Chelsea Banter Archive February 17 2015

 

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17 Feb 2015 22:16:31
My take on the game.

Courtois, what a keeper. We have 2 world class keepers and I struggle to see who's superior right now.

Azpillicueta, in the first half, boy he struggled. He got better as the game wore on.

Cahill, Good first half, few patchy moments. Second half was poor. Him at fault for the goal

Terry, got beaten by Ibrahimovic every time, and if one of them went in I believe all of you would be whinging about terry (or somehow blaming Mikel for it) he also at fault for the goal.

Ivanovic, he always scored in knockout rounds! Good game from him.

Ramires, was a defensive liability today in my opinion. Did not play well and worries me whenever he tries to tackle in the box. Was meant to be a midfeild carrier today but didn't d that, and can't pass.

Matic, got beaten a couple of times, had a decent game

Willian, didn't really get into it

Hazard, got kicked down often, dribbled fantastically, didn't do too much

Fabregas, needs to be deeper, and couldn't influence the game

Costa, what a poor game, rust from being out for 3 games. Remy should have Been on earlier

Oscar, can't remember him doing to much
Caudrado, ^
Remy, ^

Set up wrong imo. Zouma starts and we play high, press high, and attempt to end the tie in France.

Thanks lads

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{Ed018's Note - Aron do you have a lot of time on your hands}

I work in the share markets, you could say that. Easy :)

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17 Feb 2015 22:21:51
You need to get yourself a girlfriend pal.

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I have one good sir. Just a shame he's on holiday to see her parents and family in Canada.

Anything else you need to know?

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She's * good lord. Ed18 did you change that out of anger at me?!?!?

;) hehe

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{Ed001's Note - is there something you wish to tell us? It is ok, we won't judge you here by your preferences.}

Lol ed1, it was a typo and that's all :)

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17 Feb 2015 21:52:22
Over on we ain't got no history, Ramires is getting slaughtered, so are terry and Cahill. I agree with those, you guys don't. Maybe WAGNH is the blog for me lol

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{Ed018's Note - yea and half the people over there have very little knowledge as well.}

Ah okay, it's a shame they're not a phantom of knowledge like you then

What do you think went wrong today?

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Fabs wasn't fully fit and it showed same for Costa sharpness not there needs a game or two get back into it dave kept leaving a lot more room then usual in behind him but hey 1-1 away is a great result.

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It is a good result, just dissapointed with performance.

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I would have to add Jose to the list today because although I liked the subs he made I thought he waited too long and I did see any tactical adjustments when we were on the back foot from about the 50th to 70th min.

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{Ed018's Note - always waits to long}

Becuase he was happy with a draw.

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PSG is a mighty club. Very powerful with some great players. Have to admit Matuidi was their best player tonight.Chelsea played carefully.

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Verratti best for me

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17 Feb 2015 21:49:49
Well, guess I could've expected the game to be like this. Yet I'm still a bit disappointed with how it went. We created nothing apart from the goal and were lucky that Cavani forgot how to finish that huge chance.
Most blame the Cavani goal on Cahill, some perhaps on Terry. Cahill mistimed the attempt to head the ball, Terry wasn't marking anyone and neither was anyone else actually. Cavani was perhaps the only attacker in a dangerous position yet nobody picked him up. Bad defending from our part. Luckily Courtois played really well and made some good saves.

Oh yeah, how many fouls were Luiz and Verratti allowed to make today? God damn, they fouled Hazard everytime he touched the ball, still no yellow card till late in the game. We weren't very good going forward and the persistent fouling definitely wasn't helping our game. I seriously despise Verratti. Must've made more than 10 fouls on his own today, shocking stuff IMO.

That said, we didn't play well yet got an away goal and a draw. Small advantage but an advantage nonetheless. Hope for a better game at the Bridge and let's finish them off. We're better and we should show it!

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Really like your posts man!

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Haha thanks man :)
The key is to wait a couple minutes after the game has finished to send in a post. Makes sure you can put things into perspective ;-)

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Yep, frustration does boil over

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I can't believe PSG were allowed to kick Hazard every time he was on the ball - needed a stronger ref.

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18 Feb 2015 11:58:17
Yes I am here with you MR Costa really believed refferee was poor yesterday

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17 Feb 2015 21:43:23
So a poor performance but a decent result nevertheless. Defended pretty badly tonight and hardly won a ball in the air. Saying that I thought PSG played very well, had a good shape and didn't allow us any time or space on the ball. Annoys me everytime we drop points its always that we concede from a winning position, tonight, city, united and liverpool to name a few!

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True right there mate :)

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17 Feb 2015 21:39:17
Let me get this rant over that was a total shocking performance outclassed out played and there not a great team Courtois great save at end didn't look like scoring no tempo no movement cahill sorry but not good enough bless the fans that travelled to watch that and anyone who says I take a draw NO NO we should be taking the game to them and we didn't threaten more than what . Once . garbage so so disappointed. My Opinion

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{Ed018's Note - second half was poor for sure. 1-1 is a good result. Cahill not good enough for these matches.}

Quite true, we need to drop this whole 'playing for a draw' thing. We are chelsea, and should be winning this game.

If we proper park the bus, Cahill plays, any other situation it is Zouma. So far superior.

Terry was poor today, azpillicueta got beat quite a few times. Costa was poor. Courtois outstanding.

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Aron last time we had lost 3:1 in Paris. This was typical Mourinho game. We have great result hopefully we will go through!

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That is true MN, great result, just poor performance

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17 Feb 2015 21:35:18
No hate for terry no? Has he even won an aerial dual against Ibrahimovic?

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CAPTAIN, LEADER, LEGEND

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17 Feb 2015 21:24:42
When will be stop parking the bus?

1-0 up, then same old same old, we concede, all have a bitch, and then settle for 1-1

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I know it's sickening. What's happened to the hi tempo pressing game like when we hammered arsenal. That is our best game yet we stand of and give each psg player at least ten yards of space to pass the ball around. No wonder schurrle didn't fit In with such negative football. Yawning!

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17 Feb 2015 21:16:14
Tell ya what that verratti totally run show today couldn't keep up with him

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I find him to be the most ovverated player in Europe right now.

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{Ed018's Note - you can't be serious. He ran the show for PSG today.}

He played a good game, but whenever I have seen him he's usually been awful.

How many fouls did he have to make until he was booked?!?

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{Ed018's Note - he had 5 fouls in the match}

Might've exaggerated that number of fouls in my post as well, just seemed like a lot more :)

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17 Feb 2015 21:14:47
Can't understand why when we're on the back foot with a full rested squad there are no subs 70 min in.

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17 Feb 2015 20:58:48
Cahill has been good today, terry however has been poor.

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{Ed018's Note - yea except when Cahill couldn't mark Cavani}

Cahill not good enough end of

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Think you'll find terry ran off behind to mark azpillicueta. Atleast that's what I saw

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17 Feb 2015 21:14:36
Zouma's leap for headers would have been great for us tonight!

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Aaron I think you need to lay off the beer. Cahill to blame for the goal. He is not upto it and zouma should be in.
Cahills judgement is awful resembles headless chicken

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God the people on this page are fickle.

Last year I said we need to move on Cahill, got slaughtered for it.

Now all you hate him lol

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{Ed018's Note - he hasn't been playing well. Nobody said move him on. It's clear Zouma is the better option at this point}

I said we did mate, said he wasn't good enough.

But we can't all just blame him. It was on Terry as well

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17 Feb 2015 21:27:19
Aron you're the most fickle on here. You change your mind every week.

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Who have I changed my mind on?

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17 Feb 2015 21:45:24
I saw it as both their faults, but Terry could see Cavani behind Cahill so he should have been challenging him. As for the performance, woeful at best. Ridiculously slow tempo, hardly any threat going forward nor attempt to go forward really. 2 shots 1 on target. I don't understand the tactics at all, we were lucky not to lose 3/4-1.

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That's true woody.

And this was posted before Cahill started playing terribly by the way, I can see why I'm getting slaughtered haha

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{Ed018's Note - it happens. We will all forget tomorrow}

I know mate I'm not offended in the slightest

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{Ed018's Note - good}

Aron is absolutely right about one thing Cavani was all alone like a ghost six yards away from our goal and Terry and Cahill were 4-5m away from Cavani!Like a ghost!
We have fantastic result I am happy that we don't have to chase 2-3 goals difference in London!

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{Ed018's Note - he was all alone and both are at fault but Cahill looks so unsure at this point. It is a good result despite a poor second half and I'm sure we can all agree that we expect Chelsea to advance from this point}

That's what I said all along ed18 lol?

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{Ed018's Note - no you said Cahill was good today.}

In the first half, which he was, in my opinion of course.

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Terry was the one losing all the aerial duels. Cahill I thought was good.

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17 Feb 2015 20:57:54
Cahill, where were you. You are meant to be marking

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17 Feb 2015 20:50:24
Ramires worries me majorly

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17 Feb 2015 21:15:27
Be quiet, he's been quality much safer than Cahill just not a great passer of the ball.

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He's been pretty bad

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{Ed018's Note - I'm starting to wonder what you really know about football}

Are you

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{Ed018's Note - yes very much so}

17 Feb 2015 21:46:26
Spot on Ed mate

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Bit of sucking up to the editor there supercesc ;)

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{Ed018's Note - somebody has to}

17 Feb 2015 20:43:57
Costa has looked rusty, losy the ball a couple of times. We will be alright though

Go Blues!!

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17 Feb 2015 20:27:14
Get in Ivanovic!! Zola like flick for Cahill

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World class cross from JT aswell haha

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17 Feb 2015 20:02:39
14 mins in. Now realise why zouma should have played Cahill not strong enough to deal with ibrahimovic. On ground or in the air

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17 Feb 2015 19:17:57
No zouma shocking!!! Should be in starting line up everytime

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17 Feb 2015 19:29:58
Totally agree i'm not confident with Cahill.

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I'm more confident with Cahill and Terry dealing with Zlatan that 19 year old zouma.

Just my opinion though.

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17 Feb 2015 20:42:07
I agree with wron, I think cahill was played as I believe the partnership and communication is better between them.

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That's understandable Aron, and great flick by Cahill to set up Ivan, however you saw on an early break that psg botched due to a misplaced pass that pace is always an issue when we play him with Terry. Worst half I've seen from Diego, I can't think of one good touch he had and I think Dave is letting people behind him a little too easily. We allow them way more space in our half than they allow us in theirs which allows them to play lobs to Zlatan, we need to close down better.

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True there BlueLab

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17 Feb 2015 18:39:02
I'd like to see Mourinho be proactive and take the game to PSG. There are games were we were tired and fatigued dropping points (Spurs and Southampton) but I think most people agree that the dropped points that hurt the most were the draws with Man city and Manchester United in the first have of the season. There has been a lot of talk about revenge, and even the french media having a good, I would just like to shut them up a bit. Go out, don't be stupid, but have a good at the them and this game is for the taking.

Part of me would like to see Willian in the centre again but I think he will be out right and Oscar back in the centre - perhaps the rest will coax a big performance from him. Midfield I think will be Matic and Ramires. i'm not sure Mourinho would want to throw Cesc in at the deep end just coming back from injury. Hope Zouma is still in the back.

1st XI: Courtois - Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Azpilicueta - Matic, Ramires - Willian, Oscar, Hazard - Costa.

Being superstitious I try not to make predictions but we really have the beating of this team. let's hope for a strong performance and good result!

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Good post!

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17 Feb 2015 14:08:25
Can caudrado play tonight

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{Ed002's Note - Yes.}