BLionheart

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So has Ivanovic , Branislav had an enormously negative effect on our season , starting from the red card against city which cost us the 1st trophy which would have been a great push for the team to win their 1st trophy so early and against city Abysmal performance against Atletico madrid , costing us our second trophy ( but fair enough he wasn't our only bad player but he was one of the worst) His really stupid red card against United which hadn't happened we would have been 7 points clear of united and the winning mentality and spirit would have been up to the sky but instead this game was the start of our downfall. Both shakhtar games where he was destroyed by willian and their RB i think named Rat time and time again Against Juventes where we lost 3-0 , got out of the UCL and most of Juventes success were thanks to him And now against swansea in the carling where he conducts his worst display of all time gifting them the match.Ivanovic&Cahill are both good players who are valuable to our team squad but how they are being praised and their errors are overlooked while Luiz is getting blamed all the time is beyond me.

I am only comparing the reactions to a Luiz and an Ivanovic's fault , i remember Luiz being slaughtered when he lost possession with 3 players behind him because that resulted in a goal but with Ivanovic or Cahill it's "uncharacteristic" so no problem !! I don't want to get into the discussion of who's better , but Luiz is twice the defender Ivanovic or Cahill will ever be in terms of awareness , reading the game , tackling and abilities , his main problem is that in England , if you are a defender , you better be the typical big , tall , strong defender who will just baloon the ball into the stands if it ever comes near his penalty box , and all you have to do when in possession is pass the ball to the nearest midfielder other wise you are being too casual and not stress free to watch!

TYPICAL !!! I can only imagine the meltdown in the english media and our own fans had David Luiz made those mistakes !!! i am not here to attack Ivanovic , i really like the lad but this bias in opinions is exactly the response you'd expect from the british media which as a result affects our fans.

Just when i was starting to like what Rafa has been doing with the team !! In the 1st half-big game he proves his instincts of defense at all costs will always get the better of him .

Eachtime i watch this lad play , i see everything we are looking for , would be a real shame if captured by another club specially United.

Tomo-91 is correct , i too think CB is his best position and he is our best CB. However , he is still an upgrade over Mikel in midfield .

That's not panicking my friend , since the start of our negotiations with Lukaku it was pretty obvious that the lad's set of skills and footballing abilities are very limited , he is physically unbelievable for a 19 yrs old kid but the football talent is not there , I never wanted us to proceed with this signing and I am really surprised the club didn't notice how limited the guy is ! At his best , he will be a Keweyne Jones or If we are really really lucky he may be as good as Adebayor but he will never be as good as players mentioned above like Drogba , Aguero , Van persie , he is just not gifted with the enough skills.

We really had a major fuck-up when we signed this lad for 18m !! that for me was a worse piece of business than 50m for Torres .

What are you people even discussing !!! with 5 very capable wingers/play-makers (Moses - Oscar - Marin - Hazard - Mata) 3 very decent emergency back-ups (Lampard - Bertrand - Ramires) , some promising players coming back from loans soon (De-bruyne - Kakuta - Hazard 2) , Piazon will never be getting enough minutes in here . YES , we are short in numbers and our squad is very thin but that applies to almost every position except the AM/Winger 3 spots , worst case scenario 4 of the above mentioned players gets injured !! we either change the formation or call back one of our loans. We made a huge mistake not loaning out Kakuta to the right clubs earlier , preventing him vital minutes and experience for his progress , he wasn't getting any minutes in the 1st team and back than we had only the Anelkalouda !! We clearly need to learn something from the last few years with youth and it's choose carefully where are they heading for a loan.

If there is one player in our current squad capable of running for the great ballon d'or one day then it's Eden Hazard , if we fail to turn him into one of the top ten players in the world then he has definitely made the wrong move when chosen us. The lad has too much natural talent and a huge set of skills to develop into an exceptional player , now it's our task as a club to coach/assist him fulfilling this potential.

The worst thing that has happened to Chelsea FC

If i had to choose one player to blame after Torres for our drop in form , it will be Branislav !! His two stupid red cards definitely had huge effect on the shape of our season , Had we won those two games as we should ve had he not been dismissed , our season would have definitely taken a different route. Azplicueta is a better RB for me and Luiz,Terry are 1st choice CBs.

On another note , Chelsea has kept ZERO!! clean sheets without Luiz as a CB .

El-Ahly may lack the sharpness and match fitness due to the league suspension after the Egyptian revolution , but they can usually make up for that by playing their hearts out when representing club and country. Btw very rarely has an Egyptian team or national team lost in a final , so they may lose against Corinthians but if they get to the final , they are playing the match of their lives and they will be triple as good as their best.

Don\t write off El-Ahly club !! Corinthians are favorites against El Ahly but as an Egyptian who has watched El Ahly more than any of you , i will be more worried facing El-Ahly than Corinthians , El-Ahly team is full of real champions !! you will be surprised by the personality and charisma of this team !! Let me put it shortly , The african champions are full of Drogbas & Terrys may be not in technical or physical attributes but definitely the winning persona. On another note , i don't think any of us would be really surprised if we don't even reach the final , you never know what's gonna happen with Chelsea for the last 2 years.

Falcao will be another flop , we should learn from the Sheva , Torres experiences !! When it comes to buying a striker , it's not only about how many goals he is scoring for his current team but there are other very important factors as well , how will he perform in our current set-up compared to his team's current ?? Will we be able to provide a similar kind of service and put him in similar situations as in his current team ?? is he better playing in a possession game or counter attacking football ? where does he like to receive the ball and how? Studying the above trends , you will notice that we don't need falcao , we need a striker with very good link-up play , physically competent , likes to bring others into the game while keeping it simple , smart movement and of-course a great finisher ... The prime candidate should be Lewandowski for me , that's what we need , a strker like Lewandowski , even Anelka or Berbatov will be brilliant with this team , not knowing what kind of striker we need is like us buying fernandinho because we need a midfielder and he is great !! not that kind of midfielder we do need right !

When i say Luiz is our best defender it's not based on my , your or Alan Hansen's opinion ....it's based on the fact that any manager of the 4 we had since Luiz has came in opted him as 1st choice CB in-front of Terry,Alex,Ivanovic,Cahill , but i do agree with them.

Our best CB currently and will keep his place in the starting 11 whether you like it or not , i am glad he is our 1st choice CB.

This is not getting any better , open your eyes everyone blaming this or that , the problem is not the personnel but it's rather the system !! Even with Torres being the worst no. 9 we could ever imagine , David luiz , Bertrand & Cahill making defensive errors .. still we should be smashing teams day in day out !! the quality is present but it's definitely not utilized , to be utilized you need a system , an organization where each and everyone knows exactly what's expected from him and how he should do it instead of having 3 free roles in midfield with no guidelines , 2 back & forth full-backs with no guidance , a hopeless striker who doesn't know where he should be . Reverting back a little bit to our old-selves isn't the answer but it might be needed to provide us with results and confidence in a desperate time.

Almost 80% sure will just turn out to be another flop , he has been hugely successful in teams that were built to get the best out of their strikers , but here the set-up is to get the best out of the midfield , that means the striker will have to be a hardworking player , has at least decent link-up play , willing to move his ass around sometimes only to open up spaces for others. That's why as i have said before Lewandowski should be the man for the task.

Great post , Most of Falcao goals came from headers or balls where he had the time to make a touch or two before shooting , we ve all seen how that turns out for Torres. A striker that has a role in our build-up play is a must , at least during counter attacks , i do believe that Lewandowski is currently our best option , he may not be the best striker in the world but he is the best fit for our team.

BH The football philosophy has been really affected by spain and barcelone , so now most of the great strikers are actually 9 and a half players , second strikers , e.g. Rooney , Teves , Messi , Aguero ,Suarez etc..... Great classic strikers are very rare nowadays , currently Falcao , Cavani , Van persie are the only world-class classic no.9s that i know of !! Getting ourselves a striker is needed but finding ourselves a good classic no.9 is gonna be either very expensive or very hard. Edit:BTW IMO Lewandowski is our best option right now.

Out of nowhere i felt like i really miss Didier Drogba so i youtubed him, remember him , what we had was a true legend , a lion , a King of the jungle , stroked fear into opponents , brushed them aside for fun , it was like he takes the confidence away from opponents and pass it on to his mates. Look at us , what we have is just a docile house cat now. Miss you Drogbaaaaa !!!

Out of nowhere i felt like i really miss Didier Drogba so i youtubed him, remember him , what we had was a true legend , a lion , a King of the jungle , stroked fear into opponents , brushed them aside for fun , it was like he takes the confidence away from opponents and pass it on to his mates. Look at us , what we have is just a docile house cat now. Miss you Drogbaaaaa !!!