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I feel so...used Btw, speaking of Falcao, I'm intrigued to know what you think of his build up play. I always thought his passing was below average. (I apologize if you already said it, but I didn't read the whole thread)

Starts for Madrid in the Cl again. Can't understand why, he's been sub par every time he was on the pitch for them so far.

Yeah, it wasn't a criticism for Falcao himself but rather the system Madrid adapt that relies so much on him.

If that was the case, then Torres would spend most of his matches on the floor

Tbf speed and defensive ability is expected of Ramires. However, the double pivot has yet to be put under pressure while he's playing and that is mainly due to RDM playing the three maestros in front of it. I still don't believe he can survive there against teams that apply high pressure simple because he can't keep the ball.

Anyone got a clip of that save?

Oh my Darwin what a f*cking save that was by Abiatti!

It was a very long shot and I had about 6 or 7 players who haven't reached the dev value needed, made much more sense to me to play the youngsters in the last two matches.

Any idea what time the match against CSKA today is?

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/10101-member-of-the-month/

I was expecting the loss honestly. Since the tittle race was decided I played all my youngsters. Not to discredit your team of course, you countered my "wing plays" tactic well which is why I only had 3 chances. I'm glad my youngsters got some pitch time to increase their dev value...and that I don't have to pay out the win bonus

Can see us struggling in this one if we play without natural width, i.e. Mata, Oscar, Hazard.

Chelsea vs Norwich PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT Barclays Premier League Saturday October 6th 2012 Stamford Bridge 15:00 Kick Off (UK time)

@, Amen I'd also add, having watched much of Madrid's matches last season, that the team rarely scored against teams that packed the box with defenders because that practically nullified Falcao's influence. While only a few teams do that in La Liga, most teams here in the PL apply that tactic against us.

In other news, utd's defense crisis seems to be improving as Evans picked up a knock yesterday.

http://www.101greatg...ger-highlights/ RDM after the match:

Just because it's been happening for 20 years doesn't make it right.

This is a direct result of us playing Mata, Hazard, Oscar behind the striker. They are all natural no.10 and so it falls to our fullbacks provide width for the team. Play Moses or Marin in front of him and watch his defensive positioning improve.

I take it back, he can take all of our FKs if he can score like that!

In the spirit of change, two quality members who never get a mention in the Member of the month competitions are BlueArmor and BleedsBlue.

Never heard of the site, probably because it's run by a liverpool fan But he has a point nonetheless, although some of it is a bit over-paranoid imo.

Not the performance we wanted but brilliant results all around. A great physiological boost for us to go into the third round at the top of the group. Hopefully we learn from today not to under estimate any opposition.

Absolutely horrific. WARNING: It ain't pretty

Get In Luiz!! We have a team on the field that is probably worth more than the whole Danish league, full credit for Nordsjaelland for stopping them from playing.

Relax people, Nordsjaelland is a nothing club; we should have started Piazon