Gary Cahill

[Sidzeret 2,257]

He is waiting for a dip on Terry's form to seal his first team place.

Kalas- Cahill for Swindon

[Tomo 21,751]

he again excelled at the Allianz Arena and collected a winners’ medal.

He didn't, we had one good performer that night and that was Cech.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

I simply cannot get over the fact this guy never gets criticised!

Have a look at the Dailymail's review he got after the match:

"Looked every inch the first choice centre back for club and country before Basle's late purple patch".

He (along with Oscar and Lampard) received a 7 out of 10, which was the highest mark in our side.

Not a single mention of him losing his marker in the second goal, just like in the game against Bayern where he just let Ribery freely take his shot, and dozens of other matches in the Premier league last season and also Benteke's goal for Villa this season.

It certainly does pay dividends having friends in the media with their perennial footballing nepotistic way of judging players.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I simply cannot get over the fact this guy never gets criticised!

Have a look at the Dailymail's review he got after the match:

"Looked every inch the first choice centre back for club and country before Basle's late purple patch".

He (along with Oscar and Lampard) received a 7 out of 10, which was the highest mark in our side.

Not a single mention of him losing his marker in the second goal, just like in the game against Bayern where he just let Ribery freely take his shot, and dozens of other matches in the Premier league last season and also Benteke's goal for Villa this season.

It certainly does pay dividends having friends in the media with their perennial footballing nepotistic way of judging players.

English players are always hyped beyond belief. I mean 2 of three English player playing getting the highest rating in the team even though they were both bad is nothing new.

He made a few of his usual positioning mistakes (and a couple of his last-ditch tackle to be fair). I have no idea why Jose feels JT needs to be rotated.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Yeah, lost his man for the final goal but won't get criticised for it by the media.

[didierforever 7,349]

cahill was marking streller, who gets ahead of him and scores a brilliant goal on the near post on a ball which should have been dealt with etoo on the near post by the way.

mata loses the actual ball which resulted in the corner.

but if any1 even dare mention, what luiz did against everton, he gets called names. lmao....

i can only imagine the melt down on this forum if cahill had made the same amount of mistakes luiz had made in the everton goal.

[The Skipper 20,609]

nvm.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Cahill is great at last ditch tackles and heading the ball in the opposition box. That's where his game ends.

There's a reason why Arsenal or no other club apart from us decided against spending 8 million on him. He just cannot read or interpret the game.

I know Terry's legs are going but I'd still play him over Cahill any day.

[Tomo 21,751]

Yeah, lost his man for the final goal but won't get criticised for it by the media.

Get him to curl his hair and kick the shit out Rooney, that will do the trick.

[happy_juan 64]

cahill was marking streller, who gets ahead of him and scores a brilliant goal on the near post on a ball which should have been dealt with etoo on the near post by the way.

mata loses the actual ball which resulted in the corner.

but if any1 even dare mention, what luiz did against everton, he gets called names. lmao....

i can only imagine the melt down on this forum if cahill had made the same amount of mistakes luiz had made in the everton goal.

Are you for real?

[didierforever 7,349]

Are you for real?

care to elaborate?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

What I have observed thus far this season - Cahill alongside Terry is an absolutely brilliant defensive player. Cahill alongside anyone else is a match made in Hell.

[English Freak 456]

What I have observed thus far this season - Cahill alongside Terry is an absolutely brilliant defensive player. Cahill alongside anyone else is a match made in Hell.

Terry's reading of the game and natural leadership is instrumental to our defensive structure.

The problem with Cahill - Ivanovic & Cahill - Luiz as a CB pairing is the lack of a dominant defender, who is capable of keeping a cool head in pressurized situations.

[robsblubot 3,595]

Terry's reading of the game and natural leadership is instrumental to our defensive structure.

The problem with Cahill - Ivanovic & Cahill - Luiz as a CB pairing is the lack of a dominant defender, who is capable of keeping a cool head in pressurized situations.

Indeed and that only comes with experience...

Both Cahill and Luiz will become better as they acquire experience. Whether they will reach JT's level of composure, well, that's a difficult to know at this point.

Alex, Cahill and Terry are (IMO obviously) a bad pairing. Because they are the same player in terms of characteristics. They are both good blockers, play deep, excellent in the air and not very mobile; Cahill is a bit more pacey, but not very agile which is the reason he backs off a lot. This pairing works in certain matches, especially when we forgo possession by playing a deep defensive line.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Mistakes galore tonight yet again so far. I can't fathom how Cahill is thought to be Chelsea quality.