Chelsea v Everton. 11th Feb at 19.45.

[Deco]

he's shattered, put in a hell of a shift, but he was very poor i though. i mean, he was playing like a DM. rom was a threat all night when running at them i thought, but he had no support whatsoever. he'd go past a defender and have to basically stop because everyone was 20 yards behind.

Definitely, Naismith is an important player but he looks worn out and it's effecting our attack.

Lukaku can't do everything on his own, but even then he almost managed to tonight. Apart from Hazard he was the best player on the pitch IMO.

 

[snipellis11]

What a joke. McCarthy gets booked aswell, sound ref.

 

[deipnosophist]

Bud screw the league after 40 points. But yeah if we can find our form in the first few games and onwards till the end- top 4 is certain- the league, a really flukey season maybe puts us 2nd behind on goal difference because CHE never concede goals.

I concur. I think that it will come down to us or Chelsea next season as well

 

[mrb85]

With it all happening so close to the ref I guessed it was behind him and he hadn't seen it but that is a joke and he has no comeback for not taking action on that. Means naff all to us though now.

And we now wouldn't want him suspended either since he might end up missing games against teams we want Chelsea to beat ie those we are in a relegation battle with.

 

[maccavennie]

I hate to say but I also think it's also because the players around him aren't very good.

He's not good enough to play around the players atm not the other way round mate imo.

 

[Caolam]

That was a good performance. Had the Lukaku chance gone in and we got a score draw we all would be happy. We cried when the defence was leeking goals galore and asked that Martinez addressed it. It looks like he is doing that. I applaud him. Get the defence sorted and then start on the rest of the team.

 

[toffeejack]

I concur. I think that it will come down to us or Chelsea next season as well

this is what i like to read ha

 

[The Esk]

First person in to help his team-mate - John Stones (not in picture)

 

[mrb85]

he's shattered, put in a hell of a shift, but he was very poor i though. i mean, he was playing like a DM. rom was a threat all night when running at them i thought, but he had no support whatsoever. he'd go past a defender and have to basically stop because everyone was 20 yards behind.

Well, he did that once. I will counter that flawed observation with a factual one -- he received the ball down the left wing with 10 minutes to go and we had a 4 on 4 situation. He proceeded to pump the ball straight into Cech's hands.

 

[maccavennie]

First person in to help his team-mate - John Stones (not in picture)

Not slagging off Jagielka either because he was quality tonight but when this was all kicking off he's 5 yards away waiting like a good lad to speak to the ref personally lol it made me chuckle anyway when every other player was in there. Jags is the last in line of showing etiquette as a footballer

 

[marty mcfly]

Barry missing for a few games is a positive.

Biggest positive of the game

<sorry gaz baz - but Roberto was never going to drop you and I want to see the McCarthy/Besic partnership just once this season>

 

[The Esk]

Not slagging off Jagielka either because he was quality tonight but when this was all kicking off he's 5 yards away waiting like a good lad to speak to the ref personally lol it made me chuckle anyway when every other player was in there. Jags is the last in line of showing etiquette as a footballer

Jags is the last Corinthian mate

 

[deipnosophist]

You can't be serious mate, we are five points off it ffs

I see us picking up 35 points in our remaining games. That will put us on 62 points...and in the top 10.
We have Leicester at home next...I expect a 4-0 drubbing of them

 

[marty mcfly]

The type of performance that desperate relegation threatened teams put in. Make no mistake the manager and team are in fear right now, they realise we are in a relegation scrap and hope to grind out a few results. Villa will get a new manager and will pull clear of the drop. You never know the same might be true of qpr. If we accept that palace and west Brom are safe that leaves burnley Leicester hull and sunderland as our only rivals for the drop. Leicester are probably gone but what if they sack Pearson and the new man galvanises them. Burnley hull and sunderland are all capable of stringing a few results together. We are in deep deep trouble and could go down as I can't believe the players believe in this kind of anti football.

We're ahead of Palace and West Brom yet you think they are safe but we're still in it. Accept the manager isn't going to be fired and stop being so negative.

 

[tsubaki]

Biggest positive of the game

<sorry gaz baz - but Roberto was never going to drop you and I want to see the McCarthy/Besic partnership just once this season>

NEA about losing in the manner we did solely because Barry is banned now. Can we appeal to get it made five games?