Chelsea (H) Post Match

[cream]

I'll buy a an Everton season ticket if they beat City next week.

[john316]

We didn't need to beat them - nil nil would have been perfectly acceptable, and their tactics made that all the more likely.

They know though that teams just get drawn out by those tactics. We could have just sat back ourselves but we just don't play like that.

[MrMichael]

Marginally better?

They executed theirs to perfection.

We were neigh on clueless.

That's massively overdoing it. We just couldn't break down their 10 man defence after conceding from a freak mistake, same as virtually every other top club they've played this year so far. Effectively nullified is not the same as clueless imo. Don't forget we didn't actually need to win that game, a draw and the league was still entirely in our hands; I thought we were doing fine until Gerrard slipped.

[michelmas]

Feel like a ****ing idiot but I'm currently walking home through the woods and tears are streaming down my face...haha it really is quite sad

I did that in 1989 after the Arse got their second goal in the last game of the season - minus the woods.

[Che Scouse Guevara]

I'll buy a an Everton season ticket if they beat City next week.

You can get them for half price and get one if you buy a crate of Chang Beer.

[TheElephantMan]

Aspas was a strange substitution. Was Rodgers making a point? What was that corner about? I was thinking that if he scores or contributes something then he could become a hero, but he was just as **** as I expected.

[RichC]

That's massively overdoing it. We just couldn't break down their 10 man defence after conceding from a freak mistake, same as virtually every other top club they've played this year so far. Effectively nullified is not the same as clueless imo. Don't forget we didn't actually need to win that game, a draw and the league was still entirely in our hands; I thought we were doing fine until Gerrard slipped.

Without the slip they'd have had to come out more and more in the 2nd half.

[Jaymo]

Or the home defeat to Southampton, draw to Villa, Toure's cock-up against West Brom, Allen's horror miss at Goodison, Gerrard's slip against Chelsea.

Added to the 3-1 away defeat to Hull. We only have ourselves to blame if we don't go and win the league. It winds me up so much when our fans look to blame dodgy decisions for our failure.

Anyway, it isn't over yet. 2 games, 2 wins and City to drop points.

[JohnDoe]

Aspas was a strange substitution. Was Rodgers making a point? What was that corner about? I was thinking that if he scores or contributes something then he could become a hero, but he was just as **** as I expected.

Aspas felt like a sub he made for the sake of making one.

[Muddled]

I don't I can cope with folk lauding Mourinho and his tactics. He was reliant on an individual error and a non-existent defence looking for that one goal. He wasted time from minute one and was in the corner flags by the tenth.

[spud_gun]

That's massively overdoing it. We just couldn't break down their 10 man defence after conceding from a freak mistake, same as virtually every other top club they've played this year so far. Effectively nullified is not the same as clueless imo. Don't forget we didn't actually need to win that game, a draw and the league was still entirely in our hands; I thought we were doing fine until Gerrard slipped.

We had 45 mins in the second half and aside from the Joe Allen shot and the Suarez volley we did nothing of note.

Second half consisted of countless crosses into who exactly?, mis-placed passes,, Suarez trying to dribble the ball past 11 players and Gerrard trying to be Superman.

Beyond frustrating

[Chris]

It winds me up so much when our fans look to blame dodgy decisions for our failure.

Indeed, how dare anyone get worked up over a complete and utter robbery.

[Venton]

Not great to watch but they are horribly effective. I thought that they were the best team we'd played this season (in the sense of getting a result against anyway) before today and we're looking a bit leggy now. Have to see how the other results pan out now. Despite the result today and whatever happens in the next couple of games I've properly enjoyed watching us this season and we're in the champions league next which is above what I expected.

[JohnDoe]

I'll buy a an Everton season ticket if they beat City next week.

I will kiss an Everton badge if they decide not to throw the game and take points.

[Leyton388]

Aspas is ****ing dire, absolutely dire. When gerrard made that error his head completely went and Suarez was isolated for all the game. Lucas is about as mobile as a snail