Chelsea Banter Archive August 04 2012

04 Aug 2012 22:55:17
To all who r comfortable wit d pre-season performances, was that ur expectatn b4 d games? Exenorating Torres, talking abt him not getting service...a lot has been spent on players that'll 'serve' him, n it's still not working. If Hazard's not playing on d wings, he's simply not working hard enuf 4 d team, unlike Mata. Plus I can understand why RA was reluctant in d appointmt of RDM. The play hasn't changed. The team that played Brighton was not Wigan or QPR; it was Chelsea's first team that is star-studded. Come on!

Didn't understand a word of that!

I couldn't agree more.

Please rephrase

04 Aug 2012 22:29:53
Can understand the pressure DS23 was under, but you never stutter in a penalty shoot-out, it basically tells the keeper where it's going. Just ask Schweinsteiger how it worked out for him. Feel sorry for the lad, but should bury it from 18 yards as the top quality striker some people think he is.
CFCFOREVER!

Harsh lesson for Sturridge, his arrogance didn't pay off for him this time!

By "people", hope you mean Pinky.

ELI

Just a heads up, penalties aren't taken from 18 yards away.

IB.

IB: Oh sh*ep! Typo mate! Sorry!
CFCFOREVER!

He stuttered and missed = bad striker

ronaldo stuttered and missed many times = one of the greatest players of all time

some people...

04 Aug 2012 22:17:45
Before any person starts - it was a penalty! These things happen! I'd like to see you take a pressure pen! 

Surewould

Ive always said never give a left footed player a penalty, Danny's mistake was the stutter shot, should have picked his spot and boot his boot through the ball with power.

Yes but we all know Sturridge is a cocky lad and will try to be the star man. Looks pretty stupid now!

These are professional played, they should be able to cope with a pressurised situation. Sturridge is a striker it is his job to score, there are no excuses for missing from 11 yards unless there is an exceptional save made by the goalkeeper and the same goes for Aaron Ramsey who missed his penalty earlier in the game. Disappointing but i suppose at least we will have our full squad back soon, well except Oscar that is.

Rowan

Dont you see it in th rest of his games hes awfull

04 Aug 2012 20:43:10
RDM must siqn either cavani or hulk/falcao if he want to quide chelsea to the titles this season but i doult if he's qoinq to do that coz he has much faith in misfirinq F.TORRES but that will cost his job

Jog on! Show your faith and encourage!

Misfiring Torres when the other out field players can't pass a ball to him! Haha ur a joke!

Agreed! doesn't matter how good you are if the creative midfielders aren't creating for you then what do you expect him to do!

04 Aug 2012 18:07:18
Read a few match reports and seeing everyone slating Torres? What can he do with Mikel, Lampard (Who I love as a player but isn't dynamic anymore) Mereiles (Says it all) passing it across and Ramires being wasted as a winger. I think that won't last though, Mata will be back soon remember guys, then he can join the wings. Anyone who actually saw the match can I have an idea how FT9 played. And before you bother Pinky or any of the anti-FT9 fans want to give their two-penny's worth, don't bother, I'm looking for useful information, not plastered bias drivel not worth reading.
CFCFOREVER!

With you there mate!

TM

I see Aguero hasn't scored all Pre-Season, do you see City fans baying for his head? It's Pre-Season! Fitness matches!
I don't care if we lose 3-1 to Brighton or if we win 6-5, it's irrelevant! Did it qualify for anything meaningful? No.
Give FT9 a break, would you score with Mereilles and Mikel behind you and our best piece of creativy bar Mata rammed up the wing.
Consider that.
CFCFOREVER!

Aguero has scored actually but I agree with what your saying. MB

From my viewing I thought it was similar to last year where Torres can't get a touch at the beginning so he starts coming deep to get touches but the midfield was cramped enough because we had no width with hazard and rami playing as wings. Brighton pretty much parked the bus so there was no space in the attacking third. He had zero chance to succeed in todays game and for people to slate him is rediculous.

Tk

Ur all right I feel sorry for Torres he's completely different then drogs, he needs decent through balls. Our midfield is gunna suck and let us down next year. I would start playing mceachran he won't do any worse than meireles and Mikel. And I am serious! BLUEBOY1

We need players with the ability to stretch teams. Marin has got that ability but we need another winger who is equally capable of doing that.
We are too predictable to play against at the minute so i say get moses in or hulk (at a reasonable price if that can be done!) ramires needs to be in the middle to replace meireles who i hope leaves

I agree with what your saying to an extent CFCFOREVER, but winning is a habit and it would be good to get into this habit during preseason, especially seeing as RDM's record since his contract signing is 1 win -1 draw - 3 defeats, not really impressive considering all teams were weaker than us on paper, Brighton even played a weakened side whereas we had many regular starters in our team.

Rowan

04 Aug 2012 17:24:35
Is it true that neymar will be able to leave in 2014 for free {Ed002's Note - No.}

Post of the day!

04 Aug 2012 17:08:25
Why do we even bother with the defensive midfield role? Both Essien and Mikel are very poor. Still missing a striker and everything has gone quiet which isnt a good sign, we should have had one in the squad for pre season so now when one does join it will be harder for them to settle in. Why do we find it so hard to attack teams and create chances? We cant even make the simplest of passes for players to run onto, our wingers get into good space and end up playing the ball back to defence, too negative and for Brighton to break down our defence so easy is a big worry, Prem teams will rip us apart if we play like that.

04 Aug 2012 16:58:50
Ive backed and defended torres for the past 18 months i know its pre season but ive lost my patience with him now,i know your all guna say what can he do with out the service!how about go and get the ball your self insted of standing behind defenders! How can any 1 pass to him when hes got a defender between him and the ball he looked livley today but looked useless aswell,cut our losses with him its really not worth it anymore,we need to finalise cesar and make a striker a #1 target to sign preferably this week,
Carefree

Your clueless mate

Personally- meirelles, terry, mikel, lampard, essien are all to slow at moving forward with the ball! stop being biased towards some players.

If he's dropping deep to get on the ball you slate him for not being in attacking positions. When he's in attacking positions you slate him for not getting involved. He can't win with some.....

Tk

04 Aug 2012 16:49:51
Essien looked very good
Torres looked sharp but had zero help
Rami was wasted on the wing again
Miereles didn't bring anything to the game and should have cut his losses for the second goal rather than make something out of nothing
Hazard looked exciting but in a 433 he was a left winger today but he played as a number 10 in a free role which congested our midfielder and took away width from the team
There was a lot of space between the midfield and the defense
Mikel in all fairness looked better today
Classic frank today, perfect timing for the goal but didn't do a whole lot else
Schoolboy error for the third not playing to the whistle. Unacceptable. 
I hope Robbie has a magic switch somewhere at cobham to make these boys play because theyve been crap the entire preseason. 

Tk

04 Aug 2012 16:28:22
awful performance from us so far, we are far to slow at putting the final ball in, we deffo need a good right winger.

And another top name striker. This is the Torres we're going to get. Nothing
Will change from last season. We're in trouble.

Torres has done nothing wrong wtf

Are you even watching the game? Torres has had nothing except a half chance on the volley. He was arguably our hardest working player, quick feet and turns, upped the tempo well.

What more is he supposed to have done? Because I hate to break it to you, but no striker is good enough to take on 8 9 men sitting behind the ball with no support or options.

While we're at it, we should sign a new goalkeeper, because this is the Cech we're going to get, letting in goals against Brighton?!

Clueless post!

Roweycfc

04 Aug 2012 15:57:24
I'm not sure where our team is in regards with playing style. We want to play fast attacking football but we refuse to press in the midfield much less have a high defensive line. When defending we looked like we were playing a 451 and against weaker competition we need to press them into mistakes which won't happen when we let them play with the ball. I understand sitting deep and counter attacking against bigger teams that will attack you but at least half the teams in the prem will sit ten deep and we will have to break them down somehow. 

Tk

04 Aug 2012 15:44:34
Essien is doing his job well getting the ball forward quick!

Torres, lampard, Essien, ivanovic are doing quite well. They've all done nothing wrong. Wing doesn't suit ramires. Meireles I'm not gunna say! Lol, I mean he's struggle ruling to keep or get the ball!. Just need to pressure more bit faster getting forward.

04 Aug 2012 15:26:23
Ramires starting right wing in a 4-3-3?

Why?! I know Marin is injured, but I'm sure we've got other options, so Rami can go in the middle?

Still, good to see Essien start, hopefully he plays 90mins and has a good game.

Roweycfc

Yea ramires ain't no winger, don't get me wrong he's got pace, but so much better breaking from deep like lamps. BLUEBOY1

04 Aug 2012 13:22:13
afternoon lads - seen a rumour that Roman and Ken Bates have been lunching together. what is that all about?

Puzzled

Probably betting on what will happen first.
Carroll to win the Balon D'Or or Liverpool to win the Barclays Premier League.
Mugs punt if you ask me, both will never happen.
CFCFOREVER!

04 Aug 2012 11:16:17
Does anyone know what time the cfc v brighton game coverage or kick off is?

Coverage on chelsea tv starts at 2:30 kick off is 3:00

Thanks for that

Lol totally forgot about this match. Don't really care about it, well probably use our C team

BIFTW

First team.. All about fitness and getting more players 90mins.. I very much doubt it will be the c team. Even if it was it's worth a watch.
Marley

04 Aug 2012 01:24:14
With the new U21 Pl starting soon I think that Piazon will shine. However I now think it was a mistake to send De Bruyne out on loan.

I think de Bruyne is too advanced for the players that will perform in that league. He needs first team action and I think he'll get it at werder bremen.

Tk

Yup,it is a mistake to send him on loan.Hope he sets the Bundisliga alight.
roan