Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016

Garzorico

Johner wrote: »

Batshuayi should be burying that.

He is a dreadful finisher from what I've seen of him. Not the real deal at all.

Lukker-

Garzorico wrote: »

He is a dreadful finisher from what I've seen of him. Not the real deal at all.

Very little so

Tubbs4

Not looking good

Johner

Begovic really shouldn't be getting beaten from there.

Johner

Terry is running round like a headless chicken.

Duck Soup

Christ. I would have tucked that one away myself.

kev1.3s

Some ball from luis, shame about the finish!

Tubbs4

Moses is missed willian gone backwards again.

Duck Soup

Hmmm. Without Costa, we look severely toothless in attack. It's doubtful T-Bo would have let two long range efforts in. Terry looks slow and dare I say, probably has a bench in his future a lot. Hazard's done jack since coming on - the general drop in intensity since the Utd game is palpable.

Duck Soup

And Oscar's living on the memories of some Hollywood goals years ago when he first arrived. That was his worst display yet.

Lukker-

Couldn't buy a goal

kev1.3s

Prefer to loose this game than the one at the weekend. Getting into the top 4 is the priority.

Tubbs4

Just bought a goal but too late. Really need to get rid of some of the squad players. Oscars on his bike please.

Lukker-

Willian was our best player bar the end product. He created something from nothing by running at West Ham. Costa should have scored.

Our finishing was dreadful and we conceded 2 sloppy goals.

Johner

West Ham fully deserving winners.

peteeeed

good game last night , 7 changes was always a risk
JT looked way off the pace of the game . we dominated the 2nd half but west ham looked good on the break , very pacey , some very sloppy finishing by both sides
alonso and moses were a big miss , hazard and costa came on at 2-0 was a big ask

roll on sunday , going to be a tough one

TimRiggins

Lukker- wrote: »

Willian was our best player bar the end product. He created something from nothing by running at West Ham. Costa should have scored.

Our finishing was dreadful and we conceded 2 sloppy goals.

Sums up his Chelsea career tbh.

GavRedKing

Lukker- wrote: »

Willian was our best player bar the end product. He created something from nothing by running at West Ham. Costa should have scored.

Our finishing was dreadful and we conceded 2 sloppy goals.

24 hours later but....Willian missed a sitter when Costa set him up, Batshuayi should have made it 1-1 when Oscar played him in.

The problem was the changes that were made, the most ineffective were in the most crucial area, upfront.

Oscar, Batshuayi and Willian will struggle for games in this formation. Willian is the most obvious to fight with Pedro on the right of the three but it could go either way regarding who starts their long term.

kev1.3s

Need an upgrade on both Willian and pedro to be honest, I will always hold William in high regard after his efforts last season when no one else seemed to care but all to often he's been left wanting in my opinion.

TimRiggins

kev1.3s wrote: »

Need an upgrade on both Willian and pedro to be honest, I will always hold William in high regard after his efforts last season when no one else seemed to care but all to often he's been left wanting in my opinion.

He fitted into the Mourinho system perfect because he helped out Ivanovic impeccably, but his end product for the most part is poor.

I do have full faith that Conte will sort all of this out in the next window though.

peteeeed

some wonderful rumours flying around
ivan to barca and aguero to be sold by man city with chelsea one of 3 clubs in for him ......SILLY SEASON

grumpymunster

peteeeed wrote: »

some wonderful rumours flying around
ivan to barca and aguero to be sold by man city with chelsea one of 3 clubs in for him ......SILLY SEASON

Yea enjoyed them even better was the Glen Johnson to Barca story priceless that

duploelabs

TimRiggins wrote: »

He fitted into the Mourinho system perfect because he helped out Ivanovic impeccably, but his end product for the most part is poor.

I do have full faith that Conte will sort all of this out in the next window though.

mkhitaryan is gathering dust these days

peteeeed

Southampton press conf

Conte says the situation for the injured players is the same. Fabregas remains out but Ivanovic is available.

he watched the game against West Ham back on TV and saw many positives as well as things we can improve.

'It's not a win or a defeat that can change my ideas or the confidence of the players. This system is a good fit.

'John came back from an injury and it's not easy to find the right shape, but I'm satisfied with him and the team.'

'John is an important player for us, if he plays or if he doesn't play, for the changing room and the club

this league is very difficult & anything can happen in every single game. For this reason 'continuity' is crucial, he adds

'we shouldn't look at the table' but just concentrate on training and the next match. That will lead to improvement

he might consider putting a GPS system on himself to monitor his heart-rate during a game!

Southampton are very strong and he is impressed with the offensive football they play.

their performance at Man City last weekend was excellent. He says it will be a 'good test' for his team

'This test is different. We are playing away against a team in good shape. It's a big test for our ambition.'

he saw a lot of things in the West Ham game that can be useful for the future, like playing Pedro as a wing-back

grumpymunster

Pedro as a wing back what is he on?

peteeeed

grumpymunster wrote: »

Pedro as a wing back what is he on?

the left

Turtwig

grumpymunster wrote: »

Pedro as a wing back what is he on?

He's filled the role for Barca on more than one occasion. Peps final year there they used a 3-4-3 system for quite some time. So he'd also have a bit of experience in the responsibilities of the role. Pedro, offensively at least, is one of those technically solid players that's not exceptional but positionally is very intelligent. Hence why Pep loved him and Jose wanted him.

duploelabs

Back to the usual team with Pedro retaining his place instead of Willian and no room for JT for Southampton?

GavRedKing

Id say we'll start with the same team that played vs Utd.

Pick up a win tonorrow and we'll be keeping teams behind us which is needed. Our christmas run is very tough. Some very tough away games.

peteeeed

Chelsea team today: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard.

peteeeed

Chelsea substitutes v Southampton: Begovic, Ivanovic, Terry, Chalobah, Oscar, Willian, Batshuayi.

duploelabs

peteeeed wrote: »

Chelsea team today: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard.

Eyethankewe

Lukker-

No surprises so.

Panthro

Kmon youu Blues!

duploelabs

gerrin

LightningBlue

Moses is an absolute baller. He's perfect as a wingback.

Good to see Hazard back on top form too. Great finish.

Duck Soup

Dave is mighty.

Johner

Alonso has been very poor so far.

Duck Soup

Jesus, could our build-up play be any slower?

hots

Only concern with this lineup is the lopsided-ness of the height.. Austin set up well to exploit it with only moses, dave and kante to defend that side of the box. Tbo hardly troubled so far but we need some possession for a while.

LightningBlue

Fabulous finish by Costa.

Johner

Costa!!! That is world class.

Duck Soup

An absolute peach from Costa. 2-0.

Johner

Moses has been brilliant again.

Burial.

Chelsea were 6/4 this morning. Hope some of yous got in on some of that.

LightningBlue

How the hell did we not score there.
Fecking Pedro. Just pull your boot on it.

Duck Soup

Brana? Seriously?

Johner

Brilliant performance, delighted with that. 4 clean sheets in a row in the league since we moved to a back 3.

GavRedKing

4 league clean sheets in a row or simce we moved to 3-4-3.

Saints home record is very impressive so going their and winning is an excellent result.

Delighted with that now TBH.

Hazard motm but could have been kante or matic easily.

Luiz was very good again too.

Sgt Pepper 64

woeful performance only 7 shots on target...Conte OUT!