Chelsea Banter Archive December 22 2014

22 Dec 2014 22:49:25
Game against Stoke was good.

Courtois - what a weapon. Love him
Ivanovic - better game from Brana, however why does he never stop a cross? He just sticks his leg out, but rarely stops it.
Cahill - better game, made another brilliant block
Terry - Captain leader Legend.
Azpi - what a menace defensively
Matic - don't even need to say anything, his performances say it all. World class and the best defensive Midfielder in the world.
Fabregas - he can do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke! Goal assist, and midfeild domination
Mikel - another great game from Mikel, was a beast and didn't let anything past him. Passing was a bit off but that doesn't matter
Willian - he is so so so frustrating. I'm hoping Andre Schurrle gets lots more gametime in the future
Hazard - I considered this to be one of his best performances of late, he is an absolute champion, and I was glad to see him get back on defense a lot.
Diego Costa - warrior. He is an absolute tank. His finishing has been off since his injury and missed 2 simple chances, but he wreaks havoc.
Schurrle - looks like he's getting back to form, should have had an assist.
Drogba -

I think you're wearing rose (blue) tinted specs straight after the game.

For me, a fantastic team performance overall. Individually I thought Ivanovic was quite poor, dragged inside too often, lucky not to give a pen away with a wild lunge prior to Cahill's excellent block. Mikel was far from solid, letting runners go and too often occupying the same space as Matic. still way too slow in possession. Willian was wasteful going forward but did a great shift for the team, tackling and tracking back.

Just my opinion though. :)

With you Aron on Willian, he doesn't head in. I don't know what it is. Maybe I genuinely believe he can offer more going forward if he maybe just dug a little bit more? His work ethic is second to none. And for a winger that's saying a lot but I just really think we are lacking a little bit on his side.
Stp he had a decent game, the team did well we won but I think he knows also that he has to do better you can tell.

22 Dec 2014 23:10:58
Are you joking? Mikel is dire. He got caught in possession three times, passes the ball to marked and under preasure players. As for Willian all this contract talk best be lies, he doesn't deserve it. Frustrating is an understatement.

Here comes the hate on Mikel. He did a very solid job in my opinion. Mourinho though he was our best player against Newcastle (not saying much, we were terrible)

What happened to the rest of it lol? Do you want me to send the last part in again?

Drogba -

{Ed008's Note - Go for it no idea what happened.

What on earth?!? Whenever it's gets to drogba part it cuts off?

Zouma - that leap doe

Mourinho - bravo mastermind. We didn't play fantastic but we had that 2 goal cushion in the end which is so important. Glad he played Mikel and matic together today, good move, though this was the sort of game I would have played Luis Felipe though imo

Where was Rèmy?

We march on :D (how's that for a positive post :P )

All I know is if Torres have missed two opportunities like Costa did last night he would be slaughtered on this page.

But did torres work half as hard as Costa does and did he battle defenders like Costa does to unsettle them.

Yh Costas finishing could sometimes be better but his all round play and work ethic is what chelsea need.

Therefore whenever he works that hard, people on here won't just start slating him.

Torres actually worked harder than Costa but his finishing skills were poor. Costa reminds Drogba much more than Torres, but still even at 37 Drogba looks better than Costa&Torres.

And please stop slating Mikel, he played very well, had one obvious wrong pass and that's it.

Haha what was you watching? Torres works harder than Costa? You're funny.

And as much as I love drogba. He doesn't look as dangerous as Costa.

And I counted at least two poor passed by mikel.

I do however think he was needed in the team last night but I still don't think he's chelsea class. He's so slow on the ball and can't pass forward. He's lazy with his tracking back as well. I'd much rather ake play than him

I don't think I am funny.Torres had better work rate.
Jose Mourinho wants striker like Drogba but since Drogba doesn't have a clone closest player who looks like him is Costa.

Mn/Chn there's a massive difference between running around like a headless chicken like Torres did & battling for ever ball, using he's strength to bring others into play, linking up with the midfield & defending when needed like Costa does so no he never worked harder than Costa does

Situation 88 the fact that Costa is fitting better than Torres doesn't mean that he has better work rate. Costa is not pressing opponents defenders the way Drogba and Torres do or did.
Costa has a big advantage to have player like Fabregas next to him.
Don't rise some players to the god level and slate the others. Things are not simple as your young brain thinks.
Is Costa great signing-yes he is, but is Costa the most significant signing that Chelsea have made during new Mourinho era-no!
There are two other players who are making Chelsea so powerful today.

23 Dec 2014 21:53:24
I can't remember Torres making a run like that in his time with the club. That said during that period I was generally drinking pretty heavily during games to take away the pain of watching ft9.

Costa does press a lot imo. Chases every lost cause

The Mikel battering is a joke. You guys are the same people that was slamming me for being critical of Cahill. So silly

I haven't said anything about Cahill regarding your post.
Marry Christmas Aron!

22 Dec 2014 21:28:24
Watching our team play Stoke is really frustrating sometimes. They get away with so many rough plays.
I'm not going to say that Bardsley should've gotten a red but we're very lucky that Hazard seems to be a player that's hard to injure.
I'm posting this at around the 70 minute mark and I really hope we can hold on. So glad we got the early goal.

I agree Jackson. Wasn't the best game but what you expect when you play Stoke. Think the ref was a bit lenient though as there were quite a few small fouls that he seemed to wave away. Personally I thought it was a red, but that may just be my bias showing.
We were quite lucky in a sense with the 2nd. Thought we sat back too early in the 2nd half.

It was a shame as well that Costa didn't manage to score at least one of his chances, but 3 points is all that matters. Good play by Schurrle though on that last chance for Costa, hope he can make an impact during this busy period.

You jinxed it! Hazard injured in last minute.

Sorry guys, I funned up.

Well if are talking about ref he missed second yellow to Stoke player and he didn't give us a clear penalty after Fabregas was fauled inside penalty box.

Was wondering about the Fabregas incident too. But the ref took the easy way out and gave offside, which was completely wrong.

22 Dec 2014 09:42:09
So we know The drogba is retiring, who would you replace him with from these players?

Andy Carrol
Saido Berahino
Danny Ings
Charlie Austin

If Carrol wasn't injured all the time, defenetely him. Offers similar to drogba, and is English (like the rest of them) or Danny Ings, but I've heard he's incredibly injury prone as well, so it's hard

Opinions

{Ed002's Note - None of these players are of any interest to Chelsea at all.}

Thanks mate, was really just a fantasy questions but thanks for insight anywa

Why not Benteke?

None of them - have you been hitting the xmas plonk too much?

If I had to choose it'd probably be Austin.

I'm not saying we should get any of them. It was a question to see what English playe you would buy of those players

{Ed018's Note - I'd say Austin or Berahino}

I'd say Austin out of those

Mrs Costa Drogba will be retired next summer so we should consider signing another striker next summer.

Yes, but none of those mentioned. My bet would be Icardi. (although it wouldn't surprise me if Jose offers Drog another year).

23 Dec 2014 07:13:24
Out of those players probably Carroll. He's an absolute nightmare in the air which would offer us a different dimention. With that said I'm with everyone else in that i'd prefer none.

21 Dec 2014 23:50:37
Hi Ed

What is your understanding of what could happen with Torres? Could he end up back at Liverpool?

{Ed002's Note - Torres is on loan for two years.}