Possibly the biggest difference between Chelsea and us

[Paisley]

That one where they square it to Riise to hit is doing my head in - I've seen 4 or 5 where by the time he comes to hit it the opposition are about 2 foot away. Take the hint, just let him hit it. We are very ineffective with set pieces.

[Earl Hafler]

And again.

[McBain]

Is there we all tell you how right you are?

[Earl Hafler]

 

Maybe the lads will prove me wrong in the second half ?

[Andyjandy]

Welldone bigstuff, you are very right.

 

Im glad you bumped this so we can appreiciate how right you were.

 

Nice one.

[Clay Davis]

the difference between us and them is strikeforce. its as simple as that.

[Earl Hafler]

  calamitymaud said:

the difference between us and them is strikeforce. its as simple as that.

 

That too. Crespo's finishes ( even on the disallowed goal ) were brilliant. 24 goals in 37 starts ( i think )

 

Gerrard's brilliant cross form the left and not one player anticipating it. Crouch is a good player and an asset to the squad but he is not a striker in the sense that he has an instinct for goalscoring. Then we have Cisse come on and play wide right.

 

Pissed off

 

  Andyjandy said:

Welldone bigstuff, you are very right.

 

Im glad you bumped this so we can appreiciate how right you were.

 

Nice one.

 

That's not why i bumped it but feel free to have a go...

[Guest Ant]

The following are the difference between us and them.

 

Strikers and Money

 

You can't get the strikers if you haven't got the money

[Earl Hafler]

  Ant said:

The following are the difference between us and them.

 

Strikers and Money

 

You can't get the strikers if you haven't got the money

 

£14m on Cisse

£18m on 3 duds.

 

We've had money but some recent buys have been poor.

 

That team has played well for long periods today but lacked a cutting edge upfront. Warnock was slow getting out ( not the first time our left back has cost us this season by not being in sync with the other 3 defenders ) and Crespo punished us.

 

We hit the wall a few weeks ago, just at a time when Chelsea were dropping points and we could have made ground on the Mancs. Now we've lost against both and surrendered the 2 game ' advantage ' we had on Utd.

Rafa's a brilliant manager but Cisse wide right is insane.

[surfaris]

i do agree.

we are really s**** with set piece & corner. we ve won many during games, but how many did we really converted the chances?

 

 

SET PIECE & CORNER session needed now.

[Maldini]

The funny thing about yesterday is, up until their goal, we looked more threatening from set-pieces than we have since GH's time.

[growler]

the basic problem was, that when one of their players passed the ball, it went to another chelsea player. simple.

 

If we cannot do the basic pass and move CONSISTANTLY then we are screwed. How many shots on goal, on target did we have against them?

[Guz]

I wonder if Carragher had got a better connection on the ball at the other end people would be harping on about the man-marking system of Chelsea??

[Maldini]

  growler said:

the basic problem was, that when one of their players passed the ball, it went to another chelsea player. simple.

 

If we cannot do the basic pass and move CONSISTANTLY then we are screwed. How many shots on goal, on target did we have against them?

We dominated possession though

[growler]

possession may be 9/10th of the law, but it doesn't give you points, shots on target or anything else.

 

unless we make more changes, we can't get close to scoring, and until we hit the target, we aren't going to score.