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what a relief if we have an extra player on the pitch that can shoot from out side the box.

what a relief if we have an extra player on the pitch that can shoot from out side the box.

Seeing our recent peformances im afraid falcao wont come as easily as early in the season. Huntelaar is very good in the box, better than what we have, he scored 40+ goals last season and is available for just six million? Why not?

Hazard needs to come from the bench. He needs the rest mata got, to get his early season form back. He cant get past players into dangerous positions again and looks as average as nasri now. This worries me, he needs a rest to pick form before the media jumps on his back. Mikel's height is needed in this match. Azpi iva cahill cole mikel ramires moses oscar mata torres if we dont score then benitez tactis is shit

Another 0-0 and I think I'll faint

Chelsea no wins in 7 league games Torres no goals in 7 league games

Thank fuck that november matches end today!!

chelsea epl games without mata starting qpr, westbrom, swansea, relationship? We play shite

positive long balls from romeu

No mata!! Qpr (no mata)- terrible peformance 0-0 Swansea(no mata)- average peformance 0-0 West brom(mata as sub)- terrible till mata came on Hope there is a change today

I hope RB sees you a better player deserving of some games. Only 20mins of football is not good enough after a promising pre-season.

Hazard has the best ball control in our team, take defenders on and beat them. His talent is obvious just needs to show more hunger when we need him the most...

I made a thread about the need for a more attacking pivot against smaller teams. I knew rafa benitez will try to change the pivot because he actually likes to tinker the team to find the right balance. Maybe the wingers will be more defensive to provide the balance for a more attackin pivot. After all we are exploited in the wings much more in the premier league. Mikel is an important player, but we shouldn't build the team around him. We need to try to find the right players in the pivot instead of the right partner for mikel. Mata and hazard needing to come deep to collect balls was never a good sign, I don't see silva doing that everytime.

You can't be serious how can you turn down the special one?

Exactly!! The last three matches has proved to me that ramires is more important than mikel in the pivot. He makes more tackles, has more energy and stops counters for us. We have been trying to find the best partner for mikel in the pivot instead of the best combination in the pivot. Ramires is the one that makes mikel look better, because every other person paired with Mikel and the pivot was terrible. And I think ramires and lampard would be perfect against small teams that sit back and defend. If people watch our games more often, they would see those chances that oscar creates for ramires or mikel and they always seem to shoot off target. If lampard was there we would have scored more goals. It will even make defenders more cautious of lampard and end up freeing mata for a pass. Ramires and lampard would be more attacking, but that's the point especially against SMALLER TEAMS. They will always sit back and mark our trio and a GOAL THREAT from the pivot would be a big boost. Ramires is already a boss on stopping counters and the rest of our player will pressure high up the pitch and win the ball early. Leading to more goals... Ramires doesn't venture foward for brazil, so if paired with Lamps he will definately do the same and stick back.

Kompany may be faster than him now but the top of this table is not fast enough for torres

Every team does that to hike the price. We have KDB but I'm not really sure about his abilities in the center of the pitch. But I would love fernadinho for sure, looks like a xabialonso type player we never had in chelsea in the last few years.

There will always be criticism no matter how we handled the situation. First case: Chelsea fans booed no one on Sunday. Reaction: "You passionless plastics. A club legend is chucked out on his arse and you just sit there and clap politely. You're nothing but a billionaire's playthings. Pathetic." Second case: Chelsea fans booed Benitez on Sunday. Reaction: "You classless mugs, booing your own manager. Of course you'll never question the guy who brought him in - go grovel at Roman's feet like you always do, you utter jokes. Pathetic." Third case: Chelsea fans booed Abramovich on Sunday. Reaction: "You ungrateful spoilt brats. You'd be nowhere without this guy and now you're throwing your toys out of the pram. I hope Roman ditches you and your classless club goes bankrupt. Pathetic." Like it wasn't already obvious...haters gonna hate.

Meireles was a big mistake. But we never really experimented our options there. It was always "trying to find a partner for mikel" and not trying to find the combinations in the pivot. I know both ramires and lampard move foward, but against the bottom half of the table teams, that is what we need to totally dominate them when they are sitting deep. Ramires greatest strength is his recovery on the counter and we are not using it well. Ramires sits the deepest for brazil so I think he will recognise his position as the most defensive beside lampard.

Meireles was a big mistake. But we never really experimented our options there. It was always "trying to find a partner for mikel" and not trying to find the combinations in the pivot. I know both ramires and lampard move foward, but against the bottom half of the table teams, that is what we need to totally dominate them when they are sitting deep. Ramires greatest strength is his recovery on the counter and we are not using it well. Ramires sits the deepest for brazil so I think he will recognise his position as the most defensive beside lampard.

You're right. The real problem is if ramires pushes foward. But against smaller teams, I have no problems with a more attacking pivot. We don't have any creative player in the cm role (unless oscar can chip in there,) so that's why lampard can be an option there against bottom half teams that don't attack. For brasil, I think ramires stays the deepest since lucas isn't there. But maybe because of mikel, he goes foward.

The 27 year old shaktar donesk defensive midfielder is a good passer of the ball, with 90% pass completed and scored once in the champions league this season. Has a good shot from range, good tackler and a long range passer of the ball. His stats are as good as xabi alonso in the champions league. Wants to play in the premier league and could come for cheap.

15 goals in 16 matches, very good strike rate for napoli. Wish we could get him.

Anything from liverpool is a terrible signing

No problems with rotation, this is benitez we are talking about. He rotates everytime.