Chelsea Banter Archive April 28 2013

 

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28 Apr 2013 23:24:55
If Chelsea were to win the Europa league would they qualify for the champions league or not {Ed018's Note - no, they need to be in the top 4 to qualify for champions league. The Europa league has no matter in it}

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28 Apr 2013 22:17:14
Do chelsea retain an interest in Joao Moutinho, and is he likely to move in the summer?

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28 Apr 2013 19:14:22
Really good game today, the lineup was amazing.
We controlled the game start to finish, but should have killed the game off with some more goals.
Hazard made some awesome passes but they got wasted.
The trio was excellent, they gelled together so well.
BA was amazing, his control was strong and disciplined.
Luiz is by far our best CDM, he is so strong, he has such a big physical presence in the midfield.
Azpilicueta had his best Chelsea game so far, he was a rock in defence.
Lampard, simply the best, made such a strong impact and dictated the pace.
I was so pleased watching Chelsea today, I wasn't nervous at all, we were in control, our defence was impenetrable and we made so many scoring opportunities.

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Have to agree and it was no coincedance that it was with our strongets line up of the season with players playing in positions that suited them. Stick with this until the end of the season and we will be ok.

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Not being horrible but with out mikel in midfield wether it was luiz and ram or lamps we look so. Good attacking.

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28 Apr 2013 18:56:16
Great result for us at the Emirates today. Arsenal dropping points and United now unable to catch our Premiership points record! {Ed002's Note - I would give a call to Bobby Tambling today. I only heard yesterday what the club were doing and I had not realised about his dip in health until yesterday. I had other commitments and needed to travel so could not get along to see him today. But a really, really nice guy - a gentleman.}

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I've heard a few people say what a nice guy he is. He's also being very gracious about losing his record to Lampard, which speaks volumes for the man.

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I'd like to join the Ed, in honouring Bobby. He is an absolute legend at Our football club, and forever will be in our clubs history. It was superb to see him getting a standing ovation from the crowd today.

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Totally agree with above comments and well done and thank you Ed for highlighting this for those who were not aware.
DP

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Liverpool supporter here. Bobby Tambling was a fantastic player. I remember him being in an edition of "Shoot" when he was acrobatically volleying the ball in the net. Never heard a bad word about him
You also had Barry Bridges and Osgood along with Houseman and his windmill throw ins. At the back you had Chopper Harris who was hard as nails.
You had the Cat in goal but he was prone to making daft mistakes.

Remember the Shed end and that bloody dog track. {Ed002's Note - I am told that the dog track was there to keep the Liverpool supporter off the pitch.}

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Great of the club to honour a great LEGEND. delboy (35)

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Respect to Bobby, true legend of the club along with Ossie, Hutchinson, Chopper, Zola, Greavesy. The list goes on.
EH17
P. S. top response Ed002

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28 Apr 2013 18:53:44
According to the tv if Chelsea were to win the Europa league they would qualify for the champions league

I always thought that the Europa league winner qualified for the group stage of the Europa league

Can you confirm whether they are righ or not {Ed018's Note - not unless the something changed. Europa winner does not go into the Champions League}

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It would make sense, make the uefa cup more desirable, also the champs league should only have league champions in it, none of this 3rd 4th place stuff

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28 Apr 2013 18:52:31
teams vs basel?
mine

---------cech
azpi-ivan-cahill-bertrand
------mikel-lamps
moses-oscar--benayoun
------torres

i think we need to rest the big guns for man u on sunday.

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Leave benayoun at home and play with 10 men

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28 Apr 2013 18:40:54
Has the Dede deal gone through to Cruzeiro? {Ed002's Note - No, this was dealt with.}

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28 Apr 2013 18:26:52
Do we qualify for the champions lge by winning the Europa lge? If someone can answer i'd be grateful. {Ed002's Note - Nope.}

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28 Apr 2013 18:02:21
On the tv it says that if Chelsea were to win the Europa league we would qualify for the champions league

Is this right because I thought they just qualified for the group stage of the Europa league. {Ed018's Note - that is not correct}

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28 Apr 2013 17:11:09
Luiz in midfield means so much, every time he is selected in CM he has a good game. He passes forward and has an attacking approach, he can also tackle and mark, he is a better athlete than Mikel and has a lot more desire to intercept and get stuck in.

Great line up today and a solid performance, let's hope Utd do us a favor.

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I think todays line up is the best we have and we should stick with it for the remainder of the season to get us over the line.

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Ivanovic in team for me

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Ivanovic was poor against liverpool, whilst cahill and terry don't fill me with confidence i'd prefer them to ivan. definitly need a cb in the summer

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28 Apr 2013 16:59:04
Decent game. Never had to get out of first gear really. Clattenburg had a pretty good game but Ashley Williams should have gotten a second yellow.
Now what I'm going to say next may be a little contentious. None of our trio really ever set up our strikers to score. Whenever the opportunity arises they shoot instead of passing. Which has led them to score goals but leads to a distinct lack of goals from our strikers. I love all three of the trio but I do wish sometimes they'd pass a little bit more. Mata could have set up Ba at least twice for tap-ins. Now don't get me wrong I love Mata and he had a good game but we could have won 4/5-0.

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28 Apr 2013 17:47:27
It's not the first time. Mata never ever passes to Ba, neither does Oscar. Only Hazard does.

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Who passed to Ba when he scored in the Cup against Man U. at home. I'm sure it was Mata!

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Only becvause his first touch is getting worse

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I didn't say he never passed or set up goals. And whilst our strikers have missed some easy opportunities, the fact that they've not scored a lot, especially Ba should be telling.

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28 Apr 2013 16:04:04
Well looks like its between us and spurs considering arsenal are being gifted top 4 by bad decisions

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28 Apr 2013 15:54:02
was going to slate oscar for being sloppy, then he scored.

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Agree. He's got talent, he's not the finished package yet though.

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Definitly the most raw of the 3, but he's got such potential and you can't deny his talent.

jscottjr

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The thing he needs to work on the most, for me, is his first touch. I think that's his weakest point.

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He's 20 ain't. Even fully developed physically. First season as well. Next year will only get better. He does like a bit more time on the ball, which is why he's better centre mid. Would love to see him luiz centre with mata hazard de bruyne just in front though.

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28 Apr 2013 14:40:17
Paul pogba is going to be one hell of a CM

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Yeah if I could add any midfielder in the world it would be him. Kids PURE CLASS.

Tk

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28 Apr 2013 14:20:57
Like the look of the side today - has a nice balance to it!

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28 Apr 2013 14:11:34
Again before game I wanna comment on team
Cech
Cole JT Cahill azpilcueta

Luiz Ramires
Oscar mata hazard
Ba
I think it's brilliant team and possibly our strongest, hazard and Ba to score really pleased with rafa line up

Matty

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28 Apr 2013 13:02:51
Hoping for a big result today! Going for 2-0 us, Hazard to play out of his skin to teach that ball boy a lesson and make him cry again! KTBFFH

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28 Apr 2013 00:08:06
Ed002,

Which players have chelsea mde concrete offers for in the last 12 months?

Obviously there are the players we have bought.
But I know of only Dede and Schurrle as the unsuccessful bids thus far. {Ed002's Note - I don't have the time to answer this sort of thing.}

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Cavani is the biggest name we have bid for and been unsuccessful.

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28 apr 2013 00:02:00
why isn't this being posted ed? {Ed002's Note - Because you posted it then started agreeing with your own post - which is unacceptable.}

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28 Apr 2013 09:48:44
A touch of class and quality from Ed002.

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27 Apr 2013 23:56:36
What is the latest with Isco ed002? Can you explain the so called 'agreed deal'? {Ed002's Note - Nothing has changed.}

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Ok, but can you explain the deal Malaga has in place because you haven't explained that before? {Ed002's Note - You clearly misunderstand. You didn't read the posts. Just forget it.}

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Jeeez, Ill make it simple for you. Where do you think that Isco will be playing come October? I appreciate things may change but what is your feeling NOW! {Ed002's Note - It is not a matter of my feelings. I can tell you what I know regarding interest in players etc., but I rarely would want to speculate what might actually come to pass.}

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