Match Reaction v Chelsea

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Originally Posted by RomfordPele

To be fair, I'd have no confidence in any of our current strikers finishing a chance like that when it really matters. No bottle.

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I think Podolski would have belted that in, or at the very least got it on target. Giroud, on his favoured foot skewed it wide. He needs to sort his life out.

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

mannone needs extra training, the second goal especially, he just stood there. it barely touched kos, not enough to deviate massively of its path yet he shoudl have saved it.

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Yep, should've

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Originally Posted by hobson's choice

This game wasn't about effort or fight, they fought, it just wasn't their day. And talent on the pitch simply isn't good enough to beat a Chelsea side that played pretty well defensively

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i didnt think we were urgent enough. we slowed the tempo right down as if we expected to open them up without any effort. we needed to speed up the tempo and hit them with speed but everytime we got the ball we let them get 10 men behind it. they also won most the headers/aerial battles, i mean torres was winning everything. so i think the team could have given more.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

I think Podolski would have belted that in, or at the very least got it on target. Giroud, on his favoured foot skewed it wide. He needs to sort his life out.

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Should've took it first time

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

mannone needs extra training, the second goal especially, he just stood there. it barely touched kos, not enough to deviate massively of its path yet he shoudl have saved it.

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Spot on.

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

mannone needs extra training, the second goal especially, he just stood there. it barely touched kos, not enough to deviate massively of its path yet he shoudl have saved it.

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I need to see it again but my first impression is that Mannone was rooted to the spot because Kos follwed the flight of the ball in and he probably expected him to deal with it.

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

mannone needs extra training, the second goal especially, he just stood there. it barely touched kos, not enough to deviate massively of its path yet he shoudl have saved it.

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It was an excellent ball into the corridor of uncertainty. Neither at fault. The defender has to get lucky for the touch to go wide instead. Look at Luiz's in the second half.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

I need to see it again but my first impression is that Mannone was rooted to the spot because Kos follwed the flight of the ball in and he probably expected him to deal with it.

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but a good keeper would cover it anyway. he should have moved just in case kos didnt deal with it.

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Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winner

i didnt think we were urgent enough. we slowed the tempo right down as if we expected to open them up without any effort. we needed to speed up the tempo and hit them with speed but everytime we got the ball we let them get 10 men behind it. they also won most the headers/aerial battles, i mean torres was winning everything. so i think the team could have given more.

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Most of the time when we got the ball, we simply didn't have anywhere to go, cause Chelsea did a good job getting back.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

I need to see it again but my first impression is that Mannone was rooted to the spot because Kos follwed the flight of the ball in and he probably expected him to deal with it.

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Pretty much

Keepers cant go for those balls unless they are mind readers and expect everyone to miss them.

Kos fucked up, Mannone didnt