kellzfresh

I hate international breaks

I only like the actual competitions. I hate the schedule during club seasons.

That defeat was not mata's fault. It was the system of play that benitez likes. Benitez used gerrad in that role for liverpool. If you remember, gerrard scored a lot of goals behind torres and was fantastic. Benitez is using hamsik in that role for napoli. He has scored 6 goals already this season. Hamsik is enjoying what mata enjoyed last season. Imagine if iniesta was told to stay beside messi and not go back, he'll double mata's assists, but barcelona will never keep as much possesion with that tactic, never. Benitez made mata play just behind the striker, with no defensive duties which leaves the rest of the team defending deep in a 4-4-1-1 method. We struggled against any team that used 3 people in the middle. The flaw was with this tactic, not mata. But mourinho wants to change that with 3 in the middle instead of two. Who better than oscar at pressing opponents high? Not many. So it fit perfectly for him. Especially since he plays exactly the same role for brazil, its natural to oscar.

I know its for fun though, so southampton are champs for now. Till we meet them of course

So hard, just look at that face

Some pub team in europe beats united and we'll have to start following weird leagues to see who the champions are. I say leave europe out. What happens in england, stays in england

Hilarious idea lol. But why would the crown pass on to europe when it says champions of england?

Your right, I think torres is better among the three for now, just because eto hasn't gotten 100% match fit. And torres already has an understanding with our attacking midfielders. Now torres is injured, eto has a chance to get a proper team understanding with the rest of the players. Like you said, he has a better ball control than the others.

Yes he's clinical, but his first touch and passing will ruin a lot of chances, i dont want him to be hated the way sturridge was (because he didnt pass) before he reaches his full potential. Thats why i support that loan to develop those two weaknesses then we wont need to buy a striker next season hopefully

He is naturally very good on the ball. Which impresses managers during training so it could be why he is picked. But I know mikel is a CM and not a DM. That's why he hasn't shown his true talent on a consistent basis. He needs someone to take the defensive duties in the pivot then he'll play naturally

If mikel plays next to a more defensive person in the pivot, you all will see his true qualities. Mikel is a CM, he's not a DM. Honestly I wish he would play alongside essien so that he'll have more freedom in the pivot and his natural game will show properly. He is also a player that fits perfectly with possesion football but that's another story entirely

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Especially when you consider that our strikers have been messing up. See how demba ba missed 2-3 clear chances to score against norwich. We could have easily won with a more clinical striker which we just can't find

Those players are real good players. Soldaldo,(25 goals last season) lamela,(15 goals 15assists last season) Paulinho (fantastic box to box, brazil manager prefers him to ramires) Capoue (good DM) Chadli Chirches Only the last two are not that good, and even with that they have massively increased their squad depth. They can play with two separate teams for europe and EPL without breaking a sweat now. They should be under pressure.

During this international break, the media in belgium is going to bombard him and his agents with negative questions. I hope he stays strong and doesn't give the press the wrong headlines

Nice analysis. Demba ba had 3 great chances to kill the game, and oscar had one and we blew them. JT was beaten in the air for the only time in the match and it was a goal. if we are more clinical, we'll win the league this season honestly.

Mata scored the third goal against norwich on his EPL debut, Willian scored the third goal against norwich on his EPL debut. We won 3-1 in both matches Good omen for sure

I wasn't serious when I said it but, He is a very good finisher. The best goals to shot ratio in spain so far. (Better than messi) He has almost dider drogba's strength and is faster. He can dribble(obviously as a brazilian ) But he is a cunt though. Overall he is better than torres, we could get rid of him to his homeland. I just have this gut feeling that strikers that are "hustlers"(suarez, aguero, drogba, tevez, cavani, falcao, diego costa) are suited for chelsea than any other type of timid strikers.

Swap deal with torres + cash for diego costa??

Diego costa straight swap for torres in january?

Alex fegurson did this over the years. Puting 3 strikers on the pitch and turning 1 point into 3 points.There is a huge risk on the counter, but drawing two matches is 2 points, and going for the win and winning one and losing the other is 3 points. So that's how fegurson acted and mourinho is the same in mentality to win.

The hatred for chelsea in england is unbelievable, that's why I get pissed of when our own fans fall for the criticism of us on mourinho especially. They hate chelsea, so nothing good about chelsea from their lips They spent 100million. They are not supposed to escape pressure. If we spent that, we'll be skinned for not being on top of the table every week

Tottenham have scored 6 goals in 7 EPL matches Why are they not in crisis? Thats a horrible stat for a team that is more attacking than us as they say

Fantastic weekend, I just have a feeling that once we get to no 1 on the table, we won't come down for a long, long time