drog.ba 239 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Piazon looking excellent in the first few minutes. Good to see Romeu and Ramires together in the 'double pivot' too with Mikel and Lampard not convincing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterfall 893 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Nice cross from Azpi and Bertrand looking good so far (11 minutes in) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Trying to watch it now but my stream keep lagging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I can't explain how much I like Bertrand. Soooo delighted that it looks like he's going to make it with us.Faultless game so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumps 284 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Ramires works so much better there than Lampard. you can clearly see that Ramires understands the role and that Lampard just isnt adapt to it.Against arsenal, if RDM wnats to be defensive without having defensive wings, it could be worth playing Mikel and Romeu rather than one or the other +Ramires or lamps because Arsenal play fairly narrow without walcott or chamberlain on the pitch so they should be able to deal with that whilst we leave out 3 attacking midfielders as attacking midfielders...great start. Wolves are really bad though....Oriol is very good in that position, good positioning, good passing good tackling. and Ramires is looking so much more natural (just as he did against stoke) really hope this now keeps Rami off the wings.oh lovely goal by mata. great build up. really hope RDM learns from this for future games!this is the first proper game ive seen of Piazon and he looks very very very promising. Rami and Oriol really impressing me so far.whats even more exciting is that this is a B team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Beautiful one touch football on Mata's goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortilla9 390 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Ramires works so much better there than Lampard. you can clearly see that Ramires understands the role and that Lampard just isnt adapt to it.Against arsenal, if RDM wnats to be defensive without having defensive wings, it could be worth playing Mikel and Romeu rather than one or the other +Ramires or lamps because Arsenal play fairly narrow without walcott or chamberlain on the pitch so they should be able to deal with that whilst we leave out 3 attacking midfielders as attacking midfielders...great start. Wolves are really bad though....Oriol is very good in that position, good positioning, good passing good tackling. and Ramires is looking so much more natural (just as he did against stoke) really hope this now keeps Rami off the wings.oh lovely goal by mata. great build up. really hope RDM learns from this for future games!this is the first proper game ive seen of Piazon and he looks very very very promising. Rami and Oriol really impressing me so far.whats even more exciting is that this is a B team...They are not good at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Everything Ramires is good at comes to life when he plays central. It helps our pressing game so much more as he can run around without leaving the right hand side exposed like he would when deployed as a winger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 This is a riot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 What I've noticed is since Ramires can press in his central role, when we're out of possession, he forces the opposition players back at times. They then make a panic back-pass, which is then chased down by the energetic Piazon. They then either concede possession to Piazon or put it out for a throw-in for us.While Piazon is pressing and keeping them busy, Bertrand strolls behind Piazon to offer support. He can then receive the ball and relieve pressure. Bertrand then passes to the central Ramires or Romeu who feed the ball to Mata who just does his thing.We've done that a few times this game.Going from out of possession to bossing possession in a matter of seconds. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Shame we weren't against slightly tougher opponents. Woulda loved to see more from Azpi. Hopefully we get to see one of his trademark long throw-ins too soon! No idea who'll attack it in the box though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandawe 11 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Mata's great goal from tonight's game !! superb goal after really nice teamplay .. the goal from chelsea tv and not from a camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumps 284 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I hate to say it, because im always one to hope he does well but Torres does not look good (40mins in now). Maybe he has been told ot take it easy because we dont need another striker injury, but his touches and runs have been pretty bad.Hopefully this means Sturridge to start vs Arsenal? i dont see why not. if RDM really doesnt like it just bring on Torres at half time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Oh ffs Cahill. Stop making me love you. You're just brilliant. It just feels so good having 2 central defenders DEFEND and not seeing one casually strolling up the pitch at random times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 but Torres does not look good (40mins in now). I was just thinking the same thing.I'm mostly concerned right now about the fact he's still drifting wide even though Moses is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Oh beautiful from Azpi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Everything Ramires is good at comes to life when he plays central. It helps our pressing game so much more as he can run around without leaving the right hand side exposed like he would when deployed as a winger.Careful though, he will have a lot of problems when it comes to passing, if teams decide to kick Ramires out of the game they will keep pressuring him and make sure he loses the ball. I don't expect Ramires to play great for the whole season, but I have been crying out for ages for Ramires to play centrally, because of his stamina. At least he will do a lot more than Mikel, but Mikel can still be useful as a partner to him, as long as Ramires is left with the reliability. Because if we rely on Mikel, it's just going to get bad isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 It looks like, to me anyway, that Piazon has more potential than Sterling, but his current ability isn't even close to Sterling's. (That may sound odd, I'm aware.)I'd compare his current ability and potential to Liverpool's Suso. His current ability is far above average though. Side-thought: I hope we use Chalobah next season in these types of games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumps 284 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I was just thinking the same thing.I'm mostly concerned right now about the fact he's still drifting wide even though Moses is there.I know! its like he doesnt understand his own position?! it is a bit worrying. his body language is pretty bad as well. i think Sturridge needs to come in and give him some competition...Shame we weren't against slightly tougher opponents. Woulda loved to see more from Azpi. Hopefully we get to see one of his trademark long throw-ins too soon! No idea who'll attack it in the box though.Wolves are REALLY bad. they arent even pressuring or closing us down until we are in their 18 yard box. but you could say with our attacking powers and hte early goal, that what it does to the mentality of opposing teams.im watching this really hoping RDM learns to leave defensive duties to defensive positions. this game and agaisnt stoke we player with attacking players in the attacking positions and we played just like this (just a harder team) so i hope it stays like this. The commentators also picked up on that if Terry is out for a long time with a ban from the FA that we might see a lot more of Azpi, whcih would be just a delight. he's not had much to do, but he looks decent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,156 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Just watched the replay of the first half and omg one word for Mata: fantastic. Piazon has also looked very sharp on his official competitive debut for the club. Mata's first touch is pure class, just a joy to watch and his passing quality as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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