Chelsea Banter Archive September 21 2012

21 Sep 2012 23:38:23
"I'm blue, I'm a London Blue but I am professional." - Jose Mourinho

I am not saying this will or won't happen... But

With this in mind, I'm interested as to what fellow fans think. All I want is Mourinho back. I'm not ignoring RDM's success or past successes i.e. Hiddink and Ancelotti. With that said, I'd have Mourinho back at the Bridge any day. What would RDM have to do, for you to at the end of this season say "No thanks, Jose. We'll stick with Robbie."?

I don't agree with our careless sacking of managers, but I can't think of a thing. Jose has unfinished business.

JoshCFC

WIth the reported unrest at Madrid and talk of players leaving, I think there is more chance of Mourinho leaving than players like Ramos.
He has always had a strained relationship with Madrid since day one.

Every chelsea fan loves jose m8, but we have moved on. i also dont want RDM to stay after this season either.

Any chelsea fan would take Jose back over anyone. He's the special one but he's Chelsea's special one, he's our special one.

21 Sep 2012 22:15:50
Chelsea are looking good heading into the game against Stoke tomorrow. Its at Stamford Bridge which is good as the Britannia Stadium seems to get the very best out of Stoke a lot of the time.
In terms of the line-up I think Di Matteo should go for something like this...
-----------------------Cech----------------
---------Ivanovic------Terry-----------Luiz----------Cole-----------------Ramires-------Lampard-----------------Moses-------
----Hazard-----------Oscar---------
-------------------Torres------------------------
I certainly feel that we should give Oscar some more game time as I felt even before the Juventus game he should but that game sealed the deal in terms of if he is ready to start starting 11 football at such a young age at Chelsea.
I think Moses should be on the right as Mata I dont think should go there and I would like to see Ramires play CM. I also understand that Marin is still injured? {Ed00

I would like to see Azpilicueta start and Cahill will probably start too.

21 Sep 2012 13:43:44
Stamford Bridge side linked with move for accomplished Spanish international.
Sergio Ramos could quit Real Madrid next summer � and that will put Premier League clubs on red alert.
Reports of a fall-out between Ramos and Bernabeu boss Jose Mourinho appear to be accurate, after the Spain international was dropped in favour of youngster Raphael Varane for the Champions League clash with Manchester City in midweek.
And stories in Spain claim the 26-year-old could now be set to end his seven year stay in the Spanish capital.
There are differences in the treatment of players in the dressing room. Differences between the Portuguese clan, the players close to Mourinho, and though who are isolated, like Sergio Ramos,� journalist Alfredo Duro said on Spanish TV show Punto Pelota.
There is no trust between the player and the coach, and vice versa. The solution will come at the end of the season.
If Mourinho continues [at Madrid], Sergio Ramos will leave Real Madrid. He has a good reputation at PSG, in Russia and England. His value would be around 50m.�
Mourinho is believed to have requested that Ramos trains in isolation as a disciplinary measure.
Meanwhile, a separate report in Barcelona-based paper EMD elaborated that Chelsea, who they claim have previously shown interest in the player, along with Manchester City would both be interested in his signature.
SOURCE:
Given Chelsea's previous interest in Sergio Ramos and the fact that the West London side are perhaps light of real quality in the right back area, should mean that that Roberto Di Matteo's side may well be leading the race for the Real Madrid defender.
Will Blues owner Roman Abramovich be willing to fork out £40m for the Spanish international though? Well the Russian billionaire appears to have got back to his big spending ways, providing funds for a spending spree this summer that cost him upwards of £80m.
If indeed Ramos has fallen out with Jose Mourinho it could be a hard road back into his good books as the former Chelsea boss is not known for changing his attitude towards a player if the relationship between the two has broken down.
Sergio Ramos is an accomplished defender who would certainly be the subject of a great deal of interest. The 26 year old is now into his eighth season in the Real Madrid first team having joined the club as a teenager from Sevilla in a deal said to have been worth around £18m.
The Andalusia born defender can play equally effectively at centre or right back and has amassed over 300 appearances for Real Madrid and winning three La Liga titles. He could certainly give the likes of John Terry, David Luiz, Branislav Ivanovic and Gary Cahill a run for their money in the centre of the Chelsea defence but a defender a £40m price-tag would mean that any side willing to pay the price will be spending the biggest ever sum on a defender.

If Ramos came what would be your lineup???????????mine would be
-----------CECH----------
AZPILL--LUIZ--RAMOS--COLE
------RAMIRES--ROMEU-------
MATA----OSCAR----HAZARD
----------TORRES----------

BILLY

I still can't believe people would prefer to see Luiz and either Terry or Cahill over Terry and Cahill and Luiz at left back..... in the changing room! Personally as a Chelsea fan i would feel much more confident in the english pairing rather than Luiz who we all know is a bit of a liability at times. He's great to have in the squad and I would love to see him used in place of Mikel but that just seems like a wish rather than reality. Aside from that, I feel the Chelsea future looks bright- onwards and upwards people, we've got some silverware to win!!

RC

Nice point RC. Can you imagine Ramos and Luiz at CB with Mikel in front, recipe for disaster.

IB.

Terry is showing his signs of deterioration and Cahill is good but not as good as people are making out (though better than I thought he would be when he joined). Luiz makes mistakes usually one noticeable a game but is fast is the best at reading opposition attackers and adds to other areas of the pitch aswell.

I swear people just wait for his overly aggresive tackle each game, critisice him and dont bother to pay attention to the great things he does for the other 89 mins. He was the second best Chelsea player against Juventus.

I must no admit that him pairing with Ramos in the centre would be a recipe for disaster though especailly if Mikel is infront.

I must now*

I'm an admirer of Luiz. His ability to read the game is great and he wins the ball from opposition players earlier and more often than our other defenders most of the time. He is unfortunately prone to the odd error in judgement. Perhaps this can be erased over time.

IB.

Jt lamps are declining. mikel hasnt got any better for 7 years. time 4 all 3 to move on.

21 Sep 2012 10:04:54
Any update on oscar's injury
Beachcruiser

I'm sure something would have been announced if it was anything that was going to keep him out of action. Hopefully he's fine.

IB

He's been declared fit, hopefully get another start if we're lucky..
Marley