Chelsea Banter Archive May 08 2013

08 May 2013 22:09:02
A point is not a bad result because of the win at utd. The last two months we have looked a different team, about the same time us fans got off rafas back and supported the team. But again as a manager he let's himself down with stupid substitutions. Benayoun should not play for chelsea ever again, how the hell he even got to join our club is beyond me. Moses on for hazard I agree with only because he took a knock otherwise I would of maybe taken off mata instead. Oscar had one of his best games. Lampard should have been brought on instead of benayoun to make a three man midfield with rami and luiz. How good of a team do we look with the energy of luiz and ramires in midfield. I would say the only down side to them is ramires passing, if you follow him throughout the game he gives the ball away far too much. But saying that i'm just looking for faults. I think tonights team is probably the best side we have, sadly we don't have the quality in reserve. Hopefully wrap up champions league qualification against villa on saturday, win uefa cup and the season doesn't look bad at all. My hopes for next season:
Manager: mourinho
One forward from:
Falcao, cavani or lewandowski.
Angel di maria
A young quick centre half

NWBLUE

Di Maria haha he is another player who plays for him self and not the team. We're building a very nice squad of team players. {Ed018's Note - we don't need DiMaria}

Shurrle will probably come and be seen as a "forward" as he is very versatile, possibly along with an out an out striker in the form of Falcao with Torres leaving. A young centre back would be a good purchase or look at integrating Kalas into the squad if deemed good enough.

We definitly need a class cb. our current ones don't cut it for me in terry (too slow/aging), ivanovic (i rate but makes the odd mistake) and cahill (can make the last ditch tackle brilliantly but often loses his man or doesn't get close enough like with adebayor)

08 May 2013 21:55:49
What was wrong with the pitch tonight? Proitos {Ed018's Note - good question, Ramires couldn't stay on his feet}

Wet surface but the ground was hard.

08 May 2013 21:48:46
Fergi's last loss at home: Chelsea
Fergi's last FA cup loss: Chelsea
Fergi's last League cup loss: Chelsea
Fergi's last Charity Shield loss: Chelsea
The team that beat Fergi the most: Chelsea

No wonder he's thrown in the towel.

Good post! VBS

08 May 2013 21:43:40
Well done Benitez u person. Take off the bright sparks and bring on be quoin and Moses who are well bellow chelsea quality.

Hazard was injured and Oscar had run his ass off. Complaining for the sake of it. {Ed018's Note - yea but why not bring on Lampard and push Ramires to the right. Benayoun has no business out there}

Crazy substitutions, simply crazy. This was a cup final game. Top 4 finish supposed to be the priority. VBS

I understand what you saying Ed but I think he wanted Ramires energy and speed in Cm tracking Bale back on counter attacks, Lampard doesn't have any speed, obviously better ball retention though.

Im not to mad about the subs, they scored a super goal and an offside goal. We had numerous chances to win this game.
A month ago if you said beat Aston Villa and you get Champions League we would have all taken that. {Ed018's Note - and that's fine, I expect the team to be ready to beat Villa and everything will be ok}

There's no reason we couldn't have switched to a 4-3-3 or even had Lamps a bit further up the pitch since he isn't the best tackler anyway. He might have been able to get the winner.

08 May 2013 21:29:12
Benayoun on? Yeah let's play with 10 men for the last 10 mins.

8 men including Torres and Moses.

I thought Torres played pretty well. If Hazard had crossed the ball to the far post he could have easily scored.

08 May 2013 19:37:02
Eds do top two or three go direct into champions league leaving other team/teams to play a qualifier?

NWBLUE {Ed018's Note - top 3 go in automatically. 4 place has to play the qualifier}

08 May 2013 17:15:50
Just like to say good luck to Rafa for tonights game hope you show these london clubs what a great coach you really are and put these big head spurs fans and avb in there place. It will look good on your cv to get top 4 finish with all you had to put up with and europa league keep adding to that cv.

Yes ding fantastic take off the two best players haha fsw

08 May 2013 14:19:47
Hi Ed, do you know if there's any interest in some of our keyplayers? {Ed002's Note - I have no idea who the "key" players are.}

Hazard, Mata, Cole and so on

08 May 2013 13:24:46
Either we hurry and get Jose or UTD hurry and get moyes because Jose at UTD is heartbreaking

Dont worry, Jose will be back, Moyes is 20-1 on to go to united and Jose is 10-1 on to come home

Actually bookies have Moyes at 1/8 to join Man U and William Hill have suspended betting on Jose last week when its plain and clear he is moving back to Chelsea. Scott M.

08 May 2013 11:21:29
Enough of managers, right now tonight is more important; team vs Spurs.

Cech

Azpiliqueta - Cahill - Terry - Cole

David Luiz - Lampard

Ramires - Mata - Hazard

Torres

Hmmmm. need demba ba up top, I want torres to get better but I just don't think he will, also I don't enjoy watching rami on the wing but I suppose we need to be defensive tonight as we cannot lose, a draw or a win is vital. maybe a 433 if rafa wants to change it up with mata and hazard as wingers sticking ramires back in his favorable position. i'm sure rafa will suprise us with his selection though

08 May 2013 11:04:48
ding dong the witch is dead!

now come on jose follow the yellow brick fulham road back home to stamford bridge

08 May 2013 10:52:04
Managerial Merry-go-round.

Moyes - Utd, Mourinho - Chelsea, Martinez - Everton, Benitez or Blanc - PSG, Ancelotti - R. Madrid!

Lets hope you're right.

Care Free

Lets hope you're right.

Care Free

08 May 2013 08:24:28
Ed I know you don't talk managers, but is this ferguson retiring talk a bid to try and sign Jose before a potential move elsewhere. {Ed002's Note -That would be one for the conspiracy page.}

I think not if Jose is free that is we're he will go, unless your conspiracy theory is, Jose has already signed for chelsea or agreed terms, and can't go to united.