chelseafc9010 224 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 But when Hazard doesn't track back he gets slammed. But Azpi can do absolutely nothing offensively and get praised.Because..1. Azpi is on the wrong side, so even if he did attack he would just slow down play2. He does attack sometimes3. He is kept back so that the defence can move to the right to allow Ivan to go up4. He is kept back to cover for Eden5. He is kept back because leaving JT on his own against a winger would be suicide Myself 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOS 580 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I'm afraid Brana will lose his place, if we ever try that.we haven't tried Terry/Brana too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I'm afraid Brana will lose his place, if we ever try that.Why be afraid of having a RB who doesn't let opposition wingers just ease their way into the box, a fullback that doesn't suffer from so many lapses of concentration and a fullback who has great positional play? Azpi at RB all day long. Would we have conceded the late goals against City and United if we had Azpi at RB instead? Much less likely imo. ZOS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOS 580 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Why be afraid of having a RB who doesn't let opposition wingers just ease their way into the box, a fullback that doesn't suffer from so many lapses of concentration and a fullback who has great positional play? Azpi at RB all day long. Would we have conceded the late goals against City and United if we had Azpi at RB instead? Much less likely imo.love Brana, but this is much true. Ivanovic has his moments of madness ... I blame him for the utd equalizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 love Brana, but this is much true. Ivanovic has his moments of madness ... I blame him for the utd equalizerCity equaliser too where he fails to track Lampard but Schurrle gets all the blame for not tracking Milner. Well that's fair.... Let's not forget QPR's goal where he just let their player take a free shot from the edge of the box or even the 1v1s Arsenal had against us at Stamford Bridge. Thinking back to why we signed Salah (he scored against us because guess who lost track of him), Ivanovic very often loses track of his man because of poor concentration/positioning and very often it proves costly. Why would Jose accept that when we have a better RB in the squad? Probably because Ivanovic is taller iseah100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 There's the article, and now here's the video.. Bir_CFC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMK 7 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Why do people think he's crap offensively? I remember he was decent under Rafa. Obviously he can't go forward so much on the left now too.The shouts for him at CB are interesting. He isn't a monster in the air but his 1v1 defending is superb, goes in tight and aggressive. But perhaps it sounds better in theory than in actual practice. Although I can't help think that if he were a Bayern player that Pep might actually try this. It is true that the primary job of a defender is to defend, we also can't ignore the other important aspect which is offense.It true there are many fullbacks who lack attacking impetus but in his case it just a bit too much. It important for him to also put a shift in attack this will also free Hazard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneChan95 225 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 It is true that the primary job of a defender is to defend, we also can't ignore the other important aspect which is offense.It true there are many fullbacks who lack attacking impetus but in his case it just a bit too much. It important for him to also put a shift in attack this will also free Hazard!He's on the wrong side though. The job of a fullback on offense now would be to provide width and he isn't good enough with 2 feet to do that. Put him on the right and I'm sure he will go forward more. If we put prime cole at RB I doubt he would be as effective going forward too.I agree we need to free up Hazard, which is why Luis was bought. But somehow I think he might lack a bit of physicality for the pl. He's been superb in European games though and I think we have a decent shot at the CL if everyone maintains full fitness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I would realy like see us tryAzpi-Terry-Cahill-LuisOrAzpi-Iva-Terry-LuisThink this would be best choice after few games of playing together. But Mou is Mou and wont do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Why be afraid of having a RB who doesn't let opposition wingers just ease their way into the box, a fullback that doesn't suffer from so many lapses of concentration and a fullback who has great positional play? Azpi at RB all day long. Would we have conceded the late goals against City and United if we had Azpi at RB instead? Much less likely imo.What I mean in that word 'afraid' is that 'I'm afraid to tell you that', not I'm really afraid of it, lol.Actually I mean, if we ever to play Azpi as RB and Luis as LB once, I think we will stick with that for long, long time, as they will be really good. The Chels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMK 7 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 He's on the wrong side though. The job of a fullback on offense now would be to provide width and he isn't good enough with 2 feet to do that. Put him on the right and I'm sure he will go forward more. If we put prime cole at RB I doubt he would be as effective going forward too.I agree we need to free up Hazard, which is why Luis was bought. But somehow I think he might lack a bit of physicality for the pl. He's been superb in European games though and I think we have a decent shot at the CL if everyone maintains full fitness.I disagree that he lacks phisicaity, full back is not a position that requires the most phisical player.The qualities that needed there is mostly pace and a bit of intelligence to counter those tricky players.I think he played very well against Man U.I think he is that kind of player who needs to play a lot in order for him to start perfoming at his peek. The added advantage is that he might form a good understanding with Hazard that might be deadly, which i think Azpi is incapabable of forming going forward.I rate Azpi very high but am more in favour of a modern full back and Luis is what we just need. Plus he is no slouch in defense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Cesar Azpilicueta - named by Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher as the best defender in the Premier League on Monday Night Football - picked his #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club.GOALKEEPER: PETR CECHRIGHT-BACK: BRANISLAV IVANOVICLEFT-BACK: ASHLEY COLECENTRE-BACK: SERGIO RAMOSCENTRE-BACK: JOHN TERRYCENTRE-MIDFIELD: CESC FABREGASCENTRE-MIDFIELD: XAVICENTRE-MIDFIELD: NEMANJA MATICFORWARD: OSCARFORWARD: EDEN HAZARDFORWARD: DIEGO COSTA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Brilliant performance! MOTM for me. Elran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 That run was Hazard-esque. Like Neville said, Azpilicueta ist the best defender in PL right now. Think he could even do a job for us at CB. Azpinator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 MOTM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 He wasn't dribbled once today, absolute rock. Created the goal to cap off a MOTM performance together with Matic. iseah100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Fucking beast. Amazing defender. I want to see Azpi-Luis full back pairing. Just once. The Chels and RoyalBlues 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I love how he always closes the angle for the winger so they can't just cross the ball in but have to go past him which is very difficult. The contrast is particularly stark when looking at our other side. Laugh1ngMan and kellzfresh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,958 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 A stunning performance, flawless. He surely made up for the red card at the Selhurst Park. And that run! kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Can understand why he playes over luis. RoyalBlues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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