Chelsea 3-0 Watford Fc - 05/5/2019

Discussion in 'Match Day' started by domthehornet, May 2, 2019.

  1. Malteser

    Malteser Squad Player

    This is a discussion about the league.
     
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  2. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    Yes and we all know the FA Cup Man City is vastly inferior to the league Man City.
     
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  3. Malteser

    Malteser Squad Player

    You’re probably being sarcastic as is your nature when you’re in a pessimistic mood, but actually I think there is an argument to be made that they’ve not been as impressive in the FA cup over the last three or four seasons as in the league. As I posted earlier on the other thread. Basically it pointed out City almost lost to Swansea, only just beat Brighton, lost last season to Wigan etc. They also failed to win the Carabo Cup this season in 120 mins.

    Funny how in our discussions at the start of the season you argued, totally correctly as it turned out, that Gracia was a good appointment. Here we are now with me not ruling out his chances of guiding us to the cup (although I know it’s a big big ask) whereas you seem to have given up all hope already.
     
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  4. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    As being melancholic and self pitying is your nature, if you want to go down the "getting personal" route.

    Your points were good in the previous post you made, however, you were just focusing on City and did not factor in Watford's mental frailties when coming up against a top 6 side.

    When we go a goal down it invariably means a white flag is waved. It sucks all our belief from us. One goal has often led to two and game over within minutes.

    Our biggest problem is scoring the first goal. We've only done that at Spurs away, but ended up losing. However Success missed a sitter just before they equalised. Had that gone in we'd have probably gone on to win the game. We HAVE TO take the lead in order to make City doubt themselves.

    I've only given up hope because I analyse what's gone on before. We are not good enough to keep a clean sheet against this type of opponent. 12 games this season, and no clean sheet. So that means we'll have to score at least twice.

    This is not anything to do with Gracia. He's picked the side to navigate us to a cup final. He walks on water. No, it's more to do with key components that trip us up over and over again. Poor defending and no clinical finishing when on top. We've played well in virtually every match against a top 6 side, so it's not down to how we play. It's the lack of quality over 90 minutes that trips us up.

    We should be a very awkward opponet for a top side, but we're not. We're probably the side these teams relish playing the most.
     
  5. Malteser

    Malteser Squad Player

    Haha melancholic and self-pitying ;)

    It’s nice being back on here.

    A much better and well reasoned post too. Hard to disagree with much of it.
     
  6. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    He's hardly pulled up trees this season has he? Depends if he wants game time or not. Worth a try however unlikely.
     
  7. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    Absolutely 100% spot on horse sh1t. Outplayed Arsenal with 10 men. Stupid mistake for the goal
    Outplayed United
    Outplayed Chelsea for the first half
    Outplayed Arsenal away
    Beat Spurs and should have got a point in away game.
    Even City we’ve very much been in the games.
    This season we’ve played far better against the top 6 but results have let us down.
    Hardly a Championship type team
     
  8. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Wish the EPL would introduce a 'slightly better team for a small period of the game' bonus point. Might have finished 7th.
     
  9. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    Corrected for you.
     
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  10. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    I don’t think I said for small parts of the game. If you’re going to quote somebody don’t change what they said
     
  11. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    Read my post again
     
  12. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    You didn't but that's the truth.
     
  13. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    Maybe if you watched the games instead of trying to be a comedy genius on here you would have seen that we did have the better of a lot of these games and Certainly Man Utd we were far the better team
     
  14. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    How do you know I was trying to be a comedy genius at the time the games were going on, weren't you watching? Might indicate why you think we dominated those games when we didn't.
     
  15. Manatleisure

    Manatleisure Squad Player

    That's up to Gracia. Not picking the whole team for him.
     
  16. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    You are always trying, very trying
     
  17. nascot

    nascot First Team

    We were in the same pub then :D
     
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  18. luke_golden

    luke_golden Space Cadet

    More than anything about the result of this game, I’m troubled by the apparent growing trend across this forum of referring to Gray as Dre.
     
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  19. Moosegasm

    Moosegasm Reservist

    The players call him Dre
     
  20. luke_golden

    luke_golden Space Cadet

    Good for them.
     
  21. Moosegasm

    Moosegasm Reservist

    That's why some fans call him Dre. Cos its his name. Like Caps, Mapps or Maxi. Same same. Personally I call him 'Andregoal' cos he scores so many goals!!
     
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  22. tonycotonstache

    tonycotonstache Squad Player

    He's a poorer version of Darius Henderson.
     
  23. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Think we should do this with other players.

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