8 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

Mendy is our best signing in recent times - what a keeper!

Absolute bargin.

6 minutes ago, big blue said:

Really struggled as soon as Toney pulled onto Chalobah. Sarr isnt good enough either, did okay, but we definitely got away with one today. 

Think that harsh on Sarr. Thought overall he did well and is very quick but his height (or lack of it) may be an issue.

Tuchel needs to have the midfielders and attackers in a room and discuss our attacking patterns. 

Lukaku is becoming ineffective and Timo can't thrive solo. 

Havertz and Mount was ineffective again.

How did we let Brentford to have 10 shots on goal for 20+ minutes?

Thought Jorginho should have come on to settle the nerves and slow the game down. 

That being said. Top of the league baby! 

Another zero goal performance from our front three. Shocking.

sh*te performance,3pts,top of the league and the whisky and ale are tasting good this evening...KTBFFH💙

Our lack of height really was killing us .. the fact that Azpi/Chilly also struggled to stop crosses ..

4 minutes ago, Deino said:

Tuchel needs to have the midfielders and attackers in a room and discuss our attacking patterns. 

Lukaku is becoming ineffective and Timo can't thrive solo. 

Havertz and Mount was ineffective again.

How did we let Brentford to have 10 shots on goal for 20+ minutes?

Thought Jorginho should have come on to settle the nerves and slow the game down. 

That being said. Top of the league baby! 

Yeah I reckon Jorginho should have come on for a tiring Ruben…but presumably Tuchel was worried about losing ruben’s height in the box.

14 minutes ago, Zagger said:

Relieved to get over the line. No idea why people love Brentford and their brand of Burnleylike kick and hoof ball. No lap of honour for those twats tonight.

Other than that Toney bloke who tried to cheat with his constant falling and complaining, Brentford have played us out of their park fair and square. No Burnley tactics of kicking players and just hoofing the ball forward, they pressed us really high up and with intensity in the last 30 mins of the second half, won first and second balls because they were in better positions than our players, and put so many players inside the box that we struggled. They were no mugs, we just lacked their intensity, which is something that happens in a lot of games against mid table table teams, and we faded in the second half. We could have put to bed the match in the beginning of the second half, we didn’t  and Brentford then took the initiative. It happens, we were lucky to get the three points, but that’s how top teams win titles, winning even when they play crap.

2 minutes ago, The Brit said:

Yeah I reckon Jorginho should have come on for a tiring Ruben…but presumably Tuchel was worried about losing ruben’s height in the box.

Was thinking the same after about 70 mins. Looked as if he was tiring although he did have a few nice touches in the final 20 we had lost control. 

28 minutes ago, Sindre said:

Talk about fighting in the trenches. Three points thanks to Mendy!

With that said, we should have killed the game with the chances we had at 1-0. But we really are looking like completely amateurs in attack these days and it's massively frustrating.

In the end Mendy, Loftus Cheek, Christensen and Sarr can walk away proud with their performance. Everyone else more than a bit sh*t really.

 

plus kante

11 minutes ago, The Brit said:

Yeah I reckon Jorginho should have come on for a tiring Ruben…but presumably Tuchel was worried about losing ruben’s height in the box.

I had the same thought - they were bypassing the midfield entirely in the last 20 minutes.

16 minutes ago, USATim said:

Another zero goal performance from our front three. Shocking.

Do you ever have anything positive to say?

Never in doubt,lol,well played Mr Mendy.....UP THE CHELS !

I thought this was a nice picture

 

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3 minutes ago, Hemel Blue said:

Never in doubt,lol,well played Mr Mendy.....UP THE CHELS !

Well said !

9 minutes ago, The Don Antonio said:

Do you ever have anything positive to say?

"Phhh...ulisic"

 

 

 

The same reasons some are being negative actually provide reasons to also be positive. We are top of the league despite not being good enough in attack, getting best out of Lukaku, Lukaku getting the best out of himself, form of mount, Havertz etc 

Man City and liverpool are playing as well as they can and are still behind us. We have more gears to go. 
 

The classic game of 2 halves. First half we were dominant but often our poor final ball let us down. I thought Rom was a bit unfortunate with this disallowed goal too. Yes he was offside but only because the defender pushed him into the offside position right before the cross. 

Despite scoring at the perfect time I was worried we would see a different Brentford team in the second half and so it proved to be, especially in the last 30 minutes. I'm not quite sure how we managed to hold on but a combination of luck, Mendy's brilliance, and some decent performances from Sarr and Chalobah helped us to 3 points.

I know some were talking about Jorginho for Ruben late on. Yes Ruben was tiring but this was not a game for Jorginho. Brentford were bombarding our box with crosses and long throws so we needed that height today. I actually thought Havertz was the wrong sub for a frenetic game like this too. Ross Barkley might have been a better choice. Either way though we got away with 3 points and our young defenders coped well under the pressure. 

 

1 minute ago, The Brit said:

Man City and liverpool are playing as well as they can and are still behind us. We have more gears to go. 

Yeah but this current Chelsea side could shift down or up a gear  we’re all cynical f**kers!

19 minutes ago, charierre said:

plus kante

I thought Kante was really poor. Struggled to make a positive impact throughout and was losing more duels than usual. The 3 man midfield doesn't seem to suit him at all.

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2 minutes ago, The Brit said:

The same reasons some are being negative actually provide reasons to also be positive. We are top of the league despite not being good enough in attack, getting best out of Lukaku, Lukaku getting the best out of himself, form of mount, Havertz etc 

Man City and liverpool are playing as well as they can and are still behind us. We have more gears to go. 
 

I agree. We should improve in attack as Lukaku settles into the system. Today also showed that we have some defensive depth too. No Rudiger or Thiago and our young defenders didn't let us down.

Thomas frank coming across as a bit of a dick post match. 

27 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Think that harsh on Sarr. Thought overall he did well and is very quick but his height (or lack of it) may be an issue.

He did okay, but im struggling to give much credit to a defensive performance, that shouldve shipped 2 or 3. Ive seen him play 4 times now, and his ability, doesnt make up for his lack of height. Harsh but true. He has no future here for me, and im sure if we got a decent offer, he wouldve been loaned out, but he wasnt good at Porto last season either. 

Colwill is twice the player,  let alone Tomori and Guehi. 

The win for me was down to luck more than judgement today imo, and I thought the overall lack of command in that back 3, was not good enough, and would be exposed week in week out. 

Thankfully Sarr and Chalobah got away with it tonight, Christiensen I thought was pretty good, and Toney actually started giving him a wide birth as he was hetting much change out of him. 

Anyway massive win, because Brentford look like this seasons Sheffield United, and will continue to take points from teams around us, at least before they get found out as the season progresses.

 

Sort it out Tuchel, that was diabolical in the second half.