Rahul Haque 57 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 we need to get back to basics and play the 4 2 3 1 properly. we need creativity behind torres/sturridge. mikel-lampard-hazard-mata-marin--torres-i can't believe we haven't seen something like this already. playing the likes of mereiles or essien is just a waste of time really. they slow the game down. mereiles goes for needless hollywood passes and he is simply not chelsea quality. sell malouda and mereiles...keep benayoun. benayoun in the final third is a heck of a lot more effective then mereiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRiver 1,512 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Meireles and Essien were awful. The Bison is not back, and I don't think that he will ever be. He is done. Meireles loses the ball all the time, all he can do is shoot. I hope the club sells them both.Imo Mikel was very good when he came on. There's a notable difference in midfield when he's on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I thought you said It would be easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 mikel-lampard -hazard-mata-marin- -torres- i can't believe we haven't seen something like this already. Why can't you believe it? Mata hasn't been available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ljpaddock 187 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 The worst thing is we had a guard of honour like some European giants and played like a conference south side against premiership opposition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I have a feeling Mata will be burned out, he has had no fucking rest at all!. At the end of last season he wasn't so effective, he was losing it, I don't want that, we need a creative player so bad!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 On a side note, I find it worrisome that as soon as we don't park the bus, we seem to revert back to the team we were under Andrès Villas-Boas in January. Food for thought... :clap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
November33rd 84 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Not really surprised with the result considering who we started in the midfield. Shame Meireles doesn't play as well for club as he did in the Euros for Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I have a feeling Mata will be burned out, he has had no fucking rest at all!.At the end of last season he wasn't so effective, he was losing it, I don't want that, we need a creative player so bad!.Well, we have an incoming Brazilian soon if that helps.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Often when we play the pitch seems so much narrower to me than normal, it did last season and it does now. I don't know if it's because of the lack of width from us or because many teams play really compact against us, or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Not really surprised with the result considering who we started in the midfield. Shame Meireles doesn't play as well for club as he did in the Euros for Portugal.??? Meireles was poor for portugal, as poor as for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanSnake 1,211 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I ahte it that we have a new squad (well, essentially) and yet most key players haven't been here for pre-season. We are left with the same questions now as we did before Seattle, with other questions being asked and more faults coming into alignment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo 1,729 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 This team will take time to gel, don't get your panties in a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 So people who were gagging for 4-3-3, how'd that work out for you?Lukaku played good for the time he was on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Roman should amend RDM's contract, and add a clause which releases him automatically if he plays the 4-3-3 ever again. edit : haven't watched the whole game but as cundy mentioned, hazard is playing infield to get involved with the play giving us no real width to stretch the opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azpinator 2,325 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Enough mentioning the 10/11 pre-season FFS, we all know what happened back then!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5354 204 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 The problem with the squad is that... majority of them does not seemed to have the urgency...culprits are like MIKEL, ESSIEN, LAMPARD <<<The midfield not working or passing the ball quick enough.Hazard doesnt look like he has adapted yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg 1,824 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Good morning.Didnt watch the match.What happened ? Why a strong 11 lose against Brighton ? Can someone explain me why ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctourniquet 14 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Have to be honest, Oscar has got to start in Lampard or Ess' role if hes going to be used as a CM. Lampard and Ess slowed everything good (wasn't much but yeah...) we did down today.Lamp's goal was good but everything else he did was very average, slowed everything down along with Essien. The one Lamps picked up and played to Torres was an example, say Hazard, Mata or Ramires had the ball in that position they would of took the defender on and shot.If Lampard is going to be the "heart" of the midfield this season we are done for. We are trying to play nice passing football but we can't when every time him or Essien gets the ball takes about 40 touches and then passes it.If we're gonna play 4-3-3 Ramires has got to be in the midfield 3 as well rather than the front 3. I'd personally go for Mikel, Ramires and Oscar in the midfield 3 tbh, Oscar can dictate the tempo and be the deeper lying playmaker, Mikel as the holding man and Ramires being a box to box player where he can attack and defend. For the Community Shield we will have to improve but since a trophy is on offer I'm sure they will, we'll see though.Are you talking about the same Lampard who was top scorer for us last season? Are you talking about the guy who nicked the ball off Messi to give Ramires the perfect pass which led to Drogba's goal against Barcelona in Stamford Bridge? The player who assisted Ramires for his goal at the Nou Camp? Without that goal we would've never been in the CL final. Lampard was clearly our best midfielder towards the end of last season. I'm surprised he was able to take 40 touches against Barcelona before creating two of the most vital goals we've scored all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francozola 2,040 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 That midfield trio of Lampard, Meireles and Essien is just fucking dreadful. Midfield in general is our weak point. Lampard, Essien, Mikel, Meireles, Ramires and Romeu are not good enough to last the whole season, especially when facing top teams and European opposition. We need a proper CM. Essien is finished and should be sold. Meireles is rubbish most of the time and Romeu is a question mark. Mikel is not good enough if we want to play attacking football - no way am I drinking the Mikel Kool-Aid just because he did well in park-the-bus scenarios last season. He's still not shown that he can be a starter in an attacking formation imo. Lampard has many qualities left but he should not be a definite starter in that position or we will get found out. Oscar may help but will he be played there? Even then we need to sign at least 1 more CM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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