The Official Chelsea Thread [Vol 2]

[CooperD]

That was one of the best football games I have seen in ages and capped off by a stunning final goal.

[monty999]

gadgetmac said:

As a neutral well done. Not sure I'd pay money to watch that week in week out. But you're certainly showing the difference between experience in winning tournaments and not.

Sorry but 1-0,1 each,2-1,2 each ,3-2, 4-2 finishing with a worldy goal .... what exactly would you pay money to go and watch ???

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Just back, not so much a victory as a smash and grab raid. We were outplayed for most of the game. Our second and third goals were both massively against the run of play. I think Spuds did brilliantly to come back from going 2-1 down but our 3rd goal knocked the stuffing out of them. But at 2-2, it was pretty much doom and gloom in our end. Couldn't see anything other than a Spuds win.

To our credit, even when we play badly, we're pretty resilient and often just find a way to win, thru sheer force of will.

[Sparkyhd]

Don't agree about smash and grab. There seems to be general confusion about possession. This is not pass the parcel and whoever's holding it when the music stops wins.

It's what you do with the ball when you've got it that counts.

[Lance Catamaran]

Sparkyhd said:

Don't agree about smash and grab. There seems to be general confusion about possession. This is not pass the parcel and whoever's holding it when the music stops wins.

It's what you do with the ball when you've got it that counts.

Agreed, that's too harsh of an assessment. Yes Spurs were the better team for long periods, but we scored 4 against the league's best defence, without our first choice centre back and 2 best players on the bench, a week after our worst performance of the season. That was resilience instead of a fluke

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Sparkyhd said:

It's what you do with the ball when you've got it that counts.

We seemed to spend most of the time pssing it straight back to them.

[TEKNOPUG]

monty999 said:

gadgetmac said:

As a neutral well done. Not sure I'd pay money to watch that week in week out. But you're certainly showing the difference between experience in winning tournaments and not.

Sorry but 1-0,1 each,2-1,2 each ,3-2, 4-2 finishing with a worldy goal .... what exactly would you pay money to go and watch ???

I expect he means that surrendering possession and spending the majority of the game defending, then hitting some long balls on the counter to chase, doesn't make for particularly inspiring viewing. Certainly effective though. It's like Jose never left.....

[smn159]

Shearer gets it spot on

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39682193

[Big Al.]

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