Chelsea Banter Archive January 03 2012

03 Jan 2012 14:57:52
ED I SEE ON TWITTER TH.... {Ed002's Note - To be honest, the Eds would really appreciate not being asked about "rumours" you have heard about on Twitter or Facebook as it wastes a great deal of our time. Equally, the relentless posts about obscure Bulgarian 14 year olds found on Fantasy Manager and other games are not going to be something we can sensibly help with. If we do come across good snippets we will post them but we would like you guys to help out.}

03 Jan 2012 14:27:22
Hi eds i have three questions for u 1. Which players are chelsea fc likely to sign 2. How much will each cost 3. And what are the likelihood of them being singed {Ed002's Note - Give me a break.}

03 Jan 2012 13:03:39
Surely there must be some sort if truth in us and hulk. Constantly liked with him and apparently he has not refused possibility of leaving?

03 Jan 2012 12:40:29
The one player that avb did bring in was raul & lets face it, he's on a par with malouda & kalou.
Our kids like lakaku, Josh Mc, Romeou, Piazon, Chabolah etc.. are better than some of the numpty's this person avb keeps playing & at least they are hungry to prove themselves.

AVB brought in Romeu before Raul.....

He brought in romeu and mata.
go back to 2008.

Romeu mata where signed by the board not AVB. The only one he got was raul.

Romeu was a target for AVB at Porto before he moved to Chelsea. He was the main man on that move

03 Jan 2012 10:01:48
ed seeing we are looking at midfielders is there any news on Ganso or Lucas? thanks Ed {Ed002's Note - No.}

03 Jan 2012 01:23:03
"If Andre leaves, someone else will come — and if it keeps going on like that, we won't get anywhere.

"The players know what Andre has done for the club.

"It's an injustice to make the manager the one who's responsible for everything that happens with a team.

"He's doing what he can until the players go on the pitch.

"From that moment, it's not up to him, it's not for him to run or compete for a ball.

"This is all part of the period of adaptation. We're trying to do what he wants but, unfortunately, there are times when we won't win.

"We're not playing badly. We have to go on the pitch with a seriousness and desire to win until the end."
"We can't cling on to something that was years ago.

"It's not by chance that Andre won three trophies last year with Porto.

"The way he treats the players is unique. He treats everyone equally, regardless of who they are or how famous they are.

"Every day he speaks to individual players and tries to help solve problems. It's hard to find someone like that.



"He talks and listens to what players say. That makes a difference. He's all smiles and likes to joke around.

"As a person, he's extraordinary and he's also admirable as a coach. My football has grown a lot with his arrival.

"This is the best spell of my career. He has everything to do well at Chelsea, as he's one of the best in the world."
some great quotes from ramires obviously aimed at old players who causing trouble 4 boss drogba,terry,lampsy,maluda

Sounds great, where did you find these quotes?

Ur comment we are not playing badly just shows u havent watched chelsea at all this season! its the worst ive seen for many yr!

These are quotes from rameries u numpty.
I think he knows slightly more about cfc's situation than you.
Stick to playing FIFA on ur xbox or championship manager.

Its not his comment, its Ramires who said. Read the full comment first and you will see this.

^^^^so your saying Ramires hasn't watched Chelsea playing football?

He talks to the players,
Well according to lampard, terry, anelka, alex, josh Mc etc....
That his main weakness, he doesn't talk to the players, he leaves that to his side kick's, who like him, don't know what there talking about.

Lampard: getting little game time, is a little upset he is no longer starter quality.
anelka: has already pissed off, cant imagine he wasnt upset
Alex: going going gone.
Josh Mc: had a great pre season then thought he was the best player on the planet, AVB put him in his place, had a hissy fit.
The players you think dont like him dont like him becuz he isnt going to listen to egos.
You degenerates that think we need to get a new manager.... again and the reason chelsea supporters are laughed at. you have probably only supported the club since roman took over.
here is an idea. city has billions now. they look like winning something this year, grab all your chelsea memorabilia, sell it, buy a citeh membership.

Melbourne CFC
In AVB I Trust

02 Jan 2012 22:38:53
Ed002 after what you mentioned regarding the Metodo formation i have been doing a bit of research. I was hoping it would stop me asking this question to be honest, but it still hasn't cleared it up for me.

So basically, it was developed in the 1930s by Vittorio Pozzo who was Italy manager and it helped them win back to back world cups. From what you have said, Chelsea in the past and Barcelona of today have had a lot of success using it. From what i can gather it is basically when managers decide to keep 4/5 players back, allow the full backs to push on to effectively become wingers, and then allow the rest of the attacking players to 'roam' around, thus meaning no distinct attacking positions which therefore makes it impossible for them to be marked constantly as a strict formation would. Then when defending they do have a formation to stick to. Is that right Ed?? I only ask due to personal interests of mine.

Also, in the past France created their famous academy that brought through the likes of Henry, Saha, Anelka etc and resulted in their success in 1998 and 2000. Barcelona are using the Metodo formation now and are arguably the best club team to have lived, resulting in Spain using it and them now being arguably the best National Team to have lived. And now France are training their youngsters to play like this and adapt to different roles (Got that from you Ed haha). Personally this season it looks like Tottenham, Arsenal, United and City use it, but it looks like we do not because we don't have the players to be able to apply it. Do you think we will start using it when we have the appropriate players (i.e. more Juan Mata ball playing types)??

And do you have any views on why England are so far behind other countries?? It would be nice to see a change in the way we decide to play our football and use this approach. Maybe then we'll win something. Sorry for the questions Ed you just got me thinking because you mentioned it a few times.

OsgoodIsKing {Ed002's Note - I have no interest in formations - perhaps someone else will talk to you about it.}