***Chelsea v City Match Thread***

[gmercer1]

Except for Chelsea's first goal.

yes he should have challenged for the header but the 1st goal falls on Clichy's shoulders! 5 v 2 after the header was won and we still conceded

[Beefymcfc]

No hand-shake at the end? Mind you, Mourinho's a nob. I wouldn't wanna shake hands with him either.

Is that 'tutor' or 'tutor' ;-)

Can't stand the little cunt. Played to get something on the break and we sat it up on a tee for them.

I seen a really good performance today where we had better play all over the pitch and to lose in that style is absolutely gutting.

You're doing well though mate and I hope you keep it up, if only to keep a place away from the Rags.

We'll bounce back.

[zuricity]

He actually headed the fucking ball over him otherwise it would have hit him.

Don't be stupid Hart should have been on his five yard line and nowhere else.

[Michigan Blue]

There doesn't need to be a big debate over who to drop for that howler, the answer is "both of them."

At least Hart can say his replacement is a bit of a wild card, and could theoretically be the same or worse. Lescott is a known commodity and can obviously give us more than the shite being served up by Nastasic at the moment. Matija must be dropped, immediately.

[branny]

He shoutd at Nastasic twice to leave it whilst he was facing him. He headed it over him.

Nasti was always gonna win that ball. For some reason Hart came bombing out and ended up under the ball

[Ted Hughes]

He actually headed the fucking ball over him otherwise it would have hit him.

Don't be stupid Hart should have been on his five yard line and nowhere else.

Of course he should, he was shite. And Nastasic got himself into a fucking awful position meaning he let the ball bounce, then panicked.

Both were fucking shite.

[nottsblue]

Early days but 3 defeats in 9 is not the stuff champions are made of. Very doubtful we will win unless changes to back line are made.
Hart was at fault. Again. Needs to be dropped now. If Panti not up to it get Casillias in Jan.
Nasty was naive at best but still culpable. Heading towards your goal is inexcuseable for a lower league player. Clear lack of awareness of where Hart was & bounce of ball. He could have either left for Hart to clear(who should have been NOWHERE FUCKIN NEAR IT by the way), or kicked it into touch. It wasnt just the fuck up at the end though. Hus positional play was weak & his reactions at set pieces non existant. Very poor mans Lescott.
Actually thought Garcia OK. Broke up play and Oscar/Hazard barely kicked it. He snuffed out space. Sometimes just stopping opposition is a good job done.
Aguero fantastic again. Shame he had little support. Yaya went missing again and Nasri not much better.
Would've liked to see Neggers sooner. Couldnt see logic of putting Navas on with no fucker in the box.
Very disappointing and Pellegrini has some hard graft coming up to turn us into champions again

[Beefymcfc]

To be fair, if Nasti had seen Hart coming then he should've left it. His inexperience played a major part in that goal as well as at least he should've put the ball wide rather than on goal. It was as if he didn't see Hart until the last second even though the big lump was tear-arsing towards him.

Hate to be in that dressing room now, they'll be some language going on I reckon.

School boy does not come into it, that was a pissed up Sunday League goal.

No Beefy you are not being fair . Everybody and his dog knows the only way a defender in that situation can do anything is to head the ball back to the goalie. Also he didn't head the ball back between the posts either, that for me is one cock up too many for Joe.

The team busts it's balls over three away games to see that stupidity when a point looked easily to be on the cards, if not victory.

Just seen it again mate and you're right, Nasti didn't stand a chance. He seen Hart coming out slowly and then watched the ball come over his head, ready to cushion it back to Hart. Hart's brain-fart lost us a point.

He shoutd at Nastasic twice to leave it whilst he was facing him. He headed it over him.

He didn't shout mate, it looked like he was talking to himself. But why run out to it, all he had to do was sit as Nasti had a yard or two on Torres.

As Joe came out he should've cleared it all out and be brave rather than leave it to chance. He bottled that as well.

[YayaJonas]

Should have been three points if we'd had the balls. That is up there with the other two defeats for me.

Fair comment

[branny]

yes he should have challenged for the header but the 1st goal falls on Clichy's shoulders! 5 v 2 after the header was won and we still conceded

He was also In a good position to double up with Clichy but couldn't be arsed.

[zuricity]

Just seen it again mate and you're right, Nasti didn't stand a chance. He seen Hart coming out slowly and then watched the ball come over his head, ready to cushion it back to Hart. Hart's brain-fart lost us a point.

Well Beefy , i only saw the live broadcast, usually a player will go for the ball first time if allowed . Joe to blame for the second 100%. Clichy surprisingly let a slow player like Torres get to the byline for the first .... shocking

[zuricity]

Of course he should, he was shite. And Nastasic got himself into a fucking awful position meaning he let the ball bounce, then panicked.

Both were fucking shite.

No , both were not shite as you write, but joe was at fault for the second goal and only Joe.

[nottsblue]

I thought Fernadinho was immense today.

Agree. Dominated Ramires and not sure Lampard had many kicjs either

[Ted Hughes]

Demichelis looked miles better as the game went on & may turn out decent.

Also the mids plus Aguero were top quality today imo. The Chelsea danger came from the back 4 plus Hart.

Sort that with today's performance & we win.

Not that hard to do imo.

[everyonehatesus]

a good run in a cup is best to ask for by the looks of it (and I dont mean the champs league), how the fuck this team is going stay in the run with so many stupid mistakes is beyond me. They need to man up, and get the job done. Way tomany single errors and finger pointing, they seem to switching off when they think they have done the job no matter how longs left.
Still cant make up my mind to the new manager, and its to early to come to any conclusions.

[Blue Since 76]

Couldn't face watching the discussion afterwards, so couple of questions -

Did Nastastic's header go towards the net or was it going wide if Torres hadn't put it in? (And if Joe hadn't taken Nastasic out, he would have been following it up in front of Torres)

If he hadn't headed it, could Hart have actually done anything other than smash into the pair of them and potentially get sent off?

[zuricity]

Early days but 3 defeats in 9 is not the stuff champions are made of. Very doubtful we will win unless changes to back line are made.
Hart was at fault. Again. Needs to be dropped now. If Panti not up to it get Casillias in Jan.
Nasty was naive at best but still culpable. Heading towards your goal is inexcuseable for a lower league player. Clear lack of awareness of where Hart was & bounce of ball. He could have either left for Hart to clear(who should have been NOWHERE FUCKIN NEAR IT by the way), or kicked it into touch. It wasnt just the fuck up at the end though. Hus positional play was weak & his reactions at set pieces non existant. Very poor mans Lescott.
Actually thought Garcia OK. Broke up play and Oscar/Hazard barely kicked it. He snuffed out space. Sometimes just stopping opposition is a good job done.
Aguero fantastic again. Shame he had little support. Yaya went missing again and Nasri not much better.
Would've liked to see Neggers sooner. Couldnt see logic of putting Navas on with no fucker in the box.
Very disappointing and Pellegrini has some hard graft coming up to turn us into champions again

Heading towards the goal line is what he is supposed to do. Joe got it wrong , horribly wrong.

[gmercer1]

Dimechelis did ok considering it's his first Prem game and against a team that people rate could win the league. Got better as the game went on. I thought Nasri was quiet in the first half but played well in the 2nd only to be taken off.
I'm still unsure on Navas

[Ted Hughes]

Of course he should, he was shite. And Nastasic got himself into a fucking awful position meaning he let the ball bounce, then panicked.

Both were fucking shite.

No , both were not shite as you write, but joe was at fault for the second goal and only Joe.

Bollocks but typical of the excuses Nasti gets whene he does fuck all to save a situation. He could & should have headed the ball out for a throw in rather than let it bounce, he could have let Hart clear it & he could have headed it clear hinself.

He failed to react when tested. He could have rescued it but his arse went.

[Cit.revenge]

Can we buy Benatia from Roma 1 goal in 9 games since he come there