Chelsea Banter Archive January 22 2013

22 Jan 2013 18:02:21
ED02 Has David Moyes ever been considered for the chelsea job in the past? {Ed002's Note - I doubt it.}

God I hope not.

He was seriously considered if we didn't make Champions League for this season. However, we did and RDM prevailed.

21 Jan 2013 19:01:23
All posters who post any negative comments about my beloved chelsea fc or any part of the club are hereby requested to please leave their names so that a proper banter can be had (like that guy dave). dealing with random negativity from nonamers is quite frustrating. all nonamers posting negative comments would be otherwise considered as liverpool supporters and would be dealt with such.

hey ed, anything new on stephen de vrij of feyenoord or lucas digne with respect to chelsea? have we moved on or is there interest still?

taby

I agree whole heartedly I come in for a load of stick (banter) from you guys and that is why I write on here I never get personal and try to keep it to the club or football. You guys are always (some of you) good for an articulate bit of banter the site is great and I will say again yes I am sad

dave keep up the verbals I love

22 Jan 2013 08:45:22
Having watched Mikel play at AfCoN last night, I think he's best suited to a 4-3-3. In our case, say Oscar and Remires/Luiz beside him with Mata, Hazard and Ba up front. That way he wouldn't have to cover much space alone, and can spread the simple passes as well as covering the back four and regaining possession. That was the way Mourinho converted him to play. And I think our coaches dnt give him a little bit of freedom on the pitch. His passes last night were very incisive and forward. He spreaded the ball quite well.
Just an observation.

Why would we change formation for Mikel? Mata is more effective centrally as we all know. Why have Mikel when we have luiz? He can pass, head, attack, score goals, tackle intercept, bit of pace and movement about him. If we played 433 would rather see ramires Oscar and luiz their. BLUEBOY1

Look who he was playing against, african football is slow

Except when they start dribbling with the ball!

21 Jan 2013 23:09:40
If El tigre comes this month, we will win the league, I have a feeling he is
Danny

22 Jan 2013 07:38:27
I had two wishes: No Guardiola, no Falcao. One's been answered. Get a decent striker for decent money. Dnt want another flop for ridiculous money.

And which goal machine would you prefer to falcao

dave

Wow. falcao is a flop? that's funny because i'm pretty sure most of the world consider him the greatest striker in the world

So was torres 3 years ago....... Wishful thinking but Neymar gets my vote! If not Cavaini! Both younger with more to prove! Both would be nice! DJ

Torres was nowhere near the best striker in the world. We bought him horribly out of form, hoping he would get back to his best. That never happened.

Falcao is the form of his career and would not just stop playing well when we signed him. Everyone is paranoid after Torres!

That being said, I wouldn't be too disappointed if we didn't sign falcao. Lukaku is looking like a top player at 19, so he will only improve. Him, Ba and another striker should do next season. This striker may not necesseraly be a world beater like falcao, but a decent squad player.

Wouldn't say no to him though!

Jordan

Still think should of given sturridge a chance till end of season

Cavani any day. Over any striker.

JG

Over messi JG?

Jordan

I'm not sure how these fancy names of attacking players go by, but i'm rather talking of a number nine, if you know what I mean.

And Messi is somewhat different. He's actually different to all of them.

That's one. Then you've got to consider the possible availability. This takes Messi and CR off the board. RVP, Ronney, Benzema, Aguero, Ibrahimovic, Suarez also.

The rest is the pond where one may look for a possible target. So the list is smth like: Falcao, Cavani, Higuain, Lewandowski, Soldado, Llorente, Jackson Martinez, Hulk, Neymar, Damiao, Gomis, Villa, Doumbia. Some can be added or substracted on personal preference, but this is more or less a list if you are looking for a good striker in world football.

JG