Sparta Praha vs Chelsea Europa League K.O 18:00 (Setanta Ireland)

Crann na Beatha

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GavRedKing

Looks like them out of the running for this and 4th place at this stage.

They can have Rafa back at the end of the season, we'll take José. :pac:

GavRedKing

Decent place for a free kick here

homer simpson

SkyGo now off due to "rights restrictions"...

We really must learn to keep these things to PM! :mad:

GavRedKing

There's just no urgency from us out there at all, its very frustrating.

RichT

homer simpson wrote: »

SkyGo now off due to "rights restrictions"...

We really must learn to keep these things to PM! :mad:

Came back in for 2nd half and got same.

BALLS!

Sgt Pepper 64

homer simpson wrote: »

SkyGo now off due to "rights restrictions"...

We really must learn to keep these things to PM! :mad:

feck sake, stupid sky arrrrrrh!

Johner

This is very poor from us.

GavRedKing

Has Torres deal with Nike ended....looked like he was wearing Adidas AdiPure boots there.

Johner

Ivanovic is a disaster in recent times.

Kirby

Watching this on FOX and the co-commentator is in love with chelsea. He is literally gushing constantly. Doesn't seem to realise it's 0-0 and Sparta prague have had the better chances.

GavRedKing

Johner wrote: »

Ivanovic is a disaster in recent times.

Totally agree, Cahill hasnt been much better either.

GavRedKing

Cahill is lucky he didnt pick up another card there actually, stupid free to give away, the guy is going nowhere.

GavRedKing

GavRedKing wrote: »

Has Torres deal with Nike ended....looked like he was wearing Adidas AdiPure boots there.

Actually on my point, Mata and Torres both have switched from Nike recently to Adidas.

GavRedKing

Time for Oscar I reckon, an away goal would be nice to have.

hots

This is one of the worse wastes of my life ever... bored out of my tree watching this sh/te

GavRedKing

hobbit of the shire wrote: »

This is one of the worse wastes of my life ever... bored out of my tree watching this sh/te

Even the ESPN commentators are bored, they're barely saying a word.

:P

Crann na Beatha

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Johner

Torres stands in his way.

GavRedKing

Marin and Torres barge into each other.

That's it im done.

Johner

Phoenix wrote: »

The Russian commentary team are slurring their words,obviously taken to the vodka :pac:

On the beer myself, might have to have a vodka after this shite.

grumpymunster

Watching the last 10 mins just in from work has it been this bad all the way iits woeful

Crann na Beatha

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Johner

grumpymunster wrote: »

Watching the last 10 mins just in from work has it been this bad all the way iits woeful

Yep, it has been shocking.

Sgt Pepper 64

great sub again benny, take one of th ebetter players off!

grumpymunster

Guess it must be near time to change our defenders so

getuponthis

This really is shocking stuff! Oh ffs here's yossi

pistolpetes11

What about that sub ?

The mind boggles , what is Yossi even doing on the bench , being a youth at this club must be disparing

pistolpetes11

This game smacks of them nipping one in the last 10 mins ,

grumpymunster

Nando is actually getting worse, hard to imagine but he is

Johner

9/4 for us to win it now.

grumpymunster

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

This game smacks of them nipping one in the last 10 mins ,

Yea you can see it can't you

Panthro

Do we have any actual donkey on the bench?
Tell it to warm up, and throw the donkey on for Torres.
We might aswel play with an actual donkey up front, God knows Torres is doing sweet eff all.

pistolpetes11

Do you remember the good ol days with Drogba and Anelka up top , this Torres lad is a bloody fraud

Panthro

And the Oscar goes to....

pistolpetes11

Good god I hope Buck will be in the conference room with RB at 3AM ,

Good man Oscar ,

The master tactician strikes again

Sgt Pepper 64

lovely oscar

Johner

Oscar you beauty.

Duck Soup

A! Tactical! Mastermind!

pistolpetes11

The commentary ,

I dont know whether its genius from the manager or the player , I disappear sometimes I really do

homer simpson

Well butter me up and call me Nancy, we actually scored!

Crann na Beatha

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McDave

Pretty pedestrian performance. Ramires not at the races. Torres just awful. What a complete and utter waste of €50m, wages and what the money could have been better spent on.

Bright spots were Marin's industrious and skillful performance, Oscar's effortless goal, and a victory at a canter. Chelsea's fitness told in the end - assuming Sparta don't equalise in the last few minutes. CFC should close it off easily enough at the Bridge.

Johner

Johner wrote: »

9/4 for us to win it now.

Hope everyone lumped on.

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Andersonisgod

Good goal, nice cameo from Oscar, who again must be annoyed that he didn't start.

Poor performance overall. We look so directionless, we have these small, technically gifted players yet we don't play a game based around possession, we don't press and we have Lampard and Ramires in the middle of the pitch (neither of them are who you would want in a side that is going to try to dominate possession) the backline kicks it away cheaply under minimal pressure and our striker offers practically nothing.

But there are positives. With De Bruyne, Mikel, Romeu, McEachran and Lukaku all at the club and who could play next season they could really aid a possession based approach. Most important though is a new manager, just drifting along, relying on the occasional bit of individual brilliance (as we got tonight from Oscar and Hazard) isn't good enough and certainly doesn't cut the mustard against the elite of European football. Someone has to come in, hammer home a philosophy, adjust the squad so that it is capable of applying that philosophy and then sticking to the bloody philosophy.

grumpymunster

I wonder how many will turn up to the second leg? Lovely goal by Oscar Nando should be training with Malouda that shot that nearly hit the half way line sums it up.

It's so lucky we have a tactical genius with us where would we be?

what a day

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Good goal, nice cameo from Oscar, who again must be annoyed that he didn't start.

Poor performance overall. We look so directionless, we have these small, technically gifted players yet we don't play a game based around possession, we don't press and we have Lampard and Ramires in the middle of the pitch (neither of them are who you would want in a side that is going to try to dominate possession) the backline kicks it away cheaply under minimal pressure and our striker offers practically nothing.

But there are positives. With De Bruyne, Mikel, Romeu, McEachran and Lukaku all at the club and who could play next season they could really aid a possession based approach. Most important though is a new manager, just drifting along, relying on the occasional bit of individual brilliance (as we got tonight from Oscar and Hazard) isn't good enough and certainly doesn't cut the mustard against the elite of European football. Someone has to come in, hammer home a philosophy, adjust the squad so that it is capable of applying that philosophy and then sticking to the bloody philosophy.

Completly agree with all the above. Amazing techinical players yet we play hoof ball to a terrible torres. Mata was the only one pressing last night, its like we were playing without a game plan and just turn up at the park with a pair of boots looking for a game.