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STOP SAYING BULLSHIT! It's annoying as heck! Are you deaf? The guy has been complaining about the same thing for a month!!!!!! That the team has a chance to score 2, 3, 4 goals and doesn't and he DOESN'T like it. 20th....

honestly I can't even criticize the guy... do we expect him to outperform beyond his capabilities the whole season? Today was only slightly worse than the normal kind of presentations he has. He's been very good until a few matches ago, but he was overachieving... he's a squad member that we've been relying as if he was our best CB, so I can't blame a guy who plays what's expected from him... and he was feeling some sort of discomfort in the thigh/hip before coming for the match. He was poor (a bit poorer than usual), but I can't hold it against him. He tries, he works hard, he gives a fuck, but he's very limited technically. He'll always have my respect because he really gives his best every match. The problem is his best isn't that much good in general, but he at least tries.

I think he was decent today - which is the corresponding to awesome given how the players turned up in Stadium of Light. If there's one play that KILLED me was during the first half when he advanced in the right flank and reached the box, and cross AND THERE WASN'T ANYONE IN THE BOX because Eto'o was outside the box and Cole got the cross (in the other side of the box) and cross to the middle of the box where there was anyone. Do you guys remember when he scored his first goal for us? It was a similar play, Torres reached the end of the pitch and crossed and Schurrle moved to receive the ball and score (while Torres was advancing). That's what I expect from our striker and even Willian and de Bruyne (although if memory serves, de Bruyne was inside the box in this specific play). I'd test him in the striker position. It's not like he can do any worse than our strikers have been doing anyway. Give him a couple of matches there and see what happens. But I don't see José doing it

The best thing about him is how objective he is. He gets the ball and he passes it quickly normally to the player better positioned around him. We miss this kind of objectiveness as our players normally hold the ball or keep back-passing it or passing it horizontally instead of vertically. If only he had a striker ahead of him to pass the ball to He needs to try to be more incisive ahead of the goal though. He has a decent finish but he seems unsure and insecure about shooting. Someone should tell him it's not like he can be any worse than the guys we do have taking shots for us. I want him to position himself inside the box when the wingers are in position to cross and to take some shots during the match around the box.

but will we when José says he can't complain about the players because they've showed the right attitude? Is he bloody kidding me? Right attitude? Unless he's talking about willian alone (Schurrle, Schwarzer and Azpili also had decent attitude), that's exactly the nonchalant attitude I don't want. NONCHALANCE that's all I could see there except those four and if he approves of their attitude I'm not sure he thinks we desperately need a new CM and a better back up for our defense (as he already said he's happy with our strikers, although he wishes they'd score more) One positive comes from this match. JT rested as he's going to be much needed against Arsenal. and I know Ivanovic is really lacking some quality lately, but he's still miles better (defensively) than Cole - who seems passed it (or at least really out of form), despite what he and Nike say. Now God helps us if Azpili is injured and can't play Monday. We need to have Iva - Terry - David - Azpili to stand a chance against Arsenal. Cahill was shocking today, but maybe he wasn't fully recovered from the problem in his thigh. Luiz wasn't that great, but he didn't have any capital mistake (except for people who blame him for allowing a ball to pass his ball, out of instinct) and he seems to be a bit better than Cahill right now imo (none of which is confident though and both leave me unsure and uncomfortable now, especially when I remember Arsenal's attack)

at least he was better positioned to avoid the goal than Cahill who was trying to get a clearance while standing inside the goal. Please, how can you react to a shoot a yard away from you? It's reflex and instinct and he did the best he could. Now, speaking about his perfomance. He seems to be lacking confidence these days. I don't know how much is the time he spent off with injury or if he's feeling like he isn't appreciated here. I don't know what is, but he needs to figure it out. He didn't compromise our defense today like Essien, Cahill and Cole did, but it's still far from what he normally produces. And people need to understand a thing about long passes. You can't complain about the wrong ones, then clap when he has a couple of brilliant defence-to-box passes to Ba (who did shit with both, and couldn't win a 1x1). When you go for a long pass, you'll hit a few you'll miss some and I hope Mourinho doesn't shy him from doing it because the difficulty we have to penetrate defenses nowadays, it's a big favor to have 2 key long passes like those even if he misses 5 to deliver those 2. If only we had striker to capitalize that...

did you guys notice his face just after Taylor ended the match? He was so deeply disappointed and sad... he must have felt... I worked my socks off, we had so many chances and they're through... fml. It was nearly heartbreaking. He showed a lot of heart and out a lot of effort there today. I wish our other 9 players showed as much will and determination, but they didn't bother, did they?

These matches expose our inefficiency in the attack. The goal Etoo missed early in the second, the chances Ba missed throughout the 2nd half and extra-time cost us the defeat. Of course, our defense shouldn't be conceding to sides like Sunderland, but given the players we had there today (Cole, Cahill, Essien - all of which with terrible mistakes during the match and Luiz being very shaky and insecure in some of his actions) it's no surprise really. Don't let me touch the pivot because my blood boils faster than it does with our strikers. Oh, wait, it's not possible to have something more annoying than the clueless players we had leading out attack. Willian was the only decent player. He was absolutely exhausted in the extra time and he kept it going... if only we had more players with such attitude... Onward and forward, I'm not looking forward to play Arsenal and Liverpool (not even Swansea honestly), but we do tend to play better against stronger sides. Where can I sign for our October performances to be here?

Hazard by a mile... it's not even a contest, but he needs a rest... that's why I wouldn't bring him promptly.

LOL! LAMPS!!!!

I'd play Oscar for Kevin, to see if we improve, just because I think Hazard can use a real rest, otherwise I'd have Eden for Kevin promptly. If Oscar doesn't improve it, then I'd have Hazard. Ba or Torres need to come for Eto'o. I don't care which of them, but Eto'o needs to be subbed.

not a word is said when he doesn't though. I don't want him to do it, but we clearly have trouble penetrating their defense, we'll see a lot of players shooting from long distance because our AMs can't penetrate and when they do - like Schurrle did a while ago, our striker is outside the box and no one is there to take advantage of it.

why I'm not surprised that both Schurrle and Lampard roofed long distance shots and not a word is said, but when Luiz does the same the posts come?

I really don't get the instagram/twitter/facebook thing that's been brought by more than one person lately. What does social media have to do with football and performance on pitch? Gimme a bloody break.

I think Cech and Ramires stayed in London because they're resting - based on the amount of matches they've played so far. I guess Mata was left out for whatever other reason and he really isn't tired... As for Oscar I can't answer your question either. I have no idea what AMs will play Monday, but I do hope it includes both Schürrle and Hazard.

No, I guess Willian is But to be honest we're the ones who keep trying to fix the players in a position. There's no one fixed in this team, except Hazard that when playing spends like 80% in the LW. Everyone else interchanges A LOT during matches. So yeah, it's sort of pointless deciding if a player is in the wing or in the middle.

Chelsea FC ‏@chelseafc 2m Team v Sunderland: Schwarzer; Azpilicueta, Cahill, D Luiz, Cole; Mikel, Lampard ©; De Bruyne, Willian, Schurrle; Eto’o. #CFC I love every piece of it

It's great that Zizou enjoys Eden so much, but he can stop sucking up because we ain't releasing him to RM

defenders are always unsure, clueless and basically lost in front of Eden when he's in that zone of the pitch. Look at Bannan inviting Eden to get the ball between his legs (forgot how to say that in English) and then he quickly closes them thinking Eden fell for it. LOL

I'd play Schurrle - Oscar or Mata - KdB with Willian and Oscar or Mata in the bench. Hazard at home. I do agree about resting Eden, Rami and JT. JT is likely to be rested if Cahill is fit for the match. And finally Azpilicueta is playing in the RB!!! In the midfield I'd play Lamps and Essien as I favor a more defensive pivot against Arsenal with Mikel and Rami (but we all know José will play Lamps monday)

My tolerance must be terrible because I have nearly 20 in mine. When I identify a pattern, I just move people there. They'll annoy me, I'll be tempted to answer back to nonsense, so to avoid all that, I just put them there. As for David Luiz criticism and expectation, potential and whats not. I think he IS a great CB and he still has some aspects he needs to improve. People talk about him being 26 as if he's done and can't improve. He can, I'm not sure if he will, but he can. The kind of defending he provides to Brazil and the kind he provided to us most of last season is nearly flawless. He'll make mistakes as any CB will, otherwise most matches around the world would end 0x0. If Chelsea paid 3x for him than they paid for Cahill, it's their problem. We all know Portuguese teams capitalize a lot with their signings, so basically any player coming from them will be overpriced. The fact is now we have a team like Barcelona willing to pay 30m for him. Go see if anyone will ever pay even 10m for Cahill. Are they all that much delusional? Are they all that stupid to invest on potential and not reality? Barça has a problem RIGHT NOW in their defense. They aren't looking for potential, but for an immediate impact and the second name in their list was Luiz (Silva being the first). The problem about Luiz's mistakes being talked much more than others' is because normally they aren't subtle. Cahill failed in many goals we've conceded this season, but none of them was as bad as that lazy ball Luiz passed to Cech that led to a goal (honestly can't remember if it was Norwich or Cardiff because my memory sucks). So because his errors are messes normally it's easier to criticize it rather than the guy that has mediocre technique, watches opponents all the time, is slow and can't for the life of himself get an offside trap well done, although he does try them quite often and many times can't reach the opponent because he's slow. Not to say the eventual positioning mistake and how awfully passive is his defending. So it's easy to criticize the guy that makes ONE huge mistake that leads to one goal, rather than the guy that makes many of them, leading to many clear chances to opposition and goals. I'm not saying Luiz was responsible only for one goal, but normally his mistakes are that bizarre whereas Cahill's are there almost every match... but JT, Iva, Cech make up for him and we don't concede much, although we do concede because of him too. As a Brazilian I'm happy with the CB playing for my NT, if English people are happy with Cahill on their defense too, then let's all be happy to have both playing for Chelsea, right?

I'm never, ever again choosing someone over Suarez for the armband. We'll play Liverpool in two weeks, I'll have him as my captain. Ofc I don't want him to score against us, but the man is on fire, so even if I don't want him to score against us, he might I have both Ramsey and Suarez, but I believe the latter is the real deal while the former is only enjoying good form and I think it's only a matter of time before he's burn out. Arsenal don't rotate him, and I feel the succession of bad results (especially if we manage to get points at Emirates comes Monday) will take its toll on them and I can predict some free fall effect. But until then I'll have both him and Ozil in my team. My prediction may completely be wrong and Arsenal may shrug off their recent bad results, so I won't touch either of them until I see it actually happening. I wasn't going to change Aguero when they said he was out for only two weeks. He's much more expensive now than when I bought him and I was going to lose so money and risk not having enough of it to buy him back, but being away 4 weeks I really don't have an option I might get Rooney or Lukaku instead of Negredo though because unlike Jype I'm not sure City will carry it on with Negredo, they'll miss Kun a lot imo and I hope it affects their form we all know they weren't that amazing away, so I hope without Kun there to net balls in, they just have some shocking results. In one month they'll play 8 matches and I'm looking forward to them dropping about 5 points without Kun. I'm going to get Toure for Oscar though. Oscar is clearly out of form and I wonder if he isn't burn out for the 130+ matches he has under his belt in 18 months... he's young, but that's still a crazy amount of matches. and I've miss you, Jay.

I don't get all those nostalgic feelings at all. I'm not pleased at all to play against Drogba and Sneijder - both of which who have won their teams UCL titles in recent years. Yeah, they're not the players they used to be, but in times like these those players grow. so Galatasaray would be the last in my wish list (maybe tied with Leverkusen). What if Didier scores the winner that gets them through? They've kicked Juventus out of the knock-out stage... the Juventus that we couldn't pass by last season

Bayern lost at Allianz Arena to us in 2012 (actually drew but you know what I mean), last year to Arsenal and this year to ManCity. I wouldn't write Arsenal off at all. Those germans love to lose at home to English teams.

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