Chelsea Banter Archive May 11 2013

11 May 2013 22:02:28
ED just asking have you been to any Chelsea games this season? {Ed002's Note - I went to one in August. I may go on Wednesday if time allows.}

11 May 2013 21:22:01
Matuidi coming in

11 May 2013 18:43:58
Lads, we need a natural right winger right? What about Callum mcmanaman? He's got lovely dancing feet, lots of flair very direct plus he's homegrown.

Was just about to post something similar, looks like a young Duff to me.
Would be cheap too if Wigan get relegated.
EH17

11 May 2013 19:30:09
A few games for us and he'll be useless! He's not done much to reach Moses' level. For the good of his career, he needs a few more years at Wigan. We won't have patience with him as usual.

At least he beats a mane and delivers a decent cross and decent first touch unlike Moses!

11 May 2013 22:55:29
His delivery is poor. He just beats one man over and over again. Mose has had a fairly decent season, not as bad as Young, Nani or Valencia and all those players cost far more than him. Give him a break and he could be better next season.

I think kone would be an excellent buy

Is this the first time you lot have watched wigan play? there players are good at times because they work well together, none of them would make chelsea better, seems like everyones getting excited over one game to me.

Not at all kone has been a good individual player as well as a good team player throughout the season for Wigan. What makes u the transfer genius! Bale come from Southampton Rooney come from Everton and so on. Some of the smaller clubs generally create fantastic players so there is always a possibility that a Wigan player could become a superstar so keep your negative opinions to yourself thanks

Bale has been at spurs nearly 6 years now. Only now is he reaching the potential and level needed for a top side. Chelsea aren't likely to wait 6 years for a player to reach such a level.

11 May 2013 18:16:00
Any updates on Schurrle? {Ed002's Note - Nope.}

11 May 2013 17:01:35
Any news on Hazard and Terry's injuries ed? Would be a shame for Hazard to miss the Europa League final. {Ed002's Note - There will be no news of note until probably Monday.}

Ok cheers ed.

11 May 2013 16:21:00
Liverpool fan in peace.
Congratz guys. I always knew. rafa will do it.
he will win the Europa league.
he is the bets in keeping the squad and rotation.
only carlo anchelotti matches him.

Sir alex has lost more matches only to rafa benitez past 10 years.

You hate him. you slate him. but believe in him and trust him. only living manager on earth who took a non real and barca side to spanish title.

respect.

11 May 2013 17:26:12
Thanks to u scouser. Wish u the best for next season. Hopefully u will take the place of one of the other London sides. Brendan is doing a terrific job.

11 May 2013 17:44:26
thanks basics.
I don't hate Chelsea. coz. if not you. who else will stop UTD.
and boy. in hazzard and mata. you have the best so called midfielders. I have seen.

CL. liverpool vs chelsea 4-4. who can forget that.
there are two midfielders of this genration. who has been legend. never won the Ballon dor.
lampard and gerrard.

congratz. njoyy the day.

Radomir antic won it in 96 with atletico madrid. he's alive

Buttner 1-0 Gerrard.

MU Fan

11 May 2013 15:54:43
Well done to Rafa also. I had my doubts when he took over but, he has masterfully handled a very tricky situation. Respect.
Go on and lead the team to victory in the cup final.

roan

Agreed

100% agree so many games in so little time and he has done his best and we have top 4 and maybe another European cup, thanks rafa

Yer I thank him for getting us a champs league place and getting into the final of the europa league however he still onnon of fa cup, capital one cup and world club champs and we got into two semis and a final. so yer he has done alright but nothing more.

11 May 2013 15:47:27
This page is full of people slating rafa when we where 1-0 down, we won so are people going to praise him now. didn't think so. {Ed018's Note - no reason to}

No. Why would we?

Even with JT injured, he was always going to start Luiz in midfield in EL. He put that game first. Everyone knew we needed too win this game, and secure CL football. I'm glad he made the change at half time, but he was reactive too the situation, not proactive from the outset. The team, DL and FL in particular, deserve credit for their passion and determination. Not Rafa. He put his career before our club, again.

Unbelievable, rafa hardly made the difference today.

Good Post Melbourne FC, completely agree. VBS

Ha ha there really are some clueless football fans. CTID

Agree original post. Melbourne and his followers are passionate but clueless. CTID

Well Mancini is likely to leave this summer. So is Rafa. Feel free to have Rafa as your next manager ;)

11 May 2013 15:30:48
Lampard amazing and Luiz future legend. Miss him so my h when he doesn't play

11 May 2013 15:23:01
Sorry for the negativity, but we were playing with 10 men the whole first half anyway, Moses was worse than awful.

Jordan

Yes I agree. I am not impressed with him although he has netted a couple of goals. He seems too casual all the time. Proitos

Move him on, never rated him.

11 May 2013 15:03:59
It's not a miracle, it's skill with a bit of luck. Respect to Chelsea for playing till the last whistle. This match has made me proud to call myself a Chelsea fan purely because of the heart they displayed throughout the game and keeping the will to stay in the champions league. I will be the first to admit I didn't think they would come back but they managed to pulled through. Congratulations to the team but we couldn't have done it without the legend himself, Frank Lampard. Some take decades to be recognised as a legend but we have one playing with us now and the day he leaves will be a regretful one for the club. Looking forward to the next few matches, especially the Europa league final.

11 May 2013 14:58:14
203 FRANK LAMPARD = LEGEND! :D

11 May 2013 14:57:19
What a game! I can now breathe a sigh of relief. Without Luiz in midfield, we're s*** btw.

11 May 2013 14:48:43
SUPER FRANKIE LAMPARD

JMJW

Not a knee jerk reaction, Best player to ever wear a Chelsea shirt. FRANK LAMPARD. Thank you Frank
DP

Please offer Super Frank new contract!

Well done Frank special player, one of the best ever in the premier league and Europe. Top class midfielder deserves all the accolades coming his way. YNWA ROYZERED

11 May 2013 14:46:41
Super Frankie Lampard!

Jordan

11 May 2013 14:45:09
LAMPARD DESERVES NEW CONTRACT, THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL A LEGEND

Billy

11 May 2013 14:11:35
Mata/Ba off. Oscar/Torres on.

11 May 2013 14:01:07
Thank god for small miracles. Hopefully since it's happened early on we can push on and get something from this.

11 May 2013 13:40:56
Things don't look good right now, but let's keep the faith. We've got the quality to turn this around even with 10 men. If we don't, then let's pray to god Stoke are up for it tomorrow

PS: if we lose I don't think I'm going to be able to study anymore today. That's right, I'm that pissed

Jackson

11 May 2013 13:35:07
Looks like I was right to be nervous about this game despite be accused of negativity. Benitez seems to struggle to get team in right frame of mind to play lower teams and Top Four finish seemingly not as important to him as Europa league. Villa look more up for it despite our possession and we will now need a miracle in second half not to have to beat Everton in final game (and Moyes's final game). So come on Frank, score a double! VBS

Benitez fault to get the players in the right frame of mind lol do you blame benitez for the rain swell?

11 May 2013 13:34:00
Worst performance of season. As usual a game we should win is a game we are most probably going to lose now. We won't beat Everton either so it really is over.

Do I have to remind you of Athletico Madrid?

11 May 2013 13:33:11
Anyone else getting right peed off that all the commentators seem to think that we care about is the Europa league?

I don't know about anyone else, but I'd much rather us qualify for the CL next year, than win that second rate tournament.

Not happy.

The commentators don't think we just care about the europa league, they think rafa only cares about the europa league, which doesn't seem that farfetched

jscottjr

11 May 2013 13:32:58
Rafa Benitez has no control over our players having their thumbs up their ass. He put out a team very capable of winning yet were getting beaten by a relegation fighter. Talent wise we aren't 17 points off united but these guys have to change their attitude if they think they have a shot of getting a championship.

Tk

I think Rafa has a problem with motivating the team against lower teams. Either that or our players just don't realise that they need to give 100% all the time and that they can't coast through any game.

11 May 2013 13:29:59
Ramirez has just cost us the game

11 May 2013 13:14:20
Shocking performance so far, we do not deserve champions league from what I have seen so far today.

11 May 2013 11:24:43
I hope Mikel doesn't start alongside Lampard today, or we're screwed. It's got to be Luiz and Lampard hopefully.

Mikel's attitude worries me, he makes it evident he doesn't care about the Europa League, so I'd rather him start today than Wednesday.
His attitude needs to improve especially if Mourinho comes back. Don't think Jose will allow a player who let's opposition ghost passed him and has no interest of sprinting.

11 May 2013 00:22:42
Do you think Chelsea will attempt to sign Cavani this summer?

Hopefully. I'd rather him than Falcao because of his freakish athleticism. That being said whoever comes in won't be a miracle worker. Earlier this year cavani had a Torres esque streak in terms of a dry spell in front of goal. I'd love for a striker of that class to come in but with Falcao looking likely to go to Monaco and lewandowski to bayern it's going to be a tough to get one. Fingers crossed.

Tk