Re: Champions League · Group Match #3 - Schalke 04 vs Chelsea

by Shed Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:55 pm

SCHALKE XI: Hildebrand, Uchida, Höwedes, Matip, Aogo, Neustädter, Jones, Clemens, Meyer, Draxler, Boateng

by Shed Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:50 pm

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!! cheers

Torres

by Uncanny Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:52 pm

Woo torres

by iNFINITY9910 Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:12 pm

how are we so far?

by iNFINITY9910 Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:24 pm

I hate streaming... Sad

laggy laggy laggy!

by iNFINITY9910 Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:33 pm

I'm listening to Arabic commentary.. Neutral

I only understand the names....

by Shed Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:20 pm

Have had to miss almost the entire match as something came up about 10 minutes in Mad

Nice to arrive home just as Torres had doubled the lead though Proud

by Shed Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:29 pm

GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!! cheers

Hazard on the break :bow:

by Shed Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:36 pm

HAHAHA, and even more good news - Basel held by hopeless Steaua Proud

by Shed Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:40 pm

by Uncanny Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:43 pm

I watched the first 30 mins, and had to leave, but I'm reading Torres had a really good game, hopefully he can keep that consistency. Great to see a 3-nil win!

by Soul Wed Oct 23, 2013 2:34 am

I would say 3-0 is a bit unfair on Shalke. We were clearly the better side but our last two goals were on a counter attack when all their players were in our box.

We wouldn't have this much space in the EPL and we cannot count on this alone if we are to succeed at the latter stages of the CL

by Shed Wed Oct 23, 2013 2:55 am

Well, the exact same strategy got us to with 4 seconds of beating Bayern with 10 men... Not saying it's the way forward or that I like seeing 90 minutes of that kind of football, but in a difficult away game, I'd sooner see us play like that and win, than dominate & pass rings around the opponent and lose, like Everton for example.

As for the score being non-representative of the match, that's bull. We scored 3, they scored nowt. I don't care how much of the ball they had, it's a fair scoreline for that very fact. Always amuses me seeing people talk of "deserving" in football. Seen scores of people saying Arsenal didn't "deserve" to lose to Dortmund tonight because they were the 'better team'. They scored 1, Dortmund scored 2 - they deserved to lose. Period. Same goes for us. If Schalke allowed 3 goals and we scored 3 goals, the scoreline was fair.

by Uncanny Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:29 am

No not at all, but I am a bit more confident we will see progression into quarter finals now. EPL is a different story, I can't wait for the city match this weekend.

by Kick Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:25 am

Great result, I only caught 10 minutes of it due to uni but I am very happy with it, who were our best performers?

by Shed Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:32 am

I only caught about 10 or 15 minutes as well. At the very beginning and very end. Something unexpected came up during the match and I had to leave Mad

Did manage to see the first and last goals though Thumbs up

by Kick Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:38 am

I only saw a replay of the first.

by Soul Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:03 am

Shed wrote:Well, the exact same strategy got us to with 4 seconds of beating Bayern with 10 men... Not saying it's the way forward or that I like seeing 90 minutes of that kind of football, but in a difficult away game, I'd sooner see us play like that and win, than dominate & pass rings around the opponent and lose, like Everton for example.

Of course results are everything but performances matter as well. I don't think we are that convincing in our play so far this season and I fear a match up with a better opponent might bring these flaws out in the open. You cannot deny it isn't a dream to see Chelsea dominating games rather than being labelled underdogs every time we take on a European elite. I just see us sticking to the same tried and tested tactics and as early as it is, I haven't seen anything to suggest we're moving in another direction yet.

As for the score being non-representative of the match, that's bull. We scored 3, they scored nowt. I don't care how much of the ball they had, it's a fair scoreline for that very fact. Always amuses me seeing people talk of "deserving" in football. Seen scores of people saying Arsenal didn't "deserve" to lose to Dortmund tonight because they were the 'better team'. They scored 1, Dortmund scored 2 - they deserved to lose. Period. Same goes for us. If Schalke allowed 3 goals and we scored 3 goals, the scoreline was fair.

Haha I know it's a cliche but apart from the early goal, we switched off. I would like us to have more consistency on the pitch.

by Shed Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:07 am

Soul wrote:You cannot deny it isn't a dream to see Chelsea dominating games rather than being labelled underdogs every time we take on a European elite.

A personal one, yes. But if the club were interested in that they wouldn't have hired Mourinho in the first place. You're just not going to get that with him when up against a big side.

by Kick Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:11 am

To be honest, I think with Mourinho's style we can achieve that. We just need better players overall.

We're two Solid CM's, a CF and perhaps a CB off being without a doubt the best club in England and that would make us top 4 in the world too. imo. If we had a lineup of:

Cech
Ivanovic Dante Luiz/Terry Cole
De Rossi Vidal
Mata Oscar Hazard
Cavani

That would easily be a top 2-3 squad in the world. Perhaps only behind Bayern. No matter who the manager was.

by Soul Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:21 am

That line up looks awesome!

by Kick Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:25 am

It does, proves that we're not really that far from the best teams in the world.

by Shed Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:56 pm

http://www.soccer-blogger.com/2013/10/22/schalke-vs-chelsea-0-3-highlights-2013-champions-torres-goals-hazard-video/

^ First video in this link is Sky Sports highlights + post-match interviews in absolutely pristine HD.

by iNFINITY9910 Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:31 pm

absoloutely pristine! Very Happy

haha shed!

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