Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 @Kezza It's not because of Cahill. It's because of Azpi. Matic and Cahill help out too but mostly Azpi. I believe that's the reason why Azpi starts on the left back. He protects Terry from getting run at. Azpi rarely ever gets burned however against Newcastle he was on a couple of occasions leaving Terry isolated in a 1 on 1 situation with a skillfull and quick winger.To be blunt neither Cahill nor Terry are suited to play center back in a team that plays a high press (high line), possession based tactic.(fullbacks high up the pitch to provide width) Terry is too slow and Cahill simply doesn't know how to defend proactively. DYC., The Chels and LDN Blue 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 @Kezza It's not because of Cahill. It's because of Azpi. Matic and Cahill help out too but mostly Azpi. I believe that's the reason why Azpi starts on the left back. He protects Terry from getting run at. Azpi rarely ever gets burned however against Newcastle he was on a couple of occasions leaving Terry isolated in a 1 on 1 situation with a skillfull and quick winger.Fair point, I agree. I guess shows when Luis plays instead of Azpi. Luis get caught out playing narrow, lvan gets caught out playing narrow, this leaves Terry to defend and Cahill to clean up the scraps.To be blunt neither Cahill nor Terry are suited to play center back in a team that plays a high press (high line), possession based tactic.(fullbacks high up the pitch to provide width) Terry is too slow and Cahill simply doesn't know how to defend proactively. Agreed. My point remains that Terry still have avoided stick where as Cahill has taken most if not all of the brunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Wrong. Only one of our fullback attacks, the other stays and defends. Not really leaving Cahill and Terry exposed?This requires the CB's to have pace in them to shuffle the defense over. Neither Terry nor Cahill have this. Cavalho provided us with this pace. Terry and Cahill are both not quick enough to allow for this system.As above, my point remains that Terry has avoided a lot of stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 One bad game and Terry has avoided a lot of stick. Incredible. Ainsley Harriott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 One bad game and Terry has avoided a lot of stick. Incredible.Terry has been more reliable this season, and has chipped in with a few goals. That's why stick hasn't gone his way as of yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyfreshh 164 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Cahill has been our worst player this season. Hopefully the benching will improve his play. I'm sure Gary will get his place back. Henrique 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyfreshh 164 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Terry has been more reliable this season, and has chipped in with a few goals. That's why stick hasn't gone his way as of yet. Terry has been very consistent and apart from 1 or 2 bad games, he's been excellent for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Terry has been very consistent and apart from 1 or 2 bad games, he's been excellent for usI ain't denying that, but he has had his bad games. Either way, he's by far the best CB we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I ain't denying that, but he has had his bad games. Either way, he's by far the best CB we have.Name them. Can you name 4-5 bad games out of the 30 or something matches he's played this season?If not, then you can't really say that JT "has had his bad games". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hopefully he remains benched for Swansea. BlueLion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Why was Cahill warming up at 0-0?I'm not sure, but it would make sense if they are simply keeping themselves ready in case they are needed to come on. Whatever way you look at it, playing Zouma was a risk and Cahill was probably instructed to keep himself ready in case Zouma flunked or got injured. It's also not impossible that Jose was toying with the idea of bringing him on after half-time. The Chels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I'm not sure, but it would make sense if they are simply keeping themselves ready in case they are needed to come on. Whatever way you look at it, playing Zouma was a risk and Cahill was probably instructed to keep himself ready in case Zouma flunked or got injured. It's also not impossible that Jose was toying with the idea of bringing him on after half-time.Every player on the bench warms up during the game except for the GK, don't look too much into it. Mikel was warming up at the same time; shall we assume Jose was going to haul off Costa and settle for 0-0?Don't read cryptically into simple things, he was warming up for the simple reason of there being a potential injury. Name them. Can you name 4-5 bad games out of the 30 or something matches he's played this season?If not, then you can't really say that JT "has had his bad games".JT has had a number of poor games this season. Spurs and even last weekend are two very recent examples. But he is playing poorly in those games because he's too old to play 60 games a season consistently well, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 JT has had a number of poor games this season. Spurs and even last weekend are two very recent examples. But he is playing poorly in those games because he's too old to play 60 games a season consistently well, IMO.I didn't see the Tottenham match (and I never plan on doing so) and yeah he was poor in the first half against Newcastle along with the rest of the team. I'm probably forgetting some other game or half where he was poor this season, but that kind of ratio of bad over 30 matches is up there with even our best performers of the season like Eden and Cesc. A lot of people would say Matic or Costa have been our best players this season, but both have had more than a few bad matches this season which is more than Terry.I don't think that 2-3 bad matches from 30 is indicative of being too old or of any lack of ability. It's pretty normal for any footballer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Name them. Can you name 4-5 bad games out of the 30 or something matches he's played this season?If not, then you can't really say that JT "has had his bad games".I'm going by our most recent game, Newcastle. He wasn't great against Tottenham either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself 793 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 This requires the CB's to have pace in them to shuffle the defense over. Neither Terry nor Cahill have this. Cavalho provided us with this pace. Terry and Cahill are both not quick enough to allow for this system.As above, my point remains that Terry has avoided a lot of stickBut Azpilicueta has pace. Cahill's not exactly a snail like you're making him out to be either Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 waiting for the show here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyfreshh 164 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Cahill wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Let the abuse begins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyfreshh 164 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Cahill was doing ok then 1-1. .. Matic out of position is to blame more thou RoyalBlues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid Angel 2,130 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Oxygen thief.Cahill was doing ok then 1-1. .. Matic out of position is to blame more thouIf a defender has to rely on the DM everytime, then that my friend is a joke of a defender. Blue-in-me-Veins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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