Magic Lamps

But that is because Torres has been so inhibited that he did not throw himself into challenges like he did at Liverpool. He just did not seem to care. The games vs Tottenham and Steaua seemed the first one he really risked something and got injured immediately.

That is actually a very good question. Dortmund players tend to get those small injuries more often due to fatigue as a result of their brutal running which is part of Klopp's football approach. Esp midfielders, winger and fullbacks are subject to that. Just check Pisczek's Schmelzer's or Blascykowski's injury history and you know what i mean. But Gündogan is a special case. I have no doubt that we have a better medical department than Dortmund, cos we are a much bigger club. But Lewandowski and the centre-backs are almost injury-free, so would not say their medical department is bad. Anyway. We usually don't go for injury-prone players (but when we do we make sure we pay at least 50m haha)

He is really an amazing palyer, but his injury record is worrying. He has at least one major injuries every season. This guy has torn muscles his doctors did not even know priorly. But that is not even the whole problem. He picks up an awful lot of small injuries that take him out for just a week but completely disrupt his rhythm. This guy is a top professional and he will perform when much is at stake, even if not fit, but he just isn't the player you want to use in your pivot regularly to win the league. His repeated absence clearly cost Dortmund rhythm and points last season. These days he has clinched his spine. I mean how often does this shit happen to a footballer? just think of one injury or illness, this guy most probably already has suffered from it.

Ah and we should really reconsider playing Ivanovic. Most of the time he will be up against Draxler. He is a very dangerous player. That is why I think Mou will probably play Willian who tracks back more and more effectively. I'd try to double Draxler with Willian and Azpi, who are both much faster than Draxler, so we would nullify his greatest strength- his agility.

W8 D4 L4 ok record, even though except for our win vs Bayern in 2005 no real dominant performance With their injury list we really should win this. Boateng and Draxler are their only real dangerous players left. I'd go for a Ramires-Mikel pivot to control those two bitches. Mikel really has to work in this one, cos Boateng will be running all over the pitch. Oscar and Hazard pick themselves. the question is now Willian or Mata. There will be a bunch of very mediocre players out there for Schalke. We should really wipe the floor with guys like Aogo, Uchida, Neustätter, Meyer, Clemens, Szalai.

Sebastian Deisler Marko Marin Lukas Podolski, who actually is a decent player, but he was 20 fuckin years young when he conquered the World Cup but his only major titles are some odds Bundesliga Championships when the Bundesliga was extremely shit and he still was only a benchwarmer. Johnathan Woodgate Valerij Boijinov and Salomon Kalou were expected to become the greatest strikers in the world - but only in Fifa 07 Ganso Well, he has won everything. Some players just can't motivate themselves to do the extraordinary every game. Also Drogba, Ibra are such players. That is just their mentality. But their mentality is also what makes them special players, you don't know how they would have developed if you would take away that.

Yup. Goal should not have counted, ref should really know that. I understand it is forbidden to attack the goalie when he kicks the ball, cos this is really dangerous, But at times it is really difficult to tell whether a keeper bounces the ball, drops it or throws it into his pass. IMO the 6s rule should apply to bouncing but not the "under control" rule. For a goalie, there is no need to bounce the ball at all so there is no reason why that movement should be under protection.

That move by Arsenal for the 1-0 was scary, 2 amazing flick ons, not even BArcelona are capable of producing that. Anyway, this works once in 100 tries and Norwich defenders do not cover themselves in glory either. That lanky black guy should have got a touch, the ball got past him 3 times but he did not commit himself to one player, the CB should stay with wilshere, while the other CB with no5 does not even bother to get involved. Norwich got 6 players around the ball. If you can't play offside, you at least have to stay close to you man. Real bad communication.

We actually played pretty well, IMO our midfield completely dominated them. Lamps and Rami were extremely disciplined and won an outstanding amount of tackles. Willian was wayward at times, great work but not exactly effective, same as Mata. When Oscar came on the game changed completely. Also Eto'o and Hazard were instrumental ofc. The defence actually had a shocker. It is only thanks to Terry that we just conceded one goal. He won about a dozen headers, almost scored and kept Cardiff's striker so silent, I don't even know his name. Ivanovic, Luiz were error prone offensively and defensively. When we are a bit more solid at the back, we will win this game even more straightforward. The scoreline is a bit flattering, Hazar's and Oscar's goals were massive mistakes by the goalie, but we had 19 attempts and created at least 7 or 8 clear cut chances, so offensively we were decent. Especially the movement was nice, really smoothly. Cardiff had 11 men behind the ball, so we needed to drag them out of positon to create space on the wings which we achieved. We always return slow form international breaks and from now on we should only get better, now the team is finding form and the new players esp etoo and Willian acclimatize increasingly.

Oscar > Mata this season, even though both are quality. Mata was ok but ineffective today. When Oscar came on, the game was completely different, he showed vision, impetus and most importantly energy. Mata is an elegant player but Oscar is just that more pacy, sharp and energetic which makes him Mou's new favourite. He actually reminds me of a young Lampard. His goal was lucky but who cares. His pass for Eto'o was nice, too. I fear, Oscar's rise will cut Mata's Chelsea career short.

No idea why he did not simply put the ball in an empty net for the first, but in the end it did not matter. I hope those "he lost his pace and is shit" BS will stop eventually. The cardiff defenders struggled with his pace all match long and his winner was an impressive demonstration of skill, quick feet and precision.

Not the best performance, but two goals, can't complain. That will give him his confidence back. He will tear Schalke apart in midweek.

Lamps's performance today was as close to a DLP as it gets. Ramires was a little subdued in the first half, but Lamps made up for it. The defence had a shocker (except for Terry) and Mata and Willian weren't exactly effective, but our midfield really turned the game I feel. It might not have exactly been a quaity oppositon, but I have seldom seen Lamps making so many successful tackles.

Jose mourinho he sits where he wants

great goal by etoo

Has anyone a decent stream btw? mine are crushing down all the time

this is the game were an in form azpilicueta would be much more useful than Iva

lol Bertrand that was confident

ivanovic must be the worst crosser ever

what a mistake. Anyway. we will win this

Newcastle will win this.

They can only appeal once at the CAS, which already is the highest instance. so they case will be resolved within the next 2 years or so. But the amount they owe to Chelsea grows by 4% per year so it won't get any cheaper for them. Didn't we already get 14m fromm Mutu himself?

Indeed, it would be amazing to have such an atmosphere, but we have been one of the most prolific teams at home with a quite average crowd for years. It is probably not that much of a factor.

What a goalfest this was. Is it only me or did Schürrle score two identical goals? Hopehe gets this shit going with Chelsea, too. Also, finally a game where one could see how damn fast Schürrle is. If he achieves to gain some more brawn, he will be an absolute nightmare for defenders.

Ach ja? Deutscher geht's gar nicht. Deutsche Eltern, deutscher Pass, ich bin sogar katholisch. Außerdem würde ich bestreiten, dass Deutsche wirklich eine ethnische Gruppe sind. Wenn dem aber so wäre, wäre ich absolut representativ für die. Warum sollte ich überhaupt lügen? Ich kenne wirklich keinen der freiwillig behaupten würde Deutscher zu sein. Germany and England are not really natural enemies. Even Kaiser Wilhelm II and Hitler admired the British. Only in football there is a real rivalry. But England's main footballing rivals are Scotland, France and Argentina, whilst Germany's main rivals are the Netherlands and Brazil. Englands 2006 and 2010 team were much much better than 2002s team, which was just too young and had a lot of average players in it. Also Brazil and France were the only decent teams in that tournament. 2006 and 2010 England had a world class player in almost every position. They had Lamps, Rooney, GErrard, Cole, Terry, Ferdinand in top form and had absolutely waltzed through the qualifiers.