Blue Armour

They started to print bull this season, and now that AVB has criticized one of their tv presenters they find no reason to hold back...

You're right..this is what Carlo used to handle a lot better, and I would love it if AVB did the same because, the press won't stop hounding him. But you should also realise things from AVB's perspective. He works meticulously and with great detail with regards to his tactics, training and game planning, and these guys sitting in some commentary box or in front of their laptops come out with garbage to undermine whatever he has done. Its only natural for him to get furious...I think he should (and I think he will) realize that at this point of the season its only a losing battle against the press and that its best to just ignore them, and occasionally come out with a sarcastic or stinging remark like Mourinho or Ferguson to put them in their place...

I have no doubt that Torres does try hard to make himself useful, but my biggest fear is what'll happen if he goes into another slump? How long will it be before he can pull out of that one? And many people say that the support from midfield is so poor, that Torres has nothing to work with. Now suppose we had Modric as well as Mata.. Its not as if these two players would be available in every game....Does that mean Torres will work only if the "right" players are behind him? I certainly hope he can pull himself together and prove to all his doubters that he's not just here for the trophies...

Its not the first time I've seen them come up with ridiculous scorelines...

More from Rob BEASTLy Honestly...I think AVB should just ignore crap like this from now on..

I think we should give City a taste of the same medicine they gave us back in 09-10.... Form two walls in front of the defense and hit'em hard on the counter.....(what are the odds that Mancini will try to do the same ?)

You make too much sense... (twat)

Press conferences are for the coach and the media to interact with one another and exchange views and opinions. If the media can question and criticize the coach, the coach has every right to question and criticize the media. After all its his job he's defending not yours....

Exactly..can't we just be happy for the fact that at any time at least one of them will perform?

I'm not against signing backup (why would anyone?)...I just feel that midfield/winger is a greater priority....

No more strikers, please! Right now we need to re-build our midfield and make it good enough so that any of our strikers can just walk into a one-on-one with the keepers...

We might "replace" Drogba eventually, but will that need to be a like-for-like replacement? No. The man is one of a kind, and to think we'll get a carbon copy of him to play in his stead will only tarnish our memories of him playing for the club. Even Lukaku, who people often use for comparisons, has quite humbly admitted that his game is nothing like (and right now nowhere near) Drogba's... So., I wouldn't worry about whether we'll have someone like Drogba up front in the future...Any in-form forward will do...The same applies to Lampard and Terry as well... What I DO hope is that we can get players who have BIG personalities and character like our three stalwarts here..that's what keeps this Chelsea FC team going I feel...

This may sound funny, but I can't help but feel that Torres has only helped Didier after his arrival..when he arrived, he inspired Drogba to up his game... and this season he was involved in persuading Mata to join us and even that is working in Didier's favour. In Jan last season I was hoping we would sign a supporting forward player to aid Drogba and our team, but instead we went and got Torres for different reasons. Ironically enough, he has ended up performing in a very good supporting role!

Its funny how that maybe one or two seasons back, Mancini would be looking at how best he could pack his midfield and defense together so that he could shut us out.... How times have changed....

Don't won't Marseille either... for obvious reasons....

And the two articles about Fabregas as well...they make it so obvious, these people...

The last two pages were full of posts regarding that trash...

I said in an earlier post, that the chanting had little to do with Drogba..there were songs sung for him (albeit less loud) when he was playing... The last time I remember someone hurting (or at leas tried to) the players' ego was Scolari..I don't see how he motivated them any better than Carlo... The Alex-Anelka one..

Articles related to the "incident" came out nearly a week ago..those were bearable and were at least neutral..even the Sun did their bit back then, and now recently switched to articles about Drogba's contract... now they get all hot and bothered and churn this out..its hard to see this as plain co-incidence...

You didn't answer my question...

I don't believe half of what was said in that article...It's probably bordering on the truth, and it looks to have twisted things to just to grab attention using things like the insider source,etc)... You may accept the facts in the article or not, but wouldn't you agree the timing of the publication is a little "convenient" ?

Damn right we already knew about it...So, why print this all of a sudden?

I don't know how "close" he can get,but the man has been spewing nonsense about the team since the start of this season....his articles are almost always filled with negativity about the club

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