Raul Meireles

[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]

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]

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 17,306]

.. 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

[Madmax 9,219]

I wouldn't mind a clear-out of the Portuguese contingent now that AVB is gone. Meireles, Ferreira, Bosingwa.

[Kajo 176]

He was good against Brimingham and Leicester but give away almost every ball yesterday. Shocking performance.

[didierforever 7,349]

his role was to mark yaya toure who ran the first 20 minutes when city played us at bridge last year and we were getting our asses kicked. so as not to put a similar story at the etihad rdm put raul to mark yaya and he did an excellent job and he was taken out almost as soon as barry was introduced and yaya's position changed to cam instead of the deep lying play maker. so i would not say that meireles played badly.

[zolayes 14,489]

I wouldn't mind a clear-out of the Portuguese contingent now that AVB is gone. Meireles, Ferreira, Bosingwa.

yes clear the shelves of sardines stocking up on Belgian chocolates

[Drogzola 283]

He has nothing to offer us. He scores great goals once in awhile but otherwise his passing has been shit and he is not a great tackler nor is he strong or good in the air. Oh and get a proper fucking haircut!

[James 5,287]

Never seen a Chelsea player give the ball away so many times, last night was shocking. Gets paid all that money and goes around looking like a hobo.