Chelsea Banter Archive October 26 2014

26 Oct 2014 21:07:10
Dissapointed. To kill off games, you need to attack. Very very annoying.

Oscars passing wasn't too great, Drogba was very old but is good at set peices, hazard is good but he doesn't have that killer instinct. Willian is terrible when attacking, terrible at decision making, but atleast he can defend. Matic and fab were okay I guess.

Hard to find positives through disappointment.

You watch City go smash united next week by 5 or 6 - 0, truly irratating stuff.

Im sorry but your weekly negative analysis is becoming consistently simplistic, incorrect and mind numbingly repeative. You hate the world, this team, Hazard, Mourinho etc. We Get It!

{Ed018's Note - PB give him a break. Some supporters aren't happy being top of the league and undefeated. Haha}

No I want more, this team should do more, drawing 1-1 with man united is not a good result

26 Oct 2014 22:00:36
Ed018, it is not a case of not being happy at the position Chelsea are in, more the irritation of being 1-0 up twice, the first one against Man City we are 1-0 up and they are down to 10 men, and the second today, where negative substitutions and deciding to defend for the rest of the match instead of dictating play and controlling the match like Chelsea do in matches against other teams has cost us 4 points. Before the match maybe you would take a draw against these two teams, but getting into such positive situations and blowing it twice with the same tactics is frustrating!

That's exactly it, 2 points from OT and ETHIAD is very good, however, if you look at the position we were in, not so much

26 Oct 2014 23:37:34
Matic just ok?? STFU! He after Courtois and Hazard was the best player on the pitch. For me he's the best holding midfielder in Europe and that's not being biast. Matic could come very close or not better than Makelele IMO.

Yep! Matic is the best Defensie Midfielder in the world, clearly in the league.

Between him and Javi Martinez in my opinion

By the way, I was talking about them as a pairing.

27 Oct 2014 12:46:18
Aron I have to disagree with you here, Hazard was best player on the pitch yesterday after 2 keepers. He made your 'best player in EPL' Di Maria look like Ashley Young compared to him. Only problem with hazard is his lack of goals inthink Di Maria is a bit better at shooting but hey Hazard is something special in my eyes while Di Maria is good but not up to hazard standarts

And fellaini made fabregas look like tom cleverly

26 Oct 2014 18:08:54
Once again Jose got it wrong and negative tactics worked against us. Against probably the worst backline in the Epl and missing Falcao and Rooney and we don't press and showed them way too much respect. This felt like last season's match against them when we went in looking for a draw. Jose must be living in the past, that is not sir Alex United, we were more positive at City against a much better team

Maybe because of us but best I've seen United play with Costa in squad I think it would of been a different game. They scored in last minute just abit of bad luck they had there first corner in the 50th minute AT HOME thought the plan was ok we've got a point and we're a point further on from city Southampton so let's just chill abit. Chelsea through and though

26 Oct 2014 18:49:29
I completely agree and it is so frustrating to watch. This is a very poor Man United team especially in defence and yet we sit back and hardly press them, let them dictate play and when we score make defensive substitutions and invite Man U on for however long is left. This is costing us too many times now and we cannot rely on other teams like Man City dropping points.

If they didn't score in THE LAST MINUTE you would be on hear saying tactic was perfect

Look, we were fine and didn't play badly. Shame we conceded that way in the dying seconds, but that's football I guess. We played at Old Trafford and that's always a tough place to go. They were fired up as well and we were without Costa and Ramires. Stonewall penalty denied as well (the Ivanovic incident).
On a side note, does Ivanovic's suspension count towards Capital One Cup? If it doesn't then we're in trouble for QPR as we've got no right back.

I do agree with most of that, once again we fail to finish them off, hazard missed a sitter he is clearly lacking confidence Infront of goal unless it's a pen but all players go through this! Still think we completely dominated the second half just couldn't get a few more goals! I never like to blame the ref but he played a massive part in us dropping two points today! Ivanovic first yellow was a joke! Hazard was being taken out left right & centre & the ref just waved play on! Ivanovic & terry were being fouled at the same time in the box & the ref done nothing about it! Clear penalty but we should of killed the game off after first goal. Still top, still unbeaten!

26 Oct 2014 20:18:22
Whilst it's true that United's defense is quite shaky, going all out and attacking United at Old Trafford might not be the best idea. With Di Maria and Januzaj in the starting lineup, they cannot be allowed to run at Terry/ Ivanovic.

The ref seemed to give more decision United's way, but they surely played well. With Rooney, Falcao, Herrera and Jones out, they were not at their best but they arguably had the better chances which should not happen

Depending on the situation setting up to counter attack is often more offensive and can lead to more goals. Football isn't black and white mate.

Very annoying. Taking off all your attacking players until you concede is quite silly. Just Attack them ffs

Who was he meant to bring on apart from schurrle who's been ill & not 100%? Mikel was the most experienced player on the bench & mourinho probably didn't think the others could cope with that atmosphere as I'm sure you'll agree it was pretty intense! We all agree we should of won against city & United but we didn't, still top, still unbeaten & that's two tough away games dealt with & points in the bag

26 Oct 2014 10:50:35
Anyone heard anything on costa situation will he start or not

{Ed018's Note - it's being reported in some places that he will start}