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Demba ba is 1million times better than torres, torres can't even trap the ball WTF

We need mikel and luiz in that pivot. We can't afford to get bullied out there.

Fixed it for u

Lucky for bent. Cruz should have snatched a ball loool

After todays results, Now we need to win more than ever!! Come on chelsea

if Giroud and ba also scored a hattrick, who takes the match ball???

I said it earlier that his finishing this season is better. You can actually see the swerve on the ball when he finishes, "henry-like" would be nice to get him for 10mil, especially to see the look on arsenal fans faces

Spot on!! I've said exactly this a lot of times. Mikel against the top teams which attack more, and luiz against smaller teams for trashing.

Please don't dissapear in another big game

i think mourinho surpassed it last season with 100points

Lewandoski is not such a terrible finisher. but he is nothing compared to falcao, falcao has more determination to score and strength, and has superb finishing. These are the top four finishers in 2012, messi has 91 goals in 69 games, ronaldo has 63 goals in 71 games, neymar has 54 goals in 65 games and falcao has 49 goals in 54 games People comparing lewandoski's finishing to falcao is naive thinking. Falcao rates almost a goal per game.

oh no!!

He developed his finishing this season, I think 10 goals this season. At least he would be an extra player in the team that can put the ball at the back of the net. Oscar, hazard and moses all lack this or are not frequent enough. Ooops I forgot. But we need a new home grown player to replace sturridge.

Moses is stronger, can jump better and probably is a better dribbler.Walcot is faster, can finish far better, is english(home grown) He's scored ten goals this season and moses is going to the african cup of nations.. Walcott would make arsenal fans cry if he comes here!!Sign him up!!

Lost the ball a lot today, gave four terrific passes, got FAR BETTER with a more mobile partner(lamps) when mikel went off.

Yep true. We will soon have mata and (new striker) two genuine goal threats

Compared to our last matches, We are only starting to play nice after 25mins, hazard out... Oh okay, MIKEL is back

We are only starting to play nice after 25mins, hazard out... Oh okay, MIKEL is back

When I mean through balls, I'm just talking about applying pressure on weaker teams to sit back and defend. Luiz is better than mikel in pressurizing opponents. We need to act like the bigger team and pressure teams into submision. Passing the ball to the side all the time allows weak teams to get back their defensive shape and become more difficult to break down. Those through and long balls are quick ways to dissect opponent defence, luiz found hazard twice recently in one on one positions. As I said before, luiz losing the ball 2 more times than mikel in a match makes little difference against smaller teams (not the man uniteds) becos they defend in large numbers so the danger on the counter is minimal. Mikel is needed against bigger teams who attack in larger numbers in the counter but is not necessary against bottom teams. This is not true. Westbrom, everton, manutd, arsenal, mancity and tottenham are FAR MORE DANGEROUS on the counter than qpr, reading and villa. Mikel is not needed against teams who defend but he is needed against physical or attack minded teams...

Nice stats you got there. But you forgot about other aspects of a game, like the pressure on opponents forcing mistakes, and not just statistics. David luiz presence, constant foward passes, aggressive approach, pushes the team foward. And the opposition have to watch their backs to defend us which leaves the opponents deep in defending thinking of how to defend luiz next through ball or shot, instead of being confortable defending. Since smaller teams don't attack much, luiz giving the ball away a little more won't have much effect. Mikel is ultra-defensive and not needed against bottom teams in my opinion. I'll rather smash the smaller teams 8-0 every day than scrape 2-0 in my opinion

Merry christmas talkchelsea!!! Have a wonderful time folks

Gotta give him credit for the torres goal. What a terrific cross that was...

Very true, mikel is the best dm. But we don't need a dm against small teams so that we can score more. Against the manutd's and physical westhams then mikel is vital.

Why not?? It Would please me if we find out our pivot problems can be solved with the players we have already.

Fellani who?? We got luiz