Valencia 1-1 Chelsea

[eldo 868]

Every manager we've had since since we bought kalou has consistently played him way more than he deserved to. At least Villas-Boas has realised how bad he is and has hardly played him this season and favored sturridge instead. Also Kalou will probably never play for us again, so it could be a blessing in disguise.

On another note just because Lampard played well last night it doesnt make up for the past 2 years of mediocrity. I'd still much rather see Raul meireles in the starting line up.

2009/10

51 games 27 goals 20 assists

2010/11

32 games 13 goals 6 assists

Mediocrity?

[Dylan_91 90]

2009/10

51 games 27 goals 20 assists

2010/11

32 games 13 goals 6 assists

Mediocrity?

How many of those goals were pens?

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

Badboy, how about explaining the negative rep you gave me? Not just grind the button. I'd be glad to hear your opinion and objections to my post

[eldo 868]

How many of those goals were pens?

Are you a Man Utd fan?

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Chelsea needs to be doing some serious finishing-practise. It is absolutley horrific and embarrasing to see such opportunities wasted because of lousy finishes!

[Dylan_91 90]

Are you a Man Utd fan?

I think most chelsea fans would admit that most of lampards performances over the past 2 years havent been good enough. Lampard was my favourite player 4 or 5 years ago but its time to accept he just isnt good enough anymore. We need a creative player who can produce a bit of magic when we need it and Lampard doesnt offer that anymore.

[Badboy 1,526]

Badboy, how about explaining the negative rep you gave me? Not just grind the button. I'd be glad to hear your opinion and objections to my post

[Kojo 4,676]

Right what i think of the game, Bosingwa, was pretty decent, again not his best of games, offensivly he gave the ball away twice, made a brillaint cross for Torres, but allowed them to make far too many crosses on his flank. David Luiz, this lad was spot on, what a game, Terry he was good but got long balled the shit out of, it's a fact, he's way to slow, every long ball they made it was on Terry's side, Cole had a terrible game in my opinion Valencia made the wrong targeting and should of been running down the right flank with the way Cole was playing, it just wasn't one of his days, his passing was off also. Mikel... it's a fact, Mikel is probably the best DM in the league on the ball, but off the ball he seriously needs to work on it, i think he needs to loosen the strength and get more pace, Mikel cannot break up play, so many runs they made and Mikel couldn't keep up with the runners. I watched Mikel very closely, his man marking, his look for interceptions, and he struggled far too much because he wasn't fast enough, Canales was causing him a lot of trouble. Lampard, poor first half, second half he was brilliant in the first 10 minutes, he was a big reason for our chances. But then after that sunk a bit, but still had a decent game afterwards, but he wasn't great, he needs to be doing more of what he was doing in the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half.

Ramires, brilliant first half, ever since that knock he took however he just remained a ghost through the rest of his time in the game. Mata, for me has to be his worst game for us, however he had those moments where he was brilliant esepcially when he dribbled all the way through there defence, god knows why he passed to cole, everyone knows cole can't cross. Torres, got himself into the positions and worked brillaint with us, but the finishing wasn't there, however in my opinion solid game, he worked very well with the team. He made a good header, but the one on one he got, blatent penalty, but Torres should of done better, he needs to finish and go with his instinct rather than thinking too much. The other time when he got a one on one, goalkeeper made a cracking save, that's just our luck, goalkeepers always play good against us, even if there a substitute keeper and that's what we played against. Malouda, interesting to be honest he never dissapointed me at all, first half he was like Lampard not to good, he was just an option to pass to then couldn't create anything, second half there was moments when he was sharp.

Anelka, had little time to do but played pretty decent to be honest, besides that finish Anelka should of done much better, same for Malouda's finish later on in the game. Kalou, why did i fucking remind myself of this prick?, hope he never plays for us again, simply awful. Meireles, to be honest i didn't see much of him... so i can't judge to much on him.

So what i think of the game is we allowed them to do way to much, Valencia are a good team, but we allowed them to be a great team, we let them play in our half for fun and make runs and fancy passes to each other, no breaking up at all, Mikel was our weakest man for me today, he never had a bad game it's just something he can't do, oriol should of been playing this one. The one thing i hated about the game was the finishing, such poor finishing, we made there goal keeper look world class, Malouda's soft as shit finesse in the middle of the goal, instead of in the corner, Anelka's poor finish and so many other poor finishing in this game, it just wasn't pro finishing, none of them where on target, same as Ramires's shot he should of put it bottom corner easy, but he kicked it at the keeper when he was trying to finesse it in the bottom corner, poor as fuck finishing. And substitutions... Torres should of played full game, definitely, Kalou on for Lampard?, are you fucking kidding me, when valencia are running riots in midfield we take one off and put a hopeless shit winger on who does fuck all in the game and gives the ball away?, pathetic. The only sub that made sense was Meireles, since Ramires was quiet after his knock.

[Kojo 4,676]

Badboy, how about explaining the negative rep you gave me? Not just grind the button. I'd be glad to hear your opinion and objections to my post

Ignore him, i've reported him to the mods, as all he does is troll this forum.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Good game that we should have obviously won comfortably, if not for their keeper and Kalou!

Does feel like a loss tbh, but hopefully we can win the 2 games with Genk and one of the Leverkusen-Valencia matches ends in a draw

[manpe 10,861]

How many of those goals were pens?

How many of those assists were flukes? You're talking out of your ass.. last season he struggled, he was injured, no doubt. But in the double season he was magnificent.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

2009/10

51 games 27 goals 20 assists

2010/11

32 games 13 goals 6 assists

Mediocrity?

How many of those goals were pens?

I think we will all agree that Fabregas is a great midfielder. He also happens to be Arsenal's pen taker. Here's his stats:

2009-2010 19 goals 19 assists

2010-2011 9 goals 17 assists

Pretty close to Lampsy's stats, Frankie's are even a little better imo.

[Dylan_91 90]

I think we will all agree that Fabregas is a great midfielder. He also happens to be Arsenal's pen taker. Here's his stats:

2009-2010 19 goals 19 assists

2010-2011 9 goals 17 assists

Pretty close to Lampsy's stats, Frankie's are even a little better imo.

However Fabregas is injury prone and offers much more to the game than lampard in terms of his general play.

[manpe 10,861]

However Fabregas is injury prone and offers much more to the game than lampard in terms of his general play.

I think we have an undercover gunner spy lurking around

[CHOULO19 24,332]

However Fabregas is injury prone and offers much more to the game than lampard in terms of his general play.

If you are convinced that a player will under perform, then that is exactly what you will see him do. I suggest you try watching the next match Lampad features in without any prior judgements because you are seeing only what you want to see in my opinion.

[Justin_3d 1,140]

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[Justin_3d 1,140]

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KTBFFH

[Steve 10,227]

After each match day, i will try to bring you two different options for the game.

One descent quality that is available almost as soon as the game is done and which don't take a long time to download. The other HD version, but this one usually takes a couple of hours to upload, also if you don't have a premium account it will take you a lot longer to download.

And if you don't have a premium account i suggest you get one from Fileserve or Filesonic. They are the most popular sites to download, will get more download and only cost $9 a month.

KTBFFH

I already do this. I also have a whole thread dedicated to it.

[Justin_3d 1,140]

I already do this. I also have a whole thread dedicated to it.

Where so?

Let me know so i can post it there pls.

Thanks.

[zolayes 14,489]

I've been trying to get my head round those substitutions ...they were certainly more like we might have got with Ranieri (remember Monaco?)

This is my effort to explain the inexplicable.

1 Ramires off...our player with the most stamina of all and playing well..Mereiles a good shout . Ram got a knock in the first half ..perhaps he was

feeling it or sub was a precaution.

2 Torres off Anelka on . We needed to keep the ball when we got it forward so a reasonable sub

3 Lampard off Kalou on...At the time my reaction was WTF ...A sub to run down the clock??? Then leave it to added on time.

Drog had been warming up ..could have come on with Malouda dropping into midfield.Perhaps Drog had felt a twinge in warming up so wasn't

risked. In that case why not bringon Ivo ..

I'm not defending putting on Kalou ...just trying to explain how I think it might have happened