Chelsea Banter Archive January 23 2013
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23 Jan 2013 23:51:34
a game we needed to score 2
with 1 up front 2 defensive mids
1 goalie and four defenders on the bench says it all rafa
Gareth 1973
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24 Jan 2013 04:05:47
Our forwards can't play together, we need fluid dynamic forwards like Sturridge and Moses to outstretch the oppositn defence.
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24 Jan 2013 07:15:11
really...if we played some other formation...with the currrent form..we would have conceeded 4 goals..
we almost conceeded 2 in opening 10 mts with this formation..
think if we played 1-3-6??
nonsense...
hazard..mata..oscar..ba..what else on earth you want to play with them?
we have only two striker...if we inculde torres..we will have to drop..hazard, mata, or oscar...and then you will moan again..
you don't have any clue on football..
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Gareth, as musch as I love "hating" Benitez as our manager, there's not exactly much he can do. All of our depth is playing for some other teams on loan.
It's not like Rafa has anyone to choose from, has he? I don't see anyone who's omitted, or not given chances.
We have no depth - period. Kevin de Bruyne, Lukaku, McEachran, Piazon, Kakuta, Essien on loan. Malouda banned from first team. Sturridge, Kalou, Meireles sold or released. Mikel and Moses at AFCoN. Romeu out injured for the remainder of the season.
There's noone to bring on in. I'm not exactly sure why the hell are we shooting ourselves at the foot, but we are doing it for some long time now. We have no game changers on the bench.
United can always turn to Hernandez, Welbeck, Valencia, Kagawa or Ashley Young off of the bench depending on who's starting. City have Dzeko, Ballotelli, Sinclair, Milner, depending on the starting lineup. And we have either Torres or Marin. And neither one offers anything. I can't blame Benitez for this. It just makes no sense.
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24 Jan 2013 09:07:12
If we win with the same team next match...this guy will salute benitez..
its this attittude towards every manager..that cause
us the biggest trouble...No manager want to come to us...
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24 Jan 2013 09:08:02
and also..was this the same formation that scored 4 against stoke and 8 against aston villa...?
get a grip mate...you don't have any clue on football..
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JG, benitez started the wrong starting 11 & used the wrong subs, bertrand? when marin is ther. lampard offerred slugish football, should of started luiz. oscar likes more time on the ball time to play him with luiz in the centre & play marin outwide. BLUEBOY1
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24 Jan 2013 11:04:04
not even iniest would have made any difference if was bought as sub...
get a grip...dont know..so many marin followers...here...he hasn't even made an appearence..till yet...was almosts ent off in his first debute..didnt add anything against a an FA cup side...what on earth would he do against dyer with swansea...
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I think you'll find that he hadnt made an appearance yet due to being injured.
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I wasnt having a go at rafa I was merly pointing out that it would of shocked swansea if we had played a different formation and have more options on the bench even youngsters surely feruz would of had more of an impact from the bench than ferriera who even if we had an injury to azpill he still wouldn't of come on.
i would of started,
cech
azpill cahill ivan cole
ramires or luiz
hazard oscar mata
torres ba
would of surprised swansea it was plain to see that they had a game plan from 2 weeks ago they knew exactly our team and formation and how to train and practice against it
there centrebacks had only one player to mark.we made it easy for them if we went out with a different formation there two weeks of tactical training would of gone out the window.
i was merely stating this not a dig at rafa
Gareth 1973
and to say I have no clue I find quite insulting as I have my uefa badges and currently work for the ifa as a coach so the person who posted that would you like to clarify you expertise in this field.
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25 Jan 2013 08:03:17
dude I got your point...
The best formation to play an away game was 4-2-3-1..
we also have to remeber not to concede any goals...yes we need to score..but we cannot afford to concede...2 man in midfield will protct us from not to concede..since swansea plays a great pass and move game..
we had 4 international world beters in our team..
hazard, mata and oscar..with their preferd position...
with BA upfront as fans always wanted..
I mean this chelsea team whould have beaten any team..the players we bought in were absolute best in their respective clubs and game changers..
But they failed misserably..
And did you looked our bench..?
If I was the manger..I would have never made any sub..
coz,, neitehr bernard, nor marin, nor luiz would have helped us to score 3 goals anyways..
lampard and ramirez were awful...
If you look some previous games...I think Oscar was awful ain al those..
Once Chelsea was drogba..
Now chelsea is Mata..
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23 Jan 2013 23:46:27
i remember 5 or 6 months ago I cursed the team because there was a lot of muppets going on about the pivot role, if you would like me to reverse this curse you only have to apologise, and never mention the pivot role again its centre or defensive midfield please I implore you,
we have lost the charity, euro super cup, capital 1 cup, cl cup already so if you want to gurantee premiership europa cup triumph and fa cup glory just let me know I will lift this curse its up to yous now,
i guarantee success just don't mention the pivot role ever again
gareth 1973 lol
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The idea of the 2 centre mids or now days the pivot you usually have 1 more defensive & 1 who can pass to the attackers. lampard is neither.
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Gareth where were you when we were on a good run and beating good teams last year. The minute things go wrong everyone's a genius manager or owner. State your opinion but remember its only an opinion and not a fact. Maybe nothing changes the results, last year I don't think Manu lifted 1 trophy and they had a better squad than we have now and there's no guarantee they will lift one this season, that's football and that life. Perspective.
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Perspective I was having a laugh mate stop taking it so seriously, that's FOOTBALL AND THAT LIFE.
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I have lifted the curse
Gareth 1973
we will beat brentford 5 0
torres 2 ramires 1 cahill 1 and mata
mark my words
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23 Jan 2013 23:42:17
Anybody else notice a pattern we play decent and win one game then the next we don't win and generally play awful seem to be a trend under the fat waiter, and how much have we missed Vicor Moses !
Ryan
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Couldn't have said it better myself
vd wath.
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24 Jan 2013 07:16:36
we are missing a 8 mill signing than having 60 mill singings playing week in and week out..
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But thing is tho we are missing an 8 million signing he has surprised and been superb has Moses
Ryan
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23 Jan 2013 23:41:06
I actually think our problem is the cb position, there just simply isn't enough quality going forward, we need a mobile solid cb that can pass and a powerhouse passing dm this month!i think luiz should play pivot until this happens and JT back in the team ASAP. De bruyne needs to be kept on in the summer and put into the team and play him alongside the pivot.
Danny
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23 Jan 2013 23:37:18
I thought it was just Mikel who slows our game. I though both Lampard and Ramires were better holding mildfielders... Maybe I was wrong. We needed Mikel partnering Luiz/Ramires with Oscar in d middle.
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Mikel & lampard need to leave.
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23 Jan 2013 23:10:42
The negativity on here is incredible.
You'd think we were bottom of the league!
Yes it was a poor performance, but it was the league cup. The players were not up for it and never wanted it.
Next 3 league games against reading, Newcastle and Wigan. Judge the team on those games, not a Mickey Mouse cup.
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24 Jan 2013 07:17:51
hahhaha..
judge our multi million team against relagation battling side?
get a grip...
even southampton can beat all those three team...
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Southampton are a very good side, so I don't think saying even they can beat them sides justify's your argument one bit.
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23 Jan 2013 23:00:38
U guys can go on till 2morrow abt who was poor, the Manager, who didn't do what, etc. Truth is we lack a holding and deep lying midfielder. Lamps shdn't get a new contract, we dnt have width. I've said it before, I'll rather see us playing a 433 with Luiz/Mikel, Ramires and Oscar in midfield, Hazard, Mata and Ba up front. That way, the front 3 won't need to come back too often to either pick d ball or defend bcos of a slow midfield.
BB.
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23 Jan 2013 22:52:12
Ramires and Lampard recently have been non-existent, sloppy passing, too slow in transtion of passes etc, etc. we need a consistent presence in Midfield, Vidal, Sweinstieger are two of few names I can mention to 'boss' a game, now i'm not blaming our recent results on just them, the majority of the team has been poor, especially today, and don't getme started on the tatcics and substitutes of Rafa (Appaulling), Not onlydo we need a midfielder, but a striker, a manager who makes the player passionate for the club, to win and decent tactics, prefably Mourinho, however, if we do get a new manager, he MUST stay to build stability, A team i'd like to see who I feel could dominate and beat most oppenents when they 'gel' (within the near future), Formation 4-3-2-1
Cech/Courtios
Azpilecteua Ivan Cahill Cole(Hopefully the signing of Shaw)
Oscar Vidal Luiz
Mata Hazard
Ba(Hopefully sign either Cavani or Falco)
Just a thought and my opinion
JMJW
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24 Jan 2013 07:19:44
mourinho?
not eve pep guardioala would have taken us to win over swansea yesterday., ..
we were awful...
missing drogba...thats it..bottom line...
lamaprd was awful..
if you play...you will moan..
if you don't play...you will criticise again..
what else a manager should do...
go himself and play...
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23 Jan 2013 22:44:50
I did say wnen the waiter took over, the club would be a shambles in a matter of month's. Wish it wasn't the case, but it is.
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We seem to be going backwards under the waiter
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23 Jan 2013 22:43:04
if only chelsea had someone like sturridge to put the ball in the back of the net.
KUMBER
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23 Jan 2013 22:23:57
ed why was my last post rejected take out what you find unsuitable and post the rest
thanks gareth 1973
you can't really say anything derogatry on this site ed doesn't post it {Ed002's Note - I don't recall Gareth.}
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23 Jan 2013 22:22:31
ED we are struggling with squad depth are the club looking pushing deals for any player's in these last few days?
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23 Jan 2013 22:24:44
we need signings to freshen up a small weak squad we need a powerhouse mid and a skillfull player like willian who will creare and score goals you need to do this asap roman.
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How many skill full players do you want?
Hazard
Mata
Marin
Oscar
That's to name but a few. How much did they cost??
You can't always throw money at it when things are going bad.
What happened to coaching??
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23 Jan 2013 22:17:05
Really disappointed that there didn't seem to be any passion, any determination, any urgency and did they look like they really cared? Hazard will get a hefty suspension I reckon. I don't want Rafa and have no respect for him but he needs to come out and say we were poor but I bet he says we played well, controlled the game but couldn't find an opening. We could still be playing this time tomorrow and wouldn't score.
MattF23
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23 Jan 2013 22:10:13
First time poster here
Chelsea were absolutely poor slow passing ivanovic terrible and so was lamps rami and oscar. Swansea passed the ball quicker wanted the ball more and deserved to win although two costly errors lost us the tie. One major difference throughout the whole game was not our slow build up play was that Swansea always looked to keep the ball and passed forward and didn't force as for us we passed it back to cech too many times when there was hardly any pressure. Direct football is fine as long as the long balls are not straight and give demba ba no chance. Drogba at his peak wouldn't of been able to do anything about those poor long balls. People will slat rafa and say he should get sacked he should of brought on torres earlier and played two up top but chelsea have not had a plan be for a long time I can't remember the last time chelsea played with two strikers?? so it wasnt suprising that he was reclutant to play them together. Also as much as I am sorry oscar hazzard and mata shouldn't play togetherthey are all execptionally gifted players but all come inside to much and there's no width. Chelsea need some real wingers (remember the days of duff and robben) and feel that oscar should play in a deeper role as he is clearly not a winger. Also hazzard great player but for £32 million he hasn't done that much glimpses of brilliance but he was supposed to beat players with ease but he doesn't take on players enough also he scored 20 goals last season but he hardly shoots. Chelsea will never ever play the barca way no matter how good our attack is if we don't change it from the back we need a cech to stop hoofing the ball all the time. center backs who are comfortable with ball at feet and playing out from the back. fast quick attacking full backs which I think we do have. center midfielders who are comfortable playing one touch football and can play 30 to 40 yard balls and that can actually press and hassle the opposition into mistakes which rami and lamps don't do. As for the attack I have already touched on it. Its only the league cup fingers crossed we can catch up on city and hopefully finish 2nd maybe win the league if we are lucky
CHELSEA TILL I DIE
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Wow - true words a very good concise post, would love the Chelsea hierarchy to read this post . Could not have put it better .
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Totally agree with the above post
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23 Jan 2013 22:09:00
We didn't play good. We got a fair result. We look crap and no wonder the other team prevails. We can't play two good games in a row. So you can just get a pattern here. We'll win this weekend and screw up the next game.
Again, as I have said we seriously did not deserve anything from this game. But I can't be more amazed at how useless is our manager with substitutions. Always to late, always with no effect.
JG
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A disagree? Are you a lunatic? I'm going to bed.
JG
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I never seem to agree with your posts JG but I do agree his substitutions and timing of substitutions don't make sense to me some times
PB
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23 Jan 2013 22:08:26
As much as I hate to say it, we lost the game because of demba ba's terrible performance, torres shouldn't be blamed every single time.
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What did he do wrong?
JG
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What did he do right
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No the whole team were poor, Demba Ba is the striker and get's the ball the least.
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As a neutral, you need a goal so fetch Torres on, his form over months has been poor, his confidence is lowr than a snakes bo--ocks and he sends him on, poor decision.
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Ba just couldn't get into the game, but the midfield gave him nothing. mata couldn't pass, oscar didn't get involved enough, lamps slowed everything down too much.
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He did all he could with the ball being played to him. Who did anything good tonight, except for Cech?
JG
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23 Jan 2013 21:52:32
The reason I see fans do not get all out supporting the team as usual, as they are afraid it will turn us winning games and the only sucker to get credit and a contract at the end of the season is Rafa. Can't blame us!
Carefree
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23 Jan 2013 21:51:29
Yet another cup game where Chelsea don't turn up..dont mind not going to Wembley, and fair play Swansea, but the shambles of our club is turning the team into a frustration to watch and a laughing stock....c'mon blues lets sort it out, other cups to win...
DJBlue
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23 Jan 2013 21:50:48
Ivan cannot pass ball Ramires the worst central midfielder can't pass can't shoot 2 substitutions from Rafa a centre back and a left back great we we need goals
The club needs to take a long look at its self what a let down from last year we have gone backwards a disrace no effort no skill from many tonight
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Didn't we finish 6th last year and win the champions league by nothing but pure luck? It seems the fans and players also contribute to our problems. ..AVB seems to be doing a decent job at spurs...another manager sacked because if player power and disrespectful senior players...those who didn't or are not getting their contracts renewed.
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23 Jan 2013 21:48:11
I was willing to give benitez time but I could tell after 10 mins that Ramirez, who I love, was a weak link tonite. We haven't played that good since he has taken Luiz out of midfield. Tonite was crying out for him. When he took iva off for luiz into defence was astounding. Any ground benitez has made recently with the chelsea fans has been eroded back to nothing tonite
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Luiz for Ramirez was such an obvious switch. Rafa was at his absolute worst tonight.
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Thought ramires was better than lampard tbh.
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Lampard is nonexistant for the n-th game running. But honestly, nothing was coming our way in this tie. And do not just expect Rafa to get any clue in substitutions. He has not made a single meaningful substitution in his 19 games here. Not once!
JG
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23 Jan 2013 21:47:14
rafa benitez got it all wrong again. and what do they practice in training 2 yard passes? oscar & lampard should have gone off 20 minutes into the game. lampard doesn't deserve a contract, what sort of captain lets his head drop with the 2nd half to play. the subs were perfetic, MARKO MARIN! were a joke. BLUEBOY1
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24 Jan 2013 07:24:49
you can't subsititue 4 times in a match, ..
we had a team on paper which by all standards is world beaters..
players didn't turn up..not rafa fault..
he bought luiz...into defence..coz..ivanovic was awful..and luiz does the role what agger did for him at liverpool...carry the ball forward from defence...
ramires and lampard were always wful...
oscar...wen I saw the guy against ashleey williams though he was as school boy...
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23 Jan 2013 21:47:23
If Torres had played as badly as ba did he would have been slated on here by now.
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Not in his 2nd start he wouldn't have been. Torres had 2 years if great support and never produced from day 1. Get real...
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Don't compare 50m to 7m ...... either ways Ba have been impressive since he arrived but our 50m have been part of everything we have lost this season.
get real .........
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23 Jan 2013 21:47:20
Transition season alright but we have been embarrassing this year and this team do not have passion or desire and Mourinho is needed ASAP.
We have lost it all so far this season which I really didn't expect but the whole club must get together, fans get behind the team, the season is not over.
Getting top 4 is least I could ask for, will be tough as well especially now the FA will give Hazard a lengthy ban probably and our squad is very thin.
KTBFFH
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Also with Hazard banned, I forsee Rafa using Bertrand instead of Marin.
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Rafa uses marin more than di matteo ever did...
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Marin was injured when di matteo was in charge
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23 Jan 2013 21:47:16
Without Luiz in the team we lack someone who can pass the ball quickly and directly from the CB/CDM posistion to the three CAM's and get the strikers feeding. Just frustrating to watch but we must stick by the team we are still in transition.
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There was a lack of a deep playing midfielder alright, get someone in quick!
Danny
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Or play david luiz there.
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23 Jan 2013 21:41:50
so shall we start slating rafa...
whenever our players are rubbish on field...
we start slating manager...
I bet..not even Jose mourinho, or pep guardiola..could have saved us against swansea....
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The manager sets the formation and tactics! And I have lost count of how many games under rafa have been like that!
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23 Jan 2013 21:41:47
I don't mind not going to the final, because the rollercoaster of being a chelsea fan is enough!
One Bomb Tom
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23 Jan 2013 21:13:55
Clueless performance yet again .this team are useless
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23 Jan 2013 21:38:20
Need a midfield enforcer as our midfield is totally powderpuff
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23 Jan 2013 21:38:09
I totally 100% blame ivanovic for this take him out of the both legs, and we go to extra time !!
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B*******. He's been immense for us this season apart from that game. Remember, you can not advance without scoring at least a goal. And we were nowhere near even a chance, let alone a goal.
JG
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Not on about this season I'm talking about this semi so read the post, take ivanovic out and we at least go to extra time, not talking about how immense he's been all season talking about having 2 assist for Swansea !!
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Well, in case you have not noticed they are human, not a playstation heroes. If you are putting stick for one bad game of Brana in useless competition, then what can you say of Torres who's been useless all season long? Or this clueless fat bum in charge? How much have they cost us?
JG
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23 Jan 2013 21:36:29
After this managerial display tonight Rafa do you think you'll get the job
Personally I Don't think so
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23 Jan 2013 21:42:43
was rafa playing??
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No raga wasn't playing, but what's your point?
He set the team up and he got it wrong. AGAIN.
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Seems like he picked the team the fans wanted...lampard, ba, mata, hazard, oscar, no torres. ..what are you talking about? The team he started with should have performed better...
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24 Jan 2013 07:27:32
have you looked the bench?
was ronaldo, messi, xavi, and iniesta sitting?
geta grip mate..
we have ferriera, bertnad, marin in the bench..
so you suggest to start them upfront...?
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23 Jan 2013 21:34:17
need to score 2 to take into extra time 5 mins to go brings on bertrand
WTF did we sign Marin for then
Needed width, had none
Needed a midfield, had none
Lampard and Ramires totally missing
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23 Jan 2013 21:43:46
ohhh...yes mr. marin..who scored a hatrick agasint Man UTD...get a grip mate...
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Thought ramires was good but it needed more from our creative players. mata was really poor
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Who did score a hatrick against Man U?
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Yeah marin who has pace can get on the outside and get balls into the box
We played exactly the same style (albeit worse ) than Barcelona did against us last year in the champions league and after that everyone disected their game and said the only way to beat two banks of 4 is by dragging them wide and getting balls into the box
None of our players did that tonight and with the absence of moses Marin is the only one that has the potential to do it
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24 Jan 2013 07:29:14
to the last person..
we are almost laoning out your genius marko marin..
he simply not the game changer...
is that the reaason he wasnt even picked by dimatteo?
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Marin was signed when it looked like we weren't going to get champions league. We did and bought hazard and Oscar.
I wouldn't be surprised to see him move on this summer.
Jordan
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23 Jan 2013 21:28:15
Need to score 3..
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Player sent of for kicking ball boy.
How embarrassing
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He deserved it. why was he hugging the ball
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2 goals would make it extra time. If you don't like Chelsea do one!
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It not a case of liking or disliking he kicked a ball boy ffs! It dosent matter if ball boy was anoying How can he be defended. The FA will definitely get involved now.
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I don't rememer the Chelsea fans complaining about time wasting tactics in the first leg against Barca last season.....
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23 Jan 2013 21:26:00
The refs have defo got it in for chelsea
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Blame the refs.
What an easy excuse that is!!
At least it takes it all off Chelsea.
Well done!!
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23 Jan 2013 21:24:42
Diving has gotten ridiculous.
Even the ball boys are doing it!
Jordan
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23 Jan 2013 21:21:43
This team lack passion and fight yet again Chelsea never turned up . The club is a shambles
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23 Jan 2013 21:20:44
Subs?
Might be good idea
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23 Jan 2013 21:19:48
Torres time, what has Ba done? Get Torres on he is our best hope. Not many strikers can score 2 goals in a few minutes but Torres can,
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This post is genuinely funny :)
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23 Jan 2013 21:18:15
That is why rafa can not get the full time job, 2-0 down and swaps a defender for defender!
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23 Jan 2013 21:08:20
Crying out for width?
Playing how we play against barca and bayern
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Mate this games need marin since the start. once again benitez makes the wrong decision
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23 Jan 2013 21:07:01
Lampard
How bad
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Did not know Lamprd was playing
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23 Jan 2013 20:39:29
We miss moses
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Try God
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23 Jan 2013 20:39:04
Have to say that the passing in the first half overall was shocking. In the first 20 mins we could barely string together more than 5 passes. The extremely hopeful punts upfield were woeful, sometimes not even within 10 yards of Ba. Whilst I believe Ba is a quality striker, when playing with him I don't believe we should changed our game to a more direct long ball. End of the first half was better but if we are to go through then the second half needs a major improvement.
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23 Jan 2013 20:38:21
Lamps ivanovic and Oscar are having stinkers
Gareth 1973
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Wtf Oscar is one of our better players, Lamps has done nothing and Ivan is his usual reckless self.
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Matas done nothing oscar looks like one of the few actually able to create.
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Oscar contributed little today. saying that our trio didn't create much.
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23 Jan 2013 20:33:48
Get Torres on now. Ba is pants. Torres cost £50 millions because he is one of the worlds top strikers. Why the hell is he not on the pitch.
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Bore off
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Ha ha ha torres is one of the worlds vest strikers...where have you been for 2.5 years
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23 Jan 2013 20:30:43
Are we playing bad or they defending well?? I can't see us scoring. Lucky they haven't scored
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23 Jan 2013 20:27:29
Ramirez so lucky to still be on the field with that one!
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He is a player for 4-3-3 I don't like him in the pivot role whatsoever and we need a centre mid desperately.
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23 Jan 2013 20:26:25
We are crying out for a physical presence in midfield. Fellani would be ideal.
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23 Jan 2013 20:09:18
20min in and I'm suprised is playing long ball to hazard isn't working..?? Why not play along floor and get players like hazard Oscar mata lamps involved,,
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23 Jan 2013 20:06:52
School boy defending :( shocking
#sundayleague
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Keep hash tags to twitter please.
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23 Jan 2013 19:52:42
That's twice now inside 5 mins Ivan has gave the ball away
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Worst passer at chelsea !!
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Most I've seen mata give it away I counted 6 times in a 7 minute spell
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I definitely think the volume of matches are catching up with mata. he's never rested and its beginning to show
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Ed I put my name with that why has it come up as an unnamed poster? {Ed018's Note - couldn't tell you, you didn't include your name on this post, maybe you forgot last time as well}
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Ed i'm putting it where it says "Name: (Not required)" should I just put it at the bottom of the text part {Ed002's Note - Yes.}
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23 Jan 2013 19:17:48
It seems to be a lot of these French players love the money not the football
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What are you talking about?
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Which French players would they be?
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23 Jan 2013 18:38:59
Sky saying earls court a no go...what now for us ed? Thought you said no stadium developments? {Ed002's Note - Perhaps my time machine was broken when I said that.}
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Apparently Abramovich is looking to buy Capco, the current owners of Earls Court. However it is possible that Chelsea move to BPS, as it could prove to be a problem with the Malaysians, as they've yet to find a solution as to what to build there. Both EC and BPS deals would most likely be reliant on a land-swap at the Bridge.
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23 Jan 2013 18:20:36
Chelsea haven't done enough in the transfer window. Who ever discusses the deals needs sacking. What happened to the days where we wanted a player a bid was put in and he came. I don't think we need to be lookin at every striker in Europe. Falcao is top draw so we should sign him and send that donkey (Torres) back
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23 Jan 2013 12:26:36
come on swansea
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Good take them with you!
Danny
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23 Jan 2013 11:34:26
Alrite fellas.. So.. Ba or Torres or Ba And Torres,, Ramires start after his performance Sunday or Luiz back.. Terry to start or Cahill and ivanovic.. What we thinking. 3-1 CFC with Ba 2 and Torres 1
Matt
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LOL Matt! I've put a bet on Chels wining 4-1. Mata, Oscar and Ba 2. DJ
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Was that lol for the fact I think Torres will score lol
Hope rafa goes for it tonight,
Matt
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If torres starts, chelsea will lose.
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Cech
Az-Cahill-Brana-Cole
Luiz-Ramires
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Ba
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It was Matt. DJ
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May be swap Brana with Terry JG? don't want Brana to make the same mistakes! (nearly did it again in the Arsenal game) Terry need's to be in there imo, to shout his mouth off! I also hear Luiz may not have recovered fully so Lampard will be next to Ramirez. Know anything about Luiz's fitness Ed? Cheers DJ {Ed002's Note - The club has not said anything more about the injury.}
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I've just put a pound on 4-1 Chelsea jt first goal 450/1
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£5 Gets me £145 if we win 4-1. Come on Chels! DJ
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I was thinking Torres to come of bench and grab a goal not to start, also I'm having an argument with a mate and he reackon's only mata hazard would get into Manchester UTD team.. What you guys think. I said cech mata hazard cole ivanovic Oscar Luiz Ramires
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Gotta be a JT Start !! Bazz
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If Ba start then is 5 or 4 goals for the blues but if torres start then is unfortunate .........
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I have 200 quid Chelsea -1 11/5, can't go wrong
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I think Terry will start. Whilst the Brana-Cahill partnership has been working well (apart from the swansea game) I suspect Rafa will want to be tighter at the back.
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I personally wouldn't be surprised if JT didn't start. Big game, hasn't had many first team minutes, Bran and GC playing solidly (for the most part)
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Azpi - Bran - Cahill - Cole
Lampard/Luiz - Ramires
Oscar - Mata - Hazard
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Considering Frank because he gets goals. We need someone tight in there, and Luiz, for me, has been a bit sporadic - genius 35 yard pass followed by 3 or 4 that are really wayward and unnecessary. Think Frank also has the ability, along with Oscar, Mata & Hazard, to find those spaces Ba thrives on.
Got Chelsea for a 3-1 FT, Mata to score first (55-1 on yesterday at one point!), us in ET. Feeling a Napoli night! KTBFFH!
LJ.
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23 Jan 2013 08:52:09
Morning Ed, Fellow Chelsea fans.
Firstly thanks to everyone who signed the e-petition all helps a good cause.
Ed is there any note worthy news regarding Chelsea at all any closer to any ins or outs ?
Lets hope we can smash swans tonight and get into that cup final. CareFreeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Blueben {Ed002's Note - I am pretty certain nothing of significance happened overnight Ben.}
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Well ya never no ya luck don't ask don't get right ?
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