Raul Meireles

[termninja 5,290]

Well if his performances under Andre have been his best I wouldn't be sad if he left. I would miss his hair and tattoos though

[CHOULO19 24,332]

That's 12m down the drain.

[termninja 5,290]

  On 15/03/2012 at 19:15, CHOULO19 said:

That's 12m down the drain.

It's not like we would let him leave for free...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

  On 15/03/2012 at 19:19, Sh0n3x said:

It's not like we would let him leave for free...

You speak like don't know chelsea, mate. We don't sell players, we let them go for free.

[termninja 5,290]

  On 15/03/2012 at 19:24, CHOULO19 said:

You speak like don't know chelsea, mate. We don't sell players, we let them go for free.

Hah yeah, but Raul has been here for only 1 season and he did alright so his price shouldn't have dropped.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

  On 15/03/2012 at 19:26, Sh0n3x said:

Hah yeah, but Raul has been here for only 1 season and he did alright so his price shouldn't have dropped.

I hope you're right. Either way, we can't afford those kind of signings when FFP rules start.

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

Happy BirthDay!!!

[termninja 5,290]

29 today...Happy Birthday!

[The Big Drog 1,110]

We gave him the chance to play behind the striker for the last 20 minutes, a position he has rarely (if ever) gotten to play during his time at Chelsea and he looked really good in there. He managed to set up 2 and score 1 during his brief time in that role. Juan Mata is clearly the first choice in that role but if we were to need a temporary replacement for him in that role I think Meireles is definitely the best choice.

[Jase 43,479]

Decent performance from him yesterday to go with his birthday the day before.

[francozola 2,040]

Good display but let's consider the opposition. However when he was played higher up in the last few minutes he was very good indeed. That's where he should be played, not in DM.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Meireles is an attacking midfielder. At Porto he played as a LAM in a 4-2-3-1. No surprise to see him perform well there.

[francozola 2,040]

  On 19/03/2012 at 10:31, BlueLion said:

Meireles is an attacking midfielder. At Porto he played as a LAM in a 4-2-3-1. No surprise to see him perform well there.

Yeah I made this point a few pages back as well. He's been disastrous whenever he's had a defensive role against decent opposition. Everytime he plays higher up the field he does a good job

[CHOULO19 24,332]

  On 19/03/2012 at 10:43, francozola said:

Yeah I made this point a few pages back as well. He's been disastrous whenever he's had a defensive role against decent opposition. Everytime he plays higher up the field he does a good job

The problem is, we olny have one central attacking midfielder in our squad and that is reserved for Mata.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Apparently there some fans at the bridge shouting abuse at him and telling him to fuck off back to Portugal along with AVB.

I guess this was a reaction to the rumors that Raul was not happy how AVB was treated.

[Fulham Broadway 17,026]

.. starting to play a bit like a homeless alcoholic as well as look like one...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Yes his passing was (to borrow Francozola's favorite word ) atrocious, but that is expected. He actually wasn't all that bad yesterday, he ran more than anyone else on the pitch and was keen to defend (which is jaw-dropping, knowing his usual performances. I guess having him further up the pitch helps since his inevitable stray passes to create too much threat on our goal.

[francozola 2,040]

I agree! He did ok but his passing was so bad! Then again, Ramires was just as bad in terms of end product so let's not make Meireles the scapegoat. Ramires screwed up plenty of moves yesterday as well due to his poor decision making or hopeless ball control