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On the bright side in this match, lampard had a better game than qpr. I felt it was because at times we looked like we were playing 4-3-3 with ramires, lampard and mikel in the middle. That is what lampard is used to(remember makalele, ballack and lampard missed that lamps) INSTRUCTIONS DIMATTEO SHOULD GIVE TO TORRES TO DEVELOP HIS GAME I noticed some things that make torres look bad. 1. Torres should hold the ball to his feet and pass instead of trying to dribble and looking for the foul. 2. I hope oscar has taught torres how to shoot without looking at the goal just like drogba (torres is a freakin striker SHOOOOT ) 3. Peter cech should stop hooping balls to torres, he cant win an aerial battle even if its against ramires 4. Torres should pass when surrounded by three players instead of trying to do everything on his own He loses the ball more than anybody in chelsea(mainly because of peter cech) he is starting to look like suarez in my eyes. 5. He should play it simple - pass and look for the return ball by making a run. I never see torres do this. Falcao does it 100% of the time. *rant over*

Im not bashing luiz, i just dont like his attitude of trying to dribble forward. Because juve didnt capitalize on that just like mikel doesnt mean he should continue that. Im sure you watched last seasons matches with both terry and cahill playing. We were so dominant in defence and now we dont even want to consider it again.

A few points I have to make. If Oscar hasn't given himself a reason to start I don't know what else will make RDM see that he should. First goal took a favorable touch but the second goal was, mwah! beautiful, goal of beauty, rounded pirlo and gave buffon 0 chance. He also did a lovely job of keeping pirlo quiet, the minute he came off pirlo had more breathing room. I would have given him a solid A or A+ Ramires is no winger, while his turn of pace was good for some instances in the match once he gets into that final third he does not deliver, he does not cross overly well and his shot leaves something to be desired. Is this not why we got Moses, I just do not understand di matteo's insistence on either using Ramires on the wing or Bertrand. I just don't know what Robby sees in Bertrand, when he came on, chelsea lost control of the match. Cahill needs to start more often. I feel much much more confident about our defense when Cahill and Terry start. Cahill does not seem to have those lapses in concentration that Luiz has and he always seems to be keen not to let one in. At times in the match Luiz was either going after balls he had no chance of winning or just switched off. I really wish Cahill would play alongside Terry more often. They were outstanding last season playing together. Also, why in Heaven's name did we get Cesar if we are not going to use him? If Azpilicueta was played that would allow Ivanovic to play his natural role as a CB. Ivanovic rarely goes foward to help attack and made hazard look bad on the right. After selling both essien and meriles, i have no answer to how we resolve the double pivot unless we change to 4-3-3. Sigh, hope RDM makes some changes and at least starts Oscar and or Moses alongside Mata and Hazard. Hopefully we can return to winning ways against Stoke.

A few points I have to make. If Oscar hasn't given himself a reason to start I don't know what else will make RDM see that he should. First goal took a favorable touch but the second goal was, mwah! beautiful, goal of beauty, rounded pirlo and gave buffon 0 chance. He also did a lovely job of keeping pirlo quiet, the minute he came off pirlo had more breathing room. I would have given him a solid A or A+ Ramires is no winger, while his turn of pace was good for some instances in the match once he gets into that final third he does not deliver, he does not cross overly well and his shot leaves something to be desired. Is this not why we got Moses, I just do not understand di matteo's insistence on either using Ramires on the wing or Bertrand. I just don't know what Robby sees in Bertrand, when he came on, chelsea lost control of the match. Cahill needs to start more often. I feel much much more confident about our defense when Cahill and Terry start. Cahill does not seem to have those lapses in concentration that Luiz has and he always seems to be keen not to let one in. At times in the match Luiz was either going after balls he had no chance of winning or just switched off. I really wish Cahill would play alongside Terry more often. They were outstanding last season playing together. Also, why in Heaven's name did we get Cesar if we are not going to use him? If Azpilicueta was played that would allow Ivanovic to play his natural role as a CB. Ivanovic rarely goes foward to help attack and made hazard look bad on the right. After selling both essien and meriles, i have no answer to how we resolve the double pivot unless we change to 4-3-3. Sigh, hope RDM makes some changes and at least starts Oscar and or Moses alongside Mata and Hazard. Hopefully we can return to winning ways against Stoke.

I told you all that oscar is good enough to start..... he benches both ganso and lucas moura and is as good as mata and even a better finisher. He should start every game for this peformance, maybe it will knock some sense into poor peformers. Mikel is just a fish, why did he give a stupid pass like that? Hazard played well. Torres has a terrible ball control and no strength or desire to win balls. I wouldnt mind seeing moses or sturridge in attack because torres loses the ball too much and spoils the link up play. This gives the opposition the ball easily. Why dimatteo thinks ramires is a right winger is beyond me. He cannot cross or make the right decision at the right time. Lampard should not play 90mins for us again he should be subbed early. Terry tried to play offside instead of tracking him. At least oscar has proved he is a starter as i commented before

The main criticism is for roberto dimatteo and not lampard. Lampard has played as an attacking or central midfield all his life and is not clearly suited for this role. Its like telling ozil to play in defensive midfield when he is not used to it. He will always go foward and leave spaces at the back, which good teams like athletico and juve will exploit. The only way chelsea can develop a true system is to play lampard in attacking midfield where he belongs or change back to ancelloti's 4-3-3 with lampard and oscar in CM roles. That is what dimatteo is not doing. He is not trying to find a system to develop our play. The first time he tried it was in the last 10mins against qpr. Before we started bossing them. If qpr holds 55% possesion against us then against mancity what will happen? 80%

its really not lampards fault that he is playing bad. 1. He is not a defensive midfielder and is told to play there by dimatteo 2. He is tired from those international games in a short time The solution is to use lampard as the attacking midfielder in big games(because of his experience and his true position is attacking) and use him as a substitute in small games. But i dont like him beside mikel, i would rather see him behind torres with mata and hazard at the flanks.

We need to crowd the midfield to reduce the space for pirlo there. team ivanovic-luiz-cahill-cole mikel - ramires moses-mata-hazard sturridge 1. cahill should play because of terry injury 2. lampard had 69% passing against qpr, horrible, should be benched. He is a natural attacking midfielder. Dimatteo is playing him out of position 3. moses in place of ramires should give us some energy in attack and he also comes back to mark the full backs (just like man united's valencia) 4. Torres walked out on the coach after a poor 80mins and deserved to be benched for that no excuse. 5. If mata is not playing, then oscar must take his place 6. Lampard played 3 games in 9 days, i think he needs to rest for sure 34 year old. Even scholes doesnt play this much. Overall i think 4-3-3 will be best ramires-mikel-oscar moses-sturridge-hazard This will shut out the space for pirlo better than only two holding midfielders or playin betrand at LW.

We need to crowd the midfield to reduce the space for pirlo there. team ivanovic-luiz-cahill(bcos of terry injury)-cole mikel - ramires moses(we need this energy and ramires is not a true RW like moses)-mata-hazard sturridge 1. cahill should play because of terry injury 2. lampard had 69% passing against qpr, horrible, should be benched. He is a natural attacking midfielder. Dimatteo is playing him out of position 3. moses in place of ramires should give us some energy in attack and he also comes back to mark the full backs (just like man united's valencia) 4. Torres walked out on the coach after a poor 80mins and deserved to be benched for that no excuse. 5. If mata is not playing, then oscar must take his place 6. Lampard played 3 games in 9 days, i think he needs to rest for sure 34 year old. Even scholes doesnt play this much. If dimatteo is going defensive then 4-3-3 will be best ramires-mikel-lampard moses-sturridge-hazard This will shut out the space for pirlo better than only two holding midfielders or playin betrand at LW.

true blue, you gave a very good analysis of the situation. The real problem here is roberto di matteo's team selections. teams that use the 4-2-3-1 successfully are bayern munich, madrid and mancity. bayern munich have schweinstiger-gustavo robben-muller-ribery gomez madrid have xabi alonso-khedira dimaria-ozil-ronaldo higuain mancity have yaya toure-rodwell silva-tevez-nasri aguero the simillarities are that 1. they all have a long range passer in schweinstiger or alonso or yaya 2. the three behind the striker are ALL ATTACK MINDED. 1. We dont have any long range passer 2. we have a box to box player like khedira and yayatoure (ramires) 3. You are perfectly right, lampard is too attack minded to play there. he will fit better at the attacking midfield. 4. Lampard is an attacking midfielder not a defensive one what dimatteo is doing is like telling ozil to play alonso's position. he will always go foward because that is what he is used to. 5. Ramires is not playing well this season. Because he is out of position too. he plays CM for brazil and benfica. 6. Dimatteo is was defence minded against a relegation team qpr when manchester united will play nani, kagawa, vanpersie and valencia against such teams. Di matteo knows this problem. He is not blind. He is just afraid of what happened to AVB with lampard. So unfortunately this problem is not going away soon. I wish he could use this formation azapuleta-luiz-terry-cole mikel-ramires mata-lampard-hazard torres This formation will solve dimatteo's problem first hand since i know he is a coward to tell lampard that he doesnt fit. It will balance every thing back This is what i really want mikel-ramires moses-mata-hazard torres/sturridge This formation is the best, ramires will stay back and keep the midfield mobile, mata and hazard will link up and switch positions often and moses will provide quality crosses like a true good winger. (Something chelsea lost when robben left us, some freakin width to provide energy in the flanks like man united's valencia) This is the best formation for our group of players against smaller opposition(4-3-3) oscar-mikel-lampard mata- torres - hazard 1. This will give us the possession for sure. Few teams will out possess us not just ordinary teams like qpr did this weekend. 2. We will be back to or 4-3-3 which will perfectly fit oscar and lampard better 3. More midfield players = more control like barcelona 4. I just pray dimatteo can use dis Oscar is a starter in brazil good enough to keep ganso and lucas moura out of the team. Why the **** is he not playin as a substitute at the very least. He reminds me of fabregas and he is even faster. We are freaking wasting a real talent here.