11 Mar 2026 21:51:33
For me, the worst showing under LR so far. We can have the ball in the box and we will play it back to the keeper to hit long. We have shockingly bad center backs, that for some reason are given the ball constantly to do f all with it. Lavia comes on in the 82nd minute and it's the first time a midfielder plays the ball forward through the lines, instead of back to a defender who thinks he's world class on the ball.
Absolute joke of a game, against an utterly terrible PSG.
Might just be these early mornings getting to me, but this squad, with this manager, are bang average. Give a man a break, finish 9th in the league so I'm not stuck wondering why I wake up to watch an English football team, play in Europe, as an Australian man, that lives in China.
11 Mar 2026 22:10:29
Chucked that game away with a keeper error, James getting caught in possession, and then over-committing players forward
It's clear that we haven't got a keeper who can play out under pressure. Not sure what Penders is like at playing out from the back, but we need someone else.
PSG may be poor defensively, but they are a joy going forward.
11 Mar 2026 22:19:35
The error didn't help, but realistically, we were overrun in all areas. Even with a terrible defense, Pedro had zero opportunities. If it wasn't for Neto playing against an elderly man, we wouldn't have had a sniff.
Vitinha did what he wanted in that second half. Enzo and Moises linked up with absolutely nothing.
I mean, who was our best player? Fullbacks didn't offer an outlet outside of Gusto's goal, which was given to him by lazy defenders being out of position.
I really can't think of a player that played well.
If your keepers are useless, and your defenders average at least one complete implosion every game, what are we doing, having the ball constantly fed back into their area?
One huge positive. Thanks to the last 10 minutes of typical Chelsea play, I can sleep until 7:30am next week.
12 Mar 2026 09:37:52
Melbourne, I agree with a lot of what you have said in your posts. If we aren't good enough to qualify for the Champions League, I have no appetite for the other Mickey Mouse European competitions. Just more inconvenience for supporters with Thursday night and Sunday games.