4 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Yep. His defensive work is a myth that people use as a talking point to stick up for him. Looks busy without doing anything. Leaves the overlap on Cucu multiple times a game.

3 minutes ago, Andy North said:

I totally agree 👍

6 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Yep. His defensive work is a myth that people use as a talking point to stick up for him. Looks busy without doing anything. Leaves the overlap on Cucu multiple times a game.

He is one of the few Chelsea players that actually run. Enjoy your other walking players. There plenty of them

We don't look good enough at this level. Its not just been apparent tonight but in most of the games in this season's Champs League.

We look so much better when we go forward. This tentative play in the middle of the pitch is pointless when we all we have to do is get Estavao, Neto and Pedro involved. Find the gaps and play into them. Our attacking players are better than the defenders so use the better players.

We can still win this!

At least we have to attack now.

All the results are going our way. Would be up to 4th if we weren’t so incompetent .

Matching Conte with a back 3 is like trying to out grapple Khabib or outbox Mayweather.

Have to revert to 4 atb and get another CB on.

Playing most boring fotball in the world

Well inside the stadium it’s well loud

From what I’m seeing

Neto - hologram

Pedro pointless

The defence ? Omg they have no idea who is picking up who it’s a disaster

Not sure but I think Sanchez should of saved the 1st

Up hill struggle now we are not creating anything at all

4 minutes ago, just said:

This isn't a big deal for Clearlake. We are already World Champions.

And they would see this as great commercial opportunity. Two extra games. Just think of the exposure for the new FOS sponsor, oh no wait.

The line up backfired......who would have thought? Absolute nonsense from Rosenior.

3 losses and 1 draw away from home as it stands.

We tried to be clever here and messed up, again. Even 10 men Copenhagen drew with Napoli, they are poor and are missing over half their team!

1 minute ago, WhiteWall said:

I don't think that we have played that poorly but there is just no menace in this side and with poor games from Fernandez and Neto so far as well as having the weakling Gusto on the pitch, it's just too much for us to battle against

Agree with that WW. No menace and Reece and Caicedo aside, no real physicality to over-power opponents. So many of our players are weak as piss and shoved off the ball sooooo easily.

The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:^[5]

• In the draw for the knockout phase play-offs, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 9–16 were seeded, and the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 17–24 are unseeded. The draw is split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams host the second leg.

• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 1–8 are seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout phase play-offs are unseeded. Again, the draw is split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams host the second leg.

• Teams finishing first to fourth at the end of the league phase will play the second leg of the quarter-final stages at home. Furthermore, for the semi-final, teams ranked one and two will also play the second leg at home if they progress to that stage. If a seeded team is beaten in either round, the team that eliminates them takes over their seeding position.^[21]

Knockout phase play-offs

The draw will be split into four seeded and four unseeded pots, based on the predetermined pairings for the knockout phase. Teams are allocated based on their final position in the league phase. Teams in positions 9 to 16 are seeded (playing the second legs at home), while teams in positions 17 to 24 are unseeded. The draw will beginb with the unseeded teams, allocating them all to a tie. Once completed, all the seeded teams are drawn into a tie as their opponents.

9/10 vs 23/24		11/12 vs 21/22
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded

13/14 vs 19/20		15/16 vs 17/18
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded

This match just feels like Maresca never left. Toothless tactics up front and nobody can defend.

I hope sexyfootball is OK if he’s watching this load of piss…..and not on the operating table.

This is not the time for a new system, crucial game and the players arent comfortable with it.

Significant changes needed in the second half. LR needs to get a grip - and quick, we are currently out of the top 8 by a margin.

2 goals and we go from 12th to 5th - but where are they coming from?

Edited January 28Jan 28 by OTL

Something tells me we're unlikely to win the Champions League this season.

Rosenior out of his depth.

Is Fofana coming from the seniors tournament? Did he undergo some sort of hip surgery? Even a tree moves and turns faster than him.

Why does every manager have to come in and experiment??? Ffs

Why do these young mangers can’t keep it f**king simple FFS. Trying to be too f**king clever with the system.

Just now, carrickblue said:

Something tells me we're unlikely to win the Champions League this season.

Hard to imagine we would make it any further than QF. We're only in contention for a top 4 spot because of our home record in the competition. We've been abysmal away from home.

1 minute ago, KonaKai Blue said:

Why does every manager have to come in and experiment??? Ffs

It’s so f**king annoying stick to your system

I have no idea why we switched to a back 3. Rossenoir is tinkering too much

3 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

James and Cucu are the least of our worries in that back line, it’s the CB that’s been absolute pony

Yes Fofana is dogsh*t, but Fofana is constantly being left 1v1, because Cucu and James are naturally drifting wide. Its even worse on left because Neto is nota wing back.

We have setup ridiculously easy to play against. Midfield look completely lost. All the passing patterns are different.

Just a complete sh*tshow from Rosenior.

Conte knows how to see out a game. We are going in to the playoffs and is deserved.

Lead both Napoli and Atalanta and cannot win either and don't beat Qarabag. Pathetic