Chelsea Banter Archive April 12 2015

12 Apr 2015 20:19:57
Big win Today, grinding out results while not at your best wins titles. Great to see Fabregas score as well. Add Varanne, Koke, Costa and Icardi ( all chelsea targets and not fantasy stuff ), plus a back up keeper together with RLC and hopefully, Bertrand Traore and we move alongside Bayern, Real and Barca in my opinion.

12 Apr 2015 21:09:33
Don't want Douglas costa he's not a game changer. The only way we'll get alongside them is if we can get a midfielder who can shoot from outside the box (Andre Gomes, Loftus-Cheek) and a world class RW like Bale. Although I still think Cuadrado's our man. Fellaini and Mata are prime examples of if you don't play then when you do get a chance you don't play as well.

12 Apr 2015 21:25:43
Agree with you Ed018, supercesc yes we do need Koke or Gomes one of them two would be great. Schneiderlin is really good but we aren't interested, a shame but it's as simple as that plus Koke offers more and would really compliment Matic and Fabregas. I do however think we should look at home grown players for our back up striker if Remy were to leave. Charlie Austin would be great.

12 Apr 2015 23:06:35
Agree with some points there ELI. I don't want a koke or Pogba someone who would stop RLC progressing because as other may not I think he is good enough to play next season in a midfield three with Matic and Fabregas. I agree about homegrown players that's why RLC should play. Austin or Ings for me if Remy leaves.

{Ed018's Note - what has RLC done that makes you think he is good enough to be a regular starter next season?}

12 Apr 2015 23:33:03
I'd take the risk especially on a powerful and technically gifted player. He's the missing link for us just needs faith and experience.

What has Ramires and Mikel done over the past two years to make them starters before Matic and Fabregas joined the club?

13 Apr 2015 01:22:24
WelshChels you seem VERY pro Loftus cheek

He's a youngster, let's give him time :)

13 Apr 2015 02:12:10
I understand what you mean aron. But I've watched Loftus-Cheek a lot on Chelsea TV and he is a fantastic talent. His u19's game for England was his best game I've seen him play against Italy watch it on YouTube. he's got it now I think to start playing. I don't want to see us make the same mistake United did with Pogba and I know it's a big statement but I just hope we win the league soon. I'm not one of them who wants to see us spend 50+ million on Pogba.

13 Apr 2015 09:13:13
Fair points welsh!

13 Apr 2015 09:13:23
Will watch the game

13 Apr 2015 12:16:32
I think he's capable of coming into the team and having the same impact as Jordan Ibe but in midfield.

13 Apr 2015 13:48:01
I do agree with you no would bring in a quality mid to replace Mikel and Ramires and have Ake and RLC there if it was me.

5 players for 2 positions

13 Apr 2015 14:33:12
Would much more prefer if either ake or RLC get a good loan tonpkay whole seasin for some team and get a game time.

13 Apr 2015 15:16:21
Lrdit, that's the exact reason they won't make it with your negativity and people wanting them to go out on loan. Players like Colkett and Christensen would benefit from a loan whereas I think RLC and Izzy Brown wouldn't.

13 Apr 2015 16:08:32
I agree with LRDIT, you can't expect Rlc to come in & have the quality required to be a regular starter or regular sub without any experience at the top level! We would all like to see him get into the first team but other players come before him I'm afraid. He needs a loan with a premier league team for development & experience in big games

14 Apr 2015 09:36:04
Welsh why you think I am negative? So do prefer the lad to sit on the bench and scrap few minutes from time to time like mikel does? Or do you prefer hom playing regularly for someone like Leicester or any other smaller team in PL?

14 Apr 2015 09:38:21
Also to add to my point, I said that I don't mind one of Ake or RLC staying but I believe that if both would stay they would be just wasted

12 Apr 2015 15:40:56
say what you want about fabregas he's just scored a massive goal for us & got us a massive win!

12 Apr 2015 16:01:58
We really need Oscar on the pitch. The team looked lost without him.

{Ed018's Note - Oscar has surely been out of form for a while but he should always be out there before Ramires}

12 Apr 2015 16:32:17
That was a massive result. Remys absence really hurt us since they have fast centre halfs and drogba never threatened to get in behind. This in turn allowed them to press very high up the pitch and made it tough to play on the ground. got to say that Matic and Fabregas not getting booked is huge with the two games coming up. Also if I could have one team get relegated it would be qpr as they always give us a game.

12 Apr 2015 16:32:38
Exactly my thinking, Ed. Yes he's been out of form, but he still adds a whole lot more to the team than Ramires right now.

12 Apr 2015 16:42:45
Difficult game. Chelsea was lucky to win.

12 Apr 2015 14:48:00
If we were 0-0 in the 2nd half in the first half of the season I wouldn't be worried. I worry these days now!

12 Apr 2015 15:08:50
We're not scoring today. It's been a horrible performance.

12 Apr 2015 15:18:21
Hahaha, u shouldn't worry that much. There's always a bird raises his voice at the right moment. This time the bird named F4.

12 Apr 2015 15:27:32
Yeah happy with 3 points today, but we played really poorly

12 Apr 2015 15:42:28
Just the time of year when you have to scrap for points and win whichever way you can. If we win our game in hand then 10points clear, massive win today.

12 Apr 2015 14:31:53
I'd move Hazard central and bring Brown on for Fab and play him wide, height and pace!!

12 Apr 2015 16:00:48
Surely you didn't think Mourinho would bring Brown on? :-P
I was actually thinking that he couldn't have been any worse than Drogba. We just kicked the ball upfield in Drogba's vicinity, maybe we would've played better with Brown up front, some more interplay as Brown is much more mobile.
Hope to see him play in the Uefa youth cup final tomorrow :)

12 Apr 2015 12:47:21
Remy injured at the worst possible time so it's Drogba starting. That's not good. Also Ramires on the pitch so I'm getting slightly worried about today.
Also if Remy can't play next weekend then we can forget about winning against United :(
Hope we can power through this one. Up the Blues!

{Ed018's Note - got to hope Drogba is able to contribute something. He has been pretty poor as of late.}

12 Apr 2015 13:14:33
Surprised to see izzy brown he only played 90 minutes in Switzerland two days ago. Come on Chelsea although I'm not confident.

12 Apr 2015 13:16:17
Yeah, tell me about it. I thought he was decent in the early part of the season but whenever he plays now he does almost nothing. The whole team pressing is also very weak when Drogba is 'leading' it. This won't be easy.