Post Southend Woes

Y’know what? Sod the match review because I’m really not in the mood.

What the bloody hell was that about yesterday? Southend? We can’t even get a result against Southend now? I don’t even know where to start.

I think I’ve been pretty lenient with Chelsea so far this season and considering my reaction to some of our football under Grant last term, I’ve been more than accommodating when it comes to the new Chelsea boss. In fact, if Grant had got some of the results Scolari has so far, I can only imagine the sort of venom I’d have been spewing.

So, I’m going to vent my spleen a bit now – without apologies.

Yesterday was yet another game where we dominated possession and ended up with sod all to show for it and we just can’t keep doing that. It’s getting beyond a joke now. I mean, fair enough, we haven’t always exactly killed sides off. Many-a-time we’ve made do with a 1-0, but at least then we could hold onto that lead, however ugly it was. To concede in the manner we did yesterday was bloody ridiculous.

And why were we in that position anyway? Yes, their keeper might’ve had a say in it but we had chance after chance go begging. If we’re not clinical enough to make our dominant possession count then the club needs to do something about it. I don’t know about anyone else but I’m sick to death of hearing we’ve got a good enough squad. As far as I was concerned, it wasn’t good enough at the start of the season and it certainly doesn’t look good enough now.

So what are the club going to do about it? We’ve already sold Wayne Bridge and there’s the possibility of either Ivanovic or Alex going as well, are they seriously suggesting they’ll just bank the money and struggle on with a squad that’s clearly not cutting the mustard?

And while I’m on about the squad, what was the point in Scolari naming all the youngsters and not bloody playing them? Di Santo didn’t even get ten minutes and Sinclair got even less. If the side out there looked like they were up for it, then fair enough, but clearly they couldn’t buy a second goal to make the game safe so why stick with it? Di Santo wasn’t far off making an impact even in the short time he got, but he’s been out injured for ages, so in the stint he was given, he’d need to be bloody superman to turn the game around.

And that leads nicely into my next moan. If we’re desperate for a second goal – and clearly we were – why is our top goal scorer sat on his arse when his replacement couldn’t give a toss less about the club? I know it’s nice to rest players but when he’s the one who’s put the ball in the back of the net this season, what message does it give to him when he makes way for a non-firing motormouth for the full 90 minutes?

And before anyone has a pop at me for slating them, let me just point out some facts. We might well be second in the table, but that’s off the back of a load of away wins against no-one in particular. We’ve had chances to put daylight between us and the scousers and blown it every time. Any big game we’ve had, we’ve taken sod all from and getting through the group stages of the Champions League was far from convincing.

So if I sound a bit narked, it’s because I can honestly see us ending up as potless as we did last season – and I’d been mug enough to hope for better from Scolari.