Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

McDave · 09-03-2013 9:04pm

Melion wrote: »

Any truth in any of this?

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/382993/Fernando-Torres-is-on-his-way-out-of-Chelsea-for-just-15m

It makes sense. Even from the vanity perspective, RA has to throw in the towel on this one. Q is will Torres take the cut in wages his transfer will involve, or will this be priced into the transfer fee.

McDave · 09-03-2013 9:07pm

bullpost wrote: »

Hope I'm wrong but I think we could get a serious hiding.
Because of his history with Rafa and also with the Real Madrid result in mind, SAF might just go for the jugular.

I think there's a backs-to-the-wall performance in Chelsea. And tomorrow is as good a time as any to kick the end-of-season run-in into gear.

kev1.3s · 09-03-2013 10:00pm

McDave wrote: »

I think there's a backs-to-the-wall performance in Chelsea. And tomorrow is as good a time as any to kick the end-of-season run-in into gear.

I don't know now I was optimistic but after watching the wretched performance mid week I just can't see it, I can't believe that a group of professional players would simply not bother with any cup there in as has been suggested by the Europa league performance.

Tubbs4 · 09-03-2013 11:07pm

Chelsea 10 to 3 to win tomorrow.
Have not seen them at that price for awhile.
With wigan trashing Everton today hopefully another shock tomorrow.
I might be foolish but I can see Chelsea winning this if Rafa puts out the best team. Luiz in midfield.

MaroonAndGreen · 10-03-2013 12:48am

Hope we line out like this:

-Cech-
Ivan - JT - Cahill - Cole
Luiz - Ramires
Hazard - Mata - Moses
BAAAAAA

hard to leave out Oscar....

Mr.Micro · 10-03-2013 12:53am

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

Hope we line out like this:

-Cech-
Ivan - JT - Cahill - Cole
Luiz - Ramires
Hazard - Mata - Moses
BAAAAAA

hard to leave out Oscar....

It should be a good game, so long as the ref does not upset anyone.

hots · 10-03-2013 10:15am

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

Hope we line out like this:

-Cech-
Ivan - JT - Cahill - Cole
Luiz - Ramires
Hazard - Mata - Moses
BAAAAAA

hard to leave out Oscar....

Lampard for Ramires and Azpi for Ivan imo, Ramires has been poor and Lampards experience should help us all round really.

Crann na Beatha · 10-03-2013 1:51pm

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Barr · 10-03-2013 2:11pm

Melion wrote: »

Any truth in any of this?

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/382993/Fernando-Torres-is-on-his-way-out-of-Chelsea-for-just-15m

Hope its true. I find it hard to believe he is even worth £15m. But hey, if someone wants to pay it

peteeeed · 10-03-2013 2:35pm

Happy birthday Chelsea FC 108 years old

kev1.3s · 10-03-2013 2:35pm

Barr wrote: »

Hope its true. I find it hard to believe he is even worth £15m. But hey, if someone wants to pay it

Well as they say fools and there money and all! Its hard to believe that an obviously shrewd business man like RA can be so foolish when it comes to his transfer policy.

niallo27 · 10-03-2013 2:36pm

Barr wrote: »

Hope its true. I find it hard to believe he is even worth £15m. But hey, if someone wants to pay it

I think he is worth a punt. You just don't turn into a **** player. Look at sturridge. He looked muck at Chelsea but has really impressed at liverpool. Sometimes you have to enjoy your football to get the most out of players.

Sgt Pepper 64 · 10-03-2013 3:46pm

Can u get ITV on sky go? Or is it Irish telly somewhere?

amiable · 10-03-2013 3:48pm

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Can u get ITV on sky go? Or is it Irish telly somewhere?

Have you tried this? http://www.filmon.com/

There's also an app for smart phones that you can watch Live English TV for free

adox · 10-03-2013 3:54pm

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Can u get ITV on sky go? Or is it Irish telly somewhere?

You can manually tune ITV if you have a Sky box, which I presume you do when you mention Sky Go?

Sgt Pepper 64 · 10-03-2013 4:38pm

Cheers, have laptop only u see

Crann na Beatha · 10-03-2013 5:37pm

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Dozen Wicked Words · 10-03-2013 6:04pm

adox wrote: »

You can manually tune ITV if you have a Sky box, which I presume you do when you mention Sky Go?

You are probably sorted by now but filmon.Com is an option

McDave · 10-03-2013 6:57pm

kev1.3s wrote: »

I don't know now I was optimistic but after watching the wretched performance mid week I just can't see it, I can't believe that a group of professional players would simply not bother with any cup there in as has been suggested by the Europa league performance.

Yep. Chelsea weren't just losing 50:50s against Steaua, they were losing their own 60:40s. Totally uncompetitive.

I can understand not going hammer and tongs in all cup matches. Top four is the priority and this is not the time of the season to ship injuries. But there are some matches you've got to put you chips down for. MU today is one. Steaua at the Bridge is another. Two victories, two cups still in play.

Bionicle · 10-03-2013 7:29pm

Great performance from the lads after 25 minutes. Well proud. Should have won that.

duploelabs · 10-03-2013 7:32pm

all of a sudden I believe again

Killinator · 10-03-2013 7:35pm

It's great to come away from a game like that thinking we could, nay, should have won.

On another note, will Rio get punished for his kick out at Nando, id be fairly certain our club captain would take alot of heat for that had roles been reversed and he'd done it to a Utd player.

And spuds lost...cant complain today:)

Duck Soup · 10-03-2013 7:36pm

Good performance, but Utd allowed us to play. They were shocking at picking Chelsea players up.

Still, at least the players were making runs for each other. Bit of pride and passion restored.

peteeeed · 10-03-2013 7:36pm

Rameires was immense , they couldn't cope with his running , mata , Oscar played great and when hazard came on , just unplayable . Should have won it

Johner · 10-03-2013 7:47pm

Says it all that I'm disappointed we didn't win. Mikel and Hazard were excellent when they came on. Mata was brilliant as usual.

McDave · 10-03-2013 7:50pm

duploelabs wrote: »

all of a sudden I believe again

There's quality in this team. It just needs to be harnessed.

And the deadweight cut away. Sorry to say Lampard is in that category. He's not going to deliver in a high tempo configuration. There still is a role for him in the squad, but not a central one. The team is goin in another direction now.

kev1.3s · 10-03-2013 7:51pm

Killinator wrote: »

It's great to come away from a game like that thinking we could, nay, should have won.

On another note, will Rio get punished for his kick out at Nando, id be fairly certain our club captain would take alot of heat for that had roles been reversed and he'd done it to a Utd player.

And spuds lost...cant complain today:)

should have won alright I wonder if we can kick on now with a bit of self belief!
I taught Rio should have been called up on hit sarcastic hand clapping in front of the reff after the Real Madrid match. I know our own John Terry leaves a bad taste in the mouth but for me Rio is equally as vile! Can't take too much away from chico's header tho.

Killinator · 10-03-2013 7:53pm

kev1.3s wrote: »

Can't take too much away from chico's header tho.

It was top drawer, though it was just a case of getting it out of the way early, he was always gonna get one, might aswell be when we have a chance to recover afterwards:)

kev1.3s · 10-03-2013 7:55pm

McDave wrote: »

There's quality in this team. It just needs to be harnessed.

And the deadweight cut away. Sorry to say Lampard is in that category. He's not going to deliver in a high tempo configuration. There still is a role for him in the squad, but not a central one. The team is goin in another direction now.

There's no denying the quality we have and I know I'll probably get slated for this but seeing the spirit and the performances our old friend 'arry is gettin over the road I wonder if he would have been a better option for INTERIM manager?

greendom · 10-03-2013 7:57pm

kev1.3s wrote: »

There's no denying the quality we have and I know I'll probably get slated for this but seeing the spirit and the performances our old friend 'arry is gettin over the road I wonder if he would have been a better option for INTERIM manager?

It was the subs made by Rafa that transformed the game today. Think he deserves a bit of credit for that.

kev1.3s · 10-03-2013 8:00pm

greendom wrote: »

It was the subs made by Rafa that transformed the game today. Think he deserves a bit of credit for that.

Don't get me wrong I'm happy with today's result but on the whole there is something really really wrong between players and managment.

Sgt Pepper 64 · 10-03-2013 8:06pm

greendom wrote: »

It was the subs made by Rafa that transformed the game today. Think he deserves a bit of credit for that.

Not really, kind of obvious. He wasnt going to bring on Marin!

No, Rafa saved his ass by making 2 subs he should have started

Hazard and Mikel.

Mikel, had one of his good games he pulls out every now and again. But really we need to buy him competition and GOOD competition.
If you are going to play the 3 amigos, you need protection behind them

Really, really should have won it but for the sake of decent striker

greendom · 10-03-2013 8:07pm

kev1.3s wrote: »

Don't get me wrong I'm happy with today's result but on the whole there is something really really wrong between players and managment.

Absolutely a team with that amount of quality should be challenging for 1st not 4th.

kev1.3s · 10-03-2013 8:11pm

greendom wrote: »

Absolutely a team with that amount of quality should be challenging for 1st not 4th.

On top of that two of our most experienced defenders on the bench! I Wonder would that second goal have gone in if JT was there? I can only presume that Raffa and John have fallen out or Rom has gotten sick of him and asked Raffa in his role as interim too freeze him out most likely the first.

bullpost · 10-03-2013 8:25pm

Very happy with that result and very happy to admit I got it wrong about how we would cope with Utd.

I missed the first two goals but for the remainder of the first half we were too slow and predictable. Moses was not at the races and should have been taken off earlier.
Second half we were great and it was the first team performance I've seen in a while that I'm happy with .

Much more optimistic about the future right now

greendom · 10-03-2013 8:54pm

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Not really, kind of obvious. He wasnt going to bring on Marin!

No, Rafa saved his ass by making 2 subs he should have started

Hazard and Mikel.

Mikel, had one of his good games he pulls out every now and again. But really we need to buy him competition and GOOD competition.
If you are going to play the 3 amigos, you need protection behind them

Really, really should have won it but for the sake of decent striker

Didn't seem to be the opinion of a very vocal section of the Chelsea support today !

Mr.Micro · 10-03-2013 9:03pm

Cech at fault twice IMO for 2 relatively lucky goals for Man Utd. Mata, Ramires. Luis, Hazard, Mickel were class and great credit to the team for the fight back at OT.

Tubbs4 · 10-03-2013 9:29pm

Delighted with the 2nd half. I second that lampard should go as we really do need to start playing some of our youth instead of sending them on loan after loan.
Hpoe Lampard gets the record before leaving.

Here's hpping they continue into the next game and Rafa did a good job making the subs before 70mins. Then taking off Lampard as the fans would not be too pleased.

Killinator · 10-03-2013 9:30pm

Mr.Micro wrote: »

Cech at fault twice IMO for 2 relatively lucky goals for Man Utd. Mata, Ramires. Luis, Hazard, Mickel were class and great credit to the team for the fight back at OT.

The 1st ya, how could he stop the 2nd, he had to anticipate someone would get on it and when they didnt he hadn't a hope if stopping it.

kev1.3s · 10-03-2013 10:19pm

City awaits the winner now, just watching the goals again hazard is going to be immense next season.

niallo27 · 10-03-2013 10:22pm

greendom wrote: »

Absolutely a team with that amount of quality should be challenging for 1st not 4th.

A good team yes, but Chelsea haven't the dept in squad of a city or utd.

greendom · 10-03-2013 10:28pm

niallo27 wrote: »

A good team yes, but Chelsea haven't the dept in squad of a city or utd.

When you look at the players City brought in last Summer and compare them to the ones Chelsea brought in, I think Chelsea should be a lot closer to City than they are.

niallo27 · 10-03-2013 10:31pm

greendom wrote: »

When you look at the players City brought in last Summer and compare them to the ones Chelsea brought in, I think Chelsea should be a lot closer to City than they are.

If you look at the Chelsea bench lately it's pretty poor in quailty. They should be comfortable third I think myself.

McDave · 10-03-2013 10:31pm

niallo27 wrote: »

A good team yes, but Chelsea haven't the dept in squad of a city or utd.

And we need a harder edge, both in and in front of defence. We need someone of the calibre of Makelele. Mikel is good but not great. Can he improve enough to get to Makelele's level? Hope so, but not sure.

Without the hard edge, our attacking midfield can look very light. And while Ba is decent, we need either a Drogba-type forward (Lukaku), or an out-and-out poacher.

A Chelsea with those features can run away with the Premiership!!!

Soby · 10-03-2013 10:54pm

Seen someone discussing how we would play with a false 9 seen as our strikers arent really doing the business

Thoughts ?

Crann na Beatha · 10-03-2013 10:55pm

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GavRedKing · 10-03-2013 11:13pm

With Spurs losing and our performance today im convinced we'll perform when it matters.

We wont finish outside the top 4 and I reckon we'll beat Utd at Stamford Bridge.

Any word on the date on the replay yet?

pistolpetes11 · 10-03-2013 11:22pm

Missed the game , just watching some highlights there now ,

Good come back , Rafa made the changes today thankfully when they were needed

One thing that has struck me ,

What Ferdinand done to Torres , Had it off been Terry or Suarez there would be a thread 10 pages long on it , have I missed one on here or was it a non event ?

niallo27 · 10-03-2013 11:25pm

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Missed the game , just watching some highlights there now ,

Good come back , Rafa made the changes today thankfully when they were needed

One thing that has struck me ,

What Ferdinand done to Torres , Had it off been Terry or Suarez there would be a thread 10 pages long on it , have I missed one on here or was it a non event ?

He got away with what happened mid week too.

Leiva · 10-03-2013 11:25pm

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

One thing that has struck me ,

What Ferdinand done to Torres , Had it off been Terry or Suarez there would be a thread 10 pages long on it , have I missed one on here or was it a non event ?

It was one of the most pathetic things I have seen during a match in a very long time.

Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

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