Chelsea Vs. Birmingham, FA Cup: Lineups/Game Thread
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 12:27 PM GMT
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PrintChelsea starting lineup (4-3-3): Petr Cech; Ryan Bertrand, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic; John Obi Mikel, Raul Meireles, Ramires; Juan Mata, Fernando Torres, Daniel Sturridge.
Substitutes from: Henrique Hilario, Jose Bosingwa, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou.
Birmingham City starting lineup (4-5-1): Colin Doyle; Pablo Ibanez, Curtis Davies, Stephen Carr, David Murphy; Wade Elliott, Keith Fahey, Margaro Gomis, Jordan Mutch, Nathan Redmond; Adam Rooney.
Substitutes from: Jack Butland, Steven Caldwell, Jonathan Spector, Chris Burke, Callum Reilly, Jake Jervis, Akwasi Asante.
Bertrand escapes the basket!
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I hope Bertrand plays a blinder.
Maybe it’ll get him out of the basket on occasion.
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I'm still up. I "win." : \
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:31 PM GMT up reply actions
Won't mind that
I’m honestly a bit surprised to see Torres there starting, though
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Saves Drogba for Napoli.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:31 PM GMT up reply actions
And moving Sturridge to the middle
and Kalou wide was no option? I mean, I wanna see what he can do there, given that’s his natural learned position
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Didn't expect Meireles and Ramires starting
But let’s see how it goes.
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DL shd save it for important games where Torres can score.(read Blackburn, Wigan, WestBrom etc.) LOL
by Rohi D on Feb 18, 2012 12:36 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions
sad to see lukaku left out
completely left out
by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 18, 2012 12:31 PM GMT reply actions
Pretty decent lineup...
I believe Birmingham will defend deep..
by Rohi D on Feb 18, 2012 12:32 PM GMT via mobile reply actions
Can we just execute Birmingham for the monstrosities they're wearing?
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I really, really, really hate their kit today.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:34 PM GMT up reply actions
I don't mind Norwich, but most yellow ones make me want to hork.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:36 PM GMT up reply actions
Maybe...
And it’s also not totally yellow.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:38 PM GMT up reply actions
You have no idea how much I hated the Hiddink FA Cup Final.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:39 PM GMT up reply actions
Dressed like that, it was like being in Hell.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:42 PM GMT up reply actions
4:30 am....
hope we play well. I’m trying to off set the effects of nyquil with coffee at the moment….
So, does this mean we can expect to see essien start on tuesday?
Also, has Romeu reserved a place in the basket? :-/
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 12:34 PM GMT reply actions
Romeu might play Napoli
We require a holder against them.
by Archit Arya on Feb 18, 2012 12:38 PM GMT up reply actions
You say that...
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:36 PM GMT up reply actions
I think they start in the week leading up to a match. : \
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:38 PM GMT up reply actions
We're running the ball out of play a lot
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 12:39 PM GMT reply actions
City corner
We haven’t really done a whole lot so far, have we?
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 12:43 PM GMT reply actions
No. It's been sad.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:43 PM GMT up reply actions
Carr coming off for Brum.
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I love how whoever's doing the coverage on this stream is doing nowt to...
…block out the crowd noise.
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It's ESPN UK with Jon Champion.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:47 PM GMT up reply actions
their kits really are shit
and i like yellow
This game is so sedate. This isn't what I hoped for.
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So I think we're finding out why Bertrand's been in the basket
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 12:48 PM GMT reply actions
lol
i thought that when he turned TOWARDS the attacker
Amazingly, most of them have been in the basket for the same reason.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:48 PM GMT up reply actions
Oh Mata
Very close. Bran’s bean pretty good
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 12:48 PM GMT reply actions
I have to assume it's 7:30 in england too
thus the reason we’re playing at 75%
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 12:49 PM GMT reply actions
This is the Bob Ross of football matches.
Way more mellow than it has any bloody right to be.
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Nope.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:51 PM GMT up reply actions
Is it me or does Branko look like the least-suited right back in history?
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Bye AVB
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"Vamos Fluzão, vamos ganhar
Eu sou do clube tantas vezes campeão!
Vim pra torcer, vim pra gritar
E por você a vida inteira vou cantar!"
Normal service is resumed!
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Did Bruce Buck just drop the axe.
He said something to someone looking rather sinister.
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Er. Did...axe?*
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:53 PM GMT up reply actions
It was particularly sinister. : )
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:55 PM GMT up reply actions
Sacked in the morning?
That seems optimistic.
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Test
Its a test for Chelsea now. we haven’t won from behind before! BUT NOW, PENALTY!
by Marcus_Cfc on Feb 18, 2012 12:54 PM GMT via Android app reply actions
In the second or third game
Against WBA Long scored the first goal. Came back with Anleka and Malouda.
my bad
Lets see if the team wants to fight for AVB. We know Drogba does!
by Marcus_Cfc on Feb 18, 2012 1:25 PM GMT via Android app up reply actions
That’s our first goal given up on a corner this season.
by OnionBag on Feb 18, 2012 12:55 PM GMT via mobile reply actions
That went a few games back, actually.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:56 PM GMT up reply actions
What a bad phase
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Eu sou do clube tantas vezes campeão!
Vim pra torcer, vim pra gritar
E por você a vida inteira vou cantar!"
Of course that happened. : \
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I'm going to kill something small and furry
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 12:55 PM GMT reply actions
avb has a beard
so does that count as furry?
by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 18, 2012 12:56 PM GMT up reply actions
It's not our day
For a month
1970 - 1984 - 2010
"Vamos Fluzão, vamos ganhar
Eu sou do clube tantas vezes campeão!
Vim pra torcer, vim pra gritar
E por você a vida inteira vou cantar!"
Does anyone still believe we'll finish in the top 4 in EPL?
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Eu sou do clube tantas vezes campeão!
Vim pra torcer, vim pra gritar
E por você a vida inteira vou cantar!"
I know it's the FA Cup
But look at this team. For fuck’s sake.
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Vim pra torcer, vim pra gritar
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The worst part is that it's not a particularly weak one.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:57 PM GMT up reply actions
Can we just hire Hughton at the half?
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As a neutral, I will be very sad if AVB gets fired
he’s too handsome to get fired.
i tell the truth; i lie a lot
Maybe we can loan him out. : P
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 12:59 PM GMT up reply actions
I think four Chelsea players have missed penalties so far this year
Anelka vs. Everton, Lampard vs. Newcastle, David Luiz vs. Genk, Mata vs. Birmingham.
Drogba’s probably missed one too
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 12:59 PM GMT reply actions
I'm glad to not watch the live telecast...
by Rohi D on Feb 18, 2012 1:00 PM GMT via mobile reply actions
I'm glad to not watch the live telecast...
by Rohi D on Feb 18, 2012 1:00 PM GMT via mobile reply actions
Please lets move Ramires to the right
Sturridge on the left and Mata in the middle.
Who's so neutral... : P
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:03 PM GMT up reply actions
On the bright side:
At least we know what it’s like supporting Arsenal. : P
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Sarcastic, gallows humour, that.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:04 PM GMT up reply actions
Who will replace AVB ?
Guus no more available;)
by Rohi D on Feb 18, 2012 1:03 PM GMT via mobile reply actions
Lets be realistic...
What if we lose a few games in succession?
I doubt anybody can stop daddy Roman
by Rohi D on Feb 18, 2012 1:16 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions
I surely like Klopp very much
but should he consider the Chelsea job I’d go and siege his home myself personally to tell him not to take it. I don’t want to see him burned here
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wish martin o'neil was still avaliable
klopp would be great too, especially if he brought some of his players alon
by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 18, 2012 1:06 PM GMT up reply actions
awful goal from a corner.
mata missed pk. 1-0 bc
by Blue for life on Feb 18, 2012 1:04 PM GMT up reply actions
Go away, for your own good.
Have nothing to do with this match! : )
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:05 PM GMT up reply actions
Not just the players
now AVB on touchline texting Mourinho…
When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started.
Jose Mourinho
championship side at home with an almost full strength team
embarrasing
by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 18, 2012 1:07 PM GMT up reply actions
like i said
almost full strength, read
by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 18, 2012 1:10 PM GMT up reply actions
This could mark the end of Chelsea as we knew it to be....
I can’t imagine the guys getting up for Napoli after this
Whoa! That was bloody good for a CB.
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How long has David Luiz been our best player?
It’s been a few games running now.
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sturridge has been pissing me off
the past few games. Just doesn’t look as committed as he was earlier in the season.
Well, with the obvious exception
that the official rule tells you unless you can type ö, ä, ü you have to type oe, ae, ue
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I've seen your lot's Kreuzwortraetsels!
You sub an e for an umlaut.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:13 PM GMT up reply actions
Sure
that’s how it’s done – but Kreuzworträtsel has the same singular and plural so there are no Kreuzworträtsels :P
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I know. It just didn't seem right to not use the English plural the way I meant it : )
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:15 PM GMT up reply actions
That is, as the overly-proud English speaker who...
…doesn’t care about proper pluralisation.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:17 PM GMT up reply actions
Wow. That was a twatdonger move that almost worked.
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Oh...
Jose Mourinho chants. It’s been awhile.
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Can't decide if I want to go back to bed at half
and download the second half when I wake. maybe I’ll be better suited to handle this match when I’m rested.
seriously wtf was that stupid flick in front of goal
WHY CAN’T WE HAVE PAPISS CISSE?
Now I understand that
what Kevin mentioned earlier – Bruce Buck looking sinister
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Whoa. There were very few not booing there, I think.
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But it was more than usual. It was virtually everyone in the stadium.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:22 PM GMT up reply actions
contemplating on going back to sleep....
been sick for 2 days and this game definitely isn’t helping at all
I hear ya
I was terribly sick last weekend when we took that sh*t against Everton. I never had that many tears in my eyes before :P by no natural means!
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I haven't missed
One televised Chelsea game in over a year and half now, I can’t turn my back on them just yet lol. I must say though, I’m very close to skipping a few until they improve.
by cashmoney960 on Feb 18, 2012 1:24 PM GMT up reply actions
Oh I didn't mean to skip it
I meant you get sick and more sick every minute you keep watching our beloved Chelsea at this state … but you keep watching and watching and getting sick :P
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Haha
I know exactly what you mean…we should press charges for all this. But in the mean time….KTBFFH
by cashmoney960 on Feb 18, 2012 1:27 PM GMT up reply actions
So, I'm watching a Russian feed of this game.
I don’t speak Russian. The only thing I understood from that half of commentary was “[chuckle] Torres [chuckle]”
It’s a universal language.
well torres, it's been fun
back to the bench you go!
Falcao + cash
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:24 PM GMT up reply actions
This is the worst possible way I could have started my day.
And that includes being set on fire.
by Kjell on Feb 18, 2012 1:21 PM GMT reply actions 1 recs
Would you like me to wee the fire out? : P
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:22 PM GMT up reply actions
I'm inclined to agree.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:24 PM GMT up reply actions
I would never have thought
that watching an Arsenal game midweek was more entertaining than watching Chelsea play Birmingham (!!!) at the weekend. Bläh
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Torres: you can't get service
if you don’t make runs into the box
What's the score?
I don't even know what to put in here knowing Steve can just change it anytime he wants (the jerk) :cP also something about trolling CFC and WAGNH
by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:22 PM GMT reply actions
You bloody well know. : P
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:23 PM GMT up reply actions
I'll just find a stream then or something
I don't even know what to put in here knowing Steve can just change it anytime he wants (the jerk) :cP also something about trolling CFC and WAGNH
by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:24 PM GMT up reply actions
Seriously though
I don't even know what to put in here knowing Steve can just change it anytime he wants (the jerk) :cP also something about trolling CFC and WAGNH
by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:23 PM GMT up reply actions
reply fail
I don't even know what to put in here knowing Steve can just change it anytime he wants (the jerk) :cP also something about trolling CFC and WAGNH
by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:23 PM GMT up reply actions
Every reason to be an ass
she shows up here at every low point and tries to play like she’s here to support… fuck off.
I still don't even know the score dude
I don’t come here to be deliberately malicious that’s you…
I don't even know what to put in here knowing Steve can just change it anytime he wants (the jerk) :cP also something about trolling CFC and WAGNH
by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:30 PM GMT up reply actions
a) It's not that hard to find out the score. We are not your google box.
b) stop being a dick, Mourinho
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 1:31 PM GMT up reply actions
that is true
it comes off as a bit more than cheeky considering you’re already on the internet. not trying to justify Mourinho’s response btw.
Sorry :cP
I didn’t know you were actually playing right now until I saw this
I don't even know what to put in here knowing Steve can just change it anytime he wants (the jerk) :cP also something about trolling CFC and WAGNH
by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:34 PM GMT up reply actions
yeah I just looked it up
should be able to pull one back right?
I don't even know what to put in here knowing Steve can just change it anytime he wants (the jerk) :cP also something about trolling CFC and WAGNH
by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:32 PM GMT up reply actions
I would hope so.
If they keep playing like this though Chelsea might end with the first ever negative score line.
I don't think she's trying to be supportive
shes just ribbing us a bit. If you can’t have a sense of humor about it you need to take a step back and look at how you follow this game. I’m a huge fan, and get emotional when this team does good or bad, but there’s no reason to be this outright rude to someone just joking around.
Whatever...
for some maybe most this goes deeper
Don't question how much this team means to me.
I just firmly believe that having a sense of humor about things, no matter how serious, is going to make for a better day.
being rude
and ‘having a sense of humor’ about someone shitting on chelsea on a chelsea blog where we are all well and truly pissed after that half, are totally different things.
We should refrain from being pricks, but I’ll be damned if I’m gonna have a good laugh at Chelsea’s expense right now.
by Blue for life on Feb 18, 2012 1:36 PM GMT up reply actions
For the record
I wasn’t having a laugh
I don't even know what to put in here knowing Steve can just change it anytime he wants (the jerk) :cP also something about trolling CFC and WAGNH
by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:36 PM GMT up reply actions
Ok
But I’m sure you can now see that you coming in at half when we’re down to Birmingham and asking the score could stir things up.
by Blue for life on Feb 18, 2012 1:41 PM GMT up reply actions
Yeah sorry everyone
I don't even know what to put in here knowing Steve can just change it anytime he wants (the jerk) :cP also something about trolling CFC and WAGNH
by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:42 PM GMT up reply actions
no one on our team
should be allowed to have a faux hawk. they automatically suck
He's been pretty tremendously awful
Then again, most of the fellows in blue have been pretty tremendously awful this morning, so take it for what it is.
Hrm. Apparently the UK has just got Netflix. It's like $9 p/m too.
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Is this how you try to tell us
how drab this game is that even the commercials are worth watching now? ;)
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I wasn't aware it was a new thing. I also found it interesting that it costs more in the UK.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:32 PM GMT up reply actions
But better they HAVE it
We here in Germany, we still don’t get it introduced because the rights management here sucks
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6 pounds, so ~$9. Maybe $9.25.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:36 PM GMT up reply actions
Laughable
Where’s my xanax. Would have liked to seen romeu out there for Mikel, push Meireles up.
we shouldn't have to play a strong lineup against fucking birmingham
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 1:28 PM GMT up reply actions
of course not
but if you haven’t noticed we suck this year
o sorry i misread. i thought you said "would have." yea, it's pitiful
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 1:30 PM GMT up reply actions
no worries
but Meireles has been disturbingly complacent. get him the fuck out
especially with napoli looming on tuesday
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 1:29 PM GMT up reply actions
Are you seriously thinking about Napoli?
We couldn’t beat my Sunday Rec team right now… This is just beyond embarrassing
Luiz is amazing.
The only one who looks like he has some purpose. Ivanovic has been alright too. This is depressing. Hopefully Drogba can eat some defenders during normal time and then we get through in extra time.
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 1:28 PM GMT reply actions
So, there's going to be an equaliser and replay?
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:29 PM GMT up reply actions
seriously
there also doesn’t seem to be much link among the lines. no passing triangles, no one driving forward (besides Ramires)
I am so absolutely frightened of what Napoli is going to do to us on Tuesday.
https://twitter.com/#!/gold_e
It's time for the Drog to prove he's going to save us.
On for Nando.
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I think they said it's happening, but I might have misunderstood.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:30 PM GMT up reply actions
he doesn't have to prove sht
but God i hope he saves us
I meant that it's time to live up to the expectation that he'll be the answer to our problems.
That’s all.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:31 PM GMT up reply actions
yeah no worries
but i think he’ll be the answer to one problem, namely a CF who tries to score
Why rest players for the champions league match?
Surely the FA Cup is our only hope for silverware this year.
I agree.
But we don’t want to go to Italy 4-nothing like Arsenal ;) (Cavani was on fire yesterday)
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 1:31 PM GMT up reply actions
The only problem is
Bringing Drogba on doesn’t solve our lack of a functioning midfield.
https://twitter.com/#!/gold_e
[Dr. ]Eva Carneiro is indeed cute.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:35 PM GMT up reply actions
[FUN]
his confidence right now….I’m not accepting a loss to birmingham
by cashmoney960 on Feb 18, 2012 1:37 PM GMT up reply actions
Torres's confidence is no longer a concern
when he is planted firmly on the bench for the rest of the season
These Chelsea kits do not have red on them.
I will update you all when I find other good things about today.
I want a 4-4-2 actually
A diamond with 2 strikers up front, Mata just behind.
by Marcus_Cfc on Feb 18, 2012 1:35 PM GMT via Android app reply actions
I really hope we get Cavani in the summer.
Sorry Torres
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 1:35 PM GMT reply actions
Cavani
sounds great. I’d be jumping if he’s top 2 in our shopping list
by Marcus_Cfc on Feb 18, 2012 1:35 PM GMT via Android app up reply actions
THANK GOD that useless piece of shit is taking up his spot on the bench
DIDIER IS BACK!!!!!!!
its my 21st birthday.
and im leaving to go to mardi gras soon. can we please win?
AVB's gone from 25/1 to 6/1 to be sacked since midnight GMT.
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Ramires just tries so hard! We've missed him!
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 1:38 PM GMT reply actions
I think the eagle post
Made me like him more than usual haha
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 1:39 PM GMT up reply actions
Rami is a fucking hero
and with the eagle, legend.
i imagine Didier shows more spirit brushing his teeth
than Torres does in the box
love Drogs trolling the goalie
we seriously need his swagger and competetiveness
did you miss his first season red- card challenges?
When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started.
Jose Mourinho
Worse than those
This was an easy tackle he turned into a Birmingham break
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 1:44 PM GMT up reply actions
He's multi-tasking...
When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started.
Jose Mourinho
Drogba gave team talk
I’ve killed a lion, I can kill you…pass me the effen ball, or else
When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started.
Jose Mourinho
When did we turn into a team of David Luiz, Ramires, and nine other guys?
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We should get Benitez. Think about it.
He has premier league experience.
He’s won the champions league.
He’ll get Torres firing again.
that dream is dead
I believe in Fernando Torres.
by The Rumor Hound on Feb 18, 2012 1:47 PM GMT up reply actions
You know it's bad
when I am almost happy to have an early morning class to take my mind off this game.
On a Saturday?
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:46 PM GMT up reply actions
Not a lot of kids in my major.
We could either take the class next year when the teacher would have a good time during the week or have our lab on a Saturday. Luckily my school and teacher were fine with allowing us a vote at the end of last semester when we were registering. We all wanted the Saturday class so it wouldn’t have a chance of conflicting with anything next year. It’s not all bad, since there is only 7 of us we set up a roster for who brings donuts each Saturday.
I hope not.
Having practiced this would make this worse.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:47 PM GMT up reply actions
don't know why i felt that was relevant
I’m just being pissy.
by Blue for life on Feb 18, 2012 1:48 PM GMT up reply actions
To the rescue!
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:48 PM GMT up reply actions
more than to the rescue?
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:49 PM GMT up reply actions
No.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:48 PM GMT up reply actions
Kalou for Mikel.
I actually like this.
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Frank can't see past Dr. Eva's head :cP
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:50 PM GMT reply actions
daaaaaaaaaaaaaany
great cross from ivan
by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 18, 2012 1:52 PM GMT reply actions
YEEAAHHHHH!
I believe in Fernando Torres.
by The Rumor Hound on Feb 18, 2012 1:52 PM GMT reply actions
Great header
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:52 PM GMT reply actions
Can we put the Bossman in the basket as well?
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can we put him in the basement instead
by Blue for life on Feb 18, 2012 1:53 PM GMT up reply actions
The monobrow makes him impervious to murder.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:57 PM GMT up reply actions
Didn't you say that last week
when there was the “let’s kill’em all” mood going around? ;)
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put sharks in the water
with lasers strapped to their heads
by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 18, 2012 1:56 PM GMT up reply actions
ROFL
and then can we employ those sharks as our fullbacks? or maybe just LB and Brani can get a head laser too?
I still don't understand why anyone thinks that Bosingwa is better going forward than Bran
If Bosingwa had received that pass he’d run straight at the fullback, dip his shoulder, then lose the ball
holy shit, does this mean graham was right?
and drogba scores now?
looks like we got some swagger back.
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by The Rumor Hound on Feb 18, 2012 1:54 PM GMT reply actions
Officially
We can officially play Sturridge as a CF. He can score with his head. Sell Torres in the summer!
by Marcus_Cfc on Feb 18, 2012 1:54 PM GMT via Android app reply actions
the whole team has had so much more energy w/ Drogba on
his attitude is as important as his game
The 4-2-3-1 isn't hurting either. ; )
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:55 PM GMT up reply actions
but, Fernando Apologist
do you admit that Drogba’s leadership is important?
something got messed up here
i was trying to ask, “do you admit that Drogba’s leadership is important?”
Something about leadership not being quantifiable
Which it isn’t, but I’ll be fucked if they don’t look like a totally different team with Drogba on the pitch. Not a great team, mind you – just a competent one.
Since nobody else has had any impact, I'll say it had some effect, but...
…the yelling I hope AVB gave them at the half and 4-2-3-1 are just as important. : )
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:00 PM GMT up reply actions
are a Torres Apologist
or a Drogba Hater?
Not a hater.
Just think that 4-2-3-1 is way better for us than our old, dreary 4-3-3, and everyone has looked better since that change.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:02 PM GMT up reply actions
they won't have to
if they could bring goals. goals result in energy.
I hope AVB uses this to just play every fucking game 4-2-3-1.
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Please do not play 4-2-3-1 against Napoli
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 1:55 PM GMT up reply actions
Yeah, apart from that.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:56 PM GMT up reply actions
If we could just save the 4-3-3 for special occasions...
…rather than the other way around, we’d be set.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 1:57 PM GMT up reply actions
If we play a 4-2-3-1 there'll be no pressure on Gargano and Inler
Then they’ll just be able to completely dictate the play. We’ll have to have two advanced midfielders to pick them up
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 1:59 PM GMT up reply actions
Can we get Ballack back for Napoli....
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so are we...lol
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Ballack is definitely a worse option than Essien and Ramires pushed high up on Napoli's central midfield
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 2:05 PM GMT up reply actions
it was a joke, he was old when he got here..
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:-D
Ivanovic at RB makes the world a better place
by JCP17 on Feb 18, 2012 1:55 PM GMT via Android app reply actions
Feels better, like Fabreeze after Tommy's Burger 3am night...
midfield is still just awful…
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If this was McLeish's Birmingam the bus would be parked
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 1:59 PM GMT reply actions
I like your sense of humour.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:04 PM GMT up reply actions
If we do it'll be your fault now.
Just like the pen miss
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 2:07 PM GMT up reply actions
we will win this, but it feels like masking bigger issues
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warming up
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:08 PM GMT up reply actions
Has any good ever come from taking Mata off?
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fair enough, although ramires isn't a "great" passer anyway
i expect better from raul
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 2:10 PM GMT up reply actions
This goes to Pens after xtra 30 right??
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you want a replay?
it would be away from home wouldn’t it?
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:11 PM GMT up reply actions
If it was Arsenal I'd rather not have one
considering the race for fourth and some very important games coming up. But that’s just me.
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:13 PM GMT up reply actions
This is true...
take your replay :c)
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:16 PM GMT up reply actions
hahaha
I don’t want to lie to you
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:19 PM GMT up reply actions
replay would not be good
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:11 PM GMT up reply actions
Craps....put Lamps on for last 10 I guess...
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cool, my text went through...
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No. replay first.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:10 PM GMT up reply actions
Wouldn't it go to replay?
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:10 PM GMT up reply actions
This has Frank in the 88th written all over it, doesn't it?
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What Mata off!?
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:14 PM GMT reply actions
That makes sense yes
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:14 PM GMT up reply actions
OMFG, he doesn't half learn anything does he???
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Still can't understand why Mata can't start at CAM every game.
So much better there. So what if there’s no other effective left. The team plays more effective clearly.
Not Napoli though, we need a DM there.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:15 PM GMT up reply actions
Lamps for Mata.
If we weren’t playing Napoli in the week, I’d be angry.
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5 min left...
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But he actually is quite good there, when he feels like it.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:16 PM GMT up reply actions
We need games to get out of this funk
Replay is ok imho
Swede that like the Houston Texans and Chelsea FC
Cech nearly to the halfway line, there.
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It feels like we might nip this one...
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That was quite nice by Drogba.
Looked a pen too.
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Credit where it's due...
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:18 PM GMT up reply actions
agreed
but no worse than the Ghost of Ashley Cole has been this season
yes
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at least it isn't the final, right?
that would be embarrassing! :cP
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:18 PM GMT up reply actions
Yeah I can imagine a situation like that
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:20 PM GMT up reply actions
Ah ... so at least Torres DID a good thing
and casted his bad influence on opposition strikers, too. Brilliant
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Drogba goal off FC.....
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Luiz wasting his performance...
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if anyone can...
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:20 PM GMT reply actions
Clever too clever
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by Sabrina Dessipe on Feb 18, 2012 2:21 PM GMT reply actions
Thanks.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:24 PM GMT up reply actions
March 6, per Dan Levene
Editor at SB Nation's Philadelphia Union blog, The Brotherly Game. Follow me on Twitter.
we haven't scored off a FC since '06.....1906
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He hasn't really done much defensively either
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 2:24 PM GMT up reply actions
Come on what's they've had really...
D has been ok IMHO.
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by Fredrik Nyman on Feb 18, 2012 2:25 PM GMT up reply actions
Not a criticism, really
Just a reflection of David Luiz doing all the work today
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 2:44 PM GMT up reply actions
Tell all our other players too...
How many times do we wanna give away possession with no pressure on us at all.
he's calling HR department right now...
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I really think that second half saved AVB.
We needed to do better, and we did. Every player. Even the ones who sucked looked like they were trying.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:25 PM GMT up reply actions
But he was trying.
He isn’t good, but he was trying.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:27 PM GMT up reply actions
Meireles trying and fucking up is better than him...
…not trying and still fucking up.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:29 PM GMT up reply actions
there is none...
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One looks slightly less maddening.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:34 PM GMT up reply actions
Both results are equally maddening
Here’s a simple solution: he joins Torres and Boswinga in the basement!
Trying Raul is 1.4 picoMaloudas less annoying.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:43 PM GMT up reply actions
Drat.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:24 PM GMT up reply actions
i don't mind the replay
we were much better in the second half
So...
…Paulo and the Bossman? : P
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:26 PM GMT up reply actions
OK, that's pretty much right too
Now let’s hope Napoli are considered a “big side” (not that I don’t think they aren’t)
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Fear is good
Fear shows respect – it’s about properly managing the fear. Everyone’s afraid of something in the way I’m terrified of this side facing Napoli, they just need to embrace it and overcome it.
I dunno how they'll overcome Napoli
formation or not, we need that drive that we showed for 30 mins.
fair enough if you feel that way
but i feel you can have respect without fear. respect and attack mercilessly and boldly.
That was rather glorious for 30 minutes there in the 2nd half
And if not for the missed penalty, we would’ve won. I’ll take it.
seriously
we looked direct, aggressive, imaginative. coulda had another goal there, besides that penalty
Not imaginative.
I don’t think. We were direct, but not fantastically creative or imaginative. That’s a midfields fault. Drogba being there lets us play direct. Which is great
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 2:31 PM GMT up reply actions
agreed about the midfield
but there was some good interplay among the forwards. also Drogs had some good ideas, such as that 1-2 with Brani
Nothing would please them more, I'm sure.
And then they could complain about how Roman likes to sack managers.
Every reason to want it
He’s been arrogant and extremely poor! not to mention he’s lost the dressing room
Peak oil is his too.
And 9/11
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:30 PM GMT up reply actions
I hear he's responsible for the Chilean miners getting trapped. Subbed
in Pedro instead of the experienced Ramon.
So lemme sum up
he’s responsible for everything “bad” on this world except the lone fact that Torres sucks
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he's also responsible for things being mediocre
like Meireles, the Canadian economy, and the shakes at McDonald’s
The miners was Shawcross.
The earthquake happened when he broke Ramsey’s leg.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:35 PM GMT up reply actions
I feel there is...
Some bias in your comment and am reluctant to consider your opinion :p
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 2:34 PM GMT up reply actions
WTF are we going to do against Napoli on their home turf ??
We barely escaped at home…that too against a non PL side
I’m Terrified :(
we didn't escape...and AVB is learning rosetta stoning to say I'm staying in Italy
….in Italian
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If I ever see Torres starting for Chelsea again
I’ll just keel over and die… How worthless is that guy now?
I wonder if the reason the team looks so much worse without Drogba is that we have no..
…captain in attack. He’s really the only attacking player who has the skills to lead a team.
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that's what i'm saying man
leadership, swagger, direction
That's the thing, at Liverpool, Torres had Stevie G pulling the attack together.
None of our players, bar Drogba, except when he takes a day off, have any leadership skills. Mata, Sturridge, Torres, Ramires, Meireles, Lampard, Kalou, et al. are all mild-mannered nice guys. We need more than one guy who’s just a fucking prick*.
[*Drogba is a nice person, but his persona is that of a right prick.]
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:34 PM GMT up reply actions
i don't think Lamps fits in that list
but agree with the others. we certainly need more badass in the attack.
Lampard isn't really a prick though.
He’s just mild-mannered Super Frank.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:42 PM GMT up reply actions
I mean, he's kind of a wanker, but not in the sort of pompous way we need.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:43 PM GMT up reply actions
i think you are overanalyzing this
you are talking about prickishness, i’m just talking about direction and drive
Perhaps, but we need someone who isn't meek or nice.
Someone who is arrogant enough to take on the entire other team. Look at Suarez for Liverpool. He’s got a [Fun] the detractors attitude that spills over into the rest of the team.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 3:23 PM GMT up reply actions
i don't think Lamps is meek
just getting old. so yeah someone with some attitude (and direction) would be great. i would love Boateng on Chelsea, that guy is killing it.
Do you mean with "fucking prick"
someone like Tevez or Bellamy as contrary to “mild-mannered nice guys”?
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Someone who's got the arrogant swagger to drag a team into a game.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:52 PM GMT up reply actions
Doesn't have to be a bad guy.
Xavi and Iniesta have that for Barca.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:53 PM GMT up reply actions
Or someone.
Neymar would be perfect, I think. He’s an absolute and utter prick.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:56 PM GMT up reply actions
So basically someone like Terry
who plays upfront and has the faith of his teammates. Well, that’s tough to be honest
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Sadly it only affects our own players
we need an all affecting aura if it were there! :D
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i know the whole torres thing is played out
but Chelsea w/o Drogs is like a band w/o a frontman. welcome back Axl Rose.
Torres...
Words can’t describe how terrible a purchase that was… where would we be if that £50M was used to buy an actual elite level footballer?
not that big a sacrifice
since he’s actually, you know, good
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 2:35 PM GMT up reply actions
hahahahaha
Says you… I question your ability to judge what a good footballer looks like.
uh, ok buddy
just because he’s a classic 9 type of player doesn’t mean he’s bad. you’ve seen how effective he is when he gets proper service
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 2:38 PM GMT up reply actions
haha A proper no.9 ???
Are you fucking kidding me? No for real are you just having a laugh? I can think of at least 30 strikers who are better value than Torres! The guy is a MASSIVE flop probably the biggest in the history of football
o wow, complete misunderstanding
i was talking about dzeko the whole time. now chill out
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 2:42 PM GMT up reply actions
he's talking about Dzeko
who incidentally, i believe is good but not great by any means.
I knew you couldn't be talking about Torres
not after what we just saw
lolz
let us commune around our mutual scorn of torres
though perhaps Aguero
might have some other choice words for him
This subthread is quite entertaining
And a perfect example as to why people need to take a step back and try to understand what the fuck the other person is saying before jumping down their throats.
Or better still
why other people who jump in with little to add need to shut the fuck up
Torres is MILES worse the Shevy MILES...
Such an embarrassing player. He should never don the Chelsea Blue again its too painful
he is right now....at least Sheva scored every 10 or so games
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or Hamsik...he's better..
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To avoid the retaliation when we get walloped.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:36 PM GMT up reply actions
AVB looking into Italian real estate market just in case...
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besides, we get ripped anyway
nothing new for us
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 2:40 PM GMT up reply actions
AVB decided fairly early in the week to keep him out
I get the feeling this was done with Napoli in mind
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 2:52 PM GMT up reply actions
For what? Our defence wasn't bad today
That silly goal notwithstanding. Cahill-Luiz is a solid partnership
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 2:55 PM GMT up reply actions
Cahill was aight
the silly goal might have been prevented, but given earlier mishaps this season (how many goals have been shipped to stupid errors???) maybe JT wouldn’t have made a difference. but JT does provide drive from the back, particularly late in games.
then again, doesn't luiz kind of do the same thing?
although today, especially late, he resorted to long balls
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 2:58 PM GMT up reply actions
true enough
but JT can be pretty good at it too. plus he’s excellent getting on corners/set pieces …
shit i was wrong
AVB just said JT is “very doubtful”
by marc.nicholls1 on Feb 18, 2012 3:01 PM GMT up reply actions
What? JT is doubtful for the Naples match? So much for his
injury not being very serious. Christ, here we go.
I was glad cuz I got to troll my brother
but in the back of my mind I was thinking the same thing. “God don’t let Napoli do us like that”
Is there statistical data available showing Torres is a disease...
plaguing the entire team by simply sucking all the energy and creative out of his teammates.
he's not lively at all
with the swagger of an engineering student
Luiz really was awesome tonight. I love that guy!
(Though I wonder if the peer pressure of this website forced me into this position)
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 2:37 PM GMT reply actions
lol
“i promise i’ll start with a 4-2-3-1”
Not against Napoli, though!
They’ll tear us apart with that!
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:40 PM GMT up reply actions
I'm a bit concerned AVB will do the opposite. Y'know, that whole philosophy
dies last thing. Just do the smart thing Boas, and park the goddamn bus.
we have a small yellow bus....and it's parked sideways..
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We need more arseholes in the team.
Like Ballack.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:41 PM GMT up reply actions
...and Carvalho, that guy would take lumps outta anyone
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Every good team has an absolute wanker who gets them going. We need...
…a new one. I’m sick of having a team of nice guys you’d find in a library.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:46 PM GMT up reply actions
well we still have JT
wouldn’t call him a nice guy on the pitch. but some vocal leadership, ideas and direction in the attack will be very useful.
I think you need one to organise the defence, and one to organise the attack.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:49 PM GMT up reply actions
We have way too many players who are level-headed people.
Mild-manneredness and football don’t mix.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:57 PM GMT up reply actions
I still fail to grasp why this links you to the library ...
because what I experience in the library everday and the violent energy I see often is … well …exceeding everything I’ve yet seen on a football pitch :D
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Perhaps libraries are different in Europe.
Here they’re full of mild-mannered nice people[, and some homeless guys.]
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 3:00 PM GMT up reply actions
then perhaps some library dwellers
are exactly what we need. any of your library homeys play wide forward or CM, Maiev? how bout fullback?
we do need a CF
Didier is about to be 34.
And an AM.
We have one creative attacking player-Mata. And he is technically a winger.
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 2:45 PM GMT up reply actions
well if we got a real winger
Mata could always start at AM
Kalou?
Wasnt half bad today and def better than Malouda on the left
by JCP17 on Feb 18, 2012 2:48 PM GMT via Android app up reply actions
Like this?
Sturridge – Mata – Kalou
-—————Drogba
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:50 PM GMT up reply actions
Couldn't hurt.
Kalou is better than Malouda.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:52 PM GMT up reply actions
Kalou is horrid when he starts, but decent as a sub
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spot on, my friend, spot on
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agreed
he’s fast and willing to run at the defense
Kalou & Sturridge
on the wings is a sexy amount of speed, cant hurt
by JCP17 on Feb 18, 2012 2:57 PM GMT via Android app up reply actions
i would really like us to pick up Moura
often when Ramires is bursting forward it seems he has no one to run/exchange with. Sturridge is fast but his interplay needs a lot of work. plus Brazilians understand each others’ ideas better. :)
Wait, isn't an AM a part of the midfield?? :P
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 2:46 PM GMT up reply actions
CM playmakers and box-to-box...sheesh...
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Hehe...
Sorry, I knew what you meant :P
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 2:48 PM GMT up reply actions
But I would like one more creative AM or winger. To balance the load for Mata...
Especially if he gets injured.
by Chelsea-Steeler on Feb 18, 2012 2:49 PM GMT up reply actions
I know, but I saw the Steeler thing so.....
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Not this side
we have Lukaku, Sturidge, Torres (he still counts)
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I really wonder how he'd be with someone who could take on a game like Gerrard...
…again. Someone who’d get the team flowing around him.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:48 PM GMT up reply actions
we were so close to getting him too....damn!!
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He would have clashed with Lamps, though, and it would have been a disaster.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:51 PM GMT up reply actions
LOL....no my friend...we just witnessed a disaster..
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Well, it would have been like Gerrard and Lampard for England.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 2:54 PM GMT up reply actions
yep...that's been a challenge to say the least
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Maybe even worse ...
since in the NT they don’t have to play next to each other day in day out
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of course, it could have improved by playing together too
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i don't think it would've been good
too much overlap. having Essien as the box-to-box was much better.
Gerrard is what Lampard should be.
He’s a proper AM, but we couldn’t just ditch Lamps.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 3:00 PM GMT up reply actions
I agree Gerrard brings to a team that Lampard doesn't offer
but at that time (we’re talking of summer 2005) Lampard was offering too much for us to simply get rid of him just because Gerrard had a better passing range
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It's one of those things where long-term...
…Gerrard was the better option. We could have had strikers who thrive off a No. 10 type, but the Lampard-Drogba combination that’s nearly unique in football was working too well.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 3:06 PM GMT up reply actions
i for one
am quite happy we’ve had Lampard.
I think either way would have been just as successful...
…but we couldn’t exactly scrap what we had to change to the more-conventional plan.
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by Kevin Kostka on Feb 18, 2012 3:08 PM GMT up reply actions
Maybe you're right
but then one rule also tells us to stick with the best option we had back then. And back then, it was Lampard/Essien/Drogba. Gerrard would not have fit in that jigsaw … and it’s difficult to say now if a Gerrard/Drogba-partnership would have been better. And I highly doubt we’d get another striker for Gerrard’s abilities.
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I loved seeing Essien in a Chelsea shit
Drogba, Essien, and Carvalho best signings we’ve had since Zola…
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shirt*
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...shit....hate when that happens
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also Mata, Ramires, Luiz.
future legends.
maybe...have to wait on those
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Lukaku is 18, Sturridge plays as a wide forward
and Torres is utter shite. we need a new CF til Lukaku is ready.
Sturridge may still yet be the answer, or Lukaku may still yet develop into the answer
But our midfield (attacking or general midfield) really needs so much help. Just so much.
I liked that guy...he was the Honey Badger of CFC
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he fell off sharply though
and we lost him at the right time, though should’ve gotten an adequate replacement.
yeah, he was getting his pension last season...
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thanks
he seemed to switch over to the left side for good chunks of time though, and i rather liked him there. seems to make sense to have him on his stronger left foot for passing (though not for cutting in and taking a million shots).
thanks
argh … something is up with the posting. it seemed Sturridge did switch over to the left and i rather liked him there, on his stronger foot for passing.
He definitely roamed
But he was primarily right-sided
by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2012 2:51 PM GMT up reply actions
hm that Sturridge-Kalou wide forward combo
could be quite good if they developed more continuity and switched at times
So we now doubt we would win any game of the year?
Well, the year is still young … and not to forget we’re still the side that draw 3-3 with Manu
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Morale-wise
I wonder what would have happened to us if we’d won that game by 3-0. That would have given a morale-boost … or would be have went down the same way?
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it was Man U who did not deserve the 3 goals
by the third goal we were playing quite well and looked to be about to open a can of whup ass.
Yes, agree with that
if they deserved any of the goals then only because we were too clumsy to gift them the goals/pens
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one pen was clumsy, the other nonexistent
the second one really took the wind out of our sails
More than being clumsy...
We were super nervous…I believe our players were terrified whenever the ball was with ManU
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