The Chelsea Thread

[ChrisBird]

I'm thinking he thought it was going across goal, so he wasn't prepared when it would of gone straight at him had he of not moved.

This performance reminds me of an article where our goalkeeping coach said Cech doesn't have many years left at the top.

Courtois said the same thing... their is certainly a major upheavel at Bridge going on, but i think if we keep AVB at the helm then we are going to end up for the better in 3-4 years

Lollichon said that there were some concerns that if Cech got another serious injury, then he may have to retire (either because the doctors say he can't carry on, or that he wouldn't mentally be able to). So he said to Courtois that he won't play at Chelsea for 3 years, and he will then most likely be back-up for Cech, but he did say that he may be called upon earlier if Cech did get a serious injury. Then Courtois was being interviewed and he said what Lollichon told him, but after that AVB was asked in a presser whether Cech may be retiring soon, to which he said no, then the interviewer said that Courtois had said that he may be retiring soon because Chelsea had doubts over his fitness (or something like that) to which AVB replied "I think Courtois has been mis-informed" (something along those lines). But I'm pretty sure Courtois didn't mean to say it like that; either his words came out wrong, or they were taken out of context, most likely the latter.

 

[Alcaraz]

In a 4-2-3-1...


Ramires and Essien deployed in the holding midfield roles and a fluid front 4 of Torres, Mata, Gotze and Hazard would be **** worthy in my opinion

Cant see it happening tho but Hazard and Gotze are both young and if they gel those 4 are easily a defender's worst nightmare

 

[CJACKO11]

I like how all the Chelsea fans except for Subtle have disappeared from FM-Base all of a sudden.

Some of us have a life away from this website you do know that yer??

Cech had an absolute howler I agree, if he keeps that up Courtois will be in the team sooner rather than later because a couple of them were essentially straight at him.

All of the goals he was sprawling/doing jumping jacks but I agree, a couple of the goals made him look a little suspect to say the least.

******* **** is this what it has come too??????? Against Everton only on Wednesday Cech came on in the second half and was our best player and is the only reason we are still in the Carling Cup. Now all of a sudded he isen't good enough and you are thinking of replacing him sooner rather than later!!!!! Get a ******* grip seriosly, first goal was Mikel's fault, 2nd goal Bosingwa/Sturridge's fault, 3rd goal wasent a free-kick but Walcott smashed it bottom corner, 4th goal Malouda's poor back pass and JT's slip a one on one no keeper should take the flack for that and the 5th was the only questionable one. Seriously does my ******* head in, i have been on a few forums and when we are winning its all shinning and lightness praising every player and when we lose they are all not good enough all the old players need to go bla ******* bla!!!!! And whats all this talk on here with a lot of you saying we need another forward thinking player!!!!Seriously do any of you have eyes or a brain for that matter, we attacked well and have done all season what we need is another CB who is used to playing the high line and if is beaten can get back because he has an ounce of pace about him. We need that CB with Luiz and Ivanovic at RB and i believe we will be fine.

 

[Alcaraz]

relax CJACKO... we definitely need more creativity in the final third, we only attacked well cos Arsenal's defence is **** poor, Teams are beginning to shackle Mata and without him we are more or less gone plus a 4-3-3 does not suit Torres game, not pushing the panic button but as i said earlier, we would be stupid to think our forward line is complete

 

[CJACKO11]

relax CJACKO... we definitely need more creativity in the final third, we only attacked well cos Arsenal's defence is **** poor, Teams are beginning to shackle Mata and without him we are more or less gone plus a 4-3-3 does not suit Torres game, not pushing the panic button but as i said earlier, we would be stupid to think our forward line is complete

Im not saying its complete but playing Meireles gives us more bite in the final third. We are scoring goals and always look like we will score so that tells me our main priority is in defence not going forward. Personly if it was me i would have gone with Cech, Ivanovic (RB), Luiz, Terry, Cole, Meireles, Lampard, Ramires, Sturridge, Mata and Torres. Playing Ivanovic gives you more natural cover in defence allowing you to play Meireles (a more attacking thinking player than Mikel).

 

[Alcaraz]

Im not saying its complete but playing Meireles gives us more bite in the final third. We are scoring goals and always look like we will score so that tells me our main priority is in defence not going forward. Personly if it was me i would have gone with Cech, Ivanovic (RB), Luiz, Terry, Cole, Meireles, Lampard, Ramires, Sturridge, Mata and Torres. Playing Ivanovic gives you more natural cover in defence allowing you to play Meireles (a more attacking thinking player than Mikel).

Its just that a 4-2-3-1 would suit Torres game so much better plus if Mata gets injured for a prolonged period god forbid then we are screwed, we will have to play Malouda or someone like him and that never work

Just saying that getting players like Hazard,Gotze, Reus in and playing them in a 4-2-3-1 makes so much more sense because:

A) Torres game will improve leaps and bounds

B) Hazard,Gotze,Mata and Torres as a front 4 and we have one of the best attacks in the world, these 4 when gelled can easily tear apart any defence in the world allowing us to play a risky high line because we know we can outscore oppositions

C) If things are not going well and we are behind, players like Reus and Sturridge to call upon from the bench, players who are actually suited to the way we play and who are better than Malouda


Look this will never happen but it is ideal in my eyes

 

[ChrisBird]

Jacko we don't need a new CB at all (unless a current one goes). Whether they are used to the high line or not because the problem is that AVB is playing the high line so that we score more goals and create more chances. His mentality is score more goals that the opponent. So, we all think that we need another player who is capable of playing in the 3 of a 4-2-3-1 because that formation is the way we need to go if our youth players are going to become first team players. I do however agree with a few points you make...Cech is one of the best keepers in the world, and one below average game (which is what it was against Arsenal, although a lot of the goals weren't initially his fault) doesn't change that, and as I said on the previous page we shouldn't all jump on his back for it. Lampard can also still play a part, but nowhere near as big of a part as previous years. Drogba I feel just doesn't fit in with the new tactics, so unless he adapts to it then I'd look to offload him in the summer. And most of us aren't saying that we are playing bad it's just that we need a new creative player who is young and ready to play at the top level, i.e Hazard, or Goetze. And then other names are being mentioned if our back-up players, or rotation players leave (Anelka, Kalou, Malouda) because they will have to be replaced if the go. Personally if they all went I'd want Reus, Hoilett and then maybe somebody else, possibly a striker if Drogba goes too, and then they could both could rotate with key players like Mata, and somebody like Hazard, or Goetze, and at the same time develop into more all-rounded players.

 

[CJACKO11]

Best thing to come out the game.

Arsenal fans: "Shall we sing a song for you"

Chelsea fans reply: "Shall we win a cup for you"

Epic

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Oh just to say i called before the game started that JT would score, he scored in the first game after the Bridge ex misses came out away at Burnley and i said this is how he deals with pressure. Worst thing about it is i didnt put any money on it lol.

 

[ChrisBird]

De Bruyne hat-trick:

[video=youtube;LBgG28PzQ_M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBgG28PzQ_M[/video]

Also, just watched an interview with Ramires that CTV did, and I found it quite worrying how Ferreira (he was translating) said that Ramires said "he will try again in 2 years, and start doing English lessons again". Now I'm not sure whether he meant to say that he is still having lessons now and he will probably be able to be interviewed in English in 2 years, or whether he will start learning English again in 2 years. Either way I find it strange seeming that Alex said last year after he had only been here a few months that he was learning the language fast and was having a lot of lessons.

ALSO, Luiz is on Twitter! http://twitter.com/#!/DavidLuiz_4

BTW, Torres and Sturridge aren't on Twitter. They both have accounts made for them, that are verified, but Mata said -

by the way, @Torres is not him, he has no twitter account..sorry!

and they both started with this message -

I have not started on Twitter yet, but this is my official page and it is ready to go when the timing is right.

So I'm guessing that Chelsea may have made the accounts for them because they are verified. And also because the one for Torres is called 'Torres' and I'm 99.9999% sure that name would have been taken, so it would have either had to be bought off the old owner, or they would have had to contact Twitter to ask for the username, and would have been given it if the owner isn't active (I think, although they would probably have to prove that it was Chelsea/Torres, but the same goes for getting verified).

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And now that Hazard has said that he wants to leave Lille in the summer...surely we'll be one of the teams chasing him the most (esp. after recent comments from the Lille academy coach) obviously after Real Madrid (Zidane seems obsessed with him) but hopefully the Belgian boys could put in a good word - he would be amazing for us.

 

[Athe~]

The keeper is god awful.

 

[Mike.]

Cech did have a howler, you can even tell by his reactions to some of the goals,. wasnt the only person, but he did.

Defesinvely your side need to switch on to the new style, this wasnt just one off, its been coming most of the season. Boswinga is a defensive liaibility, and frankly i expected far better from Cole

Honestly not sure what Mikel was doing.

Keep saying it but the side needs to eventually shift to 4-2-3-1

 

[Alcaraz]

Cech did have a howler, you can even tell by his reactions to some of the goals,. wasnt the only person, but he did.

Defesinvely your side need to switch on to the new style, this wasnt just one off, its been coming most of the season. Boswinga is a defensive liaibility, and frankly i expected far better from Cole

Honestly not sure what Mikel was doing.

Keep saying it but the side needs to eventually shift to 4-2-3-1

Frankly I rather play Oriol than Mikel... Oriol was taight by the best school in the world and he has been playing a similar role for Barca B, AVB should show some faith in him cos Mikel just is not good enough bringing the ball out of defence like a DM should do and Oriol is great at that plus Oriol is an intelligent player, he knows when to step in and help the defence and he never abandons his teammates which Mikel does at times

I agree with you Mike, a 4-2-3-1 seems the best way forward, Torres game will improve leaps and bounds, he always plays better when their is a person between the lines supplying him... we need new players in January, defo need a new RB and Alvaro Perreira would be more than welcome, would provide Cole with more competition cos frankly Cole seems a bit too relaxed as he knows that Betrand provides him with little threat to his place in the first-team

Central defence we are absolutely fine, maybe we can bring in Diego Godin and sell Alex if necessary

Frankly I expect AVB to go in for Hazard in January, the Lille director said we are 'closest' to the Belgian Wizard and Lukaku can help him settle here...

 

[Billy]

 

[ChrisBird]

Frankly I rather play Oriol than Mikel... Oriol was taight by the best school in the world and he has been playing a similar role for Barca B, AVB should show some faith in him cos Mikel just is not good enough bringing the ball out of defence like a DM should do and Oriol is great at that plus Oriol is an intelligent player, he knows when to step in and help the defence and he never abandons his teammates which Mikel does at times

I disagree. What do you mean by the bolded part? If you mean passing, then I definitely disagree; Mikel is our best passer, and one of the best in the PL. Mikel is also an intelligent player...Don't see how Mikel abandons his teammates, if anything they abandon him.

Hazard doesn't want to Leave Lille until next summer though.

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The keeper is god awful.

Very true, but I didn't really post it to showcase the keeper's ability, just posted it because they were decent goals, and he got a hat-trick (which even with bad keeping is quite impressive from a 20 year old midfielder).

 

[Athe~]

Very true, but I didn't really post it to showcase the keeper's ability, just posted it because they were decent goals, and he got a hat-trick (which even with bad keeping is quite impressive from a 20 year old midfielder).

Oh, KdB is good, but I think Heskey could score a hattrick against that keeper while blindfolded.

 

[Calum]

Chelsea should copy Arsenal after nightmare week says Andre Villas-Boas - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk

 

[Alcaraz]

I disagree. What do you mean by the bolded part? If you mean passing, then I definitely disagree; Mikel is our best passer, and one of the best in the PL. Mikel is also an intelligent player...Don't see how Mikel abandons his teammates, if anything they abandon him.

Hazard doesn't want to Leave Lille until next summer though.

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Very true, but I didn't really post it to showcase the keeper's ability, just posted it because they were decent goals, and he got a hat-trick (which even with bad keeping is quite impressive from a 20 year old midfielder).

Chris, Mikel is a good passer but he does not do the job of bringing the ball out of defence very well, look at how Busquets plays with Barcelona and you see how he brings the ball out of defence himself and reduces pressure on his teammates to clear like a DM in a 4-3-3 should do, Mikel is an intelligent player but he is prone to mistakes, sometimes he does not get back and help his team out when he should

 

[JohnTerry26]

Andre Villas-Boas is one of 10 coaches in contention for Fifa's World Coach of the Year 2011 award.
http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2501468,00.html

 

[ChrisBird]

Romeu impresses once again:

[video=youtube;Aq4MIn5rZYs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq4MIn5rZYs&feature=feedu[/video]

 

[Mike.]

Met police launch investigation into allegations John Terry racially abused Anton Ferdinand