afsoc4life
Edgar Davids
I don't think they were the better side, they just took their chances better.
We dominated the game but Chelsea's players' better quality shone through in clinical fashion. We need a better squad if we want to match up.
I don't think they were the better side, they just took their chances better.
Ultimately this is down to team selection.
Loris dived THE WRONG way for the penalty.So in summary:
Poch gambled with Son at wing back
Conte gambled with his stars on the bench
For their first goal, Dier let Pedro run through, then Toby had to cut him down. Lloris gave them the goal by jumping right.
For their second goal Son gave them a penalty and Lloris dived out the way.
For their third and fourth goals Hazard and Matic were allowed free reign to go and score.
fudge this.
Will Toby enjoy playing in this game?
yep
but don't we say the same after every big game, there are always individual mistakes
we did look better, but we didn't trouble Courtois enough, 8 attempts from over an hour of possession
we've scored a lot of goals this season, but against top defences we still seem a little blunt
As usual, hopefully we'll learn from this. When you can bring on Costa and Hazard from the bench it's handy.
For 5 minutes I was very confused by Conte's team selection...
But then I realised he wanted pace and work-rate for an hour, then bring on Hazard/ Costa/ Fibreglass to seal the deal
Poch went to school today, let's hope he was taking notes
What did he say?Fair play Jenas....dead right
The fact that we are better than them makes it worse. If they had been the best team, it would have been easier to take, but it's just so fudging frustrating when it happens like this. I guess you can say that our mistakes mean we are not ready, but the ball went in the first four times they went anywhere near our penalty area. We made some mistakes, but luck just wasn't on our side either.
The team selection was a mistake though. Poch must take a big chunk of the blame for the defeat. A semi-final in the cup against the team that is topping the table is not the time for experimenting.
When's that going to happen. Been saying the same thing for agesResults like this will make it all the more enjoyable when it falls into place. The biggest positive after this latest gutting defeat is that those good times aren't far away.
I don't think they were the better side, they just took their chances better.
Tight games like this, we must take our chances and not make mistakes at the back.I ducking hate Wembley.
Sick to my stomach. 3 chances, 4 goals.
Or we didn't defend well.
We'd normally defend those 3 goals. Not massive mistakes, but we're normally sound in defence. That was where the game was lost. chel$ea took their chances, and Luis deserved mom as he mopped up everything. Without Luis we'd have scored 5. Great game, no shame going out like that. At 2-2 maybe Poch could have brought on Sissoko or Janssen as well as Walker but we were unlucky today, didn't defend as well as we can...
I was whinging all game we have no one on the edge of the box from our corners at all, let alone someone who can shoot.So that's how to score from a corner...![]()