all self inflicted to a degree

Time for Kevin Long up front

Game over and game plan finished. Doubt we’ll even get a draw and we are on 38 mins. Fans might as well set off home. Zzz

ye Gods are against us today.

KefkaClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:40 pm

Might be time to drop Pope.

For Long.

NP should have had that.

icu81b4 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:40 pm

Commentators blaming Pope

Correctly.

Joe Harts fault to be fair for that second

The ball bounced in front of Pope and it should have been a simple gather into his arms

jesus wept. Tarks slip, Pope makes a mess and Mee left it thinking Pope has it covered. Calamitous.

Shocker from Pope but how is Rudiger allowed to clatter Tarks with an elbow without a free kick being given? Not even looking at the ball.

icu81b4 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:40 pm

Commentators blaming Pope

rightfully so

Push on Tarks by Abraham but no idea what Pope was doing. 2 down to an awful Chelsea team. Wood struggling with blood. Third change of shirt and shorts This could be any score

May aswell pull up the white flag

Can we sneak on the 5 defenders on the bench

Should have kept Heaton.

Sounds like an increasing lack of confidence by the team now including Pope-didn't Villas first goal v Villa last week go through Pope's legs. You could tell from Pope's reaction he was at fault there too

Pope taking a bung, that was incredibly strange?

We've gone here. Every single game now is error strewn and leads to us conceding at some point

Relegation all over us Chelsea don't have to play well to beat us all too easy

I don’t expect much from this match but we’re denied a goal that wasn’t offside and then a dive

Hard to take

Stream off, time to enjoy a Saturday afternoon for a change.

A real shame after a really bright start, killed by Lowton. As soon as he slides in there this became a 3 or 4-Nil game.

Surely vydra gets half an hour today?

Been unlucky first half, but we struggle so bad to move the ball forward.

SussexDon1inIreland wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:43 pm

I don’t expect much from this match but we’re denied a goal that wasn’t offside and then a dive

Hard to take

Looked offside to me mate

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:43 pm

Should have kept Heaton.

We would be proper screwed now.

I wish it was Summer.....I’d go and mow the lawn.

VAR was harsh and unlucky but the penalty and their second have to come down to individual errors. Something we are sadly making a habit of late.

VAR and Dyche out

No one likes us.

Mee wasn't offside for the goal yet VAR ref gave it.
Lowton pulled out of challenge and William dived and VAR ref stood by it.
Abraham goes down in their box because a hand touched him in the face and gets a freekick.
Tarkowski gets clattered in the head by Rudiger elbow and gets nothing.

I was looking forward to VAR but it looks like it's just a way for the referee gentlemen's club to back each other's decisions. Either that or it's favoring the big teams still.

Pope flustered for the second, lack of composure.

It's ok don't forget to be proud of what we've achieved!!! I hope the board are looking at our bench and feeling embarrassed with no sign of strengthening.

Very clear, no longer singing off same hymn sheet...SD walking a tightrope.

Really hope he can turn our season around, but think this is one to many escapes.

It’s 63 F in Buffalo, NY on January 11th. I should probably go outside...

Both goals again today have come from defensive errors which used to be unheard of

Forget VAR and forget whether it was a penalty-how are we playing. It sounds like we have given up

Super Dimitri great post

No like us including most of our “fans” on here

Halftime

Their 2 goals knocked the stuffing out of us. We were playing very positively until their first.

And at this point one of Dyches important stats is going up in smoke. The one where he can break a 3 game losing streak

OK -lets see what this team is made of in the second half. I keep reading how the wage bill is at an all time high. Lets see them justify it

Tammy just shook Hands with Friend at HT, thanking him for his assistance no doubt.

10 league games and counting where we have failed to score 1st half

When news of the great referee/ gambling/match fixing scandal finally breaks!... Kevin Friend will be one of the first arrested.

THEWELLERNUT70 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:51 pm

And at this point one of Dyches important stats is going up in smoke. The one where he can break a 3 game losing streak

We won the last game

Chelsea unbeaten at home since 2011 when leading at half time UTC

If board don’t spend this week then they are clearly getting ready for the championship

Andreshotboots wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:46 pm

It's ok don't forget to be proud of what we've achieved!!! I hope the board are looking at our bench and feeling embarrassed with no sign of strengthening.

Agree
Don't forget we finished 7th two years ago
Pity we've signed f@ck all since

We have been trying to play

We have had decisions go against us

We have still been responsible for conceding though - you don't slide in and you should be saving the 2nd. We can blame VAR, we can blame the Ref also but we need to look at ourselves too.

Really difficult to take and had we got points over xmas this may not have felt so bad.

Who's in the VAR booth?

From the var i saw he was offside - inches only, but offside