Chelsea Banter Archive September 25 2016

 

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25 Sep 2016 18:29:32
is the glass still half lads.

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25 Sep 2016 20:55:20
Good question and you know I will always give you a long list of all that is good about our club. Half full. Also, things can change very quickly and a club can go from a "press induced crisis" to a form team over 2 or 3 games! However, I'm also a realist and a few things do need sorting quickly. I fully agree with the general consensus that both Branna and Cahill need to be replaced with immediate effect, Branna is past his best and Cahill is a nervous wreck at the moment. I think we will go to a back 3 as soon as JT and Zouma are fit and with the ability of Luiz on the ball that might just be very positive (half full), add in the return of Christiensen next season and we look in good shape. By sorting the defence the rest will start to take shape, Conte has already said he doesn't think we have the players to go 3-5-2 but can play 3-4-3. That will mean Alonso and Dave plus Kante and one other, maybe Cesc in certain games but probably Matic or Chaloboah. With 3 centre backs and 2 defenders playing wide roles that frees up Kante to go and attack the ball knowing he has cover behind him. Luiz will make the play from the back. (Half full again) . That leaves 3 up front with less need to cover back so Hazard can do what he does best and link up with Diego and Willian (I'm his biggest fan but he hasn't had a break for several years now and looks jaded) or Batsman. Hazard behind Diego and Bats would be very positive. The width to come from Dave and Alonso. Half full again. Little tweaks are needed not major surgery and with no European football Conte has the opportunity to make the tactical changes. Still half full for me but a win against Hull without Branna and Cahill would cheer us all up I think. Cheers.

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26 Sep 2016 10:21:52
That's not going to happen especially with Zouma long term injury(no one knows when he will be back and how long if possible will take to bring him back in form).With Terry recovering from injury we will probably see again Cahill&Liuz partnership or in better case Ivanovic&Luiz partnership. We cannot play regularly with 3 in the back until we have only 3 CBs on disposal.
Don't believe everything you read in the press!!!
In last few months press have sold Fabregas, Courtois, Oscar,Matic, Azpilicueta,Hazard and Costa.

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27 Sep 2016 12:20:59
other than costa i wish we had.

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25 Sep 2016 12:16:31
Needless to say if I were Roman I would suck people this morning.

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25 Sep 2016 17:00:52
I bet Roman is sucking Cahill right now. 😗.

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25 Sep 2016 17:55:29
Really? Blimey, it takes all sorts I suppose.

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25 Sep 2016 12:14:49
I mean loook what Pep has done once he came in: He cleared out all the dead wood without worrying if he upsets somebody. Why can't Conte do the same? He had six months before he joined to figure out what needs to be done. Surely he saw what he sees now. Ok he did not get the players he wanted then bloody use the young ones and reject the loans. Common sense!

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25 Sep 2016 12:31:28
Byrrab I agree but I don't think it's wise to reject loans. Maybe one of the Ed's can clear this up but I remember reading that we make a bit of profit loaning them out like it's part of our business model.
(If I'm wrong sorry :) )

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{Ed001's Note - you do make money from some yes.}

25 Sep 2016 10:48:02
Cahill and ivanoic? what are they doing in the starting 11 still? Only reason i can think of that is keeping cahil in the team is that zouma is injured. he is a absolute liability.

Dave needs to start playing rb full time. as good of a player he is, its infuriating to see him play lb because he slows the play down having to keep coming back onto his right foot, which normally leads to no cross and the ball going either across the pitch or backwards. put alonso left back and dave rb. give costa service.

Kante needs to stay in his holding position and not bomb forward. it leaves us open. do what you did at last season though matic doesn't help him.

Matic needs to be dropped. i didn't seem him make many tackles yesterday yesterday, he stands off and let's players run past him. tackle them, foul them, do something or don't play. give chalobah a run of games.

i feel sorry for cesc, he was hyped up this season to be our savour since he hasn't played much but if 8/ 9 players around you aren't performing then you have no chance.

Hazard needs to play just behind the striker if were going to play with 1 striker. he is a liability on the wing as nowadays you need wingers to track back and defend and he's leaving he left back exposed all the time. play him behind the striker with a free role or don't play him at all.

Willian, no words needed, why moses didn't start was beyond me.

Costa and luiz were the only players who showed abit of passion and wanted to do well, props to them, they had a good game in a shocking team performance. apart from michi who i feel is unlucky not to be playing from the start. he reminds me of a young drogba.

something needs to change quickly, i don't think its contes fault but he needs to realise now that there are certain players who just aren't good enough to play. The board need to stick by him too and back him in the transfer window and during the season.

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{Ed001's Note - Kante never stayed in his holding position last season, no idea where people get this idea from. He is not and never has been a holding midfielder. You won't get the best of him if you keep trying to play him there, it restricts him far too much. Just set him free in central midfield.}

25 Sep 2016 11:40:37
Exactly ed!

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{Ed001's Note - it is beginning to annoy me all the people saying about him being a holding midfielder for Leicester. Even the Leicester coaching staff said of him that they played Drinkwater central and Kante either side of him. The lad's prime ability is to get all over the pitch breaking up play, not sitting back and blocking space in front of the back four. If the team do not press, then you have wasted money buying him, as he works best in a pressing system, chasing and harrying opponents while his teammates cut off the options.}

25 Sep 2016 11:49:02
Ed) )! : Excellent observation re: Kante. We need a free roaming central player but we are scripted all the time, each player has a single job to do. Interested in your opinion of Hazard. Certainly looks leaner and fitter than last year but not a battler and his lack of interest is clear once the pressure is on.

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{Ed001's Note - Hazard looks like he is disinterested a lot of the time. I don't understand what has happened to him. He just doesn't look bothered.}

25 Sep 2016 12:20:57
I would give Hazard a big kick and get rid of him in January. We need players who want to play for the bloody Club. I cannot stand that attitude. I would sack people like that who worked for me.

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25 Sep 2016 17:02:46
Hazard realises now that he should of chosen Spurs instead of the money.

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26 Sep 2016 16:40:21
My problem over the last few years, the players we've signed the players we have. We play a way that does not suit most of who we have, we should be high pressing! Attacking, not this stand of football.

For me hazard Costa, Pedro should be pressing the back 4, Fabregas floating waiting for the ball to be won, Kante pushing forward free rolling closing everything down. Mourinho got the players wrong I'm afraid, Conte has as well!

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27 Sep 2016 08:18:10
Unfortunately we can't play a high press without a high defensive line as that would leave too much space between defence and midfield. We can't play a high line because our CB's are too slow. Perhaps when Zouma returns we might be able to do so but Cahill, Terry and Iva are wayyyyy too slow.

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25 Sep 2016 09:55:08
We were outclassed yesterday. We have a defence that can't defend, a midfield that creates nothing, and our striker is so isolated that almost every time he gets the ball he has to beat 4 or 5 opposition players. It's lucky Arsenal eased up otherwise the scoreline could have been embarrassing.

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