FA Cup: Chelsea (A) 4-2 Post-Match Thread

[lcfc_forever]

An heroic defeat is arguably not bad in the broader scheme of things - the players are mentally and physically tired so a couple of weeks off and less fixture congestion is needed.  
 

Hopefully this does Mavididi’s confidence a lot of good, and KDH was excellent. Nice that Ndidi also has got almost 90 mins under his belt. 

[lgfualol]

We didn’t play too badly but you can see who isn’t cut out for the Prem if we go up. 
 

Just hope the players gain some confidence from that showing and don’t fall apart mentally because it’s another loss. 

[Corky]

Extra time would have been too much, a shame to lose it so late but with ten it was always going to be tough. Thought we defended well until the winner after the red and showed some fight today after a difficult first half.

 

[weller54]

Manchester City will beat Chelsea with ease!

Glad that fiasco is done and dusted.

Hopefully no new injuries for the much more important Bristol City game.

[trugerkem]

Not sure I can put myself through Leeds v Millwall … 

[Super_horns]

Unlucky guys .

 

In some ways not having that extra half an hour might not be a bad thing .

[Izzy]

5 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Pretty gutted tbh 

Why give that a  reaction @weller54?

 

As a so called Leicester fan, are you too not gutted that we lost?

[Will1981]

4 minutes ago, Bats8711 said:

Can somebody explain keeping Daka on and moving Vesty up to striker (they actually did it)

 

instead of bringing on Nacho and/or Cannon

 

It really doesn't make any sense to me.  Can somebody help?

we had used all 3 substitutions allowed.

[TheSomersetFox]

Good effort fighting back up until the red.

 

Shocking defending diving in on Jackson and letting him spin behind for the red. Game over after that. Defense needs a massive overhaul.

 

Weird emotions overall but first reaction is pride tbh.

[BertFill]

3 minutes ago, Bats8711 said:

Can somebody explain keeping Daka on and moving Vesty up to striker (they actually did it)

 

instead of bringing on Nacho and/or Cannon

 

It really doesn't make any sense to me.  Can somebody help?

Firstly, we couldn't make any more subs.

 

Secondly, you can always move a defender back again if you want.

[Guest Col city fan]

1 minute ago, sishades said:

Really?????? We are a championship team where the gulf between the two divisions is huge. We can hold our heads high as the team gave it their all. The red card killed us but we were not disgraced, they got 2 in injury time including a worldie. The style Enzo wants us to play will give us a better chance of staying up than our rivals.

The first half was awful. If Sterling wasn’t so shit on the day, it would have been game over at half time.

We were too open 

[Paninistickers]

Just now, Lillehamring said:

Needless to say, the ref turned the game with the red card

We've had so e shocking decisions this season, but that wasnt one of them

[ronnup]

KDH put himself right in the shop window. We wouldn't have beat City so not too gutted

[hebangsthedrums]

4 minutes ago, KFS said:

Also, Ben Chilwell is woefully petty isn’t he

what did he do?

[Chelmofox]

Just now, Izzy said:

Why give that a  reaction @weller54?

 

As a so called Leicester fan, are you too not gutted that we lost?

He's a Leicester fan? 

[RowlattsFox]

If Enzo can sort a defence out at Premier League level then I think we a have a chance of being successful. It's the right idea if you have players to do it. 

 

Obviously frustrating to lose a big game in the last minute again, its becoming a habit but difficult to argue today.

 

 

[cityfanlee23]

I just can’t understand why we are pretty much always so poor in the first half. Why does it take us 45 minutes to show up every week? 

[sycokilla]

6 minutes ago, lcfcbluearmy said:

Good showing today showed we can comfortably compete with a billion pound premier league team. 4-2 flatters them we were on top in the second half until Doyle gets sent off.

 

We should take confidence from that

Yes it was a spirited performance today, but I did not think we comfortably competed with them, they were always quicker in transition, speed of thought and execution.

[oxtonfox]

Chelsea are bang average to be fair. They gifted a goal and we got back in it briefly. Unfortunately with Doyle off, Enzo took off our 1 remaining battery. I don’t understand that. 

[Collymore]

9 minutes ago, hebangsthedrums said:

Jonathan Pearce & Martin Keown - the absolute pits.

 

We did ok overall but let not forget yes they are Chelsea but they're mid table Prem .

 

Cole Palmer looks like his dad is his uncle too and  if he wasn't a footballer he's be smoking soap bar outside lock up garages. 

It was so annoying - seems jobs for the boys with very little effort put into to research. 

 

Some of the things I noticed:

 

- mistaking a Leicester fan for a Chelsea fan when talking about a nervous looking supporter. 

 

- Big Jan's height being 6ft 3 when he's more closer to 6ft 7

 

- then the misconception he's brilliant the air.

 

- the booing of the defender when they were shouting "SHOOOOOOT!" This one got me the most as why would a set of fans boo a player that just scored an own goal - there's no logic in it!

 

- mixing Ndidi and Mavadidi up quite a bit. 

 

- Describing Yunus like he's some sort of centre forward when he came on. 

 

There was probably more I missed. They were horrendous! 

Edited 17 March 2024 by Collymore

[Izzy]

Just now, Chelmofox said:

He's a Leicester fan? 

He's a wierdo

 

[trooky]

Good 2nd half, but I  it highlights we'll need quicker and better CBs for the PL 

[Guest Col city fan]

1 minute ago, Lillehamring said:

Really pleased with a lot of what we saw today - a lot of guts, a lot of effort and some nice football.

 

First goals were sloppy defensively, but the sort of goals that will happen playing a high press against a superior team.

 

Needless to say, the ref turned the game with the red card on a foul that was softer than ten or fifteen challenges on our players that weren't given.

 

But that performance should give them a real boost - great for mavididi.  Thought KDH and Winks were back to their best and never gave up; good show from Fatawu but his final ball was gash.  I thought Doyle was really good going forward and defensively, can't understand how justin is keeping him out of the team, his error and inability to recover leading to the final goal.  Stolly was terrific as well.  

Can’t see this level of optimism after watching that whole game today.

Blue tints….

But fair enough, it’s all opinions.

[Big Blue Maff]

2 minutes ago, Noahfence said:

Faes & Vestergaard like the chuckle brothers out there today. Both caused the red card. 
 

Really enjoyed that otherwise. I miss watching us play Prem sides 

Both of them will get slaughtered week in week out if we get promoted & they line up as our defenders. 
JOKERS 

[filbertway]

Vesty and Sterling equally impressive for the opposition