Chelsea Banter Archive January 27 2015

27 Jan 2015 22:59:50
I cannot understand Sky Sport objectivity these days. Neil Quinn was slaughtering Chelsea and at the same time referring to us as Celtic. Redknapp and Henry did not spare Costa. For cry out loud the guy was trying to pick the ball. They finally nailed Costa by saying neither the referee nor the linesman saw it and that calls for a concern. To me, that is calling for a retrospective punishment. There camera wouldn't show Manu or Liverpool player doing the same. I was expecting to see more of Lucas and Skrtel clips but it never arrived.

We all hate celtic:)! Glad were through to the final hopefully a league and cup double! wouldn't mind the champs league either!

{Ed018's Note - we sure do. Hope Ed007 doesn't read this}

We all hate Celtic? I take it your another unfortunate Rangers fan trying to cling on to Chelsea's success because your club died and you have an apparent association?

{Ed018's Note - take this to the Rangers or Celtic page. This is the lat post for this thread}

27 Jan 2015 22:23:14
Great performance overall. Hope the extra time doesn't show on the weekend against City. But regardless, very happy to be in a final. Zouma today showed he can certainly do well against a pacy 'striker'. Would have to see how he does against a more physical drogba-esque striker, but for me he's certainly has shown his potential tonight. Courtois was fantastic in the first half and kept us in the game.
Wembley here we come, and hopefully our first trophy this season!

Very good performance by the team. On top of quality on the ball they also showed tremendous desire to win this game. Fantastic response after the Bradford debacle.
And indeed, special mentions to Zouma and Courtois who were very good. Zouma showed he can be a regular contributor, especially when playing next to Terry.
Also, Ramires was excellent when he came on. Defensively we looked extremely solid with him and Matic in the middle. I'd expect to see him again on Saturday.

{Ed018's Note - very glad to see Zouma is up for a big match. Was very happy with him tonight}

Looked a little uneasy at times during the first half but picked it up in the 2nd :)
God I enjoyed that game, great end to end stuff at times!

28 Jan 2015 07:20:07
The defence opened up a bit worryingly a couple of times in the first half, but was much better after that. A deserved victory in the end. I'm glad Slippers didn't score otherwise we would never had heard the last of it!

27 Jan 2015 21:44:00
Great performance in the second half, pity we didn't score. It was obvious that Fabregas wasn't fully fit.Matic and Hazard another great performance.Also Oscar was really good.

27 Jan 2015 21:33:37
Last season for Ivanovic. He has passed it

{Ed018's Note -not sure about that, although I'd like to see more of Azpilicuetta and Luis as fullbacks}

Take your words back!

Well done Barry :) by saying he was past it you realised a reverse jinx and made him score! Well done!

27 Jan 2015 21:10:30
Henderson had to go for that!

Agreed

Felt the ref was very lenient in regards to the Liverpool players during the first 90 minutes. When Can pushed Hazard over, is that not the same as Iva pulling Sterling back? Whilst Costa was involved in a few altercations, I'm shocked that Liverpool finished with 11 men on the pitch. Should have been down to 10 or even 9 imo. But in the end it doesn't really matter!

27 Jan 2015 20:09:12
Poor ref decision already.

I'd really like to punch Niall Quinn square on the nose!

Was 110% a pen. We were pretty solid defensively, and the desire on show has been second to none but we need to improve in the final third. Some of our passes/shots have been poor. Our link up play hasn't clicked yet, and it'll need to if we want to get something out of the match.

We played much better than in the first game. Ref is killing us.Hope will go through!

What is this ref smoking?!? Bottled it twice!

27 Jan 2015 19:05:45
Seems like Mourinho Is having a bit of faith in Zouma and Luis!

Zouma getting trusted in quite a big game. I'm pretty sure Mourinho really want the win so it's a good sign for Zouma. Hoping he can give a good performance!

27 Jan 2015 15:21:40
Here's hoping we get over Saturday's embarrassment by stuffing the Scousers tonight!

They're going to be well up for it so we need to be on point tonight, we have more than enough quality to destroy them!

Maybe its harsh to say, but everyone talks about getting in all these players, pogba, reus, cuadrado etc - sometimes when I look at performances like again spurs at christmas and Bradford I just want the team we have got to show a bit of desire.

Who wouldn't dream of pulling on the shirt of their team, I myself would love to play rugby for ireland and ulster or football for chelsea and northern ireland but alas, I don't have the talent so these ambitions and dreams will never happen for me.

the players we have, on the money they are on with the talent they have should do better, . i'm not saying we will win or should win every game but in those few games where we have been beat I think a little bit more desire would have gone a long way. In those particular games we were a shambles. We still haven't been beaten by the better team I don't think, In both the cases I mentioned we were terrible. possibly Bradford was one occasion but with a little bit more fight and desire we would have never let a 2 goal lead slip. Perhaps we are comfortable and that needs to be hammered out of the players. Annoys me and infuriates me somewhat but I just wanted to share that. Maybe people disagree, but it raises talking points anyway

Hoping for a good performance and a win tonight!!

Mou said he did told them the danger in that match before and after first half. He didn't Intend using Fabregas or Hazard. Only if we had keeping them at arm length after 2:0. Football is 90mins. The deed is done already. Complacency has cost us a lot. We are soft. wishing we could as aggressive as Ath Madrid