Chelsea Banter Archive February 19 2013

19 Feb 2013 17:44:12
Squad for 2013/2014 season:

Cech - New GK - New GK
Azpi - Kalas - Iva - Cahill - Terry - Luiz - Cole - Bertrand
Mikel - Romeu - Oscar - Lampard - Ramires
Moses - Mata - de Bruyne - Hazard - Marin
Cavani - Demba Ba - (Feruz if needed)

Think we should learn how to play another formation as well, any suggestions? I think a 4-3-3 should be our starting formation. And a new one to be trained with two up top

19 Feb 2013 19:20:09
Lampard will be gone get used to it Marin will be sold we will
Buy 2 strikers one of which will be falcao

19 Feb 2013 19:55:45
The squad you have picked is 16 points behind UTD give or take 1 or 2 people more changes needed sell Ramirez ivanovovitch and Bertrand not good enough for CFC

You people have been spoiled by our success and now make stupid remarks like that one. 1. I HOPE lamps is still there, I didn't say that's the definate squad, it is what I would like it to be. And you're all the same with the managers as well. Why can't you have faith and patience for once. I hope Arsenal go on to dominate football for a few years because their loyal fans deserve it. You lot are spineless! Bertrand is a youngster for petes sakes! and learn to spell!

Where is Lukaku?

Another year on loan before he replaces demba ba ino

19 Feb 2013 12:54:13
If you think about netting over 100 goals in 45 games this season basically without a striker because let's face it torres has done nothing! So just think if we had falcao or cavani next season how far better we will be! Am well up for next season we all knew this season was a transitional period

Intergration of the youth is key! McEacheran, Lukaku and Piazon need another year on loan. One of the yound Center Backs needs to join the squad. Depending on weather or not Marin can capture any sort of form, the new manager need to make a desision with him. If he leaves, I expect a bid from Chelsea for Isco, which will eventually fail, And the intergration of Kevin de Bruyne instead. If he stays (which I hope he does) the KdB should get another year on loan. At which point Oscar will then be dropped back and that will make room for him. Thoughs?

Isco as a replacement for Marin?

Oh no we've got another one!

Three words

Kevin De Bruyne

Think about it

KDB IS A BETTER MIDFIELDER THAN WINGER. BLUEBOY1

19 Feb 2013 11:12:41
All signed up ( just testing it)
:)

Wheelycfc where are you from if you don't mind me asking?
Danny

Harrow north west London!

Didnt sign my name

Wheelycfc

19 Feb 2013 09:07:15
With regards to the Cavani vs Falcao argument - who you'd rather the club sign etc.

I personally think both would score goals in the Premier League although, if we stick to the current formation or a 4-3-3, I think Falcao would be the better option.

We need a goal scorer plain and simple. Our attacking midfielders all want to play the 'number 10 role' and rarely play as natural wingers bombarding the box with crosses; 90% of our play goes through the middle. When the aforementioned midfielders do get wide and play balls into the box they are usually low balls pulled back or slammed across the front of the goal. Falcao has some of the best movement in the box that certainly I have ever seen and would appear in the spaces such passes are played into on many more occasions than our current strikers. Cavani would too but I just see Falcao linking with our midfielders better than him.

I must point out that I'd happily give either of them a piggy back to Stamford Bridge, from either Madrid or Naples, to play for Chelsea.

Whilst Falcao is good in the air I think Cavani would suit us better as we still punt it up to the striker (not as often as we used to) and I feel he would hold it up better. But saying that if we were to buy Falcao perhaps we'd punt it up even less. Not sure why we keep doing it to Torres when it's obvious that its not in his skill set. In the end though I'd be happy with either. Personally though I think they'll both end up either in Madrid and City.

Re. the punting it up.

I do think there are players that are still used to how we played with Drogba! If we came user pressure a punt up to him would result in us retaining possession 90% of the time; you can pretty much reverse that with Torres! I don't blame him, as you say, it's just not a good feature of his game!

I still think that when under pressure, be it defensively or needing a goal, we revert back to the punt it mentality and this season that has cost us possession, goals and points!

Should of kept sturridge and sold Torres

There goes another plastic fan being result driven again. DS has had a good start to his loserpool career, good luck to him, but he needed to go because he just wasn't a good fit here. Give it a full season or 2 and then judge it. BTW I am not at all defending Torres, who needs to go also, just the club.

19 Feb 2013 05:29:40
hey ed, I only use the mobile version of the site. there's no login page for it. thanks man {Ed001's Note - we are getting that fixed as soon as possible.}