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Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016
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Well it's not as if anything is rigged
PSG will want to avoid us I reckon but we're one of the weakest group winners this year thats for sure.
I reckon we'd beat Gent, PSV, Roma, and even Benfica on our day, its the Juve and PSG games that I wouldnt be too hopeful about though.
So given theres 4 teams I wouldnt mind playing and 2 I'd wanna avoid, we're gling to draw PSG arent we?
The 2nd leg is at home though for us so thats a small advantage.0 -
GavRedKing wrote: »PSG will want to avoid us I reckon but we're one of the weakest group winners this year thats for sure.
I reckon we'd beat Gent, PSV, Roma, and even Benfica on our day, its the Juve and PSG games that I wouldnt be too hopeful about though.
So given theres 4 teams I wouldnt mind playing and 2 I'd wanna avoid, we're gling to draw PSG arent we?
The 2nd leg is at home though for us so thats a small advantage.
Its so much more enjoying having the draw to look forward to when you sneak on the last day isnt it?
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Its so much more enjoying having the draw to look forward to when you sneak on the last day isnt it?
We didnt have a great escape like you guys but it is ncie to be involved in the latter stages, even if it mightnt last all that long.
I always expected us to get at least a draw and finish 2nd, Porto droping Abubakar last night was strange, they had no presence up front to try and bully JT and Zouma, Corona done well and so too did Brahimi but most of their efforts came from outside the box and only Brahimis last minute volley troubled Courtois.
Was a weird selection by Porto, the had about 60% of the ball but all in areas where it dodnt hurt us, a better side with a CF leading the line and 60% of the ball could have doen some damage last night.
Still though, delighted to have topped the group and you're likely not to see an as comfortable 2-0 ion a while, could have been many more to us but again our open play finishing is pretty dire.0 -
GavRedKing wrote: »We didnt have a great escape like you guys but it is ncie to be involved in the latter stages, even if it mightnt last all that long.
I always expected us to get at least a draw and finish 2nd, Porto droping Abubakar last night was strange, they had no presence up front to try and bully JT and Zouma, Corona done well and so too did Brahimi but most of their efforts came from outside the box and only Brahimis last minute volley troubled Courtois.
Was a weird selection by Porto, the had about 60% of the ball but all in areas where it dodnt hurt us, a better side with a CF leading the line and 60% of the ball could have doen some damage last night.
Still though, delighted to have topped the group and you're likely not to see an as comfortable 2-0 ion a while, could have been many more to us but again our open play finishing is pretty dire.
I was confused by them dropping him too, sit him on Terry and he could have had a field day imo. Although saying that they were more dangerous before he came on I'd say.0 -
I was confused by them dropping him too, sit him on Terry and he could have had a field day imo. Although saying that they were more dangerous before he came on I'd say.
Himself and Zouma done pretty well in certain situations where in the last few games players were getting through and getting chances.
Someone mentioned Zouma lumping balls out of defence in a panic, I have no issue with that being honest, better safe than sorry.
Zouma, while not being as comfortable as JT, Cahill or Luiz on the ball isnt bad either, hes got a decent pass on him but he clearly didnt want to make a mistake that leads to a goal by faffing around with it, ala the Newcastle goal a few months back. Hoof first, have an inquest afterwards.
Now in saying that, Stones was excellent on the ball the other night against Palace, just saying.
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GavRedKing wrote: »Himself and Zouma done pretty well in certain situations where in the last few games players were getting through and getting chances.
Someone mentioned Zouma lumping balls out of defence in a panic, I have no issue with that being honest, better safe than sorry.
Zouma, while not being as comfortable as JT, Cahill or Luiz on the ball isnt bad either, hes got a decent pass on him but he clearly didnt want to make a mistake that leads to a goal by faffing around with it, ala the Newcastle goal a few months back. Hoof first, have an inquest afterwards.
Now in saying that, Stones was excellent on the ball the other night against Palace, just saying.
Agreed, would much rather the safety-first attitude. He's grown well so far this season, has the most minutes out of the 3 CBs, one of the few positives of the season. He's a little reliant on his physical advantages at the moment so hopefully he keeps learning from JT so he doesn't even have to make the more spectacular saving tackles as much.0 -
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GavRedKing wrote: »I said world class :P :pac:
Nah, I want Isco if we end up selling Oscar.
Haha,,,,, I hope owners and managers of all the super rich clubs feel the same way 0 -
Haha,,,,, I hope owners and managers of all the super rich clubs feel the same way
Its very hard to raid another huge club for talent unless the other club wnats to sell.
Fact is all of us in the EPL are a level below the like of Bayern, Barca and Real, if a player wants to go to them theres very little you can do.....maybe plug out the fax machine.
Ozil, Sanchez, Cesc, Di Maria, all recent examples, were allowed to leave by their previous clubs but if they werent been replaced by upgrades theres no way theyed have been let go.
Still though, those players are all elite level and I'm happy we ended up with one of them.
I cant see Sanchez or Ozil upping sticks anytime soon either, theyve no reason to anyway, good money in the best city in England and always playing at an elite level? Whats not to like. :pac:0 -
GavRedKing wrote: »Its very hard to raid another huge club for talent unless the other club wnats to sell.
Fact is all of us in the EPL are a level below the like of Bayern, Barca and Real, if a player wants to go to them theres very little you can do.....maybe plug out the fax machine.
Ozil, Sanchez, Cesc, Di Maria, all recent examples, were allowed to leave by their previous clubs but if they werent been replaced by upgrades theres no way theyed have been let go.
Still though, those players are all elite level and I'm happy we ended up with one of them.
I cant see Sanchez or Ozil upping sticks anytime soon either, theyve no reason to anyway, good money in the best city in England and always playing at an elite level? Whats not to like. :pac:
Exactly and its not as if they are expected to play on (shudder) Thursday nights ! :pac::pac:0 -
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cowboyBuilder wrote: »2nd leg at home yeah ?
Yup, small comfort but in the home leg last year they equalised in E.T. and went through on away goals.
That really annoys me with the away goals counting in ET in a 2nd leg, basically giving the otherside 30mins to score a crucial away goals.
Dont think we'll be caught by away goals this year, think we'll go out 3-2 on agg. 0 -
GavRedKing wrote: »Yup, small comfort but in the home leg last year they equalised in E.T. and went through on away goals.
That really annoys me with the away goals counting in ET in a 2nd leg, basically giving the otherside 30mins to score a crucial away goals.
Dont think we'll be caught by away goals this year, think we'll go out 3-2 on agg.
Zlatan will be up for this after the babies comment last year 0 -
Zlatan will be up for this after the babies comment last year
Zlatan rarely performs against English sides though, part of the reason people dont rate him that watch English sides come up against his sides in the past.
They dominated CM the last time with Matudi, Veratti and Motta, allowed them to play the game at their own pace in Paris.
The 2 goals we left in, Luiz header was unstopable, one of the best headers from a corner I've seen in a long time, the 2nd was a joke.
Courtois had somehow just kept Silvas effort for a corner, very next corner ball goes to the same man, a good 2 inches smaller than either of our CBs and he loops a ball over Courtois. Given their 2 best options at corners were Luiz and Silva and both scored on the night was a disgrace, IMO from the backline.
I dont fear them but I dont think we'll beat, which probably sounds weird.0 -
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