CHOULO19 24,332 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 That's incredibly harsh; some absolutely magnificent crossers in the Premier League, such as Baines, Kolarov, Bale, Pilkington (very under-rated player in my opinion, brilliant from set-plays) for instance. Agreed that the amount of true crossers has declined though. Football is about the through-ball nowadays!I would not call Bale a "magnificent crosser" at all! Pilkington is great, yeah, but I'd still say Larsson is on a different level to all of them which is why I set him apart.On a side note, Torres has amazing crossing technique. Ironic for a man who never seems to be able to get on the end of crosses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 The mexican U20 team has a player that sounds like azpi.His name is Jonathan Espericueta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 The mexican U20 team has a player that sounds like azpi.His name is Jonathan Espericueta.Bought that guy on fifa lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 The mexican U20 team has a player that sounds like azpi.His name is Jonathan Espericueta. That will be another tongue twister for some people to pronounce if we buy him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_President 404 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I know this shouldn't be taken too seriously but I have seen quite a few comments recently from, supposedly, Chelsea fans who are suggesting that we need a new first choice RB in order to strengthen our team. Now, unless Philip Lahm is willing to come here and Bayern Munich want to sell us their captain, I can't really see the point (There is no chance of that...). Azpi is extremely young and with defenders they take time to develop into great players, experience matters a lot in his position. This was also his first season in the PL so hopefully he will push on. Does anyone on here think that we need an upgrade on him for next season (whilst suggesting reasonable targets?). I don't think RB is an issue for us and am confident in his potential. Styles, yuvala and Bir_CFC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I know this shouldn't be taken too seriously but I have seen quite a few comments recently from, supposedly, Chelsea fans who are suggesting that we need a new first choice RB in order to strengthen our team. Now, unless Philip Lahm is willing to come here and Bayern Munich want to sell us their captain, I can't really see the point (There is no chance of that...). Azpi is extremely young and with defenders they take time to develop into great players, experience matters a lot in his position. This was also his first season in the PL so hopefully he will push on. Does anyone on here think that we need an upgrade on him for next season (whilst suggesting reasonable targets?). I don't think RB is an issue for us and am confident in his potential.RB is really only an issue for the people who think we should also sign Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Falcao. The Skipper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 He'll be a club legend, he'll never be Cole dominant, but he'll be Cole reliable for a good decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 he'll never be Cole dominant,Azpi says(With his rape smile) challenge accepted. Bir_CFC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I'm still chuckling from when Azpilicueta was signed. There was a certain banned Australian member that was very adamant and very aggressive that Maicon should be signed over Azpilicueta. Maicon made 11 appearances for ManCity and is now being shipped off to AS Roma and no longer plays for Brazil. Whereas Cesar made 48 appearances for Chelsea and has finally broken into the Spanish national team. Talk about a season of opposites.Sorry buddy, if you are reading this you were dead wrong about Douglas and Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Success rate of crossers in Premier leagueNot bad given Chelsea's lack of aerial challengers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Success rate of crossers in Premier leagueNot bad given Chelsea's lack of aerial challengersWould like to know it in numbers rather than percentages as it can be a little bit deceiving.And surprised to see Baines is not there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Would like to know it in numbers rather than percentages as it can be a little bit deceiving.And surprised to see Baines is not there.Source: Opta but not up-to-date with full season. Published in April Jase 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Did not have a good preseason. I firmly believe that Iva is now Jose's first choice RB. Hopefully he can get some rest at the start of the season and find his way back into the starting XI. yuvala 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Yeah, he barely played in preseason so no way he gets a start. It'll take a few of them a couple more weeks to get match fit. He was absolutely shattered at half-time against Roma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Yeah, he barely played in preseason so no way he gets a start. It'll take a few of them a couple more weeks to get match fit. He was absolutely shattered at half-time against Roma.And the idiotic thing now is Azpi will join up with the Spain NT and travel to Ecuador for a mid-week friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjperdeath 2,226 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Source: Opta but not up-to-date with full season. Published in AprilThose are stats from April 2013, so it's a complete season right?anyway for club wise stats, from the same source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Great, Iwannabitch at right-back. That means no-one fucking closing anyone down for another season.The one thing Rafa did right was play Azpilicueta with regularity. Mainly because Ivanovic-Luiz is by distance our best centre-back pairing. Mufassir08 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edenhazard17 281 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Anyone could explain what's the point this man has to travelled miles away to Ecuador only to sat on the bench? Edited August 15, 2013 by edenhazard17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'm worried he might not play much this season... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'm worried he might not play much this season...C'mon now, let's not get all paranoid just because Ivanovic has mainly been starting at RB under Mourinho so far. Azpi has yet to reach 100% match full fitness after returning later in pre-season from his extended summer break. There will be games where Ivanovic is rotated and being rested with Azpi then taking his place at RB and vice versa too. Moreover, there will be injuries and suspensions which will see the 2 alternating to play at that position AND with Ivanovic being able to play at CB, he might be used there at times if Cahill/Luiz/Terry is injured, rested or suspended or Mourinho decides to use Luiz in midfield. Another case it would be Mourinho picking the right RB to play in the right matches. If we were to come up against physical oppositions such as West Ham, Stoke or teams that are weak from set pieces/aerially, then Ivanovic is likely to play. If we come up against teams with quick wide players and all that, then Azpi is likely to start. Azpinator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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