03 Nov 2012 23:18:23
F**k me. Fellani has just run that game. Leigton bains still looks like a pikye! Lol
Luke
Chelsea Banter Archive November 03 2012
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03 Nov 2012 23:05:38
Pinky why Do you post on the spurs page more than the Chelsea page
You sure your a Chelsea fan ??
Samrat
03 Nov 2012 23:00:23
How about a bid for Craig Mackail-smith
And I'm being deadly serious !! He is a quality striker and still in his 20s
What's your view ed018
Jm10 {Ed018's Note - i have not seen him play but once or twice. he has had a good season so far but he is 28 years old and he is playing in the championship. so im not sure it'd be the best move}
Much rather see a cheeky bid for Charlie Austin and/or Gary Hooper. Young, proven goal-scoters who wouldn't cost the earth and would be tidy squad players with a view to making them first teamers in the future. Or a testing bid for Max Clayton would be good too. A bid for M'Vila, Capoue or Vidal is needed also.
Just my opinion though.
CFCLION
03 Nov 2012 22:25:28
ED002 Have the club again discussed signing a striker in January? there's no point playing all this nice football when we have noone to finish chances off surely it's time sell to Torres now ED? {Ed002's Note - A striker remains a priority for January.}
03 Nov 2012 20:31:56
Some people need to wake up, every time we fail to win its Torres' fault. He didn't have a bad game, plus we created almost nothing for him so what do you expect. I have to say that RDM has to be the one who takes the blame for today, his last two subs were poor. We have some of the best attacking players in the world, when 1-0 up he should've stuck Marin on and given us that energy needed to grab another goal and kill the game. Instead he puts a defensive player on (Bertrand) and invites pressure, that pressure came and with Sturridge not tracking back made us unbalanced. Don't blame Torres, this one was down to RDM.
LF07
I agree, i am a huge Torres fan as well as a hige chelsea fan, and I hate it when the chelsea fans gang up on him, saying he needs to be benched, and in some circumstances sold,
There are 10 other players on the Chelsea team, yet it seems as though its always Torres's fault, cut the guy some slack, he wont get any better with the Chelsea fans slating him all the time
The difference is Man U and Man City both have strikers who score regularly. Torres is a good player but has lost his instinct infront of goal. Falcao in January is a mist of we want to win the league. People like Van Persie gives off the impression he'll score whenever he plays, Torres I'm afraid doesn't!
Chelsea Nick
Without van Persie's goals UTD would be 15th in league, shows the difference a goal scoring striker does for team, imagine we had a 25 goal a season man
Mattm
Nick mate! Your a regular poster, and usualy your on the mark. But come on Torres is still putting in a good shift! Everybody is on his back all the time. He is much better this season. I think he is gonna prove people wrong!
Up the Chels
Luke
Luke, we're on his back because his finishing and attitude are shocking! If he wasn't better than last season then it would be a concern, because last season i don't even need to say how bad he was. Also, most players put in good shifts, for a striker in a title-competing side they can't just put in a shift, they need to score goals.
Tim
03 Nov 2012 20:06:07
It's certain after today's game that Cahill is the centre back we can rely on but Luiz gives him no help when they play together and also Ivanovic is a far better centre back than right back so Azpilicueta should start regularly because he hasn't had a bad game yet. Bertrand is gona be the next big left back once Cole leaves aswell.
I do feel were missing that aggressive authority in midfield since we had Ballack-Essien-Lampard at their peak although half of the jigsaw is their with Ramires we need someone like Vidal or M'Vila with him to rotate with Romeu to give him more experience. Then put either Mata or Oscar in front.
Torres and Sturridge need to go. Sturridge is selfish and only thinks about himself and Torres has had enough chances and we could sti get 15 mill for Torres now. Falcao is a must because he doesn't rely on any player to create goals foe him he creates his own chances much like Drogba did. Would love to see someone like Huntelaar as second choice because city and united have at least two world class strikers and we have none.
People we should sign:
Falcao
Huntelaar
Lukaku (Bring back from loan)
M'Vila
Out:
Hilarious
Ferreira
Malouda
Sturridge
Torres
What do you mean with either oscar or mata upfront? we NEED both of them more then Hazard. Mata is the best player obv, but Oscar is the only one of the 3 that defends and he do it very well and thats why he should be rated better than hazard.
If you read it properly you person It says Mata in front of the two centre midfielders
03 Nov 2012 19:22:42
well must admit i got a little smile on my face when city only made a draw against west ham, so it wasent as horrible as possible.
03 Nov 2012 19:02:30
A lot of fans not happy with mikel still. You need to watch the matches again as he never gives the ball away,has a great touch and is very strong on the ball. I think he loses out on praise because his job is a boring one ( breaking up play and providing cover for defence). All that said i dtill think we could do with another plsyer in that CDM position. Sturridge is never going to play striker where he wants to play, so i can see him moving on. His defensive duties are none existant when he plays as RAM so that leaves us very short up top. Regarding torres i think we made a huge mistake. I mean man utd paid about £25m for van persie who has been on fire for 18 months. We pay out £50m for a striker that had a history of bad injuries, had been out of form for over a year and i believe just wanted out of liverpool ASAP due to broken promises. I cant believe how much he is a shadow of his formerself. His pace has gone and his confidence in front of goal has been shot to pieces. We would be lucky to get £25m for him now. I think a CDM and two strikers are needed to give us a bit more strength in depth.
CDM: fellani,Vidal,fenando,m'vila
Strikers: cavani,falcao,jovetic,lewandowski
Just some of the players i think could improve our allready very talented squad.
Just another point in the two matches played since the referee racist comment. I think its plain to see its going to go against us. As a lot of decisions have not been given our way
(Freekicks etc)
NWBLUE
To be honest rvp has a history of injuries too and he was 3 years older when he got sold. I was suprised he was sold for as much as he was considering he really had one good year. Put that in contrast to when Torres was bought when he only had one bad year. Footballs a fickle game.
Tk
You made a typo I think mate, did you mean £2.5m for Torres ?
Never gives the ball away I watched him possession today quite a few times maybe u should watch the game again
He is not as good as you think, Mikel has trouble forward and he is very slow, and never ever scores a goal which is very bad aswell as his passing forward is close to non excistent withless there is 10yards to nearest defender and just infront of him. our pivot have been dominated in quite a few matches against big team which we need to avoid, aswell as being good at passing forward and once in a while shoot on the goal - aka everything Mikkel cant.
03 Nov 2012 18:49:28
i also have to criticise di matteo today. never really criticised him but his substitutions were awful today (ramires aside). should have only brought on sturridge for torres because he does not track back, especially as we had two "proper" wingers on the bench in piazon and marin. then bertrand on for oscar, the guy who tracks back the most. poor choices and i also feel that di matteo's insistance on playing the same 13/14 players every game is starting to take a toll on some of the players. i know our squad is a bit depleted at the moment but marin for example was our best player in pre season and got no minutes this week. although saying all that, im sure we will bounce back strong in the cl during the week. KTBFFH
Vincent
Agree he is very bad with using different players, and why not take Mikkel out instead of Romeu so he could get some rest. and i really hate when he use Bertrand as a winger, he should has replaced cole with him instead and maybe even at the half because he played a very, very poor game. They constantly came thru Cole's side as did , ManU,Tottenham,Arsenal he is not looking too good this season. The commentators discussed it abit too, maybe it something has to do with Hazard/Mata is very poor at helping with defending first half Romeu was helping his side out pretty much all the time when swansea had the ball, Oscar is doing a killer job at it tho.
03 Nov 2012 18:48:32
Cech
Azpilicueta terry Cahill cole
Ramires Romeu
Hazard Oscar mata Marin
Marin for Torres and you have our strongest, most balanced team. Yes Torres isn't looking deadly infront of goal but he allows the others into good positions with his link up play. He doesn't need to score for us too win, he just needs to contribute to build and play and chase down players with the ball. His movement creates the space our attackers can move into. He is no longer going to be a high scoring, week-in week-out traditional striker. But he is an intrigul part of our build up play. It only needs to work until January when Falcao will come in.
Melbourne CFC
Melbourne CFC
03 Nov 2012 18:33:23
Not a great result, was not at the game and from what I have herd not a good team performance. I am 43 and have been going to Chelsea home and away since the late seventies i have had some great times during that period but none as good as since roman purchased the club.I can honestly say all of you on here calling yourselves fans but slating players and management are not the fans I want anything to do with your a disgrace. A real fan will back the team no matter what, they certainly would not bitch because we drew against swansea especially after two full on games against utd and a very important game in the champions league. If you ain't got something good to say **** off and support utd or city
Well done mate proud of you for going home and away games. But what makes you better fan than any of us? The arrogance is amazing. I've been a blue for 23 years. We all like to moan after a poor performance and what is wrong with criticising players who are playing awe full. When they show no passion towards OUR CLUB. doesn't it piss you off? We don't like losing because we've been spoilt since roman, so why give up a lead what should have been easy. Not only this game you mug, Madrid, city, shakhter poor results poor management, simple as. BLUEBOY1
Show some respect to the man, I've always been taught to respect your elders. Clearly you've been dragged up
Just for information Swansea have only lost 1 in 10 at home. Shaktar are unbeaten at home for a very long time and should have crushed juventus who went last season unbeaten and are still unbeaten in the Italian league. We had a very hard game v united on Wednesday going to extra time, throw in more bad publicity and unnecessary drama to be 1 point off the top is very good. Be glad your not a gooner or yid.
Oh I'm sorry, I forgot all you cockney wide-boys were all racist persons.
Whats going on here? Come on chaps, lets not all turn on each other! First poster you are right in saying that wwe should be gratefull to where we are now. I rember the days when we were lucky to get anywhere in any competition. But still, we cant dig out the younger supporters, as they know and love chelsea as much as the rest. We have been spoilt with trophys over the last decade. Like the other poster said, thank god we dont follow Arsenal of thr divs from three point lane.
Up the Chels!
Luke
03 Nov 2012 18:12:28
Dear Mr.Abramovic please bring us Falcao and get Torres as far away from our FB club as possible,if this had been the case in the summer then we would've certainly been 5 points clear now and top of the group in the champions league
03 Nov 2012 17:46:27
I dnt knw how u guys watched d match, romeu is was given mikels job to do and yet u expect mikel to come back and cover the defence? Pls give mikel some credit m8 romeu has been poor for the last two matches. I wil say demateo is d reason y we drew, his changes were just poor. If he had removed hazard at list oscar contributes to d defence more than hazard and stil contributes in d attack. And beleive me guys there is nothing wrong in removing torres for sturrigde
Not sure what match u watched but he removed Moses for Sturridge.
Not sure wot ur going on about cause even if Mikel was playing the Ramires role Rami always comes back to play defense. Maybe Robbie shouldn't have put him in that role.
You did not notice Romeu using a majority of his time helping the left side cause Cole played awfully ?
I thought Hazard had a good game! Maybe I had to much super bock?
Lol
Luke
03 Nov 2012 17:34:14
Ideal January transfer window.
Paulinho in
Falcao in
Torres benched (thank god)
Mikel benched
And if those two get integrated well and the back four starts shaping up a little, i am quite sure we can win the PL if we dont drop too many points before the window.
If A.Cole dosent start to shape up we should have bertrand starting alot more games.
03 Nov 2012 17:30:29
How doom and gloom do you want to get? Yes we dropped 2 points but far play to Swansea, they deserved at least a point. Torres had a shocker, as did Ash, and having Mata out definately affected our build up play. Moses was terrific, as was Rami and Cahill.
We are not going to go through the year winning every game, it's called the toughest league in the world for a reason. We are 2nd in the league so stop letting every game have an impact on your opinion on the team. We are still gelling as a squad and the future looks amazingly bright! The present isn't all that shabby either.
People slating RDM are ridiculous. Rami on at half time was a great sub. Sturridge for last 15 was a good move in theory as he injects pace and usually gets a few shots on goal. Stop being so bloody fickle, this is looking like the Liverpool page.
If you cut me, I bleed blue.
Melbourne CFC
I THINK it's because Di Matteo often has showed a little lack of quality in his tactics and lack/bad substutions.
But against Swansea we should have gotten 3 point this is one of the weaker mid table teams, i could understand if we lost to City,United,Arsenal what ever but this is a game we SHALL win if we want any chances at winning PL.
Of course this is a team in progress but they play so well already, that Swansea should be trashed but instead we struggled.
In my opinion Torres has already showed us he is NOT the man for the striker job in Chelsea and he should consider a mid table club instead.
Cole is starting to show he is getting old and and more slow yet it looks like he wil prove he aint and it cause some shocking fails.
Sometimes we tend to fall back when we lead a game instead of keep pressing them and close the game with 2 goals lead, and this is very very risky and maybe Matto forgot this is a different team than last season and that dosent work now.
RDM is a joke, he can't get credit for wasting a sub at halftime to fix his own mistake. He won't give Romeu a run with Rami but he will start 2 defensive mids neither of who is good going frwd. And them his next 2 subs sent a clear mesg to Swansea to come attack us because we're just gonna try to hold on. Even last week pissed me off when Ivan got sent off he obviously didn't have a clear plan as he dragged his feet to get the sub on(just like the Comm Shield when he had no plan) them instead of keeping our offensive assault on united and take Mikel off and just play one defensive mid and have someone like Oscar help the back, he took him off. Cmon Melbourne take ur blunders off.
I agree completely mate, but in fairness Swansea outplayed and outpassed us. Whether we sat back for last 10 or not they were playing free flowing football from the first whistle. RDM may not be the most technically astute manager, but he is the perfect man to instill the Chelsea mentality in the younger players. I realise that's not exactly what we as fans want, but it is extremely important for these players to realise how rich our history is, and have a never say die attitude.
The bloke won us our first Champions League, under extremely pressing circumstances. He is not necessarily the tachtican that we need, but he is the perfect manager to keep the players motivated to go and win each game.
He doesn't have much of a say regarding transfers, so it isn't as if he can buy players to support his style. He was given top draw young players and told to make it work. It's very easy in theory but not always easy to execute. Until we get a new manager that can imbed a style of play on the squad he is a great bloke to have in charge. And someone that will always have my full support.
Melbourne CFC
But Melbourne I'm not saying there is anything wrong with the squad or even his coaching style(4-2-3-1) from the beginning It's been his ability to pick a side, make in-match adjustments and subs, and play players in their best positions and recognise when something isn't working.
They outclassed us by RDM crap tactics. Crap subs. He ain't the man for the job. He should have done a hiddink. BLUEBOY1
So logic is we should have done Swansea easily but the squad was wrong? Who did you want him to pick? An underdone Marin? Sturridge as striker? Started Rami?
He brought rami on to inject pace and energy in the middle of the pitch, same with Sturridge as an attacker, and Bertrand to make midfield more solid defensively. His changes were not the issue, people are crying out for Marin to start or get 30 mins but evidently he is not 100% healthy or close to fitness.
Did you blokes also say Bertrand starting in CL final was a joke, only to decide it worked well because of the result? We had enough quality on the pitch to win, we were outplayed. If they didn't score an equaliser would your tune change? Ashley's poor pass, not RDMs fault. Hazard holding off man and feinting wrong way on edge of box, not RDMs fault. Defense not closing down player fast enough to impact shot, not RDMs fault.
Yes, he has made some questionable subs in the past, but they have worked out as often as they haven't. We all call for Romeu to get a run, but now blame RDM because he wasn't up to par. We all realise Torres has adapted his game to drop back and create for others due to lack of confidence but slate him for not being potent. Our other option is sturridge, who when given the chance gets slated for being selfish.
I don't have a problem with people giving a negative opinion on RDMs tactics, I have a problem with the fickleness of fans on here. What do you suggest we do... Sack RDM? Yet we all call for managers to get a chance, and If anyone deserves our support and patience as manager of our club it is RDM.
Melbourne CFC
Please tell me you saw how our players backed off them. When we play with pressure were ten times better, Di matteo is the one telling them to stand off isn't he? He's the one who trains them to do so.
Look i think we can all agree that a manager is good until he loses a game to an underdog, then they are absolutely awful and should be sacked immediately. if a manager makes one mistake tactically they are useless.
To the last poster no need to be condescending we're not ignorant of the game. To Melbourne again look closely at the record, although brief, RDM has been consistent at not putting players in a position to succeed. Lamps in the pivot, Ramires at rw, when we called for Moses he started him at lw, and now we called for Romeu and u put him next to Mikel and u think that's giving him a fair shot. If us fans saw that Cole was having a bad game why not bring Bertrand on for him then have Oscar to help him. I would love for RDM to succeed but he needs to make better decisions, my hoping or wishing for it won't make it happen. You're right, the criticizing is lessened when we win but that doesn't mean we all fully trust him to not play Marin for ex. I think we've seen this year that our best defense is a combination of defense and keeping possession while attacking. This sqaud is not a park the bus group so RDM needs to put away those tatics.
I agree mate, he has done some very strange things but you realise Moses at lw doesn't mean a lot. The 3 interchange. Ramires hasn't been on the right since early in the season when other players were extremely new to the squad, and it was obviously felt they needed another week or two to train with the lads.
Romeu is best suited to a sole role as a holding mid. He prefers to play in the centre circle and have play go through him. If he is played with rami, I think rami needs to have a most attacking role, as he is excellent at pushing back at speed when we loss the ball.
Marin has had two injures since coming, he needs to be nursed in, as the league is very physical. You have to give Swansea credit, we did not park the bus IMO, they play a game that requires position and smart, crisp passing. They hardly had a clear cut change though.
Melbourne CFC
03 Nov 2012 17:13:13
He scored goals at Liverpool
Won trophies at Chelsea
Now finish up at athletico Madrid and let us have our goal scorer falcao please
03 Nov 2012 17:10:32
RDM Started the wrong eleven, made two bad subs, where he could of sorted it. And redeemed himself. Torres cole and Mikel were crap. What's with stand off and let them attack us. We always look better when we go full throttle closing down and attack, we're the champions of Europe and Di matteo is scared of Swansea. This is two points dropped. Down to Di matteo. He hasn't changed a thing on the pitch if u take out Oscar hazard mata ramires. It's down to these players we've won most games. He ain't good enough. Clueless. Especially bringing on sturridge for Moses who was tracking back and defending well, and we all know sturridge doesn't. F ing joke to day.
Absolutely don't think Di Matteo has a brilliant style of play, no pressure and the passing isn't quick enough. Definitely rely on the individuals.
A11
I agree A11 he might have a very good grip on the team, but his tactic and subtitude choises suck. i would love to see guardiola come and then have Di Matteo helping him.
03 Nov 2012 17:00:50
Team from now on after the game
CECH
AZ LUIZ CAHILL BERTRAND
RAMI OSCAR
MATA MARIN HAZ
MOSES
horrible performance from torres
TORRES OUT
FALCAO IN
STURRIGE OUT
REMY IN
How can you put Marin in when he hasn't even played yet?? He could struggle or not be gd enough!
He did play against Wolves but every player had to have a start, where do you want him to get the experience to play an EPL match?
Ed, I hope it's not true about GIORDOLA joining man utd OFFICIALY as we desperately need him
CFCBLUE {Ed002's Note - Guardiola will not be moving to Chelsea.}
Why is that ED :(((((( {Ed002's Note - For the same reason that Bob Bradley won't be moving to Chelsea.}
Cech
Ivanovic*Cahill*Luiz*Bertrand
Ramires*Lampard
Hazard*Oscar*Mata
Moses
Maybe he's seen him play in Germany? And Marin is quality. A better dribbler than hazard and mata.
03 Nov 2012 16:59:14
Very lackluster performance. Missed Mata's creativity. Cole was poor. RDM's substitution of Moses for Sturridge and Bertrand for Oscar was baffling, as I feel we should of tried to press on and get a second goal. Torres went missing in the second half but did fairly well in the first half and was unlucky not to score with his header cleared off the line. Quite a few fans will slate Torres for today's performance but he wasn't given many opportunities. He also did well to stretch Swansea's defense. I think today showed that without the trio of Oscar Mata and Hazard, we don't really have the capability to create chances. There weren't any positives from today's performance except for Moses getting on the score sheet.
Agree on Cole, gave the ball away at least 10 times(some out of bounds) and did not look to take on attackers, he gave too much space allowing crosses. Thought Ceaser did well defensively at RB.
03 Nov 2012 16:58:41
Poor decision by RDM to go defensive and take off Oscar for Bertrand and Moses for a player not good at tracking back or keeping possession. As we've seen last year and in our 1st couple of matches this season that strategy of finishing on the back foot usually doesn't work.
I think when we took off moses and brought on sturridge,that was just unnecessary,and going defensive with bertrand we needed another goal to seal it and if anything i would've brought on Marin for Torres and played Moses upfront.
03 Nov 2012 16:57:51
So to all the Torres lovers. when we do not have Mata-Oscar-hazard opfront we wil not win many games cause we have a rubbish striker that cannot score, and the things about we just spread the goal all over the players is okay but a striker should score the majority of the goals. So now it is starting to cost us points cause of using Torres so he maybe improves his game, anyway with Torres upfront we wil NOT win PL that is clear for everyone that looks realistic on the squad.
And apart from the major issue upfornt we need a good defensive midfielder to replace Mikel cause he is just not good enough at passing and defending when we are pressed back. If you look how good he is he is supposed so be a squad member not a first choise and if DI Matto dont realise this about Torres and Mikel we wil not have a chance to win PL.
Not sure wot ur point is, most fans agree that if he didn't show improvement we need a striker in Jan but as we all saw last week he is the best we have on this team atm and the transfer window is not currently open.
I think we should play a false number nine aswell. Sturridge an Torres are very poor.
03 Nov 2012 16:56:50
in 7 games, our strikers have scored 2 goals - one in 30mins added time and the other in the 90th min. useless, we're not going to win much with statistics like that. desperately need a striker in january, even if its just lukaku back from loan
Vincent
Yes we need a striker or more like anything but Torres.
03 Nov 2012 16:56:45
Does anyone else think that RDM invites pressure on, when he should just go for it, instead of sitting back and inviting pressure...
PR!
Yes it happends very often, we should have pushed to it was 2-0 so this rubbish dosent happend. it may be hard when our striker isent good so if we win we must have to play all of the usual offensive midfield.
03 Nov 2012 16:56:31
Needed to close that game out. Decent goal and okay performance but needed to take more chances and shouldn't have given away those 2 points. Need to see a response against Shaktar.
EH17
03 Nov 2012 16:54:50
I've officially given up on Torres! Time for Sturridge to get 4/5 game run down middle see how he gets on! Torres has lost it..
Mattm
As bad as Torres is he could be Sturridge, yikes.
03 Nov 2012 16:31:33
I must say why don't we ever pressure enough we tend to allow the opposition to have space and move forward.
A11
03 Nov 2012 16:11:24
Worse performance of the season from A. Cole he's been awful on every touch so far.
That ridiculous pass that led to them scoring was the worst out of the lot.
A11
03 Nov 2012 16:10:42
One of the isisue with our defense is that Mikel constantly pass the ball back to either of the 2 center backs, and they need to do HIS job and get the ball forward and then they miss in the back. And this happend quite often and is one of the Major issues aswell as Mikel not helping the defense enough, and why i think he is not good enough for Chelsea.
Good observation.
03 Nov 2012 15:50:16
torres is a bloody disgrace! i am fuming with his atturtude get him off and never hand him the blue shirt again! kevinCFC
He makes all the decisions wrong and should consider using no striker and go 4-2-4 and use marin instead. Also Mikel really looks confused and he hardly help the defense out like Romeu , he just stands in the middle and look what happends and dont run into the box when the ball gets shot into there. aswell as he looks hopeless when he need to pass forward.
I've supported him a lot and I'm willing to give him a few more games until he starts taking the mickey.
A11
Bloke on 5live says Torres doing well and said that romeu doesn't tackle won't score and his passing is average!
I bet the bloke forgot that it is Romeu secound start this season, and im sure he cant remember when the last time Torres scored either.
Against Arsenal you prat.
PR!
He scored against Norwich 3 weeks ago
This is awful we need to kick Torres off to some 4rd league where he can score some goals, he is hindering Chelsea to win PL.
Wrong, he scored 4 weeks ago i even had to look it up and thats on freaking month. and we play like 2-3 games every week so maybe its 10 matches he hasent scored in and he call him self a striker pathetic.
You calling yourself a fan is pathetic mate.
Melbourne CFC
So it was 4 weeks not 3. If you had actually looked properly you would have also seen that 2 of those weeks were internationals...
03 Nov 2012 15:49:32
Anyone got a decent stream? I'm watching on eplsite, and it's so laggy...
Roweycfc
FIRST ROW SPORSTS! u sure its ur stream it mabe torres thats laggy
kevinCFC
03 Nov 2012 15:33:43
proof mikel aint good enoughj for chelsea
Well he do not help the defense out and he is terible at finding people to pass too. And it was so sad to see Torres ones again hesitate on his free run so hazard didnt get the ball and scored.
Our offense really lack some creativity only Oscar really helped with the offense and maybe its time he try take the freekicks aswell instead of hazard.
03 Nov 2012 15:17:21
It is very troubling to see how easy Swansea can get chances, our defense is very squeeky and Cole is just horrible. {Ed018's Note - Cole has been a touch off}
It'd strange as Cole has been off his game the last couple of matches. Do you think it's due to the injury that kept him out the league cup match?
Di Matteo should make 2 changes, Bertrand in Cole out, Marin in Mikel out and put Oscar down in the pivot.
03 Nov 2012 14:56:43
I think he's playing Mikel and Romeu to aid the weakened defense, plus we need players to break up Swansea's passing football.
PR!
I thought it was a stronger defence then usuall. He hasn't got a clue. Lucky last year we looked just lik avb Chelsea yet again!
Was that the side that lost to arsenal 5-3 at home? and drew with tottenham?
03 Nov 2012 14:33:52
Well done RDM Romeu and Mikel together failure waiting to happen. It's like likel lampard it doesn't work. Romeu ramires or Romeu Oscar. Tit
Im glad to see Romeu play :)
03 Nov 2012 14:32:48
Good line-up for today you can see we are attacking them from the sides today with the two holding midfielder just sitting.Seeing that both their regular fullbacks are out and they changed keepers its not a bad ploy to take them on wide and get crosses into the box to put the keeper and his defenders in a new partnership under pressure my prediction is that we will win 3-1
03 Nov 2012 14:02:20
is ivanovic back from suspension already? there's a few websites that say so. {Ed018's Note - yes he is starting at center back today}
Are Luiz and Mata getting a run ed018?
Melbourne CFC
03 nov 2012 11:10:50
i'm going for a torres hat trick and a graham goal for 3-1 to chelsea but if we perform to our full extent maybe a 5-1 with moses and hazard with the goals as well as torres hattrick
hope we play well with this team
cech
az terry cahill cole
mikel rami
moses oscar haz
fernando
if terry is still banned put luiz in and bring on marin, romeu and bertrand on
torres is king
03 Nov 2012 10:32:48
Starting 11 against Swansea...
Cech
Azpiliqueta Cahill Luiz Cole
Ramires Obi Mikel
Moses Oscar Hazard
Torres
Marin, Sturridge & either Paizon or Romeu to come off the bench.
Surewould
I think with Shaktar coming up...I would rest Luiz, Mata & Torres....first 2 might be injured anyway.
Cech
Azpiliqueta Cahill Ivanovic Cole
Ramires Obi Mikel
Moses Oscar Hazard
Sturridge
I think Marin should come on more than anyone
Good team. As long as Luiz is fit, otherwise Iva can come in.
IB.
We need to win this game.
03 Nov 2012 09:53:00
Game starts at 2am, only pub in area closes at 3pm. Talk about some bad luck.
Melbourne CFC
That's gash, get a load of lads in their blag them to stay open mate. u never know. BLUEBOY1
What sort of pub closes at 3pm? {Ed018's Note - a piss poor one}
Haha 3am mate. Luckily got round to a mates, so we are good to go. What's prediction ed018?
Melbourne CFC {Ed018's Note - it's a bit of a tricky match. we have come off two tough matches, plenty of controversy as well, and hopefully they don't have on eye on the Shaktar match. it'll be a tough match but im gonna say 3-1 to Chelsea}
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03 Nov 2012 09:51:30
Think as mata has slight hamstring injury and due a rest Moses deserves a start and Marin hopefully get 15/20min, don't think today will be easy as swans play good Attacking football but I think individual skill will win it for us, either Torres and hazard is my prediction 2-0
2-0
Cahill and oscar
Jordan
03 Nov 2012 04:00:55
Hi ed! When will fa cup start? {Ed002's Note - For the EPL sides, in January.}
Follow football do you ?
03 Nov 2012 01:22:34
Ed - Do you think the likes of Eden Hazard, Oscar and Juan Mata will retire at Chelsea {Ed002's Note - I have no idea. Sorry.}
I'd doubt it
I personally think mata and Oscar love the club, and will stay. But hazard I think will jump to barca or Madrid. BLUEBOY1
Id say mata will move back to Spain when he is 30
Guys this is the very beginning of their career theyll probably move on, even if its after 8 years
That's why I was worried about Hazard, I hope he doesn't see this as a stepping stone to Barca or Madrid...
Them staying will largely depend on how well we do over the years. If we're doing well and challenging/winning the premier and champions league they'll have no reason to leave.
03 Nov 2012 13:50:54
i think hazard will leave for madrid or barca lets face it were probably a stepping stone for him as for mata and oscar i think they will stay
curt
03 Nov 2012 00:30:37
all good players in a year
goalkeepers: cech, courtois
wingbacks: cole, azpilicueta, bertrand, ivanovic
centerbacks: luiz, terry, cahill, ivanovic
defensive mids: mikel, romeu
mids: lampard, ramires, de bruyne, chalobah, mc eachran
attacking mids: oscar, mata, hazard, de bruyne, marin, moses
strikers: torres, sturridge, lukaku
we have enough players to make two winning premier league teams!! we're gonna rule (already are) !!!!
Lampard will be gone in a year
Chalobah to defensive mids, de bruyne to mids