Chelsea - V - Wednesday FA Cup OMDT

[Burnsie]

Just now, theowlsman said:

You don’t have your most dangerous attacking players on the bench against Chelsea unless you aren’t interested in making a game if it.

You might if you want to try and stay in it for 80.... Or if he's been out for months 

[mrgund]

Imagine though what might have been had we scored the penalty that never was.

[theowlsman]

I see no point in singling out our players when they’ve all followed the plan to the letter. It’s just been the wrong plan.

[WTF]

Massive anti climax 

[Freshfish]

...the whole BBC commentary team... you don’t sit back and defend against Chelsea. 

 

Agnew ... lone striker and no pace. Sits back and defends. 

 

It’s the FA cup. Be organised but go out fighting and attacking not safe, predictable and like a wet fart. 

[bladeshater]

We haven't learnt anything tonight that we didn’t already know 

[Guest]

Non contact sport soon. Too many whingers. 

[SiJ]

Just now, WTF said:

Massive anti climax 

Story of my life. 

[Costello 77]

4 minutes ago, squonk said:

Stop trying to tell people what they're watching ............................... apparently 

 

Fox cost us a goal it seems 

I've never been critical of fox..if you can't see that the ball was hoofed into an acre of space that he should have been watching...then we're looking at the game VERY differently.

 

 

 

[WalthamOwl]

Just a very poor performance from us. Really would have thought the players would have wanted to impress but as per they don’t turn up. 

[roaminowl]

Just now, WTF said:

Massive anti climax 

 

Only if you let your hopes get too high. This was inevitable.

[Lee A]

3 minutes ago, roundhayowl said:

 

Which makes your opinion ever stranger. He passed the ball out for a Chelsea corner at one point tonight - sums him up. If we are to progress, 2 new full backs are a MUST and I'm really hoping this is the first thing that Bruce addresses.

 

Tom Lees did that against Luton.  Shall we get rid of him too?  No, because he's perfectly competent for the level we're at.

 

I'm not saying Fox is the best defender in the league, and yes ideally we'd have better but he's done well recently and to hammer him based on his performance against a top 4 premier League side is massively unfair imo.  

 

[scilly owl]

If I was Agnew I would barge into the Chelsea changing room after the match and offer William five grand a week on a six year contact.

I don’t think that he could refuse.

[cardiffowl06]

Regardless of effort, our tactics from the start were way too negative. I know its Chelsea, but this could've been very different. 

 

 

[s6 owl]

Yes they are a far better team than us with world class players coming out of their a**ehole but the way we have set up for this game sums up the mentality of our players.

[WalthamOwl]

Let’s get full time here and start a new era under Bruce against Ipswich. 

[Maddogbob]

No pride in this performance at all. 

 

Rolled over

 

Didnt even make life difficult for them. 

[squonk]

1 minute ago, Costello 77 said:

I've never been critical of fox..if you can't see that the ball was hoofed into an acre of space that he should have been watching...then we're looking at the game VERY differently.

 

 

 

Reightho

[TommyCraig]

Poor management today, we were always in a uphill battle but very very poor effort in terms of attack. 

[debram]

1 minute ago, parkfieldowl14 said:

Personally,What we are seeing tonight just about sums up the vast gulf between one of the Premiership's top 4 sides and a very average mid table Championship side.So in reality i wasn't expecting anything more than Damage Limitation ie keeping the score down.

Totally agree, Wimbledon and milwall though, we had no confidence tonight