiful cross by Willian but no one on the end unsurprisingly. 

You wonder why no one was there to tap that in

First time watching Davies, he has been an absolute beast this game.

God we’re f**king sh*te at attacking. Can’t believe I tricked myself into thinking we could nick a draw or win when we can’t get shots on target let alone score a few. So toothless it hurts.

5 minutes ago, Slojo said:

Did you really need to watch this game in order to know that? We're missing a lot of our key players in a transition season with no signings. 

Its been many years now we seem to struggle badly against dominant teams. Thing is that other clubs seem to build such teams and style of play with ease but for us its been a never ending process for the last 10 years.

I just hope Chelsea can pull back one here and make it 1-2 for the return leg.

1 minute ago, Chelsbear said:

Could be our second last CL game for a while tbh 

when you look at the club's CL performance since the win in 2012, it's really a sad story of under-performing. almost as if that win was the pinnacle and turning point of Roman's ambition for the club.

in all honesty, we're probably better suited to the Europa League.

Well, Definitely Game Over Now

Tap In. That's the killer. 

Germans singing you’re sh*t and you know you are...lovely and they are right 

Just blow the whistle please 

Night night 

Battered 

Now its embarrassing.

Embarrassing goal to concede, completely embarrassing 

Just now, carrickblue said:

when you look at the club's CL performance since the win in 2012, it's really a sad story of under-performing. almost as if that win was the pinnacle and turning point of Roman's ambition for the club.

in all honesty, we're probably better suited to the Europa League.

To be fair, that CL win was full of fortune for us. We missed out before then though, admittedly.

ridiculous defending.

started the game well but no cutting edge at all at the moment