Joker10

He would be perfect, he will kick out the old guards.

dropping the high line + high pressure+ possession football was a mistake, he should've stuck with his philosophy. If he had done that i could've defended him and say this is a transition year. But under pressure he reverted back to the old Chelsea style. Results didn't get any better and he made absolute no progress on the pitch, no young players on the pitch either. If this was a transition year then i would defend AVB, but this season was a complete waste. Either you are competing for trophies or making progression for next season and beyond. You can't do neither, like AVB did this season. I ask everyone the question, if you were to defend AVB and convince the board into giving him another season, what would be your argument?

Busquets is not underrated, i have considered him the best DM in the world for a while now. And only EPL fans in general underrate him because they rate DM based on how hard one tackle. You show lack of knowledge if you consider Romeu anything like Busquets, they are nothing a like. Busquets biggest strengths are his positioning and movement off the ball. Romeu is nowhere close in these areas. Fact is Romeu would never get significant time in midfield at Barca, he would most likely be competing as a CB. If Barca ever buys him back, it will most likely be at that area. Not saying he is never going to be good enough, just saying he is seriously overrated atm. Your post proves my point.

It wasn't only because of Torres signing, but more to the fact he played as a Second Striker. The best team Gerrard has been on was the 08/09 team, and you could argue that Xabi Alonso was their best midfielder.

Gerrard is the more complete player, but Lampard is the better attacking/offensive midfielder.

tbf even AVB has hinted their being a rift between him and Lampard.

I see some are not giving Lampard the credit he deserves for a really good game, but then again those are same people who called him the Chelsea weak link. Raul has played Lampard position on many occasions.

He has played a big role in RVP goal total. That needs to be said, but there are better options out there.

-----------------Cech--------------- Ivanovic--Cahill---Luiz----Bertrand ---------Essien-----Mikel---------- Ramires------Lampard-----Mata ---------------Sturridge---------

Kinda funny someone is a savior or a scapegoat. Scapegoat is Lampard apparently, he was annotated as our weak link after the Everton loss. They forget he was out of action for the past couple games, where our performance was pretty much shit without him. Also forgetting his goals against Sunderland and Wolves which propelled us to victory. While when Ramires is out of action, people come to the conclusion like we are much better with him. But forget how many awful games he has been part of too.

That is false. Top of my head i think of the 5-0 victory over Genk. edit: Carling Cup victory over Bolton and Everton. How many games has he missed? without any research excluding the CC games i can only think of 6 games.

They cant even afford adeboyer salary, you guys really believe they will pay 35-40m for Hazard?

http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/kakuta-ready-to-seize-chance.htm Really good article, never been disappointed by Kakuta attitude.

I saw the game, he is kinda a defensive liability for Swansea, but he created some great chances in that game most importantly. In our midfield McEachran defensive issues could be hidden, since our midfield is so much better defensively.

This has been my biggest criticism of him and have sited this for a while, he still has amazing reflexes and can make most saves. The way AVB wants to play is important for a GK to be good on his feet and have good distribution. Clearly this not a function where Cech excels in. I think Courtois should be brought in to compete against Cech.

First off i want to start by saying Lampard is not first team material anymore. But all the options we have at midfield are not much better. The only person we didn't try was Josh and he is on loan. This thread is such a knee jerk and this another attempt to make him the scapegoat. Do you guys forget he just came back from injury, and how we looked when he was injured. If you need a remainder watch the Swansea game. Don't make Ramires some kinda savior we were equally shit with him on the pitch.

I truly never understand all the praise he got when he put in average performances, In my account his performances has been severely overrated. That is unfair Mikel has given good performances on a regular occasion, but criticized unfairly to no end because he differs from your typical dm. He is the ultimate scapegoat for fans. I have said Romeu performances were never that good in the first place, his performances has been overestimated by most.

So what you guys think of Romeu performances so far in his first year? I have to say i see a lot of flaws in his game and AVB has shown a lot of undeserved faith in him. some of his performances also has been severely overrated based on a few hard tackles. His man marking, distribution, and positioning is not good enough. On the buy back thing, i would say a five million profit would be a good deal by us if he goes back to Barca.

What so funny? He is very similar to Kalas, Chalobah, Bruma, and Ake. He fits perfectly into our team.

Question: Why does everyone think Torres is a Roman transfer? Not Roman or anyone from Chelsea has indicted that. Carlo said Torres was his transfer, and it was pretty evident that Carlo wanted to bring in personals to fit in his 4-1-3-1-2 formation. I just don't buy that Torres was a Roman transfer, to me the media has crated false representation of Roman. If you believe the media then you might as well believe all that has been said about AVB. The difference is AVB constantly talks to the media and deny the allegations, while Roman has never spoken to the media and he has no reason to do so.

How is Courtois distribution skills? The only qualm i have with our current #1 is his distribution of the ball. If AVB goes back to the possession football style, then Cech would be a poor fit.

Thought his performance was very encouraging.

Who knows maybe he can be another Sturridge.

Mikel unfairly criticized? I remember when he was playing regularly in the beginning of the season, he was constantly criticized for slowing down our midfield and being the weak link of the midfield. So does our midfield look any better without him? I don't think so, in fact lately our midfield has looked the worst it can possibly could. i have always maintained the position Mikel is very effective when we play defensive sides like Villa, Wigan, QPR,etc. Sides that will play for a draw and not to lose. His passing is much needed against those sides. While i do maintain that Romeu is a better option when we play off the counters, but the teams we have been facing lately are not attacking.

McEachran is expected to start for Swansea against Bolton.