Chelsea (A) 4/2: Build-Up & Match Thread

[Dire Wolf]

They are terrified of Neto. And rightly.so, he's been excellent. So has Joao Gomes. One moment when Toti fell asleep, but we've been pretty good so far.

 

[YoungWolf]

Played well. Managed to win the ball in promising positions several times and not always made most of it so hopefully more to come there.

 

[Del Woppio]

Cracking 45 minutes for the neutral again. I think you'd be hard pushed to say we deserve to be 2-1 up on the balance of play, but you can't fault the intent to attack, and the work rate. We're really good to watch and it's been a few years since you could say that.

 

[The Bear]

They are terrified of Neto. And rightly.so, he's been excellent. So has Joao Gomes. One moment when Toti fell asleep, but we've been pretty good so far.

A little harsh on Toti IMO. His positioning was fine, just got caught by a good run and a perfect through ball.

 

[Alan]

The boos seem unfair

They think they were touched by God when all they were touched by was Soviet slave money.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Chelsea really aren’t very good. Incredible you can spend what they have and be so poor even for a half. Let’s capitalise on our two fine finishes and leave with 3 points.

 

[Johnny75]

A little harsh on Toti IMO. His positioning was fine, just got caught by a good run and a perfect through ball.

Not really, he got caught flat footed and in the wrong body shape.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Chelsea have had 272 accurate passes against our 153.
So what?
So much for stats.

 

[Jinky]

We’re the better side here. Some turnaround so far.

 

[BeaverWolf]

I keep getting tempted to put Neto or Cunha in my fantasy team, but don't want to jinx them!

They have been in mine for a couple of weeks now!

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I’d imagine Chelsea are already preparing a £100m+ bid for Neto in the summer.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Any one wants a decent summary, chew on this.
Although I'm not sure Ait Nouri's shot wasn't going into the bottom corner, but it looks like it's an own goal!
Boo!

Wolves came from behind to lead Chelsea 2-1 in the first half at Stamford Bridge. The hosts dominated possession in the early stages and took the lead through Palmer, who netted his 10th goal of the season. The Blues combined with a neat passing move before Caicedo played a pass down the right side of the box to Palmer.
The former Manchester City man kept his composure in front of goal, slotting his effort into the bottom-left corner.
However, the hosts weren't ahead for long. Gomes won possession off Caicedo and rolled a pass over to Cunha on the left. The Brazilian moved inside before seeing his shot deflect off Silva to beat Petrovic.
Sterling then lashed a strike well off target from a tight angle before O'Neil's men took the lead.
Semedo released a lovely ball along the line to Pedro who surged down the right and sent a cutback into Ait-Nouri, whose shot from close range went in off Disasi for an own goal.

 

[Johnny75]

I’d imagine Chelsea are already preparing a £100m+ bid for Neto in the summer.

I wouldn't have thought so considering Palmer is their best player.

 

[Paul]

I think my stream has been edited by Paul Hardcastle (reference for the kids), it'd go back a few seconds then catch up then repeat the same passage of play, it's all over the place

 

[Wolf Hunting]

And a bit more for those without a tv...
Wolves had seven shots in the first half and hit the target three times but their xG (expected goals) of 0.35 suggests they are fortunate to have scored twice.
Two huge defections beat Petrovic, who was given no chance on either occasion. The visitors have had just 39.1 per cent of the possession, but have almost completely nullified a Chelsea attack that lacks ideas.
Palmer has looked to make things happen on the ball and scored Chelsea's goal, but he needs more support. Nkunku has had just 12 touches, with Sterling lacking much of an end product on the left.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I wouldn't have thought so considering Palmer is their best player.

I’m sure they could squeeze him in!

 

[AndyWolves]

I think my stream has been edited by Paul Hardcastle (reference for the kids), it'd go back a few seconds then catch up then repeat the same passage of play, it's all over the place

Re-record not fade away

 

[The Bear]

Looks like they have given the second goal to Disasi (og). So no assist for Neto.

 

[Squeak]

Mention for the ref who has been very good and fair so far.

Neto and Gomes bookings apart... they were bullshit decisions.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Neto nearly makes it 3!!