Chelsea vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[itmustbe_it is!]

The 5-3-2 was a load of bollocks and cost us the game. It did mean that we had a proper midfield 3 for once, which is why Luiz and McGinn looked better than they usually do in that godawful 4-2-3-1 that Smith is so bafflingly enamoured with. But all having the extra man meant is that we had Tuanzebe in, who is crap, and that Mings looked confused as to where he was supposed to be, and it's a job getting him to concentrate for 90 minutes at the best of times. A proper 4-3-3 and I reckon we could have got something out of that.

Totally disagree . We set up well and matched them well apart from the first goal. The Mings catastrophe killed us , and knocked the stuffing out of the players. We would have got a draw at least but for that, we were on top.

But here's the difference. We bought Wesley for 20m, he didn't work out , everyone questions recruitment policy,manager, everything. Chelsea bought Werner for 50m, he didnt work, they replaced him with Lukaku for 97m, no-one questions anything.

[sickbeggar]

Do people honestly think we played well 2nd half? I mean 1st half we were great but its a 90 minute game. No point playing well for 45 then shit for the other 45

Well we were meh 2nd half, but then the game was over 4 minutes into it. We knew it, and so did they.

[dorsetvillian]

Genuinely surprised at the negativity.  I saw much today that makes me think Villa are genuinely building a strong foundation. The beginning of this season has been so disrupted by Covid and injuries, it's going to take time to gel. Next week is important to get points on the board.

[Legion]

I’d make Mings captain for life just to piss off the right wingers on here.

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[Legion]

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/12405548/lukaku-nets-brace-as-chelsea-ease-past-villa

[Legion]

Their second goal was shocking from us. Well, Mings.

[dr.chekov]

I’d make Mings captain for life just to piss off the right wingers on here.

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explanation few pages back.

[Sexual Ealing]

I’d make Mings captain for life just to piss off the right wingers on here.

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explanation few pages back.

I'm with you on this, Dr, even if I couldn't ever get a handle on The Cherry Orchard.

[Legion]

I’d make Mings captain for life just to piss off the right wingers on here.

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explanation few pages back.

I see it now.

[Allan C]

Do people honestly think we played well 2nd half? I mean 1st half we were great but its a 90 minute game. No point playing well for 45 then shit for the other 45

Me. We definitely weren’t shit in the 2nd, we were in it right up to their third goal. Outside of Man City and possibly Liverpool, there won’t be many teams that make Chelsea work for a win like that. I definitely wasn’t a 3-0 either

[AndyB6]

Could Tuanzebe have put the ball out for a throw-in rather than play it inside for Mings?
The safest bet would have been to simply clear it.
I think Ings is a luxury / passenger in games like these. I would prefer to see another midfielder / link up man in the team.

[Sexual Ealing]

Could Tuanzebe have put the ball out for a throw-in rather than play it inside for Mings?
The safest bet would have been to simply clear it.
I think Ings is a luxury / passenger in games like these. I would prefer to see another midfielder / link up man in the team.

The trouble is that, if Watkins' chances had fallen to Ings he'd have scored a couple of them. The other problem is that they didn't, because Watkins works harder.

[Flamingo Lane]

Well the result was just as I forecast, but (dreadful error(s) apart), I enjoyed our performance much more than I'd expected.  The referee was amazingly one sided in his distribution of yellow cards.

[Drummond]

XG was 1.37 for both teams today.

[edgysatsuma89]

If you'd have told me we would have had 18 shots and 6 on target away at Chelsea (more than Chelsea had) then I would have been very surprised. Maybe we have found our formation 😈. 11 corners as well, I couldn't watch the game but we must have had decent bouts of pressure for those sort of stats.