Chelsea Banter Archive October 20 2015

20 Oct 2015 22:44:16
barring the arsenal match, which was kind of all over the place, as we also played against 9 men as well, we have kept a total of 3 clean sheets so far this season. and guess which defender was not involved in any of these matches? .

{Ed018's Note - Ola Aina}

21 Oct 2015 00:05:46
Ivanovic lol.

21 Oct 2015 01:10:05
lol I will slightly rephrase it! : guess which REGULAR STARTING EXPERIENCED defender wasnt involved in these 3 matches?

21 Oct 2015 12:30:01
Ron Harris?

20 Oct 2015 20:25:52
Think we've played great first half. Hazard and Matic have been very impressive. And I don't see how Fabregas can't play no.10 he's better there than deeper for me. Brings him closer to Hazard and Diego.

20 Oct 2015 22:30:40
Much better performance by all the players, with defense far more solid. Standouts: Dave (Azi) a star as usual; Matic looked like being back close to being the player he was last season; Willian continues to cover acres of ground and be a threat, Ramires also excellent. Hazard and Fabregas better, but we still lacked real cut and thrust up front/on counter though were the two that hit woodwork and good penalty shout.

21 Oct 2015 10:39:26
JBS: Totally agree and there were good signs for future league matches. Fabregas is a different player playing well forward but to keep him there we need Costa scoring and at least someone else that poses a goal threat every time they get the ball. The defence finally looked solid and nobody was having to cover on the right and getting dragged out of position; that said I do not see Zouma as a right back.

20 Oct 2015 18:51:47
Team to play Dynamo Kiev: Begovic, Zouma, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Ramires, Matic, Willian, Fabregas, Hazard, Costa.

Subs: Blackman, Baba, Mikel, Oscar, Traore, Kenedy, Falcao.


I wasn't around the weekend . can someone tell me if RLC got injured and that's why he got taken off at half time and not in tonight's squad.

20 Oct 2015 19:09:23
RLC did not appear to get injured and JM said it was tactical; I thought he played fairly well although he can get caught ball watching. JM has torn him off a strip again and said he must work harder although that applies to most of them currently. Poor Azi he must be getting dizzy going from one side to the other. Defence looks solid, not a Ramires fan myself and I would have preferred Oscar to Fabregas as he is slowly proving a waste of money.

20 Oct 2015 19:25:24
I would like to think that the reason he isn't in the squad tonight is so that he can be fresh for the weekend, you never know with Jose though! Overall I'm pretty happy with the team tonight though, hopefully its a 4-3-3 rather than Cesc playing as a no.10 or (God forbid) Matic and Cesc holding with Ramires on the right wing! Would've liked Baba to get some more time though! Hope to see Kennedy get some time off the bench.

20 Oct 2015 19:28:19
Really not sure about Zouma at RB. Quite like the midfield 3, although Fabregas is still way off form.

21 Oct 2015 05:11:55
we have the players, I see a change in momentum . we just need a string of 3-4 wins under our belt and we are good. I also see that rotating the midfield is making the team fresh and less predictable which is a plus considering all teams ready to read our play from minute one

i hope to have a better striker than Falcoa and Remy . its imperative to have 2 good strikers in the mold of Costa

a little more patience and we will b back to winning ways
onwards and upwards . go chelsea

Keep the faith my friends . Keep the faith.

{Ed001's Note - does anyone really think Chelsea will not get it together and push back into the top 4 by the end of the season?}

21 Oct 2015 06:42:51
I think arsenal, city and Utd will be top 3 (not in order) . My fear is that Liverpool sort themselves out under klopp and take 4th.