TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Luiz is one of the best passers, if not the best on the team. As far as a playmaker, hes also quite spectacular in that regard considering his position.No he isn't. He's not even close. Luiz loves to get forward and he's very good for a defender with the ball at his feet, he's excellent at carrying the ball out of defence, and when his head is in the game he's a fine short passer, but he's not a great passer in the least and he's not a great shooter either. I wish people would stop pretending Luiz was secretly Iniesta because he makes a few very good runs a year. In fact, I would love for Luiz to stop his long passes as they are mostly poor and just turn the ball over needlessly. Luiz is at his best, by far, when he stays at home and plays a simplified game. When he does that, he's excellent because his quickness allows him to break up plays beautifully and quickly turn the play around into a counter-attack . When he tries to run around the pitch, he's a massive liability. (And please spare me the youtube video nonsense.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. 57 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Potential problem: Torres (apparently) called up for Spain friendly on Thursday, Sturridge out with a toe injury. Don't forget England play Italy (forza italia) on Wednesday also, from what I heard watching the com. shield alot of England's main senior players are being called up. But as it has been said numerous times, totally f**king pointless having these friends after euro's, olympics and right before a new season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Isnt it more important to be disciplined as CB? Isnt DM a position where one should be more offensive minded than as CB? You are talking as if the CB position is less important than DM.Being discipline in DM is just as important as in CB. As a DM, you need to be discipline, breaking up the play and protect the back 4 and with Luiz sometimes already leaving the defence exposed thanks to his erratic defending and over complication with the ball, we don't need him to play as a DM. We have already seen numerous times of that when Mikel plays there.And isnt the last thing we need in the double pivot MIkel+Lampard? Dont get me wrong, Luiz DM wont happen but when discussing it you at least have to look at it the right way.I don't necessarily think there is anything majorly wrong with the double pivot of Mikel and Lampard. Problem is the approach. In certain games, both have often run and press too high up the pitch like headless chickens without regards to the amount of space they left behind. If one press, the other has to be stay back and protect the defence. Otherwise, the opposition will just have a clear run on our back 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Will Marin be available for the game? I don't know how serious his injury was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Will Marin be available for the game? I don't know how serious his injury was.Nothing on that so far. Was out with a hamstring injury against City but don't know how severe it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Exactly! If Luiz can't even stay discipline and keep his concentration at CB, how can he even fit in at DM?! Last thing that we need now is someone like Luiz playing there. With his unpredictable rashness, it will only leave us exposed even more at DM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 i am going to go for a 3-0 win to Chelsea!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchuka 99 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Lampard really needs to be given a talk about his DM responsibilities. He needs to support Mikel more in that role and reduce the number of times he makes the exact same run as Torres. Just my $0.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonDavis23 371 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 cmon blues lets go back to smashing wigan like we did a couple of years ago. i say 4-0, would like to see the team keep a 'rare' clean sheet away from home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 2-1 win...hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Actually I'm very confident here, i think we can win this one 4-0 and have an impressive victory.We can still get fucked on the counter attack though, i think it's wise to move Ramires into the double pivot instead of Lampard. And put Lampard CAM, let Mata come on later on in the game. I think we can badly wound the Wigan defence. Bingo but Ramires instead of Mikel in midfield. its time to go dynamic. Mikel and Essien to be brought on when we want to hold onto a lead, not when we want to breakdown a stubborn defence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavy Crockett 190 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Wigan usually dont start off the season well, no jinxafter dodging relegation so many times they've built a mid-table type ability squad but are stuck with a "we ain eve po be here" type mentalityChelsea win for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambiny14 25 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I think we should start with a double pivot of Mikel and Ramires, because IMO this is the best against counter-attacking team. And if Marin is fit, of course he should play.---------------Čech---------------Ivan----Cahill---Terry-----Cole---------Mikel---Ramires-----------Marin-----Mata-----Hazard----------------Torres--------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Bingo but Ramires instead of Mikel in midfield. its time to go dynamic. Mikel and Essien to be brought on when we want to hold onto a lead, not when we want to breakdown a stubborn defenceWe have no choice, Ramires has really good defensive duties, unfortunately for him he will have to stay back a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodojojo 510 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Like RDM is going to drop Lampard from the opening game lineup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Any news if Marin will make it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Think we should "rest" Lampard, due to his involvement with England this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Think we should "rest" Lampard, due to his involvement with England this week.Do not tell me Hodgson will actually play him in a friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Do not tell me Hodgson will actually play him in a friendly.I read that he's captain for the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodojojo 510 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Think we should "rest" Lampard, due to his involvement with England this week.You could make the same argument for Torres then. Especially since he'll by flying back from Puerto Rico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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