Chelsea Banter Archive December 09 2018

09 Dec 2018 20:05:32
Is it true that Bakyoko has been superb in the last 4-6 weeks?

09 Dec 2018 20:11:26
As I said recently, that's what I've read from AC Milan fans at least. Also, I believe he's been named their man of the match 3 or 4 games in a row, so he really seems to have improved a lot. Haven't seen any of their matches myself though.

09 Dec 2018 21:23:11
I saw a few bits early on and tubes he cane on to shut up shop and it didn’t work and he looked lost, then saw how he looks like the Monaco player again . Hopefully, for him Chelsea and Milan.

10 Dec 2018 12:01:21
ders an ac milan fan on my football team he travels to watch them regularly and said ee will get at least what we paid back for bakayoko and maybe more if he keeps up his form he said he looks like d player he was at monaco and dat d league suits him far better.

10 Dec 2018 13:26:57
His been their best player of late. His been compared to dessaily by their manager.

09 Dec 2018 18:14:53
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Bournemouth v Liverpool - A Liverpool Perspective

09 Dec 2018 11:14:56
Hi guys, my weekly question (sorry i missed it last week) is:

In which game you think our players performane was the best? It can be any chelsea game from any era.

I will start it with the game we drew (but actually lost the tie) againsy Barcelona in champions league. We only alloelwed them to hsve 1 shot on goal and if not referee would definatelly won it.

That team probably is still pur strongest chelsea team ever in my opinion.

09 Dec 2018 13:06:12
Mine was the win over Barcelona when we needed to win by 2, went into 3-0 lead straight away and Ronaldinho got a pen and a wonder goal. JT with the last minute header, huge performance.

09 Dec 2018 14:34:49
I’m a Liverpool fan but this performance against city was a tactical masterclass, I thought you had the players to hurtcity but not in the way you did, you soaked the pressure well which shocked me with the current defence, you have a good setup there at the minute, a goal scorer to assist hazard and manage to fit the midfield players together properly and you’re sorted. Even though I dislike Chelsea the team with frank essien, terry a prime Cech and the monster Drogba was special.

09 Dec 2018 16:55:46
The 8-0 against Wigan is certainly a fun one, needed to tie up the title and we did it in such style. Drogba hat-trick to clinch the golden boot too. Ashley Cole with a rare goal and what a goal it was. That 09/ 10 team was incredible and scored goals for fun.

09 Dec 2018 18:03:35
Same defence that let a last minute goal in against you the best striking team in prem lol.

09 Dec 2018 20:16:34
I think the first few games with Mourinho after buying Cesc and Diego, we were playing some of the most beautiful football I've ever seen. Especially, I recall Schürlle's goal against Burnley as a symptom of how well we were playing at that point. I also think that we played extraordinarily in some of the games with Conte.

09 Dec 2018 23:26:23
Oh also remembered first few games of Di Mateo management when we bought Hazard. Mata oscar and hazard were just superb in diamond shape.

08 Dec 2018 21:32:25
Is there any reason why Fernandinho never gets carded Ed001? He makes foul after foul and nothing happens, Jorginho made one and got a yellow straight away, it's infuriating. He makes a foul, gets 500 warnings, followed by a yellow and after that he's free to do what he wants without a second yellow, it such BS.

{Ed001's Note - this has been a subject that comes up time and time again and no one has ever figured out how Fernandinho gets away with so many fouls. Personally I think it is down to Pep putting pressure on officials. But he could literally decapitate an opponent and still only get a ticking off! It is unreal. I read somewhere they are top of the 'fair play' league this season and I immediately thought if Fernandinho and Kompany had got even half of the cards they deserved they would be at the bottom.}

09 Dec 2018 06:44:23
He's the master of the sly tactical foul. I think personally it is because he always backs off after the foul rather than confront the refereee- another player does that. I remember when Bayern used to do it with Martinez and Muller would always be deployed to scream at the referee.
Have to say, Eric Dier is as bad an offender.

09 Dec 2018 10:37:01
Refereeing has literally never been so bad in the last 20 odd years, needs to be put to a stop.

09 Dec 2018 12:14:55
Since I didn't see the game so focused last night, as my friends and I were getting pretty drunk at that moment, I saw it again this morning, and you're absolutely right, saying that he backs off, after committing fouls. I can remember one specific foul yesterday, where I at first thought it was Delph who'd committed it, since Fernandinho was already far away right after.

09 Dec 2018 14:42:26
I like pep he’s a very amiable guy and a great managger but I don’t like the fact his teams get favourable treatment, himself perhaps too. If the whole Catalonian symbol thing was somebody else like Mourinho I can’t help but think the media and FA would have crucified him. It takes a smart player to take a booking form time to time, Lucas did it for us, but that seems to be all fernandinho's game is and he escapes punishment.

09 Dec 2018 18:41:04
Re Fernandinho, he has taken the yaya you’re mantle, foul on foul never gets booked.