Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

greendom

dooferoaks wrote: »

Who knows, Swansea and Bradford have feck all money in comparison yet one of them will still have one more trophy within the last 8 years than AW has managed.

Really have no interest in the League Cup tbh. Still it would have been nice to have won it 2 years ago just to put an end to the x years thing. And it doesn't change the fact that Chelsea would have won much much less without RA taking over.

peteeeed

I'll be in the west stand tomorrow , come on blues

Sgt Pepper 64

JT capt

Cech Ivan Cahill JT Cole Luiz Lamps Osc Mata Moses Ba

Marin and Mikel have knocks apparently

homer simpson

Pleased with that 11, hoping Terry has a good game and hopefully Ba doesn't show any ill effects from the Newcastle game injury!

homer simpson

:(:(

Crann na Beatha

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hots

Uninspiring once again... Can only hope Brentford tire in the second half and we capitalise there...

Sgt Pepper 64

Hoping will Roman will sub Rafa for Grant soon

Sgt Pepper 64

yeah, route 1 football, we DO have a plan B

pistolpetes11

Par of the course here from Rafas blues ,

Absolutely painful to watch

pistolpetes11

Well played Hazard , Nice finish Oscar,

Strange bounce on the ball as it landed..........


It didnt and slipped under the goalkeepers hands

pistolpetes11

Mata on Fire , picks out an absolute peach of a pass for Lampard to stroke/volley it home

pistolpetes11

What is the point in bring Yossi on ??? Have we no youth on the bench , 3 up and cruising, even bring on the 50 million man , get him a goal for some "confidence"

pistolpetes11

Brilliant play from Oscar after a short corner and whips a ball into the back post and Terry gets on the end of it 4-0

hots

Obviously pleased with the result and a decent second half performance but seriously, it's a replay against Brentford, where the f*** are the young players getting some experience?! Benayoun Bertrand and Hazard are not players who are going to improve with minutes, give the kids a chance ffs.

grumpymunster

Torres on pitch we don't score first goal Ba Mata and Oscar done well. Oscar in the middle is a class player the guy has some engine.

Enough now don't want my second team embarrassed.

Crann na Beatha

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Andersonisgod

Great Oscar performance, he's in terrific form right now and is clearly a very special player. Mata proved a vital player again, Moses also did well as did the back four.

Poor first half, very good second half. All in all we are through and that's what matters.

Killinator

It's really starting to hit me, and maybe a few people will jump on me, but, if Torres had a display the same as Ba today in a 4 nothing victory over Brentford we'd here how he was crocked/ handicapping the team/ 10 v 11, etc,
Ba didnt really contribute much apart from the first assist and Torres has his share of assists,
I'm not for a moment doubting Ba as a player, but the team doesn't appear to be set for any lone striker, be it Torres, Ba, Van Persie or whoever you would care to put up top!

I'm not sure Torres is as 'bad' as he's been made out, our style of play just doesn't seem to suit him, and Ba's performances when he's started have reinforced my belief of that.
All IMO of course.

grumpymunster

Killinator wrote: »

It's really starting to hit me, and maybe a few people will jump on me, but, if Torres had a display the same as Ba today in a 4 nothing victory over Brentford we'd here how he was crocked/ handicapping the team/ 10 v 11, etc,
Ba didnt really contribute much apart from the first assist and Torres has his share of assists,
I'm not for a moment doubting Ba as a player, but the team doesn't appear to be set for any lone striker, be it Torres, Ba, Van Persie or whoever you would care to put up top!

I'm not sure Torres is as 'bad' as he's been made out, our style of play just doesn't seem to suit him, and Ba's performances when he's started have reinforced my belief of that.
All IMO of course.

I thought Ba had an excellent game difference between him and Nando is he leads the line. Ok only the Bee's but he was a real handful great example in first half where he was pushing to get on the end of a cross then hops up TP put pressure on the keeper

Killinator

grumpymunster wrote: »

I thought Ba had an excellent game difference between him and Nando is he leads the line. Ok only the Bee's but he was a real handful great example in first half where he was pushing to get on the end of a cross then hops up TP put pressure on the keeper

Maybe but the constant thrown out about Nando is that strikers are there to score, and I don't remember much from Ba regarding attempts on goal.
We've all seen a few games where Nando has chased down lost causes or made runs or space but in the end if he slices a couple of efforts its the same old story,Torres has been frustrating but I personally didnt see enough from Ba either (while playing in blue)to lead me to believe our goal problems have been solved, which has me thinking that it doesn't matter who's up front, we always seem to be a man down.

grumpymunster

Killinator wrote: »

Maybe but the constant thrown out about Nando is that strikers are there to score, and I don't remember much from Ba regarding attempts on goal.
We've all seen a few games where Nando has chased down lost causes or made runs or space but in the end if he slices a couple of efforts its the same old story,Torres has been frustrating but I personally didnt see enough from Ba either (while playing in blue)to lead me to believe our goal problems have been solved, which has me thinking that it doesn't matter who's up front, we always seem to be a man down.

Will have to agree to disagree I am afraid. The performance Ba put in today v Nando on Thursday I just think is chalk and cheese we have been better in every game Ba has played in.

Killinator

I don't agree to that:)

To me it just looked same old same old, desperately trying to get through the middle (one of the few decent crosses saw JT nod one in), only seemed to enjoy some decent play when we scored the first, which took alot longer than it should have.

Still a win is a win is a win, thats a whopping 3 on the trot now!

PS: was very disappointed to see yossi, hazard and Bertie run out, if a home game against Brentford doesn't see any youth get some minutes then I would despair for any kind of upcoming kids in the academy!

grumpymunster

Killinator wrote: »

I don't agree to that:)

To me it just looked same old same old, desperately trying to get through the middle (one of the few decent crosses saw JT nod one in), only seemed to enjoy some decent play when we scored the first, which took alot longer than it should have.

Still a win is a win is a win, thats a whopping 3 on the trot now!

PS: was very disappointed to see yossi, hazard and Bertie run out, if a home game against Brentford doesn't see any youth get some minutes then I would despair for any kind of upcoming kids in the academy!

There is absolutely no disagreement for the last paragraph. However seen as our interim did not ave any on the bench he couldn't must be difficult being a talented young player at Chelsea.

That though is more RA's fault for me, no manager gets long enough to feel confident of blooding young players.

grumpymunster

If we beat 'Boro away to ManU or Reading in quarters

Dozen Wicked Words

grumpymunster wrote: »

If we beat 'Boro away to ManU or Reading in quarters

Terrible draw isn't it. Away every round this season. Tin Foil hat on, its a conspiracy.

bullpost

In fairness we've had our share of luck with FA cup draws in recent years.

Anyway sure isn't that a chance for our interim to shine and play to his strength i.e the one-off against a big name opponent

dooferoaks wrote: »

Terrible draw isn't it. Away every round this season. Tin Foil hat on, its a conspiracy.

grumpymunster

The management at Chelsea sink to new lows they should be ashamed of themselves

@BluesChronicle: Team, RDM, European Cup on Stamford Bridge wall as was http://t.co/VXk7V8JX Team, Cup still there; no Robbie now http://t.co/BP6Xje3I

@BlueTinted_LB: Saw @BluesChronicle noted airbrushing of RDM from the wall fresco. He's also been cut out of all video footage of CL win on big screen.

We really are run by despicable people

bullpost

Might be a Russian thing. Stalin was into it as well.

grumpymunster wrote: »

The management at Chelsea sink to new lows they should be ashamed of themselves

@BluesChronicle: Team, RDM, European Cup on Stamford Bridge wall as was http://t.co/VXk7V8JX Team, Cup still there; no Robbie now http://t.co/BP6Xje3I

@BlueTinted_LB: Saw @BluesChronicle noted airbrushing of RDM from the wall fresco. He's also been cut out of all video footage of CL win on big screen.

We really are run by despicable people

grumpymunster

Could be Bullpost what next Ted Drake didn't exist nor perhaps Dave Sexton

bullpost

Well there are those who claim we have no history - if this takes root it may end up being true

grumpymunster wrote: »

Could be Bullpost what next Ted Drake didn't exist nor perhaps Dave Sexton

Dozen Wicked Words

bullpost wrote: »

Might be a Russian thing. Stalin was into it as well.

Stalin was a Georgian.

/nerdy love of all things USSR

pistolpetes11

There trying to quell the RDM chanting on the 16th minute , stupid decision who ever was behind it

kev1.3s

Well no matter what they do they can never change the fact that robbie was the one that won the first champions league for us and they can never erase the images from my mind of robbie on that night! I don't think I've ever seen it matter so much to any manager to win a trophy than it did to robbie what I wouldn't do to have him back now.

Crann na Beatha

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Dozen Wicked Words

Phoenix wrote: »

How will that work?

By saying Boo-urns?

Sgt Pepper 64

I see the usual media witch hunt for us again, over Luiz's tackle.
ITV just showed it 6 times at least

GavRedKing

TBF, that shoulder by Luiz was completly unnecessary.

The game wasnt even played in that spirit over the 180 minutes.

What will save him as the ref booked him for it so the FA cant take further action.

maximoose

With the goal yesterday, how far off the record is Lampard now?

GavRedKing

maximoose wrote: »

With the goal yesterday, how far off the record is Lampard now?

He's on 199.

3 to tie,
4 to beat it.

He has 13 for the season now at this stage.

GavRedKing

When's the M'Boro 5th round game being played?

GavRedKing

5th round game away to 'Boro is on Wednesday 27th Feb 7:45pm K/O.

MaroonAndGreen

United away aaahhhh...

That will be HUGE for us...

Although we need to get there first I know! As do United..

GavRedKing

The FA cup has been very good to us in the last decade, it would be nice to defend the cup but if we do manage it, a possible away trip to Old Trafford is a huge task.

Apart from Drogbas offside goal there about 3 years ago I think we've lost the last 3 or 4 games there, few in the league and one UCL game in contrast, Utd have beat us at The Bridge and taken draws from us there too.

Sgt Pepper 64

David Luiz :''Barca is like a girlfriend! They want me 3rd time, but I refuse" #

Isnt that tapping up?

GavRedKing

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

David Luiz :''Barca is like a girlfriend! They want me 3rd time, but I refuse" #

Isnt that tapping up?

Doubt it, I'm sure he'd be aware of the reports liking him with Barca and hes commenting accordingly.

Although I can only think of 2 times Barca were meant to be interested in him since hes been with us, were they after him when he was at Benfica too??

Lukker-

Tapping up is only illegal domestically. Teams are free to talk to players without their clubs consent if they are in different leagues as UEFA have no regulations on it

pistolpetes11

Phoenix wrote: »

How will that work?

Out of sight , out of mind

GavRedKing

JT has his say on Lamps and Rafa.

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/193797.html

"He has got so much more to give and he is an inspiration to everyone at the club," Terry said, in comments appearing across a host of British newspapers. "Still, at his age, he is the best trainer by a million miles. He works so hard.

"Kids can look at his goals and think 'he is just in the right position' but believe me, it is a lot of hard work before and after training. You can see he has always been very fit naturally, and that's despite the hard work he puts in before and after training.
"We all hope he's here (next season) but if not, he has certainly got years ahead of him. Although I don't even want to think about that (Lampard playing for another club). I am not even going to entertain that idea."

Terry has claimed the Chelsea supporters have every right to pass a judgement on interim manager Benitez, even if the negative response he gets from the Stamford Bridge faithful is not helping the atmosphere for home matches.


"They pay their money, so they are entitled to echo their thoughts," added Terry. "All we can do is concentrate on our jobs and that is winning games. If we can do that, it completely takes that pressure away.
"If you are losing games, the pressure is on the manager. He has to take responsibility because he picks the team. So if we are not getting results, naturally it falls on his head unfortunately.
"Let's concentrate on the positive side. We are in the hat for the next round of the FA Cup and when we do play well, we deserve to have credit and respect. When we get knocked out of competitions, we will take it on the chin like men. When we are winning, just ease off a little bit.

shadowcomplex

Has Azpilicueta lost his place now