Amblève.

Triangles. I was hoping we'd see more of these triangle plays (also on defense!) last season already but I'm glad that we're finally implementing them, anyway. Good work on the analysis mate, I love this kinda stuff! (I hope you received my like, for some reason it reads I have no permission?!)

Did anyone follow the tweets of the official Chelsea Twitter during the game yesterday? After Lampard's goal there was this tweet about how Torres deserves special credit for winning the FK... no single word about it being Lampard's 204th goal for this club but a whole tweet about Torres winning the FK, smh.

Khedira has the tactical awareness and football IQ of a headless chicken. The way he has been leaving the pivot in the German NT unprotected on a constant basis is worse than what we've seen from Lampard in that regard.

Khedira has the tactical awareness and football IQ of a headless chicken. The way he has been leaving the pivot in the German NT unprotected on a constant basis is worse than what we've seen from Lampard in that regard.

DP

The most depressing aspect about this thread is that it's still not in the "Ex Blues" section, smh.

I can see him going the Bertrand route.

Is anything "special" for Jose's return at the Bridge planned? Like a huge banner or chant or something?!

Mata's not touching the ball - he's stroking it like a father would do his new-born son.

That's pure, pure stupidity.

That one Inter guy really has a Padawan haircut, wtf?!

The pitch doesn't really look too good...

Well, he was a bit of an arse during the last few weeks and months at Zadar, his former club. Said stuff like, he would definitely not play for Zadar anymore and his options for the upcoming season are either Dinamo Zagreb or some foreign club. Hope the dude's just ambitious rather than an ego-guy.

Lumh.

No.

Right now Kalas' biggest blessing and problem is his athleticism. He's probably the most athletic and mobile defender I've ever seen and he's capable of crazy stuff due to this athleticism. However, he relies too much on these attributes instead of focusing on, for example, positioning.

Here we go again with overhyping a prospect. Jeez.

Only a NY Knicks GM-esque FO out there in the world of football can save us from Torres...

I didn't intend to make it sound like that. And as I said, it's not what I think but rather what other people could think (hypothetically)

I don't think that's the right way to make this less of a popularity contest, tbh. Instead of screwing the "democratic" system we've had, why not simply introduce rules and restrictions? I don't know if that would change anything (probably not) but it would be at least fairer instead of a system in which one person assesses the nominees and decides whether one deserves to be in the poll or not. It's nothing personal against you Alex and I don't mean to offend you - I just think that people might get upset when they see they aren't included in the final voting despite having more nominations than guys with less that are included.

This Traore lad looks quite promising.

So those with the most proponents might not be included in the voting poll anymore - is that correct?

And it's not even close.

I remember watching him at the U20's World Cup a few years ago and he was head and shoulders above everyone else. I hadn't seen such a young player as gifted as him up to that point. Can't believe he hasn't made it on the pro level.

I wish we had gone for a more experienced and better player than van Ginkel. Sigh.