8 minutes ago, alwayshopeful said:

yes they did, sorry but what was you watching . also 1st half was hardly a great half ..all the ball but how many shots on target .we need a clear out of players and a new manager.i believe in giving managers a chance , but when they have run out of ideas or have none, time to go.

To be fair I’m not saying we were great but Bournemouth did nothing first half and yes did a bit more in the second half but to say they were better was not a view anyone else suggested. 

That aside, I too am concerned about what’s happening with the management of this team. 

3 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Did you get your ticket through Chelsea or via Arsenal? I know a lot who didn't wait for the Chelsea allocation and bought from the home club.

Through Chelsea. It being posted via royal mail though so hopefully it’ll arrive!

2 hours ago, Petworth Chelsea Fan said:

Sorry but they didn’t 

 

Well it's a difference of opinion then. Not that numbers can settle this sort of disagreement, but, I have to say that the group of people around me in West Lower, block 3 were pretty unanimous in the opinion that Bournemouth were the better side in the second half.

Edited January 2, 20233 yr by OhForAGreavsie

1 hour ago, Munkworth said:

Through Chelsea. It being posted via royal mail though so hopefully it’ll arrive!

I don't have mine yet either. In this electronic age it's a bit silly that they need to post paper tickets. I'm sure Arsenal have their reason, and it must be a good one to justify the extra cost and effort to print and mail them. Given that the home tickets will certainly be print at home or scan from devices, I wish Arsenal's boffins would have a head scratch and come up with a paperless solution for away fans too.

Bizarrely, when I've bought tickets for Arsenal Women's games at The Emirates I've just scanned them from my phone, but have been charged a booking fee. The ones for this game, which have had to be printed, and will need to be posted, have not had a booking fee added. I suppose Chelsea may have decided to swallow the booking fee. Wish they had requested more tickets though. 

Edited January 2, 20233 yr by OhForAGreavsie

5 hours ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Also I've seen the 'play the kids and recall loanees' solution mentioned under so many different Chelsea managers (including WC managers) over the years and the truth is that none of them other than Lampard were brave enough to do it so I highly doubt changing the manager will have that solution be used.

To be fair to the other managers, none of them had the quality of youngsters that SFL could call on. If you look at the players Frank used, and the careers they are carving out for themselves, no other Cobham age-group peers have yet matched them. 

6 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

1 win in 7 matches. This is relegation form. 

45 minutes of the opposition playing direct and targeting Azpilicueta + Koulibaly. It worked wonders for them and they arguably should've won. 

This is the most expensive Chelsea team ever assembled and in all my years of watching I have never seen such a dysfunctional and imbalanced Chelsea team with such little to no quality. Being bailed out by a 38 year old CB game after game after game after game. 

I've got the answer, get the Don back, he's bitching about spurs not investing enough, come home Antonio, we loved you

He's 'used' goods now! Jose I could forgive with his recent 'my chelsea' comments!

From a Forest fan. 

Worse team in the league doesn’t rate our midfield. 
 

2nd half - so much better once we started pressing and playing More direct. Chelsea just crumbled really. I’m amazed how little Chelsea did with the ball for a top 6 side - created almost nothing all game, seemingly happy to just pass around midfield ad infinitum, at a sluggardly pace. Can see why their fans aren’t happy. 

4 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

From a Forest fan. 

Worse team in the league doesn’t rate our midfield. 
 

2nd half - so much better once we started pressing and playing More direct. Chelsea just crumbled really. I’m amazed how little Chelsea did with the ball for a top 6 side - created almost nothing all game, seemingly happy to just pass around midfield ad infinitum, at a sluggardly pace. Can see why their fans aren’t happy. 

They are not wrong. Yet the cult of Tuchel would have you believe he was perfection personified and he believed our midfield was fine until he had a last second panic...

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

They are not wrong. Yet the cult of Tuchel would have you believe he was perfection personified and he believed our midfield was fine until he had a last second panic...

Two right backs since 2012. Azpilicueta and Zappacosta. 
 

No CM improvement since 2018. 
 

The board have neglected the most crucial areas for years. 

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Two right backs since 2012. Azpilicueta and Zappacosta. 
 

No CM improvement since 2018. 
 

The board have neglected the most crucial areas for years. 

Let's see what the super scout alliance we now have do about this.

Anyone else throw their f**king phone after this? 
 

 

7 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Anyone else throw their f**king phone after this? 
 

 

Lol kovacic for Chelsea, Kovacic for Croatia. 2 different players.

Modric for Real, Modric for Croatia. Same player.

Kova, Jorgi and Kante (because he never plays) are some of the biggest problems our squad have and should leave.

Also probably what Cesc thinks about your vid @Sconnie Blue

So many runners. Kovacic, Kante, Zakaria, Ruben. 
 

Not an ounce of creativity between them. 

I think this sums it up quite well:

"

Steve Cooper, man with three wins on the season, thoroughly out-managed, out-tacticed, out-motivated our Chosen Coach, with a first-half setup to suffocate (defeated by just a lucky bounce) and a second-half switch to dominate, to which we didn’t really have an answer (only able to stem the flow somewhat and only after they had equalized). Chelsea were badly outplayed in that second 45 and in retrospect, our first-half control was little more than Forest allowing us time on the ball in non-dangerous areas.

That makes any question about top-four prospects an absolute joke"

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2023/1/1/23534592/potter-disappointed-as-below-par-chelsea-drop-two-more-points#comments

 

Did we really have 0 shots, and 0 touches in the opposition box in the second half?

6 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I don't have mine yet either. In this electronic age it's a bit silly that they need to post paper tickets. I'm sure Arsenal have their reason, and it must be a good one to justify the extra cost and effort to print and mail them. Given that the home tickets will certainly be print at home or scan from devices, I wish Arsenal's boffins would have a head scratch and come up with a paperless solution for away fans too.

Bizarrely, when I've bought tickets for Arsenal Women's games at The Emirates I've just scanned them from my phone, but have been charged a booking fee. The ones for this game, which have had to be printed, and will need to be posted, have not had a booking fee added. I suppose Chelsea may have decided to swallow the booking fee. Wish they had requested more tickets though. 

i got my ticket for crystal palace yesterday , i got email and printed them off.  i thought they did that with every ticket

Just now, alwayshopeful said:

i got my ticket for crystal palace yesterday , i got email and printed them off.  i thought they did that with every ticket

sorry should have read all your reply , to early in morn , eyes not open.

Very disappointing. 

With this draw, I actually feel like we lost. First half we had the game because Notthingham haven't really tried to press high, but in the second half, we failed to play a simple possession game, our buildup was very bad. 

Most disappointing thing is that I didn't have a feeling that we will come back from the 1-1. I hope the new signings will give us something, new motivation, new blood into the game because we're looking dreadful and we're on the way of the European football for the next season.

COME ON CHELS!!

8 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Well it's a difference of opinion then. Not that numbers can settle this sort of disagreement, but, I have to say that the group of people around me in West Lower, block 3 were pretty unanimous in the opinion that Bournemouth were the better side in the second half.

LOL at the end of the day we are splitting hairs over a second half performance that certainly ended on a whimper - especially after Reece went off. 

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Did we really have 0 shots, and 0 touches in the opposition box in the second half?

I suppose there was the Abu miss towards the end but not much else. 

Awful second half ‘performance’ by us. We invited Forest to attack us and they did.

I was hoping we’d see an improvement after the World Cup break. Not so far!

Thank goodness for Silva at the back.

16 hours ago, evissy said:

I think it ricochet from Bolys leg...

Seen the highlights now don't think Havertz touches it.

9 hours ago, Ballack & Blu said:

I've got the answer, get the Don back, he's bitching about spurs not investing enough, come home Antonio, we loved you

No thanks. Did you see him yesterday? Standing on the side lines with a face like a slapped arse, looking totally disengaged. We have seen that from him so many times before when he feels he isn't being given what he wants. Just gives up. He's like a spoilt kid