bluesman2610

hes not the right fit for that team and you so not spend 33m on a player to sit on the bench..unless you are city madrid chelsea and psg... where as here he as some have put it would walk right into the pivot and would be a pretty damn good replacement for the lengend super frank

in a sense yes but look at some of the great teams to win champions league milan in particular with players like kaka and pirlo who do not defend but are/were pure class going forward... you can get away with one or two players who are focused on attack first but they too still have a part to play in team defending

most teams that play double pivot have one true ball winner and one distributor.. now the distributor does add additional benefits if he too can win back possession but that is not his main function.. in respect to luka he is pretty decent ball winner maybe not of the same mold as a moutinho or alonso but would be more than efficient as he has a great engine and can do a lot of pressing... ppl seem to think that defending is a few players in the team but actually its a unit everyone has a part to play to be a successful defending side we need more two way players like in the mourinho era... and on de bruyne maybe you misunderstood me i was placing him in the attacking 3 not in the pivot..i too agree with you his defending does need a lot of work if he will work in our pivot if we so choose to play that style.. i still believe we play our best football in a 4-3-3 a la newcastle game beginning of the season...

i dunno to me even though united were a man down he was working really hard to win the ball back and being a real nuisance(sp?)... i thought he did very well.. could def see him in out pivot and working really well with the likes of mata oscar hazard and de bruyne who seems to be the forgotten man

ramires and moses staying at cobham to be rested for the game sunday vs united.... speaking of that game howard webb is officiating we can expect a few dubious decisions after what happened to united yesterday

since then has gone on a bit of a streak goals and assists 6 goals 3 assists.. been keeping an eye on him in ligue 1.. his pace is unbelievable i think 13M is a good peace of business at least according to http://miusoccer.com/chelseas-chase-for-13-million-looks-on-as-he-considers-future-at-end-of-season/8939

thanks ..much appreciated

anyone have a spoiler of the goal i missed it as was working..

PVR'd the game going to go home and just delete it...

couple of points i have from todays game... -the penalty miss energized city and they turned their intensity up and were more clinical -the sub Torres for Mikel was poor decision as we lost the back 4 shield but still understandable as we we were pushing to get the equalizer - Not a supporter of Torres but he gets a lot of flack for not making an attempt on net demba ba only had 1 shot on net and no one has said anything about that

JT was once considered Top class and was huge with last ditch tackles prevent many goals for both chels and england that i have also seen players like thiago silva mats hummels and subotic all do the same and they are rated as some of the worlds best... the only point in your oppinnion i had an issue with otherwise completely correct

Mata with a 1 goal 1 assist and Oscar with 1 goal 1 assist.. why can't we get more of this more consistently....

probably to save him to play against city

beat me too it that is what i get for actually doing work while at work haha

Marin is 19 he took a pic and posted it to twitter

anyone else thinking the board not giving lamps a new deal as a ploy to get him to play his best football he has been pretty awesome since getting his starting role back.. hopefully when hes secured the goal scoring record they give him the deal..

this is what i brought up in the courtois thread cech only has maybe 2 seasons left with all the injuries he's getting his mind may be there but his body is not keeping up.. we may have to bring courtois back this season but next season should not be out on loan should be with us pushing cech for number 1...

Supporters liked both of those right from the start.. no chants about sacking him during their first games that negatively impacts the team... Me personally do want him gone and i think with hazard coming back for the next game as well as luiz we can kick on as it seems oscar has found some form finish third and start a proper rebuild with a manager who wants to be here

but the huge salary taker is the one you really want managing our beloved team..

Probably the only one crazy enough to take the job

and why do you think no one would want to come here? the world has seen how we deal with managers who are even winning us trophies ( Ancelotti)

just looking at this objectively, I know everyone is very hot right now especially after recent results and pretty much how the season has gone. But looking at how the team cae out in the start of the second half it looks as if they were ready and prepared, but the players lacked concentration JT needlessly dives in at midfield and they broke and lampard who was brilliant in the second half and unlucky to not score three todays game missed sissoko on top of the box, that is hardly something you can blame the manager for. Still do believe rafa does need to go but when looking at a situation like managing chelsea who do you believe will wanna come here when after a few bad results fans are calling for your head and want you out. Fergie has had bad patches in terms of results and look at the success of there team.. We as chelsea supporters have been spoiled with the amount of top quality managers we have had and sacked not many more left in the world that would want to be part of our revolving door policy..

our right side with ivan is killing us ceasar much better player at right back anyway

please please please make this happen..he is a quiality ball winning and forward passing midfielder

ref calls handball on ramires on in middle of the park clear handball in the box no call ..makes sense good logic