On 23/02/2024 at 20:27, carrickblue said:

something similar happened to me with Jose's first League Cup win in 2005 - mother and brother-in-law visiting to watch the game at our place, both Liverpool fans. We were behind by the second minute but as you'll know smashed them in extra time. Simply Joyous!!!

As you can probably imagine right now, my life isn’t simply joyous

Difficult to know where to start or end after watching that. Mind blowing that we couldn’t win that. Liverpool were there for the taking and we will never get a better opportunity to beat them in a final. In fact when Liverpool brought the academy boys on they were still much better than the majority of our players. Klopp was obviously confident enough to play their academy and still get one over on us! We have a serial loser coaching our team so that is hardly going to inspire you. We have owners who have dismantled a club that was a winning machine when they took over and spent a billion pounds making us into an average mid-table side at best with poor big money transfers on players like Jackson, Caicedo, Enzo and Mudryk. I cannot see us improving any time soon and can’t trust the club with their transfer policy. The owners need to take a good hard look at themselves and take full responsibility for what they have done to our club. It’s just totally frustrating having spent so much money to make us so much worse! 

5 hours ago, Valerie said:

I'm not convinced that's how it works 😁 

Of course it didn't, that's just being hopeful instead of being smart about the realistic result -  we found a way to lose 🙃

39 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Cannot afford to sack him with our FFP concerns.

He should resign, that'll not happen of course

For those who could not see the game, and want to see some of it, extended highlights:

 

 

19 minutes ago, Niall1905 said:

As you can probably imagine right now, my life isn’t simply joyous

I f*cking gutted too - never hear the end of it 

Just now, carrickblue said:

He should resign, that'll not happen of course

And walk away from Millions? Don't be daft lol. Did he even do that for his beloved Spurs when he became clear he could take them no further? 

Just now, axman2526 said:

And walk away from Millions? Don't be daft lol. Did he even do that for his beloved Spurs when he became clear he could take them no further? 

I know - seems we're stuck with a loser

2 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

I know - seems we're stuck with a loser

We are indeed. More importantly though we are stuck with the losers that interviewed him for months before picking him because we are stuck with the loser owners for at least 8 more years.

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

We are indeed. More importantly though we are stuck with the losers that interviewed him for months before picking him because we are stuck with the loser owners for at least 8 more years.

God help us...........

47 minutes ago, dR3 said:

Did Pochettino really say that? Good God it just keep getting worse.

https://talksport.com/football/1763636/mauricio-pochettino-wanted-chelsea-penalty-shootout-against-liverpool/
 

sadly yes

I think nothing sums up our playstyle than when we were on a break forward (I think in extra time but late on) and a not-great ball was played to the middle in front of two attacking players and rather than strive to run onto and challenge for it, both players simply gave it up with the player who put in the ball throwing his arms up. Can't remember the players involved as I'm trying to wipe today from my memory.

There were more examples in the match but ultimately, whilst there's a great argument for our players being unorganised by a hapless coach, he's only part to blame, we've a bunch of players who bottle even the slightest bit of physicality.

This club has turned into spurs 

16 minutes ago, Petworth Chelsea Fan said:

https://talksport.com/football/1763636/mauricio-pochettino-wanted-chelsea-penalty-shootout-against-liverpool/
 

sadly yes

I was watching extra time wondering what sort of footballing idiocy I was witnessing. Turns out it was the manager’s tactics.

22 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

We are indeed. More importantly though we are stuck with the losers that interviewed him for months before picking him because we are stuck with the loser owners for at least 8 more years.

The thing is, they could still be winning ( money wise) despite the team not winning on the field 🤔 Expenditure down, not hamstringed by the FFP in Europe since we aren't in it, sell home grown players every year to make a little profit, and hopefully one day cash in on the expensive youngsters that finally grown up. Football wise, we are pretty screwed for years to come. But you could see the supporters of the ownership group kept talking up on  how we are not in trouble with FFP (yet), and make profit selling despite being sh1t on the field

9 minutes ago, icecoolguy22 said:

The thing is, they could still be winning ( money wise) despite the team not winning on the field 🤔 Expenditure down, not hamstringed by the FFP in Europe since we aren't in it, sell home grown players every year to make a little profit, and hopefully one day cash in on the expensive youngsters that finally grown up. Football wise, we are pretty screwed for years to come. But you could see the supporters of the ownership group kept talking up on  how we are not in trouble with FFP (yet), and make profit selling despite being sh1t on the field

Am sure they can make money on us regularly, as long as we stay in the PL.

Gutted. Had the opportunity to win it and bottled it.

Our domestic cup final record over the last 5 years makes for bad reading unfortunately.

What was Enzos backheel? 

3 hours ago, loz said:

Ha ha  you really are failing miserably here mate. I went to the Bridge stacks of times in the 1980s when we were fabulously sh*t. And when we moved to Scotland we travelled down to games across the North of England when we were not in the top flight.

Then when i worked in London I was a ST holder. 😂

Do come back to me with your photo of the match day programme when Darren Wood made his debut.

 

 

 

 

Mate please stop you're embarrassing yourself I would guess you are in your mid 40's yet you reckon you were a regular at the bridge despite being about 6 when Darren Wood played for us and you lived in Scotland 😂😂

Ah well, nevermind.

Back home from a great day out spoiled by a disastrous tactical set up by our coach. I’m lost for words, don’t know what to say, really. At this point, I’m just thinking whether it’s worthwhile going on Wednesday (against Leeds!) and Saturday to Brentford. I’m not sure I want to follow a Spurs look alike, we should be Chelsea!

3 minutes ago, RMH said:

Back home from a great day out spoiled by a disastrous tactical set up by our coach. I’m lost for words, don’t know what to say, really. At this point, I’m just thinking whether it’s worthwhile going on Wednesday (against Leeds!) and Saturday to Brentford. I’m not sure I want to follow a Spurs look alike, we should be Chelsea!

I’m just hoping it doesn’t turn toxic on Wednesday. It just doesn’t help anyone. 

Just seen their goal again. 

Christ. That was a pathetic effort at defending a set piece. 

1 minute ago, Dr. Socrates said:

Just seen their goal again. 

Christ. That was a pathetic effort at defending a set piece. 

And it wasn’t even the first time! They’d scored very similarly earlier on but was off side! So pathetic…

2 minutes ago, Petworth Chelsea Fan said:

I’m just hoping it doesn’t turn toxic on Wednesday. It just doesn’t help anyone. 

I hope so too, but the apathy is growing amongst the fans and many tourists are going to get their place in the stands… I guess that’s probably better than an all out Pochettino out chants and boos.