Chelsea Banter Archive December 16 2012

 

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16 Dec 2012 23:50:28
Everyone moaning at Moses

He played very badly but has been decent in other games

Oh how we miss the DROGBA

Billy

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He has been alright in other games, not great. When he starts i always think we play worse as a team. He is far better as an impact sub, although even then i have only been impressed once or twice.

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You could say the same for kalou when he was at the club

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16 Dec 2012 22:31:42
this season is in shambles maybe a cup will come our way,let's think about next season.

-we need more depth
-we need stronger leaders
-we need a man to implement a regeim that will suit the players and need to stick to it for as long as we can
-we need to choose our manager correctly i think pep will be good.
-We need to get out the old guard for good.
-we musnt loan out half the squad.

Chelsea 2013/2014:

Manager:Pep Guardiola

Cech/Courtois

Azpilicueta/Hutchinson*Ivanovic/Cahill*Terry/Luiz*Bertrand/van Aanholt

Ramires/Paulinho*Romeu/Mikel

Mata/Moses*Oscar/de Bruyne*Hazard/Marin

Falcao/Lukaku/Torres

Strongest xi:

Cech/Courtois?

Azpilicueta*Cahill*Luiz(c)*Bertrand

************Romeu************
*****Ramires******Oscar*******

Mata/de Bruyne****de Bruyne/Hazard
*************Falcao**************

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Torres? Really? You still put him in our team? No thank you, that fella is hopeless.

ELI

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Would rather Mourinho back than Guardiola!
MB

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Mourinhio left chelsea as a legend, if he comes back and doesnt do as well as he did the first time round, most people wont remember him as the legend that he was, they would focus on the bad.

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16 Dec 2012 22:19:21
Falcao,Hulk,Paulinho and de Bruyne in. Sturridge and Rafa out!

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So you rather throw Sturridge out than Torres? u most be crazyy moon...

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We already own de bruyne

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He probably means to recall de Bruyne.

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16 Dec 2012 21:49:39
i watched the full 90 mins of that game, and didnt even realise that that paulinho was playing...

peds

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Harsh comment. I mean I know he wasn't all that but surely he wasn't "Torres invisible" ?

ELI

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Torres was visible for the wrong reasons!

MB

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Paulinho was extreamly defensive that game, the reason you didnt notice him was because Paulinho + Ralf pushed Ramires and Lampard so far back that they were useless for the rest of the team. That was prolly one of the main reasons we lost cause we didnt have a defensive midfielder.

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16 Dec 2012 20:31:56
why dnt we just slap 60mill down for falcao and be done with it! i just know its gonna be another aguero saga! ifing and aring and then some one else snaps him up! i wouldnt be at all suprise if we never see falcao signkevinCFC

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He is one class act what a goal he scored to put atletico one up v barca

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Agree! but we will miss out il lay money on it we always do!
kevinCFC

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Unless i am very wrong i think he has a "release clause" for around 40Mill, no need for 60.

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It's 60m Euros which is roughly £40m {Ed002's Note - Where do you get your money changed?}

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16 Dec 2012 20:14:26
Will we ever play Marin???

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You probily mean start him

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16 Dec 2012 19:01:04
hey ed,

why have you not posted my post

cali {Ed002's Note - I guess someone else deleted it.}

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16 Dec 2012 18:56:09
Fans !! Stop all these cycle; when mikel plays we complain that romeu should hav been played, when ceaser plays 2 we would prefer ivanovic, when ivanovic plays 2 we complain that ceaser should hav been played.When moses plays we cry for marin, when hazard is in we seek moses etc , they are all mid team players and can't be better than that unless you blend them with top class forwards.
okblue

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16 Dec 2012 18:51:06
Was working when the match was on today so only saw some glimpses. From what I could tell it looked like we took a step backwards again. The passing was shocking and the creativity was next to non existant. Torres looked clueless yet again and missed an absolute sitter as well as Cahill. Hazard does not know when to shoot, the chance he had when he broke through on the through ball should have been a first time shot, instead he took it too far and lost the chance. We have to be more decisive in our attack, more direct passing instead of slowing the pace down and players breaking their necks to get into space or offering themselves as a passing option. Deffo got to get some crossing training done, we dont have anyone who can deliver a ball in play other than Torres and Mata but they should ideally be on the end of them. Come on now lads, pull your fingers out, Jan cant come any quicker. Scott M

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16 Dec 2012 18:45:46
Though don't like rafa, yet it was much of his fault today. Like had once said, we have great problems with our recruitments, don't know whether its the fault of our scouts or our director of football/sports or our board or Abramovich. We erroneously blame the coaches most times and the players some times, most of our forwards are short and are average players. Honestly havn't seen why we spent about £33k for hazard, they are all mid-team players. Thats why they can't hold firm against a strong team, athletico, man. u, man. c, juve, ukrain, corinthians. We lack a serious bench, the reserves are just
like the ones on the pitch, no difference, torres is just like sturridge, If had not seen paulinho today would hav been thinking he was fantastic. The lesson here is that the coaches are not given free hands, it has been almost same pattern with RDM.
okblue

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There is no way hazard is only a mid table player, I don't know what you've been smoking but but he is one of the best attacking mids in the league and has the potential to be one of the best in the world, imo

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Mata, oscar and hazzard average?
You need to get your pixxie boots on and go and play with the fairys!
Let yourself down mate!

Luke

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Our attack has something to do with our forward (Torres) and something to do with the pivot players that sucks and cant pass a ball forward, if these things get fixed and they all play a year together i can guarantee you we wil score more goals then Man-c/u in PL.

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No I don't think Hazzard is average. But we lack consistency. One day we are good the next rubbish. I will say though that I do not rate Ramires. He is too light for a midfield player, his passing is poor and he seems to lash out and crash on people. Proitos

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The same Ramires that pulled of that great chip at the camp nou?

Fickle fans.

Luke

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Absolutely spot on Luke. The fickleness of what I can only assume is from the 'new breed' on Chelsea fans is ridiculous. I'm extremely upset with the season so far, but h*ck me dead mate I am still way more excited about the CL final win!

Melbourne CFC

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17 Dec 2012 18:15:45
@Luke, he can do something brilliant times to times no doubt, but you must admit he has played like crap this season, lately he has vanished completly offensive and hardly do anything threating and he isent really a rock in the defense either and he really isent good at passing.... So while playing like that he should be benched.

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You accuse me of ficklenses? If you stopped judging players by one or two brilliant moments and started seeing them game in game out you would think otherwise. Proitos

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16 Dec 2012 18:39:00
One big difference for me between chelsea upto 2010 and chelsea after 2010

going into a game,
i really dont feel confident about chelsea getting a comfortable win. its like we are at the mercy of the opposing team's form

i fear we are on the path to becoming another liverpool. though we may be saved by roman's riches.
theres no seriousness, no commitment, no drive in the team.some players dont seem to care.
we really need a tough and experienced coach.someone who the players are bound to respect.
according to me, letting go of ancelotti was a bigger mistake than letting go of mourinho.

taby

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After that year our midfield hasn't been close to the dominating force is was previously. We let ballack go and essien became injury plagued and frank has gone way down hill. We used to dominate games in the midfield and that doesn't happen anymore.

Tk

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16 Dec 2012 17:47:43
Hello guys ive been thinkin about this for quite a while is it just me or is, Ramires being awful bad and looks like a bigger issue than Mikel atm. He is unable to pass the ball forward and you hardly see him doing anything threatening offensive anymore and he isent the best defender either, when we used Luiz in the midfield with Mikel we looked much more stable and secure we did it earlier this year with Meireles&Mikel against newcastle aswell but we never do when Ramires plays we always fail to control the midfield(not fan of luiz in the midfield fyi).

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16 Dec 2012 17:19:37
For all the complaining and crying we still had the better chances in the match against a well organized team that plays hard and physical, a stronger shot by Moses or different spin on the ball and it goes in past the keeper's finger tips, and either of Cahill or Torres shots sneaking past and we win the game and the talk and feeling is different. And yet it's the same team and manager, funny how that works.

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16 Dec 2012 18:26:16
Totally agree mate. The problem is not that Mikel is a very bad player, it's the system (the pivot). Mikel is used to, and better suited to, a 4-3-3 system with little space for 'only him' to cover. Thank God he didn't play today, but Lampard did. This page would have been flooded with abuses at the Poor Nigerian. Meireles was his best central partner.
Bas!cs.

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16 Dec 2012 16:53:22
This is how I see it. That pivot postion has serious problems. The best pivot all season was the Mikel-Meireles partnership against Newcastle, the passing and tackling duo allow the defence to be protected and the forwards to go all out.

Since then, we gone with Ramires/Mikel which doesn't worry as neither has an effective shooting or passing range.

So I'll say that actually we shouldn't buy a deep-lying midfielder because we have De Bruyne coming in, next season. But another midfielder needs to be purchased.

Fernando looks like he's being priced out of a move and Paulinho looks like he may sign we don't know.

But in January a Midfielder and a Striker is an absolute must.

PR!

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Ramires is looking awful lately

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Theres that bl**dy word" pivot" raising its ugly head again,yawnnnnn
ktbffh

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When ramires didn't play central everyone complained now that he's playing central everyone's complaining again.I personally think he will be at his best with a 3 man midfield

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16 Dec 2012 16:14:32
Has anyone been following Kevin De Bruyne's progress for Werder Bremen recently? If so, do you feel he's good enough to fit into our team next season? I've only seen him play against Scotland where he was playing deep & picking out some brilliant long balls & looked really comfortable.

Geffro

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He's Bremen's best player by a mile so far which doesn't mean that much as they have become an average Bundesliga side. He plays a little higher on the pitch than he he does for Belgium and is always a threat on goal or for a nice final ball into the box especially on the break! Definitely no regular starter, but he will be a great squad player / occasional starter as he can play anywhere among the midfield 5 in our system.

Cheers
Beast

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Thanks Beast!
Geffro

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Beast you are well wrong, hes been playing centre mid alot, someone who passes and makes good attacking runs, exactly what we need to replace lampard,

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On paper perhaps, but Bremen play much more of a flat 4-5-1 when defending and a 4-1-2-3 with wide players when attacking and Junuzovic holding, allowing de Bruyne to move up the pitch. Plus attacking runs and good passing (especially on the break) is excactly what I meant with nice final ball into the box. I also said he can play anywhere among our midfield 5 which includes centre mid so I don't see where we differ here?
In reality though he has much more attacking responsibilities than defensive responsibilities for Bremen. Trust me, I watch them week in week out, plus he already scored 4 this season in the league. He will get his odd start but it's more likely at centre mid than pushing any of Mata, Hazard or Oscar out of the team.

Hope I cleared it up a bit.
Cheers
Beast

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Well apparently rafa reckons moses can push oscar out the team so at this rate kev de bruyne could push anyone out!

RSM

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True! Thought about that too but then my subconscious hoped for someone else to manage the club next season other than Rafa. :)

Cheers
Beast

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16 Dec 2012 16:10:59
The moment I saw the line-up I wasn't so confident. Moses over Oscar, Lamps starting, I honestly don't get the way things work at the club. Its not the fact that we lost that hurts most but the manner. No urgency or determination from some players. And to me as hard working as Ramires is he just doesn't suit the team he couldn't pass a decent ball infront to save his life. The past few games I haven't spoken on Torres cause I felt you all would have a go at me but I can say time and time again.... We should cut our losses and let him go he's no good, Mata was a shadow f himself, Hazard was the only player that impressed up top, Iva @ RB is a disaster waiting to happen and just a reminder Torres is hopeless . I could have seen Marin in that game offering more than Moses and for me Benitez takes the blame for this loss his starting line up was sad. We need to sort our selves out or it could be a really long year. Right now finishing 2nd or 3rd in the league? I would take it. Not given up yet but that is a really hard blow to take.

P.S. Paulinho tried too hard to impress and looked average but he did hustle and that's what a few of ours lacked. Heads up lads! Up Chelsea.

ELI

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Ramires wasn't great going frwd but he was good in defence. Nothing wrong with Moses today he should have stayed on. Lamps wasn't bad but Oscar in the same role would have been a better 2 way player offering more in defense.

3 players were bad today, Cahill - constantly getting turned on and had difficulty marking, Mata - his worse game of the season and should have been taken off for Oscar and Torres who got frustrated and stopped working hard and gave the ball away a lot and missed an the easiest goal attempt of the game.

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Moses was very bad today rofl, he couldnt even get a proper ball into the box..

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16 Dec 2012 15:39:53
will cahill get banned for being sent off today or is it like when ivo got sent in the shield he never served a ban thanks Ed. {Ed002's Note - I don't know but I think the competition is the only FIFA competition featuring club sides; in theory he would be banned from the next game there.}

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16 Dec 2012 15:11:50
some fans on here are a joke! we lost get over it! we were poor get over it! u win/lose or draw in football and u stick threw it thick and thin! players didnt turn up today but that happens! we will bounce back! kevinCFC

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Yeah but the players should more serious n show a 'willing to win' attitude in every game though..

sky

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Sky! its a cup where u jump into the semi final straight away! ok yes i want to win it but not gonna slate the team over it! traveled half way round the world to play this cup am more worried about that and the effect it will have on the team for the next game!



kevinCFC

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It wasnt losing that everyone is angry about, its the lack of belief and drive. It doesnt matter what competition you play in, that kind of performance is unacceptable.

Badger

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But that is not an excuse to play like that kevin..

sky

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Loses for cups already this season, city, madrid, and today let alone being out of the CL and 13 points behind united in the league.

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16 Dec 2012 15:09:59
I would like to see Marin start on Wednesday
Blue aero

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16 Dec 2012 14:59:06
team for leeds

cech
azpi ivan cahill bertrand
luiz oscar
moses marin piazon
sturridge

alternatively play lampard, push oscar up, marin out right and drop moses

Jordan

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Cahill is banned as he got red card today, unfortunately Luiz will have to play CB, his so gd in midfield thou hey but of luck Marin starts

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Banned from fifa not fa. moses doesnt deserve to play.

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16 Dec 2012 14:08:36
arsenal fan in peace..

just wondering what are you guys views on walcott to CFC?

i think you lot dont need him tbh :)

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16 Dec 2012 14:47:08
I'll gladly take him. He's versatile, has pace, knows the league and won't cost a fortune. I've always said he's the most underrated player in the league and thank God Arsenal fans are beginning to see his worth. Would add 10x more value to the team than Torres.
BB.

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Stick him where the sun don't shine.

Too Inconsistent.

BenCfcWxm

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I'd have him but his finishing is poor unbelievable pace though.are you gonna offer him new contract?

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His finishing is actually good, his crosses and passing are poor

Jordan

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16 Dec 2012 13:56:15
A pathetic display by most of the Chelsea team today ,

Moses - don't know where to start other then who ever scouted him give it up !

Lampard as much I like him get rid asap poor in every aspect today .

Mata, Cahill, Cole, Ramiries and especially Ivanovich worst the terrible useless today .

Benitez - clueless

the whole team - Embarrassed to call myself Chelsea today , was going to Stamford Bridge over Christmas, after watching that dross going to save my money .

the future does not look very bright !

Stan .

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I think chelsea lack of leader on the pitch..they have no motivation..hope JT back ASAP..

sky

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Come on Stan grow a pair and stop whinning like a sisi. Yeah we blew it bad and your bummed like we all are. but at least attempt to analyze things and not talk through the back side. I would always be proud to be called a blue, we were really poor today but I tell you what the future does look bright it might not be this season but does young lads would rule europe and they would get another chance at this.

P.S. Where have all the regular posters gone. With more posts like this it makes the loss even harder to take.

ELI

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ELI

get a grip pal , take off the rose tinted spectacles and evaluate that performance .

if your happy with that dross today God help Chelsea .

Stan

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The future does look bright, look at our young talent! We are only a coupple of players off having a good season too.

Jordan

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16 Dec 2012 13:40:46
Bony scores another goal, kids on fire! sing him up Roman.

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What do you want Roman to sing to him?

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Haha didn't notice that earlier

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I Need a Hero - Bony Tyler

Geffro

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16 Dec 2012 13:29:14
Well, i have made my feelings known of Torres a lot. Won't start over. Worst player we ever bought for proper money. Today we were shown what we are missing and why.

This was a physical opposition playing a tight backline. Like so many other teams before them, they watched our tapes and played to our weaknesses.

Just like WBA, Fulham, Juventus and others alongside them. Torres is zero when played physical. Our midgets can't do stuff against such opposition and praise Ramires hower hell you like, the fella just can't pass. Period.

Unless webring the muscle, we are doomed. We are imbalanced in our set up. And the two in the middle are the weakest link alongside the nonexistant forward.

Like i said so many times before: Cavani and Fellaini. We need to deliver the ball faster and has someone to deliver it to. Get that looser out of the team at first opportunity.

JG

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Totally agree!

I would like to see Kalas back from Vitesse where he has been class then you have 4 good centre backs In Terry, Ivanovic, Cahill and Kalas put Luiz centre mid where he is positive and at his best bring McEachran back from loan then get height up top in Fellaini and Cavani.

I also think planning needs to happen as in who will be our leader after Terry because there's certainly no English players who can do the job.

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Fellani isent better at distributing the ball then Mikel is, so no need for him withless u want him to play attacking role which we dont need.

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16 Dec 2012 13:26:48
God I miss the days of good banter about team sheets and transfers with no no-name posters just regulars that do know what they are talking about

I miss banter with roan , Samir , curt (yes curt) Shed end and Melbourne also pinky to an extent

It seems only Melbourne remains but even Melbourne has not been posting lately , Melbourne where are you

If Samir , roan shed end curt or any other regulars from last year could you please post again as all your posts were always accurate and these regulars were Lways good with the banter , please guys start posting again but I do understand that impersonators are bloody annoying

Thanks

Billy

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Billy , suprised you have heard of Pinky , he spends more time on our site than yours ! I thought Ed had banned him from this site ,
Davo

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Billy you have only started posting recently

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Billy you sound a tad needy mate

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Yeah where is shed & melbourne also curt. is why i hardly post. BLUEBOY1

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I have been reading this site for over a year

Billy

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16 Dec 2012 13:07:10
The players didn't give a ****, Chelsea passing the ball sideways... -.- Torres... WTF...

What's going on with the club and players...

MKBLUE

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16 Dec 2012 13:19:08
I thougt Mikel was the only one side-way passer.

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Because of lampard, moses should be behind oscar & marin in the pecking order.

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You have to rotate your teams keep everybody fresh and fighting for there position! That's what one of the good things about king Jose, he would make a change in the first half if he thought a player wasn't playing well!

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16 Dec 2012 13:00:21
I think we have failed in our quest to limit DAMAGE until January. Torres being the biggest reason of our failings. It was a risk having faith in someone who doesn't have faith in his own ability.

We have now lost;

Charity Shield
Super Cup
Club Championship
Champions league
***Premier league trail by 13 points

That's pretty much everything and January ain't even here. Disgrace.

Shak

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Ha ha love it..It makes my day better when Chelsea loose.

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And we can still lose against leeds!

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16 Dec 2012 12:53:36
Dont we all really love Torres now? He really showed some great value for the money maybe he can give something back to the fans and f-off in january..

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16 Dec 2012 12:47:21
I am not going to go as far as say the result was a disgrace because Corinthians are a quality team and have proved that to get to the club World Cup. All I want to say is that it is all very well buying all these players "for the future" but we need some out and out quality now! Roman get the chequebook out in January and get us Falcao, Llorente and a quality midfielder and a left back. Don't talk about Torres to me I have always said he ain't the same player as he used to be and I stand by what I said even though he banging in a few more goals. The ball just bounces of him, needs about 3 chances to score a goal, and has the worst attitude if things aren't going his way. The team needs a serious shake up and I'd like to see a few more leaders out there!

MB

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To be honest with you mb I don't think they are all that good and i think most premier league teams would beat them!
Blue aero

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I don't like rating teams like that tbh, because every team can have an off day or good day. The point is u can only beat the team put in front of you and we didn't - this has happened too often this season to be a coincidence. We need better players who are crisply going to merit their wages and price tag and put a shift in for the team!

MB

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16 Dec 2012 12:46:58
What are our next 5 games in the league? {Ed018's Note - not sure why you cant look this up yourself? but it's Villa, Norwich, Everton, QPR, Stoke}

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16 Dec 2012 12:40:28
We surely missed mikel today..lampard n ramires was trash...mata was useless...moses was a fool..torres shld be sent to d underworld...
Chelsea ℓ̊§ a disgrace to champions league nd premier league...played total rubbish today...we ve lost 4 cups already...even premiership aint even sure of a fourth place....am angry
Shady95

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Chelsea are becoming a joke, hammered in the super cup, first champions league holders to be knocked out at group stages, first European team to lose the cwc in 5 years and tbh to a poor team imo and by the way we sack our managers, no wonder pep doesn't want to manage us. The way its going we will be stuck with rafa next season.

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Not sure how lonh you have been a chelsea fan. But we aint no joke, we are champions of europe. So just pipe down and enjoy the situation. I have waited a very long time for this. So stop trying to spoil it.

Luke

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I've actually been a Chelsea fan for 18 years, but if you had read my post correctly you would know I said "becoming" a joke from how we have performed since we became European champions, if a manager that was potentially going to take charge in a years time decides he isn't going to anymore because it is too much of a risk for his reputation, then you have to realise something has to change.

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Well, if you have been a chelsea fan for 18 years, then you would never even consider calling our club a joke mate!

Luke

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16 Dec 2012 12:38:24
Rafa gave too much respect to Lampard. A midfield of Mikel and Luiz would have been better. Ramirez was shocking. We needed someone to do that 'thankless' job for us in midfield, hence the need for Mikel (though he might not be d best guy). Our front three was poor because they were forced to defend more without the ball. Our weaknesses are there to see. Hope that's sorted out. Plus we need stability (we have a good squad playing to no system). Move on guys. Better things to come hopefully.
BB.

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16 Dec 2012 12:38:12
We played very badly today indeed but I'm not to concerned about CWC
Prem ueropa and fa cup is all I'm worried about

Billy

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16 Dec 2012 12:36:18
So guys do you want Paulinho?

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He is good but look average 4 me.. no...

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He is average player, nothing special, will do a job for you. Not title winning team material.

MB

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He looked average but he and Ralf still managed to take out Ramires and Lampard of the game.

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16 Dec 2012 12:35:47
It's a shame we lost the game.

It's more of a shame that Benitez is the manager of our club.

I can't understand why Oscar didn't start?? Rafa seems to be ruining Oscar for us. Moses isn't half the player Oscar is and that is evident by the value of the players.

Poor performances today by Torres, Moses, Mata and Cahill in my opinion.

Torres needs to go... His miss is shocking.

Chelsea's best player today - Luiz

Shak

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16 Dec 2012 12:34:31
What was the point of winning the Champions League and then having the chance to win the Super Cup and Club World Cup and not giving our all for both.
As well as losing Community Shield, hmmm maybe I was too optimistic for us to win the lot.

By the way, Torres sulk all you want when a proper striker comes.

A11

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16 Dec 2012 12:32:08
Torres should of finished that 1v1 and how did Gary Cahill get sent off i am eight

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No one cares if your 8 or 88 ?

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16 Dec 2012 14:54:56
True, you are eight.

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16 Dec 2012 12:30:30
BBC saying lampard was our best player today!! What game were they watching he was terrible no pressure, terrible passing don't think we need to offer him a new contract.

Jim132

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Lampard best player rofl... he got bossed around in the midfield looking next to invisible together with Ramires.

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16 Dec 2012 12:28:58
The problem is we have no one like drogba we struggle against the top teams we got knocked out of the cl because we have no striker Torres is useless.todays performance was rubbish.

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16 Dec 2012 12:28:35
Without a doubt Chelsea need a bigger squad

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And a new manager... why on earth would you use such a weak XI in a freaking Final and on top of it the last trophy we didnt have.

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16 Dec 2012 12:26:27
Deserved to get something, Cassio was inspired, why oh why do we persist with Lampard? His passing is so poor! We deserved to score, they had one shot and took the chance. Didn't deserve to lose that one. Mata at the end should of got a corner but the referee blew his whistle? Poor, poor refereeing indeed. FT9 is badly erratic. Hazard, Mata and Moses were poor, Oscar needed longer and Marin must be wondering what he has to do to get a game?
Need to see a response against Leeds.
And on a side-note, anyone know why Cahill was sent off?
EH17

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Sorry should be "Didn't deserve something" on first line
EH17

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That's what I was thinking, they were much better than us ( they are an average side at best) and if we play like that Agasint Leeds we will get punished again!
Ed will jt or sturidge be fit for Wednesday?
Blue aero {Ed002's Note - Nothing will be decided for a few days. They might be fit but may not be risked. You may well see a couple of the reserve squad play.}

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Thanks ed
Blue aero

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16 Dec 2012 12:25:15
Another shocking display from the ref, absolute disgrace!

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I think our players where worse than the ref tbh, can't blame the ref for losing this one I'm afraid, very poor performance!

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The players were bad but if the ref done his job properly Corinthians would of had 7 or 8 of there players booked and they wouldn't of been able to break are counter attacking plays with fouls!

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16 Dec 2012 12:22:42
Well thats rubbish!

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16 Dec 2012 12:18:17
y they have no passion to win this? this is jokes!

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16 Dec 2012 12:16:56
Mikel shd NEVER be on the pitch again. Totally outclassed. {Ed018's Note - he didnt even play, what match are you watching}

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16 Dec 2012 12:23:28
Oh! Sorry Ed, I meant to say Lampard (with respect).

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16 Dec 2012 14:59:09
As usual, it was Mikel's fault, this time because he didn't play.

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16 Dec 2012 12:15:50
Never want to see Torres in a Chelsea shirt again.

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N lampard(sadly)

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Totally agree, the team are constantly playing with 10 men, Mazacar and moses always seem they dont want to pass to torres becuase they know he will just mess it up. Torress worst game in a Blue shirt so far, poor performance throughout, no one looked like they wanted to win. Very frustrating as a fan. we so need a class striker to give the team confidence.
DJBLUE

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16 Dec 2012 12:14:40
We need a strong midfielder like schweinsteiger

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Yes we do

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16 Dec 2012 12:13:46
MARIN!

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16 Dec 2012 12:12:38
Why isn't Oscar starting Moses has been useless and it looks like we don't care.

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16 Dec 2012 12:11:53
Do Corinthians do well in their league usually?

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They won it

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Thanks

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16 Dec 2012 12:06:10
Funny how we miss mikel and he gets slated every week, this performance is a joke, rafa was ment to be brilliant tactician ???

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Also.. What does lampard bring to game?

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Can believe he just took ivanovic off and cesar on. Cesar on for lampard ivanovic CB and Luiz midfield.. This is why nobody like u rafa

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His boots and thats it, offers nothing!

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Can have all the tatics in the world but if people like lampard ramires moses hazard mata that bad what chance have you got

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16 Dec 2012 12:04:36
Where is our midfield

Think frankies thinking of his next move

Got to admit he's been poor

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16 Dec 2012 12:00:09
Moses was treating that game like a training exercise

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Lampard and Ramires have been shocking also Torres. Mata n hazard so quiet, Oscar should have started..

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16 Dec 2012 11:15:56
Luiz by far our best player... Lampard n ramiers are no where!

Wheelycfc

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Moses is terrible

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16 Dec 2012 10:58:09
Mikel shd be a pit appreciated here today. Lampard and Ramirez are rubbish.

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16 Dec 2012 10:28:01
Forgot to sign off on last post ( about commentators)

Billy

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16 Dec 2012 10:27:05
Viewers in Australia

These commentators are clueless

"Moses is a left sided player"

"hazard has been their best player"


"mata, I hope is left on the right side as he is not as good as hazard and hazard should be central"

What the he'll ??

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16 Dec 2012 10:12:46
Playing a team who will sit back and hit us with quick counter attacks. Just like shaktar and athletico. Great cant wait

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