**Match Reaction Thread - Chelsea League Cup**

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think the point is that we didn't get to find out. If you won't chance your arm when 12 yards from goal, then there isn't going to be many other opportunities to do so.

[Özim]

How did Bendnter do ?.... ' I don't want to go into individual players assessments'

Q: What did you learn about your squad tonight?
AW: That we have the needed quality and that when it will matter in the championship we will be there

Really

Should have asked him what he thinks of the fact he's never beaten a Mourinho team

[Özim]

For someone of Bendy's ability, so you think he'd have been able to control it, turn and shoot before he was closed down? I don't even think Giroud would have been able to score from that. That's an RVP situation.

Chance didn't look that easy to me, he has no idea if there's someone behind him and it would actually be quite a difficult chance to execute, don't really see a whole lot wrong. He might have tried it but maybe he just didn't feel he could score.

You can point to the rest of the team that barely created a chance all night and the defending at times as well as poor play, we were disappointing in the end.

[Power n Glory]

I think the point is that we didn't get to find out. If you won't chance your arm when 12 yards from goal, then there isn't going to be many other opportunities to do so.

True but why didn't Ramsey smack it when he had a clear site on goal. The ball was fizzed in to Bendy, under his feet and i doubt he has a deft enough touch to set himself up for a shot. Would have been a brilliant goals from Ramsey if he'd have hit it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

True but why didn't Ramsey smack it when he had a clear site on goal. The ball was fizzed in to Bendy, under his feet and i doubt he has a deft enough touch to set himself up for a shot. Would have been a brilliant goals from Ramsey if he'd have hit it.

I don't know, he probably should have hit. All I know is Bendtner passed up the opportunity immediately to try and score with no defenders behind him and he's supposed to be the striker; that was Chamakh level play.

[AFC Leveller]

First few minutes were reminiscent of the Dortmund game, we sat in our own half waiting for them to attack. Chelsea know how to play against us and were always conformtable, waiting for us to make the inevitable mistake and so we did and got punished.

I honestly dont know how a player like Jenkinson (league 2) can play for Arsenal, out of his depth in every single department. yet again in a big game we fail to hold our nerve and make the first error. Chelsea had their second string and some rookies in there at FB but they stayed solid and compact and found it really easy to defend against us. We on the other hand kept trying tio thread it through tight spaces in a very crowded midfielder and had a front man who looked so disinterested and lazy it was almost deliberate.

if you look at the big games over the last few years, nothing has changed and we wlays get picked off. last season home and away against Chelsea, man u away, City home etc. We might find it slightly easier against Liverpool as they wont do the containing job on us but with their front men in fine form it could be another game to forget.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I don't know, he probably should have hit. All I know is Bendtner passed up the opportunity immediately to try and score with no defenders behind him and he's supposed to be the striker; that was Chamakh level play.

That's a good point. Bendtner being here wasn't judged to be too bad because at least he was a better option than Chamakh. But this season he's turned into Chamakh and has offered nothing more than what the Moroccan would have. That's worrying.

[JonasTC]

To the guys who defends bendtner in that situation, have you ever played football yourself? Its not like its rocket science or you have to be RVP to be able to get a shot out of that, the way the ball came from Rosicky he could easily have let it bounced of his left heel/foot, turned and shot in a split second. He just took a lazy decision like he did the rest of the game.

[Power n Glory]

I don't know, he probably should have hit. All I know is Bendtner passed up the opportunity immediately to try and score with no defenders behind him and he's supposed to be the striker; that was Chamakh level play.

Look at the pace of the pass. It's dead centre under Bendy's feet. The touch would have had to be immense to kill the pace and inch perfect to set up a shot with his right foot. By the time he'd have controlled it the opportunity would have been gone. Wasn't a great game from Bendy but I wouldn't use that moment to illustrate it. That wasn't a coward like or sloppy moment. Ramsey was calling for the pass before it reached Bendy because he saw the shot was on. Just a case of us overplaying if anything. But we need a world class striker! Giroud wouldn't have been able to deal with that.

[Power n Glory]

To the guys who defends bendtner in that situation, have you ever played football yourself? Its not like its rocket science or you have to be RVP to be able to get a shot out of that, the way the ball came from Rosicky he could easily have let it bounced of his left heel/foot, turned and shot in a split second. He just took a lazy decision like he did the rest of the game.

Yes, I've played and know it's difficult to control a ball when fizzed in with great pace. Also, this is Bendy we're talking about. His touch isn't fantastic and he's not that agile and quick. He had his back to goal.