Chelsea Banter Archive December 03 2014

03 Dec 2014 22:35:32
Hey guys, didn't watch the game, because freinds and family had a get together, and went to bed at like 2 am, and the game was 4 pm, will watch it soon.

But, it is absolutely refreshing, looking at the match review, and seeing our 2 secondary strikers get on the score sheet. I'm also glad Eden got a goal.

Now, I know this may come across as repetitive but the luis deal is making less and less sense, wouldn't it have been better to keep Bertrand and give him sporadic minutes (I know he probs wanted to leave, but I'm sure we could have brought in a younger cheaper player that would happily be benched). I also feel for Luis, possibly best left back in world last year, to not getting a game when Azpi is fit.

Another note is why do we not cross? I've only seen one or two crossed goals this year from us, and that's Daves cross to costa, and drogba's cross to Ramires.

Apart from that, brilliant victory in my opinion.

Ps - the the guy that said we sat off a little too much, I disagree, when the game is there, we should conserve engergy and not waste anymore by putting more goals in, it doesn't matter when the result is there, if it was 1-0, I'd strongly agree with you

Aron

03 Dec 2014 22:50:23
And I would like to see ake against Newcastle tbh, he has more of a future at chelsea

Unfortunately Ake is out with a muscle injury for a few weeks mate. I've been impressed with Luis when he's played, but sadly for him Azpi is probably the best all round full back in the prem. If I'm totally honest I'd quite like us to give Bertrand a chance next year. We need a few more English players in the squad and the way he's playing at Southampton, he could easily force his way in. he just needs a chance, he's never let us down ever!

I agree that we can sit back at certain points. Especially after the 3rd went in. But before that we were constantly losing possession in the 2nd half, there was a period where we could barely string 2 passes together. Had they scored when we were only 2-0 up, they would have had momentum and we could have ended up losing.

I'm not advocating that we should be trying to score 5-6 goals every game, but at 2-0 it can be a very tricky scoreline.

A couple weeks ago we scored 2 early goals against West Brom and we sat back and that was fine. A) because WB were down to 10 men and B) we still kept a lot of possession.

It's ok to sit back and not over commit players ala Arsenal, when in a winning position but only if we don't totally cede possession. Against WB 73% possession. Against Spurs 38%.
Had Spurs been more clinical the result could have been totally different.

04 Dec 2014 02:26:29
Thanks for clearing that up fuser!

Aron where do you live? 4am?

05 Dec 2014 06:20:15
Australia MN, sports are tough to watch here. Normal games are at 10:30 pm (early game) and normally 11:50, late games are 1:50 am.

Champions league is usually 4:30 am.

05 Dec 2014 08:38:23
Original post was meant to say game was at 4 am lol

03 Dec 2014 21:21:30
For once it's great to see forwards come in and score!

It's such a good feeling to know our strikers can actually score this year. All three of them have proven that they can chip in when needed (Costa does more than chipping in mind you)

It certainly fills me with confidence knowing that we have a variety of different goalscorers to call on.

All the man united fans laughing at us saying 'you got remy, we got falcao' . :D

And who was saying Didier is finished? :D

03 Dec 2014 19:42:15
Need to kick start this December/Christmas period with a win tonight. Come on the Blues!

03 Dec 2014 10:51:46
Editor-zero-zero-one, De Gea or Curtois.

Who is the better keeper in your opinion?

Other opinions welcome

{Ed001's Note - oooooo good question. Last season Courtois defo, but this season he has had it so easy, though he has still been excellent when called upon. De Gea, on the other hand, has been going from strength to strength, as United's defence has got worse and worse. De Gea is having the better season but, if I was to choose which keeper I would want to play behind my defence, it would still be Courtois.}

Think Ed actually summed up my reasoning behind this question.
De Gea has had a fantastic season and has performed some great saves, in large part due to United's defense being pretty bad.
Courtois on the other hand has been much less flashy, but still solid. The way he deals with crosses, I don't think I've seen a keeper better at it. And when one on one with a player, he's very good at making himself big.
The goals he's let in, most of them I don't think we can blame him for. There were some crackers among them. The only thing I think he could improve a bit on is that he sometimes doesn't get the ball away from the danger area when saving a shot.
But to be perfectly honest, I'd take Courtois over De Gea any day of the week. He's still adapting to a new league and a new defense playing in front of him. Remember how DDG was during his first season? That makes what Courtois is doing even better.

03 Dec 2014 15:09:18
I had this same conversation with a friend the other day. De Gea has a lot more exposure however I agree with the praise for courtois in terms of him controlling the box. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a keeper claim such a high percentage of crosses. For our team I'd certainly select courtois because of the previous reason. Both keepers have established themselves with neuer in the top three in the world though.

Not even close DDG is an amazing shot stopper but he isn't particularly good from set pieces and his distribution is appalling, Courtois on the other hand already commands respect from the def the penalty box is his and he uses every inch of it he is comfortable with not having many touches through out the game and like Ed said is ready when called upon he distribution is fast and accurate IMHO he is only a year or two away from being the best GK in world football.

03 Dec 2014 22:26:27
Cheers lads. De gea is the better shot stopper, that's it imo, in better form though.