The Official Chelsea Thread [Vol 3]

[GT03ROB]

UTH said:

Yup, it is certainly pleasing to know we'll be in the draw for the next round - do we know when the draw takes place?

I thought it was usually the Friday after the final game & they do the semi final draw at same time.

[fourstardan]

UTH said:

An enjoyable read, for once: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64883891

Good read and yes....nice to see some shoots of recovery.

I felt we had the better organised in midfield, Kante would had been in his element last night.

Cucurella was better but still needs to work on bullying opposition when tracking back.

This maybe is how Potter wants them to play but in the EPL it's not suitable based on how organised teams really are week in week out.

[aeropilot]

fourstardan said:

It will be nice to sit back and watch the spuds roast in the oven tonight.....

And nice and crispy they ended up as well.

Pleasing to also see PSG slide down the plug hole as well.

[Wadeski]

aeropilot said:

fourstardan said:

It will be nice to sit back and watch the spuds roast in the oven tonight.....

And nice and crispy they ended up as well.

Pleasing to also see PSG slide down the plug hole as well.

there has to be a version of St Totteringhams day to celebrate when PSG dramatically implode in the UCL each year.

[jammy-git]

It's funny given the players available to them that they failed to score in either leg against Bayern.

[Gadgetmac]

Wadeski said:

aeropilot said:

fourstardan said:

It will be nice to sit back and watch the spuds roast in the oven tonight.....

And nice and crispy they ended up as well.

Pleasing to also see PSG slide down the plug hole as well.

there has to be a version of St Totteringhams day to celebrate when PSG dramatically implode in the UCL each year.

That's a bit rich...the fans of one club inflated beyond belief taking the Mickey out of another similar club.

[UTH]

jammy-git said:

It's funny given the players available to them that they failed to score in either leg against Bayern.

Funny whilst also being a bit confusing. How on earth that trio can't hit the net over 180 mins against ANY team is odd.

[Dblue]

RWD cossie wil said:

Dortmund are being absolutely robbed here

Sorry, days after but even at the time, regardless of the harshness of the pen and re-take Dortmund were second best by miles - in both games. How they got away with the 1-0 win in Germany was mystifying.

11 wins in a row, level with Bayern, ??? Honestly think Brentford Fulham or Brighton would have seen them off

Bellingham is clearly a talent and he's still young but pretty much anonymous in both games.

[GT03ROB]

UTH said:

jammy-git said:

It's funny given the players available to them that they failed to score in either leg against Bayern.

Funny whilst also being a bit confusing. How on earth that trio can't hit the net over 180 mins against ANY team is odd.

Do you remember those matches we used to play at school? You know the ones... no real coaching no real system.... but one team had the really talented kid. The team with the really talented kid always won, because they'd give the ball to him & he'd do it all. Everyone else just ran around getting wet & muddy. Well thats PSG except they have a few really talented kids, works fine most of the time in the French league, the moment it comes up against a properly coached side with a system though its hopeless.

Aside from that winning the Champions League seems to require years of learning the hard way. Look at the Chelsea teams that have won it against those that came close. Those that came close would have trounced the Chelsea teams that actually did win it. Look at Man City, their CL record is abysmal 1 final & 2 semis & 2 failures to get out of the group stage in the last 11 years despite being dominant at home. In the 6 years after Abramovich came Cheslea had 1 final & 4 semis.

[fourstardan]

PSG just don't have the competition week in week out.

Bayern looked dangerous on the counter and made mincemeat of poor defending so will be a team to avoid and no doubt we will get them lol. Bring it on in the Allianz arena again though if we do...!

[blue al]

I think we have a fair chance against at least half the teams still in the pot over 2 legs
And in a final it’s anyone’s game
I took 20:1 before dortmond to win it all over again

[Wadeski]

At this point, when we score a goal from open play I just assume it will be called offside.

[trackdemon]

Wadeski said:

At this point, when we score a goal from open play I just assume it will be called offside.

Tbf it was - and needlessly as he was in a good position so staying one step back would still have given him the chance to finish it comfortably. Lovely move though

[GT03ROB]

This Enzo chap is quite good……that second goal was sublime.

Some good performances today. How many times has Felix now hit the woodwork?

Even Potter made some good changes. Putting Conor on to give Maddison a couple of whacks & try to keep tabs on him when he was their only threat,

Leicester were dire though, and very lucky with cards, there were some dreadful tackles in ther.

[trackdemon]

Yep, two straight red chances at least one of which should have happened - did you see the scars on Havertz chest? 3 lovely goals from us though and some great movement and build up throughout, enough to start changing my mind about Ruben again. Leicester... not so sure they were dire, they had some good moments and could have scored more (which perhaps says as much about us) but I think we just outplayed them, simple as that.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

How was that tackle on Felix after 2 mins not a straight red card. VAR is a complete waste of time. I don't think they even reviewed it.

[jcremonini]

968 hasn’t posted for while, I guess that means we must be winning ?

[trackdemon]

jcremonini said:

968 hasn’t posted for while, I guess that means we must be winning ?

Given he only ever posts negativity, I guess this isn't really the place for him now. Or we'll get a long dissection of how the recent wins have actually been crap and we'll be lucky to scrape 17th

[mikal83]

Hu bloody rah...good win

[fourstardan]

It was Leicester yesterday.....But good signs, Third goal best to me, the Mudryk header assist was a good confidence boost and Kova finished it sublimely.

I'll be convinced we've turned the corner over the period of a month not a week with Potter.

But I will say is Havertz seems to had got his thumb out his arse and Enzo, RLC looked good yesterday, maybe that little French wizard being back is helping them?