APOEL played better in second half..
oh well.. another 3 points for us.

I'm happy with the win..

but

Not happy at all about the passing and fluidity in playing...

true buddy....we still lack of fluidity....we cant play like this against liverfools tht for sure..

Not at all...

I hope they can improve it before the clash at the Stamford Bridge if i'm not mistaken...

KTBFFH!

i am happy with the win, but im disappointed with the performance. we dont look like we're gonna win the champions league with performance like that. lampard is under par in scoring, which is something we really need. kalou no where to be seen to be honest, no impact in the game. our counter attacks were very slow which i guess probably lead no nothing. still there are still some defensive mistakes which would really cost us. did you guys see terry getting so furious at one time, this should be the spirit of all the players, not switching off after a 1 goal lead. malouda isnt really suited for the diamond altho i admire his workrate, he defends and attacks. we seriously need to play like how we played in pre season. awesome control of midfield, superb goals by the strikers, solid defending at the back.

and whats wrong with the ref? ballet might suite him more instead of contact sport.

For the first time we score a goal before half an hour mark this season.

It seem to be in the 2nd half, we are lacking in midfield, especially passing. We need Ballack

Eventhough we win , it was a poor performance from Chelsea...
Players give away possession very easily..
We cnt play like this with other teams , especially Top Clubs..
APOEL nearly scored de equalizer..
Last week lose 2 Wigan bt yet no improvement..
If we perform like this how gonna we win Champ League and Premier League Title..

Kalou nt suitable 2 b placed as striker I think, he shud be placed as RW / LW..
No impact 4rm him..
Our counter attack still very poor..

i sincerely hope ancelotti went berserk in the dressing room after the game. unacceptable second half performance. slacking after earning a mere 1 goal lead will cost us against bigger and better teams. the likes of utd/liverpool will pick us off if we pull something like this. kalou had no impact, but the same can be said about lamps and malouda in midfield. only good performance that i can recall is from essien and cech. wonder which chelsea will show up against pool on sunday. on a brighter note ashley remains fit and uninjured while deco and joey are in contention for a cameo versus the reds. something tells me we're going to need at least one of them.

A win is good to get us back on track. If we're in a losing rut, confidence will def drop, and that'd be more detrimental.

Liverpool at home will be cagey, don't think there will be any UCL style heroics the last time we met. Drogs and Nic upfront to bully Carragher and Co, while Ess is needed to neutralise Gerrard once again. Torres will be the danger man again, at least now no Alonso to score a freaky goal.

but we'll be without big pete

dont worry we got a funny goalkeeper...torees will laugh till he faint before he kick the ball ~ Hilarious

if hilario get a knock out cold, it's time for terry to guard the post again

1-0 only... haiz... how la? Got enuff confidence to beat liverpool?

we have the home advantage..that'll be a huge confident boost no doubt. but if we concede first, its going to be an uphill battle.
we need to break the silly habit of giving away 1 goal before snapping into action. an on form terry and riccy partnership will do wonders for hilario's security. like aw13 said its going to be a tight game, though an early goal will definitely loosen things up a bit.

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Oct 1 2009, 10:46 PM

against pool..our players should get self-motivated already...title rival..still..cuz the epl journey still long way to go...

heheheh learn from FIFA Manager 09...hahahha

Look like Alex will return soon but not against Pool...in a couples of week...

interesting anecdote i uncovered from another forum which puts things in perspective. the victory against apoel was our 1st away win on foreign soil in about 2 years. when u put it that way, i guess it doesn't sound too bad. besides that we need to remember some of our big guns like boss, drogs and ballack were missing. here's hoping they'll be the difference on sunday!

Let's prove to the arrogant benitez we're the better team.

Btw, I thought hilario would play against AOEPL. No game preparation 4 him before pool's match?

This post has been edited by franklampard8: Oct 2 2009, 02:23 AM

haih i found that odd as well. i guess ancelotti didn't see it as an acceptable risk. cech had to start at apoel, and it proved to be the correct decision with his straightforward handling and smart saves. baptism of fire vs liverpool this sunday for hilario..probably ancelotti will be giving him a good pep talk.

Good Luck on playing against liverpool this weekend

This post has been edited by nshady: Oct 2 2009, 12:25 PM

Hilario
Bosingwa,Ricky,Terry,Ashley
Essien
Ballack,Deco
Lampard
Drogba,Anelka

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How many of our youngster involved in the Wolrd Cup Under20 ?