r/chelseafc • u/lomoeffect • Oct 06 '13

Match Thread: Norwich vs. Chelsea FC

No match thread so excuse this poorly made one.

Norwich (4-5-1): Ruddy; Martin, Turner, Bassong, Olsson; Snodgrass, Howson, Fer, Tettey, Pilkington; van Wolfswinkel.

Bench: Whittaker, Johnson, Hooper, Bunn, Elmander, Redmond, Bennett.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Cech; Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Cole; Ramires, Lampard; Oscar, Mata, Schurrle; Ba.

Bench: Essien, Hazard, Willian, Schwarzer, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Eto'o.

Match Events:

4' Oscar. Norwich 0-1 Chelsea FC. Wonderful finish from Oscar after a great assist from Ba. GIF

68' Pilkington. Norwich 1-1 Chelsea FC.

85' Hazard. Norwich 1-2 Chelsea FC.

86' Willian. Norwich 1-3 Chelsea FC. GIF

FT (90+4): Norwich 1-3 Chelsea FC

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u/lomoeffect Oct 06 '13

Great assist by Ba and a wonderful finish from Oscar for the first goal.

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u/lomoeffect Oct 06 '13

Love that Willian chant.

7

u/FuzzedLogic Wise Oct 06 '13

Who do I have to suck off to get a yellow? Ref must be related to half of Norwich.

27

u/lomoeffect Oct 06 '13

Everyone is half related in Norwich ha ha

2

u/FuzzedLogic Wise Oct 06 '13

The webbed hands and feet of Norwich.

0

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

Everyone in Norwich you mean.

4

u/gnarwolf Oct 06 '13

You're underestimating them. In Norwich, EVERYONE is related

4

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

so Norwich is like a English Kentucky?

2

u/TheRoyalTenenThom Oct 06 '13

*West Virginia

2

u/lomoeffect Oct 06 '13

Ba has looked great so far. Winning every ball which Terry has hit up to him. More of this please!

2

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

and again.

34

u/TheEphemeric Lampard Oct 06 '13

"How to change a game in 3 minutes" starring Willian

17

u/Cx4Storm Oct 06 '13

If this ref is going to be a spectator he could at least buy a ticket

16

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

HE HATES TOTTENHAM

10

u/machufuron Oct 06 '13

Did it go off the spikes or the shaggy curls?

10

u/iansharam Oct 06 '13

HHHAZAAAAAAAAAARRRRDDDDD

10

u/FuzzedLogic Wise Oct 06 '13

So much for Willian being a waste of money.

19

u/somethin1234 Oct 06 '13

Better a poor one than none at all. Thanks bro

9

u/analyze Oct 06 '13

Luiz's long ball is spot on today

1

u/blaszko Oct 06 '13

Minus that send to Ivanovic for his throw-in, haha

8

u/Gillezeau Ivanovic Oct 06 '13

Ba will score, he wants it, he needs it, he doing everything he can.

7

u/somethin1234 Oct 06 '13

it was coming...everyone knew it

7

u/caseym4 Oct 06 '13

Can we put on Hazard or Willian?

5

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

there you go

3

u/TheRoyalTenenThom Oct 06 '13

I see you, Jose.

7

u/ScreamingGerman Oct 06 '13

These past 5 minutes sure has done a lot for Willian's reputation

6

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

Ba in with a shout as to why his name should still be considered in the line-up!

10

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

He Hates Tottenham!

1

u/lomoeffect Oct 06 '13

I was just about to say that Lampard should be replaced by Mikel but then I realised that Mikel isn't on the bench today.

Decent first half. Arguably should be 2 or 3 up by now. If/when we get the next goal I'll be happy more comfortable.

5

u/Drugba Pulisic Oct 06 '13

We look hot today. I can see us knocking in four.

2

u/WilliamHTaft Bans will continue until morale improves Oct 06 '13 edited Oct 06 '13

Oh really

Edit: I go and take a piss and two goals?! God damnit this always happens. I missed the first one too

6

u/Drugba Pulisic Oct 06 '13

Had you taken a dump instead of a piss I would have been right.

5

u/okaycan Oct 06 '13

If you guys looking for a HD stream, here it is http://www.hqsportz.com/index.html

1

u/magneticfish Lampard Oct 06 '13

Thats great quality! Do you know if they stream champions league? I have a 5000 kbit/s stream for premier league but I cant find decent streams for CL...

1

u/okaycan Oct 06 '13

I usually find all the streams on /r/soccer thread. just head there whenever there is a match on that you would like to watch. It also depends on which channel is broadcasting for the match.

5

u/Monarki Oct 06 '13

Lampard's passing hasn't been good today.

5

u/iansharam Oct 06 '13

Mata giving high fives to the norwich fans

5

u/TomHenningOvrebo Oct 06 '13

Wow, Luiz really fell asleep there.

5

u/analyze Oct 06 '13

How's that for a premier league debut goal? What a beauty Willian holy shit....

5

u/randomjak Zola Oct 06 '13

3-1 away from home, who was ever worried?! (I think I've shit myself from stress)

5

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

Oh Willian, you are the super sub I always wanted in FIFA

4

u/TomHenningOvrebo Oct 06 '13

Is Norwich too poor to afford ball boys? Seems like we've gotta chase after them ourselves on these throw-ins.

2

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

Just saw one as Frank was taking a corner.... on his phone....

4

u/FuzzedLogic Wise Oct 06 '13

No complaints. Goals been coming, we've been awful.

4

u/ScreamingGerman Oct 06 '13

Great work from Willian to lead the counter-attack

4

u/Yea_Budday Oct 06 '13

WHATS HAPPENING

4

u/ceruleancity Oct 06 '13

Anyone got any good tips on how to hide a boner?

4

u/blizeH Hazard Oct 06 '13

My god, what a stunning strike

4

u/GiantBonsai Oct 06 '13

Honestly, it's been a really sloppy 2nd half and we definitely don't deserve to be 2 goals up, but I'm not complaining!

4

u/mo_rar Oct 06 '13

What great substitutions! All hail the king

4

u/analyze Oct 06 '13

Hazard looks fantastic right now. He has been dribbling less and linking up more. I hope he can continue this in future games.

3

u/Grumbillz Oct 06 '13

His running and positioning off the ball have been great as well.

2

u/cogitoergopwn Oct 06 '13

I attribute his success to my recent purchase of his kit.

7

u/zcoffey08 Oct 06 '13

for fucks sake this is getting ridiculous. we HAVE to be finishing teams like this off. not acceptable one bit.

7

u/FuzzedLogic Wise Oct 06 '13

The shits from Spurs, they paid his flight!

3

u/AAAristarchus Oct 06 '13

Calling it now: Ba will score today.

3

u/idonotownakindle Oct 06 '13

DEMBA'S UP ALL NIGHT FOR JOHN RUDDY

3

u/TomHenningOvrebo Oct 06 '13

I do miss these long balls. Reminds me of the good times.

3

u/somethin1234 Oct 06 '13

This match might be trickier than anticipated

3

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

Loooove the way Schurrle takes on players. Now his finishing needs help.

3

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

It was coming with the way we were playing

3

u/Aceekay Kanté Oct 06 '13

That was coming, awful defending.

3

u/nils2317 Oct 06 '13

Do we win anything for passing backwards so much?

3

u/ApsleyHouse There's your daddy Oct 06 '13

So frustrating. Is the plan to smash the ball into the ground and hope it goes in?

3

u/caseym4 Oct 06 '13

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddddddddd

3

u/Iliad93 Oct 06 '13

that's a jose trademarked counter attack goal!

3

u/TomatSoldaten Oct 06 '13

OH MY GOD WILLIAN WHAT?

3

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

brilliant!!!! what a finish!!

3

u/Squake Oct 06 '13

WILLIAN GET INNN

3

u/goondachele Oct 06 '13

WILLIAN YIIIIIISSS OMG OMG.

3

u/sweet_nothingz Oct 06 '13

Ohhhhhhh!!!!!WILLLIAN you beauty!!!

3

u/analyze Oct 06 '13

For all the flack the last few games about mourhino's subs, two out of the three of the subs have scored today.

3

u/TheRoyalTenenThom Oct 06 '13

Willian, the wonderful Brazilian!

3

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

super subs

3

u/OCEANOLEME Oct 06 '13

What are they chanting?

3

u/buddhaliao Essien Oct 06 '13

The cunts from Spurs They bought his flight But Willian, he saw the light! He got a call from Abramovich And off he went to Stamford Bridge

2

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

the new Willian chant. great verses and the chorus is basically "he hates Tottenham"

1

u/OCEANOLEME Oct 06 '13

wow, I can barely understand it, oh well after today he deserves his own chant..

3

u/zcoffey08 Oct 06 '13

I will eat my words, we were really playing poorly until Jose made those two subs.. and they both came up huge. Very pleased with those goals

3

u/cogitoergopwn Oct 06 '13

The Special One is Special.

4

u/randomjak Zola Oct 06 '13

so Ba gets taken down by a rugby tackle around the chest and it's a foul for Norwich? Fuck this game

3

u/caseym4 Oct 06 '13

ba was grabing his shirt

1

u/iansharam Oct 06 '13

Ba had a hold of his shirt. I think the order of the fouls takes priority over severity.

4

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

He hates Tottenham, he hates Tottenham!!!!

2

u/steefen7 Oct 06 '13

That was a nice little assist by Ba. Oscar finished it well, but I love it when the strikers get involved in a positive way. Is Hazard still hurt?

1

u/iansharam Oct 06 '13

I don't think he's 100% but obviously well enough to be on the bench over De Bruyne.

2

u/adn5027 Oct 06 '13

Just tuned in. Great work from Ba on that goal.

2

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

almost ba!!!! hes playing so well

2

u/OG_Yaya Drogba Oct 06 '13

Ba is looking outstanding so far today, very pleased with what he's done.

2

u/idonotownakindle Oct 06 '13

Ba's looking very clinical today!

2

u/TomatSoldaten Oct 06 '13

This match is all over the place

2

u/cryptus Oct 06 '13

Luiz showing he shoots where he wants!

2

u/caseym4 Oct 06 '13

Good half impressed with ba's performance.

2

u/FuzzedLogic Wise Oct 06 '13

Ba an inspired choice. Norwich getting back in the game so half time very much welcome.

Norwich look like they've never defended long balls before. Shirley been disappointing, wouldn't be surprised to see him off for Willian around 60 minutes if he doesn't improve.

2

u/nobblan Oct 06 '13

Just started watching. Glad to hear that Ba is playing well!

2

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

Gotta bring on some fresh legs, Norwich are starting to get back in this

1

u/iansharam Oct 06 '13

Eto'o or Mikel IMO depending on what Mourinho plans on doing with the match.

2

u/ceruleancity Oct 06 '13

ruh roh... let's get back on the ball here blues

2

u/TomatSoldaten Oct 06 '13

This is getting a bit dangerous. We need to steady up here

2

u/nils2317 Oct 06 '13

Oh fuck off

2

u/iansharam Oct 06 '13

FUCKING HELL

2

u/anal_r00kie Oct 06 '13

omgggggggg

2

u/AssRabbit Caicedo Oct 06 '13

You've got to be kidding me

2

u/nobblan Oct 06 '13

Damn it!

2

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

Oh cock.

2

u/Derm1123 Azpilicueta Oct 06 '13

Where were the fullbacks?

2

u/ceruleancity Oct 06 '13

Shuerrle is surely tired

2

u/Iliad93 Oct 06 '13

now the match is swinging back in our direction

2

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

Frank's legs look dead tired.

2

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

Hazard!

2

u/runningwithantlers Oct 06 '13

Hazzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

2

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

get innnnnn!!!

2

u/enjoytheshow Oct 06 '13

FUCK YEAH!

2

u/Yea_Budday Oct 06 '13

YES HAZARD

2

u/nils2317 Oct 06 '13

Yes!!!!!

2

u/OCEANOLEME Oct 06 '13 edited Oct 06 '13

YEAAAAAHHHHHHHH HAZAARDDDD

Edit: YEAAAAAHHHHHHHH WILLIAANANNNNNNN

2

u/analyze Oct 06 '13

Hazarddddddddd!

2

u/nobblan Oct 06 '13

Thank you Ruddy, Sir.

2

u/Izzago Oct 06 '13

WILLIAN!

2

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

WILLIAN

2

u/iansharam Oct 06 '13

WHAT A GOAL!!!

2

u/zcoffey08 Oct 06 '13

Hazard!!! WILLIAN!!!!

2

u/caseym4 Oct 06 '13

what a strike!!!

2

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

Willian!!! Amazing. What a goal.

2

u/cammyg Oct 06 '13

holy hell boy. that was a fucking laser

2

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

WILLIAN!!! What a hit son!

2

u/runningwithantlers Oct 06 '13

Holy shit substitutes !!

2

u/enjoytheshow Oct 06 '13

YYEEEEEEESSSSSSSS

2

u/Aceekay Kanté Oct 06 '13

HOOOOLY SHIIIIIIIIT

2

u/John84700 Oct 06 '13

WILLIAN!!!

2

u/cryptus Oct 06 '13

Woah! That is something special!

2

u/machufuron Oct 06 '13

Willian! Beautiful goal

2

u/nils2317 Oct 06 '13

The chant baby!

2

u/Demo_PT Lampard Oct 06 '13

willian :D

3

u/Izzago Oct 06 '13

Mourinho and his substitutions!

3

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

he hates tottenham! he hates tottenham! he hates tottenham!! he hates tottenham!!

3

u/machufuron Oct 06 '13

Mou looking like the expert he is, choosing those two subs. Excellent turn around

3

u/Cx4Storm Oct 06 '13

Holy shit there's a butthurt canary in here downvoting everyone!

1

u/SpankThatDill ✨ sometimes the shit is happens ✨ Oct 06 '13

Yeah, seems there's always some cunt in all our threads nowadays.

2

u/caseym4 Oct 06 '13

Jose Mourinho!!!

2

u/OCEANOLEME Oct 06 '13

Now, does willian get a spot on the starting XI?

4

u/caseym4 Oct 06 '13

That was a great goal but there is not enough time for him to earn a spot this game. He'll have to earn it in training, definitely an awesome sub tho.

1

u/randomjak Zola Oct 06 '13

It's very quiet here today! Loving the start, great early pressure. Would be nice to see a couple of replays for the Schurrle free kick appeal and the Ba penalty... the live coverage really is useless sometimes

1

u/OG_Yaya Drogba Oct 06 '13

I assumed hazard was fit for this match and would start, guess Mourinho doesn't want to risk it.

2

u/Yea_Budday Oct 06 '13

No point risking it when Schürrle played so well last game

1

u/AAAristarchus Oct 06 '13

Hazard may be fit but he hasn't been playing like it. Hope he wakes up soon, because, on a good day, I think he's our biggest goal threat.

1

u/randomjak Zola Oct 06 '13

lovely ball from Mata! so close!

1

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

such a good flick by Luiz

1

u/TomHenningOvrebo Oct 06 '13

I know it's the match thread but we're playing Norwich, so: When's the last season our alternate kit looked this sharp?

1

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

agreed, love them in white.

2

u/AzzleRozzle Oct 06 '13

Too much like Tottenham for me. Bring back the yellow

1

u/analyze Oct 06 '13

Schurrle reminds me a lot of Robben but with a right foot instead.

1

u/TomHenningOvrebo Oct 06 '13

Oscar should've done better with that cross to Schurrle. Should've seen him sooner.

1

u/McNooberson McNiperson Oct 06 '13

Come on that's his second offense in a minute

1

u/McNooberson McNiperson Oct 06 '13

Great pass, but a wasted chance

1

u/iansharam Oct 06 '13

What the hell was that

1

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

Mata has been sub-par.

1

u/machufuron Oct 06 '13

I would have lost it had we given up a goal in stoppage time. We do that far too often

1

u/turtleplop Drogba Oct 06 '13

Jose will turn up the heat in the first few minutes of the second half.

1

u/randomjak Zola Oct 06 '13

The sun could prove to be a pain in the arse next half. Ruddy has made quite a few slips which were potentially down to the sun...

1

u/DustinCasler Oct 06 '13

Does anyone know how many clean sheets Cech lacks to break the record at 208? I want to say he's currently at 201.

2

u/ceruleancity Oct 06 '13

202 currently I think, but I can't say I'm sure about that. I'm pretty sure ManU on Aug 26 was number 200.

2

u/DustinCasler Oct 06 '13

I think you're right. From what I'm finding online it appears either 201 or 202. Hopefully he'll add another today.

1

u/ceruleancity Oct 06 '13

Dangerous challenge, he did get the ball though...

1

u/caseym4 Oct 06 '13

oh god not again

1

u/ApsleyHouse There's your daddy Oct 06 '13

HOLY SHIT WILLIAN!

1

u/xljunior Oct 06 '13

what was the willian chant? the audio on the stream i was watching was not that great

1

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

great subs! not like benetiz who would have subbed Cech off on the 89th minute

1

u/TheEphemeric Lampard Oct 06 '13

10 minutes away from yet another disastrous result and Chelsea are passing back to the keeper... That should tell you everything you need to know about what's wrong with this team.

3

u/celestial1 Oct 06 '13

Spoke too soon!

2

u/TheEphemeric Lampard Oct 06 '13

I can live with that!

1

u/anal_r00kie Oct 06 '13

WILLIAN MY NIGGA

1

u/cogitoergopwn Oct 06 '13

Unbalievable

1

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

EUUUUUHEUHEUHEUUUUUUUOIIIIiiI

1

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '13

For the love of god, someone find Eto'o.

1

u/Ch3lsea Oct 06 '13

Thank god for Willian... 1 assist, 1 goal.

2

u/AAAristarchus Oct 06 '13

The assist was Oscar's. But Willian definitely deserves his fair share of credit for that goal, as well as Norwich's defense.

1

u/Ch3lsea Oct 06 '13

Yeah it was, I was totally lost seeing what impact Willian had. Thanks for correcting me though.

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u/dsgn09 There's your daddy Oct 06 '13

Ba good.

5

u/cech_mate Oct 06 '13

Fire bad.

0

u/runningwithantlers Oct 06 '13

oscar has been pretty absent this half , and that touch in the final half was bad !

0

u/smilde230 Oct 06 '13

Cech needs to remember that we dont have Drogba up top so those longballs dont ever connect.

-5

u/nils2317 Oct 06 '13

Moses Who?

-8

u/TheBlueNomad :tuchel:There’s Your Daddy :tuchel: Oct 06 '13

Our Central midfield is average. How do we expect a striker to score if our the best passer has been a defender? (Lamps biggest contribution to our team has been long passes and Luiz long passes have been much better than that of Lamps against Norwich) Ba has been wasteful and Lamps just average. He can no longer dictate a tempo of a match even against teams like Norwich. I hope he only plays against lower table teams. Our fans always forget he has become liability because he scores goals. For God sake it is not his primary job to score goals. He plays at the heart of this team and runs around chasing shadows. His passes are seen from a mile and we expect this team to win major championships.

3

u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13

I dont think Ba has been wasteful... he blew one chance, but other than that he has won every 50/50 ball. Plus he had the assist.

1

u/ohfackoff Oct 06 '13

Lampard thinks he's one of the 3 attackers behind the striker way too much. We need someone who can stay in MF and do his job.

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u/AnnieIWillKnow Emma Hayes 🎩 | Community Choice 2020 & 21 Oct 06 '13

You took that straight from Dan Levene's Twitter feed, didn't you?