P4L.Chelsea

I dont understand how you guys can even think that mikel deserves to be one of the 2 holding midfielders His technique is bad , and his tackling / interception is average at best He has been here for about 9 years, but he hasnt controlled any game like a DM is supposed to , just remember how essien / makalele used to play , now thats a real DM! He looks up and plays the pass too late , everyone knows that With that being said , after he was insulted by AVB last year , under robbie di , he showed great performances , much like kalou when we needed it the most, in the champions league I just think he needs to be managed/motivated correctly , he has the build and everything that you require to be a top DM , just needs to be corrected imo , else he can move on , he has been here way too long

Why is mikel even playing ? By far the worst player ive ever seen in that holding position , sigh AFCON was a blessing

FSW is always wrong , like almost always But usually and traditionally over the years , brazillians have this knack of slacking over in winter because of the extreme climate changes , that could be a reason Luiz and Ramires showed no signs of this because of their portugal experience , perhaps this could be playing a factor ?

JT / Frank Lampard

Oscar controls the midfield , dictates play! The others are just wingers who do fancy things when given the ball , as simple as that! Oscar also is very good at finding gaps between the defensive midfield players and the centre backs , most of the goals he scores or most of the assists he gives are from those areas because he is very adept and agile Brilliant signing , because apart from mata last season , i dont think anyone in the squad can actually play that role Now we have hazard , oscar and marin , and mata! Oscar , ive seen in like 3-4 internationals , and hes really really good on the ball , like unbelievably good , and even though he isnt physical , hes kinda like ramires , they have strength , but it doesnt show , he can shield the ball way better than many players like mikel

Dear Didier , You forever changed the game of a target man in blue colours , no one can ever forget how you bullied even the best and outsmarted them. Chelsea No.11 Legend

No i wouldnt I have enough tensions in life , i would like a steady and calm invincible season with a quadruple please.

Ive seen enough of gregory van der wiel to say that he isnt that great this isnt a knee jerk reaction to his performance today because we all know it was bogus But his technique , his touches , were all wrong throughout , it was just that during the 2010 WC , he had great cover like De Jong , Van Bommel to fill in when he attacked even though he wasnt really needed in the attack , because the dutch dont really play the crossing game He isnt that great at reading or defensive abilities either , would take Ivanovic atleast 1000 times over this kid. Not good enough for chelsea.

Capello!

Mikel for me Broke up games , and its often frigtening to play against spurs when you are a slow CDM But he made it up in positioning , really excellent play , he overturned his own season! :)

I really think the club can considering re-signing Ballack just like how MUFC resigned scholes To me , those signings work better than having hopes on someone young who cannot bear the spotlight , and fails. Ballack is such a boss , his passing is clever , and he just dominates the midfield

Juventus and Everton!

Mikel / Bertrand for me Bertrand was so epic, if he plays like that , i doubt Ashley will be comfortable coming back.

Mikel is playing well , reality hit him hard i guess. Raul Meireles was so horrible , my eyes are bleeding watching him play . Kalou gets involved well , but if we want anything good to happen from an attack which starts with Kalou , we should hope that it rebounds twice and falls in our players path >< Lamps for Meireles . Studge for Kalou

You can call Essien , Lamps deadwood -- But their the classiest midfielders chelsea have atm. What they might not have in pace , they make up for with tons of experience !

John Terry Dennis Wise Frank Lampard :) ZOLA!

Essien and Romeu for Ramires and Meireles Excellent play forward , so i dont see the need for ramires and raul this game , because theyr not contributing at all !!

AVB's portuguese connection has to be the only reason why meireles and bosingwa get played time and again But i dont understand why he snubs Romeu , and keeps playing mikel even though we all know what kind of a player mikel is Kalou , Malouda , Bosingwa , Mikel and Meireles have to be replaced , no place in the squad for sure

I dont fking understand how Mikel , Meireles keep their place in the starting XI When you play 4-3-3 , your midfield has to work How isnt Romeu starting ahead of mikel ??

Ivanovic is soo good at RB , he used to be killer at CB , even though he dint like it , he shifted completely to RB , and now he outruns his marker and delivers wonderful balls into the box (QPR , Tottenham , etc) Criticising Ivanovic for not being a great CB all comes down to the clubs management , so he should be first choice RB in my opinion and he brings stability to the team , which i must say our young fresh new squad does not have (inconsistency in the results) I would love for David luiz to play at DM , he reads the game perfectly , if the interceptions are made higher up the pitch , he wont be the last man , so even if he commits to early , itll be a good thing , because Mikel barely commits and allows people to run so easily I wish David and Oriol Romeu to be the 2 DM's and recreate the magic that the likes of Diarra , Essien and Makelele , Ballack used to play in their prime i also think a 4-2-2-2 formation would suit us perfectly , with Romeu / Ramires , Mata / Studge , Drogs / Torres!

If Nando can cross like that and Didi Head like this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7NBCZmxEfg We win the league like np

Dude last 10 Years , we've been especially amazing at set pieces and corners JT vs Barcelona , Ivanovic vs Liverpool (2 headers) , Most of our epic games we have won only because of lamps amazing set pieces and freekicks All of our lads can head decently , even malouda learned how to head decent enough , Torres is still pathetic in the air for me But the deliveries have been poor , and even gary cahill and luiz are supposed to be set pieces experts Check this goal out :

Malouda and Bossy and Meireles are playing like trash!! Torres seems to be trying hard enough Howard webb playing like sh*t

Hes average man , He was always going to be an average player when we signed him as well And trying to replace lampard is no easy task But his passing is poor , he tries to pass quickly and get on with the game with his flicks , etc , but i dont really think hes that great , But hes ours , and i think we should support him rather than flame him

Ever since Lampard stop taking Corner kicks or Free Kicks , i think its pretty obvious that we havent been scoring off set pieces as much as we used to When Lamps or Didier used to take free kicks , people used to rush into the box , atleast try to get something on it , we used to score so many goals like that which counted. We get around 6-8 corners in every game , and Mata or Malouda go to take the Corner kick , and it hits the first defender closest to the near post , This has become like a routine , i have no idea why When we have IVANOVIC at RB , thats an extra threat in the air for corners and setpieces , I think its time we start taking advantage of it , because not all teams have a RB who can head as well (2 thunderous headers vs Liverpool , can never forget) I see almost every game , the Kick is taken short , and no one heads it in , no one can even reach it , and not to forget there is no pace on the ball You give a team like Stoke or Norwich 6-8 Corners per game , Theyll beat teams by Four goals atleast :D Since we have a HUGE PROBLEM in attack , might as well keep this as a backup I remember the days when our Leader Terry used to be so GOOD at corners , and we used to get huge advantages , but now its very rare Off the top of my head , we scored around 6-7 goals i think this seasons from set pieces , and i dont remember any being headers to be honest