Chelsea Banter Archive March 13 2015

13 Mar 2015 22:01:52
Traore scored again for Vitesse! And to top his game off he won a penalty as well. He's really showing what he's got, and that's tremendous ability :)
Got to get this guy in the 1st team!

13 Mar 2015 01:45:19
Alright lads just a bit of fun to keep this page updated. Join in if you want ed.

If you could see 4 players play a lot more for Chelsea who you think haven't had enough gametime who would they be?

Here's mine:

• Filipe Luis - One of the worlds best LB's last season along with Alaba. I think it's disrespectful how he's been treated.

• Ruben Loftus-Cheek - I'm a very big fan as you may no lol, reminds me of Ballack a fare bit and I think he's more than good enough when needed to rotate the squad.

• Cuadrado - still settling in I suppose but I want to see him start and deliver now because I'd put him ahead of Willian and Oscar in terms of quality.

• Remy - A classy striker who has a lot of pace and power yet we're still bringing on Drogba as sub? Baffles me. One of the deadliest strikers in the league and he's getting to the prime age. He's more than good enough to play all COC and FA Cup games next season to give Costa a rest. Wouldn't blame him if he left.

{Ed001's Note - Ake? I do agree with those you chose though, so just throwing another name out there. Interesting to see Kakuta is reportedly doing well this season, speaking of players that should have got more game time with Chelsea.

Speaking of which, it was interesting to see Ray Wilkins talking about how he had told Chelsea that Matic was never a Chelsea player when he was first there. The reason he gave when talking about? Because he was too skinny! English football has still not learnt the lesson that football isn't about being strong and tough. No wonder the Prem teams struggle in Europe.}

13 Mar 2015 08:27:01
Exactly ed, zero technical ability, just players with brute force and players that run themselves to the ground.

It's Embarrasing, anyway to the question

Felipe Luis
Ake
Remy
Zouma or RLC

13 Mar 2015 11:09:00
good post.

id go with the following

- remy
- zouma
- ake
- luis

remy in my ideal team right now would be RW. controversial?
zouma has outplayed cahill in small games and big game, its a matter of time until he is first choice.
ake IMO would have played a lot more had it not been for injuries around sep/oct/nov.
luis should start every game against teams who are not rivals or stoke. when we are attacking he should play.

back to the RW. currently matic and fab should sit behind the trio. clearly Oscar is playing poorly and should be dropped. with that being said willian must play through the middle leaving cuad and rami fighting it out for RW. But neither are clinical and despite a poorer work rate tracking back (which willian could make up for) I think remy would suit it. the guy has something to prove at this level!

13 Mar 2015 14:12:50
Good idea for a post mate :)
I'd go with the following players:
- Luis
-Remy
-Cuadrado
-RLC/Ake

Luis I think is an obvious one. He's a fantastic left back, great at tackling IMO. Offensively he's also a menace. Very good at making those overlapping runs which would give Hazard the space he needs to destroy opponents and his crossing is top notch at times. As you said he should play more against teams that are likely to sit back and defend.
Remy also fairly straightforward. He's played well whenever called upon. He's IMO a good striker, both fast and strong enough to deal with EPL defenders. Also decent at dribbling and linking up with the attacking midfielders. He should definitely be getting more game time than Drogba. It's baffling how it's the other way around right now.
I'd pick Cuadrado as he hasn't got much time to show what he can do and link with the other attacking players. I hope he can be a real threat, but Mourinho has to give him some trust. And I also hope that his game isn't too shackled because he's overly worried by his defensive task.
A toss up between RLC and Ake for me. I'm a huge RLC fan and I'd love to see him play more. Fantastic ability and what gives him a big advantage over other young players is that he's physically capable to deal with grown men I think. That said, Ake has been around the first team for a while now and I've never been disappointed by him when he's been given a chance. Good young player in his own right. Defensively sound and good on the ball with crisp passing (nothing fancy but can keep the ball moving). So maybe this year I'd like to see more of Ake and then more of RLC as well next year.

13 Mar 2015 17:30:00
Good idea mate but does it matter? Jose just picks the same team ffs Ake can't even get a game when we have all players out in his position, this can't be right.
Honestly if we sign Douglas Costa I'll run head first into a wall of my choice.

To keep it going though I'd say
Remy
Ake
Cuadrado

13 Mar 2015 17:48:49
Mine 4 would be

Zouma
Remy
ake/rlc
luis

Probably there is no point of stating the points why I would like to see them more as it is alreasy done in other posts. Just in my eyes Remy and Zouma should play more than drogba and cahill, while luis is a hard call as azpi and ivanovic are superb too

13 Mar 2015 19:58:34
Agree with most peoples choices, its honestly quite hard to choose as we have a number of quality players who maybe should be getting more time on the pitch and I fully agree with ed01 kakuta, given his debut by ancelotti, looked destined to be a world beater but injuries and poor choice of loans cost him. On to the 4 players, mine would be;

Luis - quality lb and a much better option in an attacking side.

Zouma - as everyone has surely noticed, Cahill is looking out of place and / or nervous. Zouma is better in the air, quicker and should go on to become one of the best defenders in the world.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek - I struggle to see where he would fit in if Oscar is on form but I think playing him alongside Matic with Fabregas playing in the #10 position would see us dominate the middle of the pitch.

Solanke - If we're going to let Remy go and Drogba retires he should be third choice behind Costa and whoever comes in (Icardi)? Knows how to find the back of the net and is quick.

13 Mar 2015 21:20:56
To your point of Kakuta. Maybe his loans weren't the best but there were also some people at the club that said that it was in large part due to his own work ethic. It's not always the club's fault if a superbly talented player doesn't pan out.

15 Mar 2015 10:46:11
Its a mixture of both imo, failed loans and work ethic

Like ravel Morrison, however he failed due to being a complete tosser, ability aplenty, absolute tosser though and wasted his potential, hate players like that.