The Big Drog 1,110 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Great result, particularly considering those of Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool yesterday. Just confirmed what we knew, Eden Hazard is a star. Torres led the line well and was unlucky not to score. Mata played very well and interlinked with Hazard brilliantly. Mikel and Lampard looked pretty solid and improved in possession in the second half. Luiz was excellent at centre back as was Bertrand on the left flank. Oscar also with an encouraging cameo, a few flashes of quality, a sure sign of things to come. Very good start, always nice to pick up 3 points in your first game and encouraging signs for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Fong 2,776 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Lampsy should sit on the bench, he just cannot keep possession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Win. Clean Sheet. Hazard MOTM to shut ManUre fans up. Good first match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Horrible performance but a win's a win. It will get better but while everyone's still settling in we're settling in as a team, it's imperative just to win. We killed the game in 10 minutes. No dramas, no Seattle 2-0 up winning 4-2 looking defensively hopeless. Just a routine win which was needed. Clean sheet too which will breed some confidence. Wigan away isn't easy. 1 down, 37 to go. Roll on Wednesday and Reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_swaggin_96 96 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 torres doesn't need to score as long were winning hahaha!no but seriously, he didnt have that many cutthroat passes today! next game should be RM - Mikel oscar ramirez hazard torres! we need to rest mata some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Sturridge will never be a 40 goal a season striker. Fact.Quite obviously. The greatest strikers the league has seen in recent years; Drogba, Henry, van Nistelrooy, have between them only broken the 40 goal margin once (RvN got to 44).Sturridge would be the best striker to grace the league, and the world in general, in decades if he regularly scores 40 a season. Which he obviously isn't; we're talking about Sturridge's potential as good, not all time great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 3 points to start off the season and Hazard shining, great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Very disappointed that Danny didn't get on tho. Just sends out the message saying 'you ain't part of my plans'. The last 20 minutes on for Bertrand wouldn't have hurt in the slightest. Pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Cavani someone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Fong 2,776 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The only excuse is we got our lead too early too comfortable. Maybe I'm being harsh, but the performance is not good at all. Well, hope we keep improving game after game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,142 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Seriously good win, midfielders looked good but Torres did nothing to show he is going to take over the role of Drogba. He looked same as last season, was just listening to Tony Gale and fully agree with him. Torres had one good run nearing the end of the match and that was literally it. Good win but work still needs to be done IMO. Also for people who doubted inclusion of Bertrand, once again put in a brilliant shift. I still havent lost faith in him but I would of liked to see Sturridge come on his place today but he never came on. But surely as we go on and player harder games RDM must think that is a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Fong 2,776 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Very disappointed that Danny didn't get on tho. Just sends out the message saying 'you ain't part of my plans'. The last 20 minutes on for Bertrand wouldn't have hurt in the slightest. Pity.Agree! After Oscar subbed Hazard, Sturridge should sub Lampard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Well to be fair, Wigan are a very underrated side, always have played good football but just never score the goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blu35_army 551 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Victor Moses, we’ll see you next week, Victor Moses, we’ll see you next week.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan_91 90 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 torres doesn't need to score as long were winning hahaha!no but seriously, he didnt have that many cutthroat passes today!next game should be RM - Mikel oscar ramirez hazard torres!we need to rest mata someRamirez behind the striker? think if we were to play those players hed be on the right and oscar behind the striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Bad game but we won and kept a clean sheet, which is the most important. Our performance was a bit worrying but it's too early to draw conclusions due to the busy summer.Luiz was very good though he needs to tone down the aggression a bit and try to win balls more cleanly.Hazard won us this game so great start from him.We had zero threat from the left. While Bertrand did cover and defend well, I hope we won't see him up front anymore as Wigan were allowed to solely focus on defending their left flank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 By the way good match by John Terry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouNameIt 1,511 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 That last chance in the 88th for Torres could have very very easily gone in, if it had it could have very easily ignited him. RDM agrees with me. Sturridge will never be a 40 goal a season striker. Fact.And you know this how exacly? Your attitude is really pissing me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_n17 31 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 You are a spastic Torres has had one season with over 25 goals in all competitions. No one thinks Sturridge is going to be a 40 goal striker - but I strongly believe if he gets as much time on the pitch as Torres this season he would outscore Nando by a good margin.Didn't say Torres scored 40 goals. But Torres can score 40 goals if he stays in form all season and gets a couple of goals early in the season. Sturridge will never achieve that. Not a world class winger and not a world class striker. Torres shattered the Liverpool goal scoring record over two years I believe. Strikers very rarely get injured or tired, he should play 90 minutes in every game and if we're losing the attacking midfielders should be changed untill they give Torres a decent chance to score. Not long balls and late through balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Fong 2,776 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Seriously good win, midfielders looked good but Torres did nothing to show he is going to take over the role of Drogba. He looked same as last season, was just listening to Tony Gale and fully agree with him. Torres had one good run nearing the end of the match and that was literally it. Good win but work still needs to be done IMO. Also for people who doubted inclusion of Bertrand, once again put in a brilliant shift. I still havent lost faith in him but I would of liked to see Sturridge come on his place today but he never came on. But surely as we go on and player harder games RDM must think that is a problem.Are you watching the same game? Torres was not bad at all! Please take off your tinted glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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