Wimbledon 1 Liverpool 0

[Lee W]

I'll take that, but christ what a way to play football.

[Guz]

Yes because our passing game is a joy to watch all the time.

 

Unfair on our strikers having to deal with so many long balls.

[Sion]

We were just as bad, except our strikers couldn't hold the ball up at all.

Edited April 25, 2007 by Sion

[Guest jjasonuk]

We were just as bad, expect our strikers couldn't hold the ball up at all.

 

Except maybe? Surely not EXPECT?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 25, 2007 by jjasonuk

[Tosh]

Chelsea played better than Wimbledon. They harried, hunted in pairs and always had an outlet in Drogba for both long and short balls

 

Jose got the tactics, and the players the execution, spot on. They spent the 2nd half hoping to draw us on to them and were in control. Gerrard's shot aside, we hardly worked Cech.

 

We have to do much better and hope Rafa has something up his sleeve for next week.

[Sion]

Chelsea played better than Wimbledon. They harried, hunted in pairs and always had an outlet in Drogba for both long and short balls

 

Jose got the tactics, and the players the execution, spot on. They spent the 2nd half hoping to draw us on to them and were in control. Gerrard's shot aside, we hardly worked Cech.

 

We have to do much better and hope Rafa has something up his sleeve for next week.

 

agree. Chelsea looked like they might score every attack, we didn't.

[Bootle Buck]

Poor line up against a team that were there for the taking. Bellamy, Gerrard and Alonso were not creative enough. Zenden and Riise were useless and our defence looked like they were shetting themselves every time Drogba got it. We never looked like scoring.

Edited April 25, 2007 by Bootle Buck

[Lee W]

Yes because our passing game is a joy to watch all the time.

 

Unfair on our strikers having to deal with so many long balls.

 

At least we tried to play football through the midfield and use the width of the pitch (albeit with Zenden).

 

That was like playing f'ckin Wimbledon, that's all I'm saying.

[John am Rhein]

Wimbledon beat one of our best teams - some say our best EVER team - 1-0

[Gary Gekkaloys]

I can understand starting with Zenden but we really should have brought on Pennant (or Gonzalez) earlier in the second half when the momentum was with us.

 

With the talent and money at their disposal, Chelsea really should be playing a better style of football than the route-one stuff on display tonight. Rafa's a pragmatic guy and there's always a place for that kind of tactic, but I would expect us to be playing a more attractive style of football when he can afford the kind of talent that Chelsea have.

 

We were lucky that Chelsea didn't get the ball down and play a bit more, the result could have been a lot worse, imo.

[Guest Finnan3]

I'll take that, but christ what a way to play football.

 

If we're going down that road..

 

 

Wimbledon 1 Wimbledon Reserves 0

[Guz]

At least we tried to play football through the midfield and use the width of the pitch (albeit with Zenden).

 

And once again we failed to do it against a top side in england, looked totally inept in attack and hoofed long balls for Kuyt and Crouch to scrap on against two of the best defenders in Europe. A little different in a 2 legged affair like tonight but mindless posession in the defensive third and not being able to produce hardly anything when yer a goal down is a lot worse than playing to your strengths.

 

Agreed that given the resources you'd expect them to play a better brand of football but f*** me it works for them in all situations. Ours is still restricted.

[San Diego Red]

Not to worry, we have another match to play at the fortress. Make it memorable.

 

YNWA

Edited April 25, 2007 by KPatel