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And where did he actually make a mistake there? Cech, fine. Ivanovic at RB, fine. Luiz and Terry? Our best CB partnership, fine. Mikel, fine, risk was too big to start Romeu. Ramires, fine. Lampard, In great form, fine. Malouda, Works well with DD and did alright, fine. Drogba. The pressure on Torres would've been to big, and if he had an another bad performances against Liverpool it would shatter what's left of his confidence. So Drogba, fine. Mata, fine. Sure, Meireles should've started, but it was to risky to play him as a DM and he had a tough 2 games with Portugal while Ramires stayed at Cobham. Sturridge? Perhaps, but he didn't do well against Arsenal and Jose Enrique is one of the best LBs in the world.

Yeah and Pique ain't the fastest either, but Barca haven't switched suddenly to that style of play, it is how they play for quite some time. Another thing is that they keep the ball much longer then the opposition which is usually tired when they win it back in order to attack them dangerously and another thing I would like to point out is that they have young, fast and technically gifted players used to the system.

lol same here I had a terrible feeling before the Liverpool game and my heart was beating like crazy from the 1st minute until they scored for 1-2 near the end of the match

We did. With Kalou and Anelka later XD

will never join us unless Spurs miss out of CL spot or he does a Tevez

People are looking at it the wrong way. Look at the players AVB brought in and he already had. Mata. One of our best signings ever. Meireles. A steal and a good Essien replacement. Courtois. With De Gea the most talented young GK. Lukaku. One of the most talented young strikers, who will only get better with our top class training facilities. Sturridge. Gave the lad finally a chance, and we can all say that Danny is the best striker we have at the moment. On the other hand, he got an old squad with big names used to playing week and week out and a big dilemma our starting striker. Injury prone Essien, Lamps and Drogba off form, Kalou...inconsistent Anelka and Malouda, Mikel who is not anything special...now Terry with all the racist stuff... he can't just come in and dump all this big name players, spend loads of money and change the squad. What would the players think of that? He didn't even see them in real action yet they got sold. Look at our best players this season. Best one is Mata ey? AVB buy. Sturridge? AVB started him ahead of Malouda, Anelka, Kalou, DD and FT. Meireles? AVB buy. Lampard? Good old Lamps, but AVB gave him a kick in the butt. Luiz? Even if he scares us shitless sometimes, he still brings a lot to the squad and he is a great player for the high line AVB is trying to implement. Torres? He had a couple of really good games and generally did well. Last season under CA? We better forget it. Mikel? Even he feels more relaxed and we've seen him send a few good longballs rather them simple short horizontal passes. Ramires? With AVB he got a lot of freedom of going forward and it benefited his game. You have to wonder, when a car won't start or is driving but slowly, do you change the engine or the shell/seats/paint and the rest? Ancelotti is one of the best managers in the world, yet he had a disastrous season that got him sacked. Was it his fault really that much? Or the fault of missfiring Torres, Malouda "I play well while the transfer period is on", Anelka "I'm a dummy salesman", injured Lampard, unfit Drogba, injured Alex and Ramires who was still getting used to EPL? Add to that a shortage of luck and huge motivation every team had against us and voilà! In the end, I'll just quote this.

He's past his prime like Lamps and big D but he's still a good defender. Problem is the highline...but yeah, the prob with Terry is that he is a name too big to drop and it's strange to me to look at our defense and don't see him there with his armband.

and our key players were younger then...

Damn you Sloth, I was about to write an almost identical thread Great analysis. Some people need to understand that our main key players have been badly underperforming since the last season, and even when they did put a good performances, that was basically the performance they should've been putting from week to week. Let's take a closer look at our squad and compare to other strong teams. Malouda. Anelka. Kalou. Would anyone of you pick those 3 out of the pool of players like Nani, Young, Aguero, Silva, Suarez, Di Maria, Villa, Nasri, Hazard, Neymar, Johnson, Sanchez, Gervinho. I doubt it. Torres. Drogba. Both great players, but both struggle to find a lethal form that will carry our team throughout the season. The league's top goalscorer was Drogba when we won it. Arsenal are playing shite yet RVP is carrying them and lifting them up. He makes the whole team play well. City wouldn't be in CL this season if Tevez wasn't on fire last season. Ronaldo scored 40 goals in Primera, Messi score loads of them also. Look at Aguero and Dzeko, they are bombarding the opposition. Don't give me that crap play for the squad and create, they are fucking strikers, and fucking strikers score fucking goals! Imho we should get rid of them both and bring a younger on form striker like Cavanni. Ramires. Mikel. Meireles. Good players, but not key players like Lampard and Essien were in the past seasons. We need more reinforcement there. Lampard. He's been doing well in the last couple of matches, but he's 33. We can't expect more from him. Terry. Great captain and leader, but his performances haven't been impressive for some time now. Our club seems like a car to me now. We have a good driver and great car components, but the car won't work if the engine is broken.

Disgrace...fucking cunts beat us again...I hope our club finally realize a couple of things...

We need Kalou!

Oh bloody hell...I hate those cunts! And Mikel...

Good luck lads, kick some ass out there! cuz we are the Chelsea and we are the best! fuck 'em all

Oh dear lord, I'm not sure if I can live if the scum beat us...

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I know. First JT's incident, then fans chanting to Ferdinand and then that cunt who called Sturridge monkey or something. It is absolutely disgraceful and terrible for the image of the club which is already low enough, but it is also terrible seeing some people here swear at Terry and throw away all what he's done for the club in the blink of an eye while he's not even charged of anything. I do hope all this ends fast, it's drawing unnecessary attention from the players and from the fans while we have a tough season ahead with a leaky defense which leader is under tremendous pressure right now.

We should wait first and see if he is actually charged of anything...

Also, can someone explain it to us non english members is Battersea good, how far is it from SB and similar?

Thank you for everything mate, I really enjoyed and enjoy my time here. I'm only sorry for one thing and that is that I haven't joined earlier Truly a wonderful forum, and I'll do my best to help maintain the quality it has and grow even more. Cheers and Happy Birthday TC (even though I'm a bit late) !