Chelsea Banter Archive March 10 2013

10 Mar 2013 21:05:22
Rite any real Chelsea fan will love lampard like me but all these people that are saying he should get a new deal are wrong and I also dislike rafa And that's a gud word for him (dislike ) but think he's trying to prove a point big games lampard plays and we can all see he's not what he was though rafa Is not saying it he's proving it that the older players are just not gud enough still rafa has to go and why the hell hazard didn't start I do not no

Nice punctuation buddy

10 Mar 2013 20:31:47
When are we going to play the replay Ed, any idea when IANCFC. {Ed018's Note - not yet}

10 Mar 2013 20:27:25
Hazard=Awesome

Franco

10 Mar 2013 20:08:33
Does anyone know when the replay is going to be?

cheers

10 Mar 2013 19:13:12
how on earth did those red devils escaped, crap. So they were counting on luck. now follow us to the Bridge we will settle the score there. BLUE IS THE SKY

Blueprint

10 Mar 2013 18:49:59
At last a commited passionate performance. Wish we played united every week. They have sent our season down the hill last we met. Hopefully we'll kick off to a different effect after this game. No matter the score, we were sublime tonight.

JG

Agree, after the match I saw just a little more team spirit with the hugging and congrats on the pitch maybe this draws the team closer and they start playing for one-another like last year's CL run.

I though it was a slow and poor performance from us in the first half, could have bored the crap out of a coma patient. Picked up in second and should have won it. Why was there no mention or a replay of Rio been a dirty git? Had it been one of our players they would have been building the scaffold and tying the noose back stage, complete and utter joke, Man U can't do no wrong! Scott M.

10 Mar 2013 18:46:26
Point proven that that although we love Lamps he should not be starting in central midfield in big games for us anymore. We can rotate any combination of Luiz, Ramires, Mikel and Romeu when he comes back and we will be tough to beat.

Just like to say that what it is like playing with 11 men not with 10 when lamps is there midfield put him up striker not torres.

10 Mar 2013 18:29:19
Mikel was amazing. Him and Luiz for me in that role we would be solid and
Let Oscar may hazard do what they do {Ed018's Note - Ramires played well today as well. Way more dynamic than Mikel or Luiz}

Ramires was awesome, but Mikel really has looked like a new player since he came back from the ACN. Definitely looking like he deserved the new contract.

Yes. Urgency and Energy. It is amazing what happens when Mikel, Luiz and Ramires play well. We are unplayable. Proitos

On yeah agree that Ramires legs and work rate brilliant I'm thinking to make us more solid. Concede less. Second half we were amazing. Looked like we were playing for our lives. Second ball fighting for it. Oh and rio is a coward and I was praying more than ever Torres scored at end

Oh and although staring line up wasnt good. Rafa got subs right Nd and right time

Ive been mikels biggest hater trust me, but today he made some important tackles, but he still had some sloppy passes and a few missed tackles.

Though luiz was fantastic

Mikel came on and made us play better cutting out mu play

Mikel can't play those defence splitting passes but what he can do is break up play well, since acn he's begun to look forward when he breaks play up and gets it to the 3 AMs rather than passing back to the defence.

10 Mar 2013 18:23:04
If this chelsea was given to rafa on day one. title would have been ours.

excelelnt second half. power packed performance.
and that's chelsea t its best.

UTD scrumbling.

Its not world class manager. nor world class stars.

its sometimes. dedication. and commitment.

thats it.

never give up.

How would the title be ours?
We were 4 points of united when he came in.

Jordan

The players played for them selves and us NOT BENITEZ

11 Mar 2013 08:59:26
but benitez relaised you. that your club is bigger than the stars you have.
he benched terry and will drop lampard.
its chelsea. not chelsea players.

10 Mar 2013 17:58:33
At least spuds lost

10 Mar 2013 17:44:55
No terry to lead us, no Mikel to protect us, no hazard to create space, no hope thanks rafa.

10 Mar 2013 17:39:21
The thing that just didn't let me ever back the fat waiter is that when his teams are loosing or not playing to standards or slow, he never tweaks in the formation or make a significant change. He only waits for his beloved 70mn and make like for like changes.

Show yourself your in control man your not just ruining Chelsea's reputation it's his managerial reputation as well. Doomed Rafa but hope this negativity ends when his contract is up.

J.

10 Mar 2013 17:30:09
david moyes would be my choice for the manager done an excellent job at efc he is a proven british prem manager the direction we need to go we have had to many foreign managers time to give a brit a go now and give him stability and let him get the club organised his way you need to get moyes in asap abramovich and get this person benitez out.

10 Mar 2013 17:24:31
Even though we ate losing, its the best we've been for some weeks. Next goal crucial they get it its over, us then game on.

10 Mar 2013 17:19:25
Bar the two goals we have dominated the game.
How are they so far ahead of us?
Two reasons.
1)manager, obviously
2) their strikers. They don't send their best one on loan.

Was Lukaku your best striker when you sent him out on loan like?

10 Mar 2013 17:05:49
Why do we always wait till we are 1 or 2 down before we look any way interested in the game too many of our players not up to it way to average we need players who aren't ok but good 8/10 games

10 Mar 2013 16:49:47
sack benitez at half time please roman all he does is change this team around to no effect cech has become rubbish under benitez, get lost rafa you clown

So slow so very slow.

10 Mar 2013 16:43:16
We are going get hammered. Benitez is off after this game. Proitos

10 Mar 2013 15:56:52
No hazard today. Rafa doesn't like playing with two wingers.
It's either hazard or moses but not both.

Hazard isn't really a winger in my opinion. He wants to play the Mata role behind Ba. Moses and maybe Marin are the only 2 people I think give is genuine width. Benitez has been quoted as saying he doesn't like playing Oscar, Mata and Hazard together because they're too similar.

LJ.

10 Mar 2013 11:16:27
If we are going to go out today, I'd rather go out fighting. My team for today would be:

Cech
Ivan Cahill Terry Cole
Luiz Mikel
Moses Mata Hazard
Ba

I left Lamps out because I haven't been impressed with him at all recently and I left Oscar out because I think we need some genuine width, someone to get at Evra because I honestly don't think he's all that. Plus, Oscar, as we've seen, can reinvigorate us later on if/when we need it. Ivan over Azpi because we could use his physical presence at set pieces and I think he shows up when it matters. If Torres gets on the pitch for any other reason than all out subs come down with the plague then I'll concede the tie there and then - bloke's about as deadly as an inflatable sword.

Your thoughts/teams?

LJ.

Oscar for Mikel.

I agree with the starting line up only put azpil in instead of bran. Bran always get cought out positon

Branislav Ivanovic should not play right back for us EVER gain! how many times does it take people to realise that he is an incapable footballer especially with the ball at his feet! he should only ever play centre back which is 1) where he prefers to play and 2) in my opinion where he is best!

Dan1CFC