we must thank our lucky stars we faced a tired chelsea side, and it still could have been 0 - 10, as there was no desire to win and we looked the tired side.
Once again it proved how bad a player Dunne is, get rid of him Sven!

All I can say is thank god we've got Joe hart.
To be fair it could've been 3-3 at half time but seeing as though it wasn't easy enough for Chelski everyone decided to just bend over and take up the you know what in the second half.
I think Benjani is involved in that match fixing scandal too. Everytime he gets the ball he either kicks it into touch or passes to the other team and his first and only shot was about 79 mins in. Oh yeah, he had a free header earlier on which he cleared straight into the upper tier from about 12 yards.
What a sad sad squad we have when our only option to replace any defensive player is Jihai Sun!!!! He spent most of his time chasing 5 yards behind whichever player was running at goal.
A fair result after the second half should've been 6-0 to Chelsea again but they're poor too right now.
Joe Hart, Man of the Match.

Another disappointed result today. I followed the game and our confidence is just not there at the moment. Dunnie was unlucky today with both Chelski's goals. Sven knows what is needed to move forward with the 3 year plan. We will become a stronger team next season with new players in key positions. Keep the faith fellow BLUES, all is not lost.

dunne donkey,chelsea on our tail and citeh losing ground on eufa spot,well done citeh,muppets.

Sven's Negative Tactics 0
Chelsea 2

Again !

City competed well in this game with the main difference being the return of Petrov but the truth is that there was no goals in this team and it wasn't down to confidence, the players or opposition, it was purely down to Sven's persistence with playing 1 up front and the overall effect that this over cautious approach is having on the team.

Sven spent £11 million in january alone on 2 strikers and the result is that it hasn't worked and in truth we could spend £50 million and it would make any difference.

There are many positive things about Sven such as the quality of his signings and the passing qualities he promotes but the overall effect isn't working.

If i was Thaksin, i would be saying to Sven that you have 4 games to prove you can actually provide entertaining football or you're out.

another game,another blank

same old story

the season cant end quick enough for me and it looks like it ended at old trafford for a lot of the players.

probably wont win again this season

The usual aimless, gutless, clueless, spineless and inept performance. Next season will be fun down amongst the deadmen!

When you look at the points total post christmas, then Erickson hasnt done any better than Pierce. We have to be grateful for the luck we had at the start of this season.

a better performance by city but still not good enough, we need to convert chances to get results. chelsea clearly have more quality - teams like them do not have to play well to win, city are far from one of those teams when nearly everyone has to be on their game. hart, onouha, ireland, corluka, petrov, johnson, fernades, benjani all payed good but good is not good enough. we desperately need to start playing two strikers because we just havent got the quality not too, we have to start playing the conventional 4-4-2 and this will mean dropping ireland and elano who both i rate but cannot fit into the system because the strikers is not good enough. i wanna see castillo, geo, caicedo given a chance.

men against boys.
men with something to play for, boys just thinking of their holidays....

City played good football in the first half. but why can't they put it in the net? Three wins from 15 games is close to relegation form, yet there's such talent there in lads like Johnson and Petrov, who ran his socks off again. Still, it says something when the player most likely to get player of the season is the goalkeeper. I don't know what to make of it all, honestly, and I bet Eriksson feels the same.

Wake up Sven and smell the coffee.Elano is a disgrace to the blue shirt,get rid in the summer ,stick him in the reserves for the rest of the season.This team don't know what to do with the ball.When they get it to Benjani he either loses it or falls over.He to me is another waste of space.There are two or three kids in the youth team trhat would do better than this.Mind you Sven would play them out of position.Or thier skill will be coached out of them.Think we need to put Jim Cassell on the coaches bench on match days........Fed up Denton!!!!!

Petrov, Elano,Benjani,Caciedo and Erikkson clueless i am not paying another bean to watch that Cr@p i want to be entertained and that was dire Erikkson doesn,t know what to do in the premeirship,chelsea were there for the taking and again no tempo or imagination.

Sven’s tactics were spot on today. Elano best game for months (world class). Benjani great signing, rigsby had a good game too. Ireland looked exceptional. Its all starting to click now, Caciedo reminds me off a young ronaldo,chelsea knew they had been in a match they were very lucky, next season this side will be ripping up trees, thank you Sven for bringing us such quality signings and football SVEN IS GOD

I was sat behind some fans moaning today told them to shut up ,Sven is a football genius his football is world class,he has given us our best season for yonks THANK YOU SVEN THE MESSIAH !!!

Try and move quick to avoid the whingers posting first.

Despite the doom and gloom you are no doubt going to read over the next few hours, i honestly thought this was a reasonable performance against a 200 million pound side. We certainly rattled them with some good moves in the first half, and with better composure should have hit the back of the net.

Chelsea were more dangerous in the second half, but only after we loose another goal and start to chase the game. When Dunne has an unlucky day, he has a shocker. I hope he didn’t bet on the National…

Very impressed with Johnno, he showed class against a formidable midfield, only flagging in the last half hour, but he will get better with fitness. Gelson impressed as well, he certainly gets stuck in, although he looked like a boy against the bulk of Essien, Obi Wan Mikkel and Fat Lampard. Glimpses of the good Elano, but he seems very flat at the moment.

Ireland played ok as well

Try not to be too dispirited folks; there is clearly room for improvement, but plenty of potential as well.

Clap clap clap…

Oh and don,t start moaning if anyone that actually went to the game thinks that was entertainment then we have two hopes thats Bob and No Erikkson has been a success in three different leagues but there all played at a slower pace to the our league,and he still plays 451 @ home thank god we had a good start because if there was a form table from the begining of the new year apart from Derby we would be bottom along with Fulham.

Same system, same team, same result…………………….

0-2 to Chelsea 15 minutes left. Sven the master tactician goes 4-4-2 WOOOOOOOOOOOH I nearly died of shock.

Thanks to Chelsea for playing their second sting it could have been much worse. Our squad must be the pits Sun on the bench for us Joe cole for them, we finished with Vassell, Ireland and Sun in the side, I am convinced we will still see all three next season.

Elano I am certain this is his swansong, rigsby waves his hands around that much he actually now has the mannerisms to match, another great finish from Dunny an assist last week a finish himself this week, hope your not stitching us up now Dunny ?.

SURELY NOW WE SHOULD JUST DROP VIRTUALY THE ENTIRE SIDE AND PLAY THE HUNGRY KIDS ? .

for any of you blues out there that took my tip yesteday for the grand national congratulations comply or die.50 nicker i won.

The misery continues

Just back from the game and overall City a bit unlucky to get nothing. Having said that to many players just not up to scratch or plainly out of their depth.. Players to come out with credit, Onuha, Johnson, Petrov, Gelson and Hart. Dunney is looking tired at the moment and if we had more depth could do with a rest, I also think he isn’t cut out to be a captain, Elano is very much off the pace, Ireland doesn’t do enough, Benjani doesn’t look interested and fluffed that header from a great Petrov cross. Vassell, Jihai, Ball squad members at best. If Sven is going to persevere with this one up front then he needs quality on both wings and a player who can do the business as a lone striker, we also need some one a midfielder with a bit of steel. I for one would welcome Crouch and Owen but that would mean reverting to 4-4-2. Overall Sven can take credit from this season because we are going in the right direction but next season he needs to move things onwards and upwards and that will be his real test. Thank you.

I have been very unhappy with us for the last 10 - 12 weeks since we lost in the cup and have been very critical of many things.

To be fair though today I thought we played well in the first half and were unlucky to be a goal down. Second half Chelsea showed their class and won easily.

Ireland and Johnson both did well. Petrov was good and gelson got through alot of work.

Unfortunately once again the defence were too slack with the exception of the excellent Hart who surely must be our player of the season and Nedum who did ok until he went off. Elano and Benjani are just not even worth mentioning. Benjani's free header was just laughable and he is turning into our worst buy for the money since Lee Bradbury! (Oh wait hang on I forgot about Corradi!)

Now that Pompey will have their sights set firmly on the cup and not getting injuries, I think we should have just enough in our tank to beat both them and the very poor Fulham with maybe a draw thrown in at Boro. Max 56 points for us. Sunderland and Liverpool will beat us..

So how do we sort it out.

Clearly only Hart, Corluka Richards, Johnson , Dunne , Petrov and Hammann are good enough to be in the first team next season and even then Hammann is getting too old, Dunne is too careless and Corluka is not the player he was earlier in the season.

Elano/Nedum/Ireland/Gelson/Ball/Isaksson are all good enough to have on the bench or in the squad. (Though I just dont think Elano fits into any system we play)

Garrido/Sun/Vassell/Benjani/Castillo/Geovanni and all players out on loan are not good enough and should be sold.

Caciedo/Etuhu/Sturridge I will reserve judgement on although after the youth cup final is complete I think Sturridge should start the remaining games if only for experience.

It is evident to me that we need a quality left back, centre midfield playmaker and enforcer, right midfield and two strikers. - 6 new players overall.

It was also obvious today that SWP is not the solution. His touch was poor and he seems to have lost his pace. I think we had his best years.

I am not going to name all the players who i think we should buy as I hadnt even heard of most of Svens buys and dont know enough about the market. What I would say is that i think some of these players need to have proven premiership experience. Crouch would certainly be one of the strikers I would go for.

Eve the announcer mentioned europe today - Incredible!

Played well first half, rubbish the next. Afforded too much space to Chelsea and never ever got stuck in. There is a problem with player's attitude's, which the manager needs to address. Petrov behaves like a spoilt teenager when things are not going his way. The head goes down, the arms go up, he stops running and moans to the ref. Today was a bit like the day he managed to get himself sent off. This should infuriate the manager and relegate the player to the bench. I would also question Ball in the same way. There was more arm waving from him and a few times he was seen with his head in his hands as if to say "what's wrong with everybody (but me)?" Perhaps it was for our benefit i.e. to let us know it's not his fault the team are playing badly. Well, I for one would prefer to see these players pick themselves up and get stuck in. You can only beat a team like Chelsea that way if you are going to be outclassed at the passing game. There are ways to beat these teams with hard work and, yes, some skill (which, earlier this season, they have already proven that they have). It's not good enough to say that we were simply outclassed. You can only say this when the team has given its all but has still been beaten. Today that was not the case. Moreover, if we had have finished just one of the chances we had in the first half, it would have been game on and, perhaps, a different result. There are too many players getting away with spoilt teenage behaviour and lazyitis looks to be settling in to the side. Call me old fashioned but they need a good kick up the back side, some discipline and then we can talk about tactics...4-4-2 anyone? Wouldn't it be great to have two strikers on the pitch...just once, and perhaps before we are losing. Imagine putting two up front at the start of the game...who am I kidding...I must be crazy to dream such wild ideas. However, you may recall that we did this once. Mpenza and Bianchi (remember him?) started against Bristol City in the Carling cup and, whatsmore, they looked great together. It never happened again despite a great performance. Shaleum Logan also played a blinder in that game and, guess what, he didn't get a look in again either. Bit like Sturridge. Remind me again why Caicedo is better than Sturridge, I've forgotten. How we could do with Logan on the wing, or Etuhu for that matter. We have no width. I could go on....but I'll take pity on you and shut up now. Of course, for the benefit of the happy clappers, I agree, it's not all doom and gloom. I take the positives on board and we did play well in the first half but you would be a fool to ignore the problems, which need addressing.

I'll repeat what I said om Friday:

I remember when some of my people were too busy enjoy the high life and forgetting what pays for it - work.

I put a note out asking that everyone attend a presentation to a certain employee so that I could show the business' gratitude for his recent efforts. About forty of them were gathered round in the open plan office and I asked this chap to step forward. I gave him a dressing down and fired him on the spot and he was escorted off the premises. That nipped in the bud anyone coming into work and treating it as a doss house.

Sven, take note.

Vassell finally has a contender to take his throne as most absymal strike ratio at the club - Benjani 1 goal in 8 games!! Pathetic....

I think we need a 10 year plan, it will take three years to rid this club of all the contract clingers!

I wasn't at the game and took the kids to a subterranean tenpin bowling alley in Kingston where I could avoid any sms messages. Reading the post-match comments and listening to Sven, we either competed quite well but lacked the cutting edge (as usual) or else we were completely dire (as usual). Could somone actually post an unblinkered analysis of this match?



The few observations I can make are that Chelsea were clinging on for dear life at home to the awful Boro last week and had a difficult fixture in Turkey on Wednesday, whilst we welcomed back several of our absent precious stars.... and yet we still didnt land a punch on them.

Patience is starting to wear as thin as your hairline Sven, less talk about shaking things up and a more action please otherwise I'm moving over to the Gloomsters dark side.