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@Jim, Did you donate to yourself?

Actually I remember reading in the loan report that he's been moved back to CB in the past couple of games. And Omeru has been played exclusively at RB for his club but still did wonders at CB in the AFCONs.

That is completely besides the point which is how the team performs with or without Mikel. And just for the record, you never take off your holding midfielder when chasing a game because you need possession first to score. In fact, some old Italian managers used to bring on another holding midfielder when chasing a game to ensure that they have all the possession and keep the pressure on the other team. I think Romeu can be that player if he regains his AVB form. Yes I do think he good enough and keeps getting better. What exactly is note worthy in your opinion? If only goals and assists are noteworthy then why watch games? Just look up the score afterwards..

In Terry's case I honestly don't he can play past next season, not just for us. He practically played the quarter of his career through injury and he's starting to pay for that.

Completely agree that we need a new CB but at the same time I think/hope we can afford to give Omeru or Kalas the chance to be that CB.

Right! I remember that one because Krul was about 2 meters off his line to save it! Although the one against Fulham I don't remember.

I still think him and Iva are our best CB pairing atm (since JT is playing with pain killers)

Probably Seriously though I really don't think they have the quality. Their keeper is excellent though which means he'll typical have the game of him life against us.

Wasn't that also the last pen he missed till today or am I forgetting anything?

Boro have been in worse form than us. They don't defend well at all and like to pass the ball from the back which should make it much easier for us. A draw would really screw up our schedule.

It was a very good penalty but an even better save. Ironically, the penalty was probably the best thing he did all match. He seemed to be completely missing, especially in the first half. Did very little defensively and even less on the offence.

Superman form from him today. Was at times defending for both himself and the nonchalant Luiz. He only made two minor mistakes all game which considering the City pressure is pretty good. This is what Garry has the ability to do, unfortunately he is extremely error making him very unlikely to go through many games with as little mistakes as he did today.

Mata's stamina isn't great. He's been run to the ground by Benitez in the past few weeks. Even when he is not tired before a game, his influence decreases greatly in the last 15 mins. We used to slate AVB for often subbing him off in the last 10-15 mins but i guess now we found out why. And no, he did not have a bad game, imo. He had some sublime touches, linked up extremely well with Hazard and tracked back and defended very well in the first half.

What does this have to do with anything? When Mikel came off we didn't create a single chance, conceded a second and barely managed to get the ball out of our half a few times. That's hardly the traits of a team that is chasing the game. I didn't go from anything. I said it was absurd to point him out because there were many defensive mistakes in that goal. I never said he didn't do anything wrong. And yes, you do need the passing stats. It is, after all, the main job of the holding midfielder. Like I said above, how much worse the team plays without him is evidence of how much better he makes the team. I think Chalobah will become a B2B midfielder. We're both just predicting but I'm pretty confident Mikel will deservedly be starting for us for years to come.

Nop. Not sure if he's on the bench or not.

City were pressing very high in the first half, the fact that he made 27/31 passes in that half more than any other player on the field is remarkable. He was bound to lose the ball eventually with the pressure. Cech was forced to make a save on that because Luiz lost the header to Rodwell which he really should be winning. Luiz kept losing easy headers throughout the game. Yes, he could have done better, but so could Iva who allowed Silva to control a cross into the box and turn with no pressure and find Toure. Cahill should have done better in closing down the shot and letting Toure take the shot with right instead of his left. I think the way we got battered after he went off is testimony to how well he was playing.

Well, isn't that just lovely to read? Makes you come across as a really intelligent person. It's like me saying the forum would be much better if you broke your hands and couldn't post. I get that you are not a Chelsea fan, but you are on a Chelsea forum and will have to show respect to Chelsea players. Mikel had a very good game. Was our best outfield player in the first half. It's absurd to point him out for the first goal. So many defensive mistakes in that goal.

@Jim, I'm having problems when editing posts. Anyone else facing this issue:

Why? Did I say that Luiz is not good enough to be playing at Chelsea or claim that we can't win a trophy if he's in the side after a bad game like an idiot?

Everyone is talking about Ramires but Luiz was honestly worse. Was often out of position and lost duel after duel. It's like wasn't even trying. If Cahill hadn't been in "Superman" form the scoreline would have been so embarrassing.

Yep, working well

Bar the cuntish personality, of course..

I swear we should lock player threads after games He had a terrible game, on the ball at least. He wasn't the only one. Let's move on..