Chelsea Banter Archive August 25 2012

25 Aug 2012 23:47:08
Love the fact according to "pundits" we have no chance of winning the league because we look weak defensively. Man utd & city's defence's are air tight then?? Maybe fulham & Southampton are the new Barcelona & real Madrid??

Everyone hates us. were gunna get better and better, oscar, marin & moses to play & intergrate yet. BLUEBOY1

Yeah, weve had 2 clean sheets but our defence is clearly terrible

I am a Everton fan and i think Chelsea could win the league easy, you have a great team and the lad hazard is a great player, in defence i think you look ok to so good look guys for the season.

Plus like few pundits said which I agree with is at moment everything has gone through hazard, what if his injured, i wanna see marin and Moses see if they can step up

Alan hanson has probably opened his giant gob about it

he has too much to say for his own good

curt

25 Aug 2012 23:29:58
everyones going on about this new look chelsea, but there's only one player that didnt play last season, of course torres is like a new signing and the style is different, but di matteo is doing superb

That player has made a big difference though, Hazard has been involved in 7 out of our 8 goals.

Rowan

Its the mata hazard torres link up. all 3 understand eachother really well already. ivanovic is playing realy well aswell.

But come on, what a player!

Although yeah, I agree. I look forward to the Super Cup.

Roweycfc

25 Aug 2012 23:02:36
If we do buy a CDM, please let us consider Dembele....absolute beast today against man u

Blackpearl

Since when is dembele a defensive midfielder thought he was attacking :S

curt

25 Aug 2012 22:01:00
I know he gets slot of stick on this site but who else agrees that Mikel played well today?

25 Aug 2012 21:44:36
Hazard had 15 assists in the entire Ligue 1 last season.
He already has nearly half as much as that in 3 games.
Eden Hazard, welcome to the Premier League!
CFCFOREVER!

Yeah but in official statistics do winning penalties count, like they do in fantasy football, either way he has been a key figure in 7 of chelseas 8 premier league goals...

The only problem about him is his name. The commentators always attempt hazardous puns which are really annoying.

25 Aug 2012 21:32:11
Anyone got a sneaky feeling that Mikel has been reading all the hate posts about him? He's showing attacking intent and getting involved a hell of alot more!!

25 Aug 2012 20:12:58
Hulk and Cavani both options for CFC if Sturridge leaves.

U dont say....

25 Aug 2012 19:50:28
Toon fan here! Good game tonight, see a few of you are annoyed with the 2nd half but to be honest we were done, I can see you or city taking the title this year..... On a side not proper wish I'd went with my gut and stuck hazard in my dream team instead of Mata, that guy is UNREAL!

Cheers mate, good luck on the top 4 battle, rather see you or the Toffees conquer Europe rather than play in tin-pot stadiums on thursday nights alongside dross like Loserfool
CFCFOREVER!

Haha mate the way Liverpool fans go on these days id rather SUNDERLAND got champions league than them!!

25 Aug 2012 19:27:41
Loved the first half, looked like a new Chelsea! But for me second half was a bit of a joke. To sit back n counter attack with the quality we have, but stupid I think! Could of got 3/4 if we carried on at the same pace! :)

Wheelycfc

One way of looking at it mate is the two games we sat back second half were already won

its only 3rd game of the season no point wasting too much energy when your 2-0 up

curt

Yh true... But Newcastle can be a dangerous team! But we still we won so all good!
Would have been nice to see Oscar tho!

Wheelycfc

Would have liked to have seen Essien, Oscar and/or Sturridge get a run out in the second half but otherwise very pleased.

SurreyBlue

Sick of this faulty reasoning, if u don't use the energy on offense you'll use it on defense. We didn't do anything outside the norm in the 1st half so the point is why change it? A 2 goal lead in the 1st half in the EPL against a good team is not insurmountable, would just hate for that attitude to bite us in the arse down the road. I'm happy with the win, one of Mikel's best games.

FloridaCFCFan.

Totally agree. Would've loved to see Oscar & sturridge. We won & that's the most important thing. Just hope it's not a tactic we use next Friday. Ath Madrid are are good side & we'll get punished if we sit back. Same goes if we use this tactic against man utd/ city etc.

So would you guys of been happy with all out attack 2nd half and get done on counter twice and drew 2 - 2? Weds night vs Reading 2nd half we went all out attack and rightly so, but today we were completely cruising at 2-0 against a decent side so why even chance taking a risk.

Second half was played at a slower tempo though definitely, and that takes less energy

Best form of defence is attack

25 Aug 2012 19:00:57
Mikel looks like a better player ... Like the fact he comes forward more :)

Wheelycfc

25 Aug 2012 18:30:24
Potential songs for Hazard:

Eden Hazard Hazard
He's better than Steve Gerrard
He's on par with Frank Lampard
Hazard Hazard!

Or

We've got 2 Hazards!
NaNaNaNaNa
We've got 2 Hazards!
Na NaNaNaNaNaNa

Anyone think of any better ones?

OsgoodIsKing

Good to see ya back mate

He scores when he wants
He assists when he wants
Hazaaard Hazaaard

Melbourne CFC

We know what you are
We know what you are
Eden Hazard
Our Superstar!!

CFCFOREVER!

You too Mate. Wonder if SHED ENDS still around?

OsgoodIsKing

Hey Osgood mate, yeah hes around a bit, good to see you back, someone who actually posted sense instead of the drudging turgid negativity plastic fans kept bleating in pre-season.
I fancy us for the league :D
CFCFOREVER!

Yer he would be mate but I'd imagine we won't hear from him til after the window.

Melbourne CFC

25 Aug 2012 18:25:02
Half time 2-0 - not nearly over yet but more positive signs

Torres needs to shoot more though, instead of holding it up and passing it back

Mikel has been solid, top performance to neutralise the Newcastle midfield.

Would like to see Oscar for mata, Ramires for meireles and with 20mins left Sturridge for Torres

Good signs so far !

Jm10

25 Aug 2012 18:19:01
LOVELY goal by Torres. Get in there! :)

SurreyBlue

25 Aug 2012 18:08:05
Have to say some of the passing football i have seen in these 3 games has been Barcelona-esque. Big question, what will happen more times this season, Spurs win or we score penalties? ;)
Theres only one RDM!
CFCFOREVER!

25 Aug 2012 17:47:08
Why are swansea allowed gold fonts on their jerseys? why aren't we allowed the same?


taby

They can't have white on a white shirt?!.

If there shirt is white they use black font

original poster i have no clue

curt

It's their centenary. That being said we didn't on ours.

Tk

25 Aug 2012 17:29:59
Curt what was that website you were saying works well watching live matches? {Ed002's Note - try livetv.ru/en/eventinfo/131645_chelsea_newcastle/

Google ronaldo7.net chelsea

curt

25 Aug 2012 17:26:39
Should be a straight swap, Mikel Meireles Betrand OUT
Ramires Lampard Oscar IN

Jm10

25 Aug 2012 16:51:03
How is RDM choosing Meireles over other better players this is a joke I will back RDM but Meireles is a lazy passer and tackler.

I bet after seeing the match both RDM and meireles proved you wrong

Beachcruiser

25 Aug 2012 16:46:17
Torres first goal into Cahill anytime. Paying 105 figured worth a cheeky 5

Melbourne CFC

Hoping for another 35 yarder eh?! Definitely worth a punt.

IB.

Mate I'm be happy with a win to be honest and a goal to torres whenever .Another cheeky Chelsea to win into stoke arsenal draw will net me a bit.

Melbourne CFC

25 Aug 2012 14:00:13
We now have Moses and Ramires to cover the right
We have Hazard and Marin to cover the left
And Oscar and Mata in the centre

All we need now is a striker to cover Tores
But I can't see a top striker like Cavani coming here to be back up.
I expect a striker to arrive but not such a big name as Cavani

We've got Sturridge.

25 Aug 2012 13:39:48
We all know mikel will start today. And against a dangerous Newcastle side I don't think that will be such a bad idea

Jm10

I hope against hope he wont play every game but alas, when i turn on the game who is in the lineup you ask? Mikel,much to my chaagrin. What does rdm see in him?

mikec

Rather Essien start

Mikel offers more than Essien at the moment. That's why he starts. I'm not his biggest fan, but currently he's the best option for the role.

IB.

Umm i disagree essien offers more if right. and what do you mean atm? he hasnt played so we dont know. RDM has his favourite people not players. essien looked really good pre season & mikel didnt, i cant see RDM logic. BLUEBOY1

In pre-season Essien was moving into space to pick up the ball, Mikel was leaving huge gaps and not pressing (still and always will be lazy). I would love to see Mikel sprint.

Essien doesn't have the legs anymore. Mikel is being chosen for a reason, and I doubt it's because RDM has a secret crush.

To be perfectly honest I'd like to see a replacement brought in. But doubt it will happen.

IB.

25 Aug 2012 12:15:44
Great Job Ed's. Welcome Back Ed002. EF the cowards who post abuse cos they think they know better. they can go run they own sites if they know it all and dont like your comments. Thats All :)

25 Aug 2012 11:45:16
Alright fellas I'm back for good. Can't personally wait for window to close so the regulars can get back to real footy talk. IMO we need a striker but not desperately. Schurrle would be ideal but looks unlikely, cavani is a beast but not convinced it will lift nandos confidence so I would rather see hulk. Cover on right and can play as a striker. I guarantee you right now sturridge will not be sold.

Romeu has a buy back clause with Barcelona around 9m so I wouldn't expect him to play regularly with song going their he may get a better look in. I realise they are completely different players.

In Ed002 we trust, Roman we bow 2 and RDM bleeds blue.

Melbourne CFC

With you on that Melbourne! BLUEBOY1

25 Aug 2012 10:30:07
Ed 018,I have just seen that Sahin has signed on loan for Pool .Apparently the fools will pay 5m euors to Real for the year.I think Pool "the fools"got sucked,big time.And what do you make of Rogers?
I personally think he looks a bit out of his depth there.His interviews are a bit odd,he could do a lot better.
roan {Ed018's Note - I think Rodgers is a good manager. The biggest problem he has is he is expected to win and qualify for the Champions league but in all fairness he doesn't have the players to do so.

25 Aug 2012 10:46:28
People keep posting 433 teams, but lets be honest , Our formation will be 4231

Jm10

25 Aug 2012 10:01:50
Javier "chicharito" Hernández has got to be asking some serious questions at Man Utd?!.

I said last week that I couldn't see him leaving Utd but after recent events I may have to change my stance...

RVP signed, he failed to make the bench vs Everton, Welbeck gets a new 4 1/2 year deal, Utd sign another striker!!

He may not move this week but if his situation doesn't improve then he'll have to be looking for a move in January, won't he?

Surewould

Surewould would you take him, obviously united will want 20-25m, over hulk or cavani? I don't rate him nearly as highly but would provide decent cover and another striking option.

Melbourne CFC

Melbourne,

Yes i would deffo take him over Hulk and I probably would take him over Cavani, he's scoring record in the Prem is really impressive and I think he is exactly the player we need!

Surewould

Also I think he would play better with Torres, if a situation arose where we'd want two strikers on the pitch, than the ther two!

Surewould

25 Aug 2012 02:22:47
Cech/Turnbull
Azpilicueta/Ivanovic
Terry/Luiz/Cahill/Ivanovic
Cole/Bertrand
Ramires/Mikel/Lampard/Romeu
Moses/Hazard/Mata/Marin/Oscar
Torres/Sturridge

The rest are surplus in my opinion Malouda, Kakuta, Essien, Meireles, Fereira etc or should be sent on loan for experience such as maybe Lucas Piazon, Adam Phillip and Thorgan Hazard.

I still believe we need one more striker who needs to be a proven goalscorer but not a huge signing like Cavani, I think the perfect sort of signing would be Chicarito from United, massively down the ranks, used to not being the number one striker, young, fastest player in the league, brilliant positioning, would perfectly suit our new brand of football and already has experience in the prem. I would also take Soldado as he would create a partnership with Torres even if they weren't always on the pitch together and is a quality finisher or Leandro Damiao as he is strong skilful and would fit in brilliantly with our already strong Brazilian contingent, also having played with Oscar in Beazil it would help them both settle in.

Btw, its no longer Adam Philip, its Adam Coombes.

Hernandez isn't the fastest player in manchester United much less the league, but I agree with you we need a back-up striker.

ELI

Hernandez was officially the fastest player at the 2010 world cup so he may well be the fastest in the bpl.
MB

I honestly doubt Hernandez is the fastest player in the league. Is he as fast as Bale, Walcott, Lennon or even our own Hazard no way, not a chance. I'm not saying he is slow, but there is a decent amount of players I say that are faster than him in the EPL.

ELI

Poster here, regardless of his pace ranking, he would be a quality addition

25 Aug 2012 01:14:14
Why does the transfer window close at 11pm? i swear it use to close at 12pm.

Just a guess but because paper work cant go through on weekends where as the transfer window used to shut on a monday so could still go through im not sure though

curt

24 Aug 2012 23:57:21
Would you see Cesar as a starter for games against "lesser" teams and Branni as a starter for the tough fixtures? Roberto referred to Cesar as "cover"

Yes,i expect ivan will start against newcsatle i wouldnt be surprised if azpil came on for 20mins. carPetman