Watched on FOX on computer. Could have got a point in the end, but wow, the Brummie commentator for Fox was SO biased in favour of Chelsea it was painful to listen to. He should have his passport removed.

Please tell me I'm wrong, but I could swear Chelsea made FOUR substitutions.

Foster just has to be the best goalkeeper in Europe right now. He was superb.

good job we didn't upset chelsea too much, being as we want lukaku next season!

We went to the Bridge looking to blunt their strength rather than attack

their weakness. Chelsea has struggled in the back all season but

we only gave them something to think about in the closing stages.

And when we put them to the sword we repeatedly let them off the hook.

If this Baggie team was set up from the on set to attack that suspect Chelsea defense the outcome

could have been different. We have to put this game behind us quickly and prepare for the next one.

We got 30 points left to contest le

We generally start slowly for some reason, but then pick up and start flowing. It's good to see we battled back and showed them we were not going to roll over, so fair play to the boys. It's not so bad losing having tried to play football other than giving up.

Chelsea have a magnificent home record and have probably lost no more than 5-10 in the past 5 years (from what I remember).

Albion til I die!

I was under the misapprehension that with forty points in the bank, we could now come out of our shell and play some adventurous football. Instead I watched an eleven man, park the bus, hoofball system that got wo1-Ves relegated, until the introduction of Osaze and Thomas. How on earth we can win games playing like that is beyond me. Ben Foster was immaculate between the sticks and gave Roy Hodgson plenty to think about. Jonas and G-Mac were immense in the middle, yet all around them players were content to watch Chelsea ping the ball to one another. Jonas was caught in possession a few times because their was no "Out ball" on. What a difference when our two footballers came on and showed a bit of finesse. Can we now get back to our passing at speed game with a few more players in forward positions as that afore mentioned system is boring and dire, also shows the opposition too much respect. Who dares wins comes to mind. Gripe over and done with. Onward and upward with the BAGGIES.

BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.

No complaints here, the Baggies were defiant in preventing Chelsea from adding to their one goal, unfortunately going forward Albion were broken down somewhat comprehensively by a determined Chelsea display. Maybe a little more luck from set pieces and it could have been a draw. Having said that the Albion blocked two or three goalward bound efforts.

I would like to know S Clarkes views regarding his 'team's' holding on to the ball, regardless of who the opposition is. I find it of interest because in games that we win we lose out on overall possesion, not in all games, but it is clearly evident.

stripes ay we

Agree totally about the commentary. Every slight Albion mistake was heavily criticized; Chelsea made out to be world beaters which they're not. The game was decided by a defensive lapse. Don't agree it was Fosters fault it should have been put out for a corner. Apart from the goal, Chelsea didn't create much else in the way of clear cut chances. The ref didn't give us much. Odem's booking was a joke. All that said the result was probably about right.

Good effort and well played Foster AGAIN. Disappointed that you know who came on again and did his usual nothing....no contribution again as in the other twelve times. What a pity it was not young Brown who had the chance. At least we would have had one record to shout about.

just got back from the bridge, woeful inept peformanc, Yacob, morrison, fortune, olsson , dorrans,long awful just awful,unbelievable shoolboy defending for goal, closest we came to scoring ben foster yes ben foster in last minute and even he was all over the place for goal, although he was man of the match, if we miss brunt and lukaku that much jp best get is chequebook out, as much as i despise po for what he done i must say when he came on he looked like he could make somthing happen,it hurts i know, but its the truth.

Bit disappointed today, thought we could have done more to get at them in the first 45, but we hardly seemed to get out of own half, we lacked a cutting edge, and it was abundantly clear that edge was Lukaku.

Long was running his legs off but there was no finished product, and, but for Foster being on form it could have been 3-4 nil by half time. Mulumbu and Yacob never seemed to click to their usual high standards either. Still everyone has off days.

Second half improved some what, but we still couldn't punish them, in all honesty, upon until the last frantic 10-15 minutes I don't think we looked likely to score at all.

Still, a few years back we would have been saying well at least we never got tanked, now, we go to places like the Bridge and are disappointed we never got anything out of the game. I suppose that's progress, of a sort!

Cyril, I watched same coverage, you are correct about the common tater, but I would have thought an old war horse like you would be used to it, its gone on as long as I can remember, admittedly more so since the inception of the Prem, I just assumed it had always been like it?

This was always going to be a big ask but I thought we gave a good account of ourselves, we were well organised and but for a bit of bad luck at the end, we could have nicked a point. To put it in perspective, our history against Chelsea is the worst of all the big clubs, we've never got a point at Stamford Bridge and have only scored one goal in all our Premier League matches there so history was against us too.

Disapointed yes, but when you look at the chances that Chelsea created it could have been worse.

We move on.

Just read the funniest thing since Pete's impression of Paul Revere,

"Harry Redknapp was incandescent with rage on Saturday evening, accusing an agent of leaking false information in a bid to destabilise the club."

Arry, look up the word irony!

Justice? not quite, but its a start!

cyril, no chelsea did not make four subs, mikel,moses,torres came on for mata,hazard and ba.

and kevin friend was the ref, 41 548 attendance. maybe it was the banks's bitter that got your mind fuddled.

meanwhile the dingles are going down and long may it continue.

I never expected us to get anything there and I even said to myself that a 1-0 or 2-1 would be a good confidence result for us. i think we can build on this performance and i was happy with Clarkes comments after the game. It sounds like they're gonna try thier best to get into Europe where as last week I was afraid that they had given up on the idea. We obviously miss Lukaku when he doesn't play so instead of worrying about whether or not we are going to get him next season DA and RG will hopefully be scouring the world of football for a suitable replacement.

Very proud of what we're doing this season. Well done Albion and I hope PO can get a few goals before the end of the season to increase interest in him and booster our league position.

Boing Boing

We showed Chelsea too much respect, we have banked forty points, so why place all our mid fielders on defensive duties. Should have started with Osaze and Jerome from the outset as the attack was virtually nil without our their nifty footwork. Even Jonas was caught out on occasions as he held on to the ball too long as the "Out-ball" was not on the mid-fielders were stuck behind him. Good job Ben Foster filled Roy's eyes with another breath taking performance. Lets play more adventurous now we have the forty points and are safe. Y'know a bit of "Who dares wins" stuff. Onward and upward with the BAGGIES.

BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.

P.S. ....if only we had started with the two subs who changed the game.

In the real world I would never wish to deprive a man of his job, but in the world of football I would have liked to have done for Benitez; but only because it would have meant three points for us. In the big scheme of things this result isn't too bad. Let's face it, MU, MC or even Liverpool could go to Stamford Bridge and lose.

No real surprise,

Ben Foster kept the score acceptable. We move on to the next game. We have had a good season overall guys. We as fans, got carried away with our early season success, and rightly so. Its nice to dream now and again, but a club of our stature should be looking for consolidation in the Premier league, and anything beyond that will be a big bonus. I don't think we will lose many of our players at the end of the season, apart from the obvious ones, who want to leave. Hope we get Lukaku for another season.

Up the Baggies.

don't you find it a worry that we struggle without lukaku? he isn't even our player, what will we do for goals next season?

we just sat back and invited pressure, come we should have bombed forward, lose the momentum , lose the battle, come on u baggies

cyril randall and baggie. thanks for your suggestions. I

found a couple of places to view the game.

not the best we have ever played but equally not the

worst either

COYB

Phil Osopher- it is right to dream now and again, spot on but the word consolidate , im not to sure but to build would be better, we aint to far away from the top six, but this season to do the europa league would be to much for our squad me thinks, in the summer we got to strengthen 3 mill on a striker and 3 mill on a midfielder, not silly money , weve proved that, so come on the the albion

must have been watching some other game then, okay Ben Foster was motm but why cant our players do simple things like trapping or controling the ball, Passing the ball to our own players,Olsson was getting caught with the ball 3 or 4 times, and that my friends is the reason that we lost, We made chelsea look good, Having said that i'm proud that i'm a Baggie we are in a good place at the mo, I just think we should have done more to get a result,not just the last 10 mins.

Right Oh, here goes....

Foster...Part to blame for the goal but he was fantastic the rest of the match

Reid....solid, good game

Olsson... so - so again.

McAuley, part to blame for the goal, he should have seen Ba coming, rest of match he was solid

Yacob...Probably one of his worse games for the Albion, kept giving the ball away in dangerous positions.

Ridgwell...Poor, very poor, keeps drifting upfield leaving the back door open as usual and struggling to get back.

Morrison...So-so, battled but little impact.

Mulumbu...Usual workhorse battle, got stuck in and it was between him and Foster for Man of the match

Dorrans...Not one of his better days, gave ball away in panic too often

Long...ineffective, no impact what-so-ever and has got into the habit of going to ground a bit too quick for my liking.

Fortune... worked hard, held the ball up well but to me even though Long was there Fortune seemed to be on his own.

Odemwingie....Changed the game completely and must be a contender to start in the next game.

Thomas, again gave a different dimension for the game, seems hungry and eager.

Rosenberg....Did he really come on ??...nowhere to be seen.

OK, lets put it into perspective here, we played the team 3rd in the league and the last 20 mins we had them on the rack even if MOTD didn't show it and really we could have sneaked it for a deserved draw but it wasn't to be.

The critical point for me, and it may upset a few, we need Odemwingie, he turned the game on it's head and we went from a midfield/defending team into an attacking team and we had Chelsea rattled and surely Clarke MUST see that this is the way to start a match...ATTACK... not sitting back absorbing it all, giving teams too much respect.

If we had started off the way we finished the Chelsea match we would be talking a different game, it would have been 3 points.

Change of subject slightly... Why is it that grown men go to the away matches, get to their seat 3 mins before the start, absolutely ratted out of their brain and after spending the best part of £50 for the seat to then not look at the match but spent the whole 90 mins swearing and cussin at the stewards, programme seller, pie man and home fans all match...swearing the worse language imaginable with kids, young kids all around them...then have the audacity to boo ODEM calling HIM an embarrassment.

Stay at home and watch it on Fox Sports or go down to Dingle Town where you would fit in quite easily and let REAL supporters enjoy the match away from neanderthals like you !

Did I boo Odem...NO...we needed him....did I boo the team...NO because that last 20 mins showed us what we are capeable of.

So, Chelsea out of the way and the next tester will be the Swansea game, not easy and we need to ATTACK from the start and not sit back....go get em and one of these matches we would get a bagful of goals if Clarky plays it right....GO FOR IT !!

Phil Osopher,

I am still carried away as we are having a "Bostin" season mate, our club is embedded in the top nine at this time and we are safely in the "Hat" for the forthcoming one, season that is. Cheers and beers from now on in, for us anyway. You seem to be talking as though the bottom has dropped out of our season mate. Come on join the good times pardner. "Yeeee Haaaa, head 'em up move 'em out". The BAGGIES will keep 'em rollin'. The good times, that is.

BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.

Watched the Wolves game Friday and we could do worse than go for Bacary Sako in the summer Good attitude , good left foot and plenty of pace.

Poor performance we gave Chelsea far too much respect we should have got "at them" more. We are on 40 points might as well have had a go.

Surprised Odemwingie didn't start why keep him if we are not going to play him? No use bringing him on for the last 10 mins Might as well have banked the money.

I think Clark was trying to do a Liverpool, defend all game and have a go the last 10 mins. Felt sorry for Shane Long he was the only player in their half for most the game had no service at all.

Yacob has been looking sloppy the last few weeks giving cheep free kicks away also Morrison has been quiet BUT he has been playing out of position. Dorrans was poor lost a yard of pace and cutting edge and gives the ball away too often not the player he used to be can he ever get back to the top of his game?

Overall a good defensive performance but a poor attacking performance.

Swansea at home next big game we are both on 40 points

boing boing

Should have gone for the jugular from the start and unsettled the crowd as we had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Looks like the ding1e5 are going down i said this time last year to be carefull what they wished for with MM. it's sad really as I miss our little derby games also think Villa will go as well now so no derby games for a while.

Still we really do know who we are now.

This was exactly how we set up against Liverpool. Defence, soecifically Foster keep it close until last 20ish minutes then throw on a few attackers and see if we can nick sonething. I am happy with that as to try and play Chelsea at their own game would generally lead to a big loss. 13 points from 11 games against the top 7 in the league is a very good return.

I dont think us fans who spend quite a bit of money on going to away games are happy to see us make an effort in the last ten mins

Jack ♣ Hat.

I know what you're saying buddy, I just want them to keep winning. The pressure is off now, so lets just have a go in the remaining games, and see where we end up.

tony browns moustache.

I agree we will need to strengthen, but with JP at the helm, we will have to unearth a few jewels. We won't be splashing the cash. I'm not having a go at JP, because we will always be financially stable whilst he's at the helm.

Ah well, back to the cheers & beers lads.

Evening all,

after a time reading and thinking about the game....well...did we give them a little too much respect..maybe but it just seemed liked one of thoswe games to me. We had chances to get something out of it but never reached the high notes of the last few weeks - but that said we are still having a great season and can still push on and finish strongly. It's just a dropped stitch in a season lomg thread of football - and who can say what will happen next?? Swansea may turn up and play like gods or turnips...anything is possible really. We were not that bad against chelsea....it was just one fo those games in my mind. That said ben Foster was total class!!!

Looking forward to the Laurie Cunningham doc on wednesday - will be playing my form in school tomorrow the footage from the man utd 5-3 game!!

regards

AndyH

One 'arf

It was Max's fault but at least I slept like a baby.

Adeu

some clever posts on here referring to SC substitutions, opinunated hindsight.

if a team can get to the last fifteen minutes without using any subs, especialy against a Chelsea like team.

why not put three runners on, specifically attacking midfield and strikers