Chelsea Banter Archive October 06 2012

06 Oct 2012 22:16:58
Chelsea 4 - 1 Norwich.....
a beautifull game for us......
we played attacking-stylish football......
we had 21 total shots out of which 13 shots were on target.....
could have also had couple of penalties......
dominated the possesion.....
could have scored more on other day......
but still 4-1 is more likely crushing victory for us.......

RDM tried today again mikel n lampard in pivot....
both did decent job....
lampard scored nice goal also his passing was better while going forward but again he offered very much less in defensive duties.....
yes lampard n mikel both can play in pivot but not together they need different partner some one like ramires......
i guess the pair of ramires n romeu in pivot was far better than that of lampard n mikel......
hazard-j.mata-oscar are getting better n better understanding of each other......
j. mata again the man of the match, i just can not believe spain dropped him for WC qualifiers, anyways its good news for us as he will have more rest ......
hazard was better today after last 2-3 average games, scored nice goal on counter attack which was provided by j. mata ......
oscar well was neigther on scorecard nor in assists list but still the boy was second best player on the pitch after j. mata, had two decent goal attempts both being on target......
torres well scored the first goal for us, could have scored hat-trick as he had very good goal scoring chances, well i have said it earlier couple of times and i will say again that ....
torres may not be back to his best......
but still he can and he will score 30+ goals in all competitions this season.....
with the likes of mata-oscar-hazard in team playing behind him he will have 100-120 goal scoring opportunities and he can surely put 25-30% of those into the net........

samrat

I very much agree with most of what you say. But on torres i must say he miss ALL one on ones with the goal keeper if he cant run around him, and it cost us ALOT of goals. If we had Falcao for instance he wud have scored maybe 6-8 more goal than torres already which is a shame. im quite sure if Torres dont improve, we wil buy a striker and put Torres on the bench again.

Has nobody noticed that luiz was probably the second best player on the pitch he was excellent today and hope he plays like that every game.

Blue con

Mikel & lampard were rubbish and got bulkied for the first half hour. lampard always out of position. mikel hasnt got a clue how to make a decent ball forward

Lampard had adapted his game and Mikel is steadily improving under Di Matteo.
Most of us would agree Mikel has been one of the most frustrating players to watch in recent years but we need to be open minded he is improving.
Ramires has a fantastic attitude and work rate but his passing and positioning are suspect sometimes leaving us open.

06 Oct 2012 19:35:23
You know it is a good day when your disappointed with only 4 goals. 3 stonewall penalties and a number of close misses ... But hey im thrilled with the win and wouldve snapped your hand off for 4-1 before the game . Also Ivanovic had an absolute beast of a game, and azpi looked light and nimble when he came on.

A great factor is that are goals are being spread out throughout the team

Rank Player
1 Fernando Torres 6
2 Juan Mata 4
3 Gary Cahill 3
4 Branislav Ivanovic 3
4 Frank Lampard. 3
4 Ryan Betrand. 2
4 Emboaba Oscar 2
5 Eden Hazard. 2
5 Ashley Cole. 1
5 David Luiz 1
5 Victor Moses 1
5 Nascimento Ramires 1
5 Oriol Romeu 1

P.s Heard we have scored 16 in 4 !!

Jm10

Cahill has 3? Wow

Jordan

Haha when Ashley Cole is on the scoresheet then you know...

06 Oct 2012 18:49:37
What nickname should we give to Hazard , Mata and Oscar. Does 3 are awesome.

ELI

The Holy Trinity?
The Three Musketeers?
The Three Blind Mice?

Tim

06 Oct 2012 18:03:28
i just feel chelsea should play marvin gays sexual heeling when oscar,mata and hazard link up! its unreal at times sooo sexual!kevinCFC

First the sad, pointless negativity now a slightly creepy happiness.. U are quite a character Kevin....
Marley

Have i slated hazard mata and oscar NOPE!


kevinCFC {Ed061's Note - I don't think he meant that Kevin. Deep breathes mate.}

06 Oct 2012 16:28:43
Very nice goal by Lamps and a few good crosses as well but the more I see it the more it stands out that he offers almost nothing on defense. It's quite shocking.

Romeu and ramires looked so solid and quick they offer so much more than lampsd and mikel.

Whenever those two play together our back 4 are exposed. No worries against N city though but I'll ne happy not to see that pivot pair ever again.

06 Oct 2012 19:50:09
how can you say rami and romeu they come on the pitch once norwich had given up so they had nothing too do

curt

06 oct 2012 15:51:00
decent performance torres looks good but
he needs to shoot when he has the
oppurtunity
ok rant over but were looking good

billy

Hardly a rant...

06 Oct 2012 11:20:42
ED002 do you club rate Ruben Loftus Cheek highly because for his age he is well ahead of anyone else? {Ed002's Note - Personally I don't often have opinions on players but much is expected of several of the youngsters inluding Loftus-Cheek.}

06 Oct 2012 05:29:20
Probable team for Norwich=

----------CECH---------
Ivan---Terry-Luiz---cole
----Mikel------Lamps
-HAZARD-OSCAR-MATA
----------Torres---------

Hopeful lineup

-----------------CECH-----------------
AZPI----CAHILL--TERRY---BETRAND
------ROMEU------------RAMIRES------
--MOSES-------MATA------MARIN-----
---------------TORRES-----------------

THANKS

BILLY

I like the probable team better.

ELI

Cech
azpilicueta cahill ivanovic cole
romeu oscar
hazard mata marin
torres

BLUEBOY1

Agree blueboy but swap Ramires for Romeu

Jordan

Marin instead of Hazard?Where is Oscar?Moses is a good choice though