Closed Chelsea 3-2 Shakhtar Donetsk

[zolayes 14,489]

My thoughts -

1: Terry and Cahill should be our centre-back pairing.

2: Bertrand, like I've stated before, isn't ready for the 'big time' yet. He's nearly there though. He's more effective in his natural (yes, natural) winger position. (He'd be an incredible wing-back.)

3: I don't like Luiz as a player. If this 'Geezer' thing didn't exist and he didn't have a Twitter account, I know that literally thousands of people would admit to him simply not being good enough.

4: Torres. Meh. Decent game.

5: Di Matteo really does confuse me with his subs. Sure, the Moses sub paid off, but the Sturridge sub was an odd one.

6: Oscar makes me reconsider my sexuality.

7: Mata makes me full-on gay.

8: I wish Ramires was Fernandinho.

9: Ivanovic loses possession too much still.

10: Mikel was alright but had some really questionable positioning at times when pushing forward.

11: Watching Willian made me wonder if Marin could be our little version of him. Maybe.

12: We beat incredible opposition today. They were horribly underrated by a lot of us. They are surely amongst the top 25 teams in Europe, and based on current form, amongst the top 10 for sure. Huge win.

13: We weren't good enough today, despite the scoreline.

14: Oscar will eventually win an award for 'best player' either of 'the month', 'the year' etc. or something along those lines.

15: No. Moses is not the 'new Drogba' you silly willys.

16: Hazard just isn't doing good enough at the moment. He left Bertrand far too exposed during the match, and didn't make up for it with anything magical going forward (but I did like how he linked up with Mata on a few occasions.)

17: I wish someone got a knock so I could see Eva's ass.

18: Terry looked cute when he was warming up.

19: I will support Shakhtar against Juventus.

20: This list is too long.

IT is TOO long

MOSES only brought TEN down the mountain

[Azpinator 2,325]

I knew what I was talking about when I was criticising Luiz's season before this game, he's still a very good defender but he keeps making mistakes, Cahill was a better CB today... RDM was supposed to do something to stop Srna from corssing all those balls, it was like watching the same thing over and over again when they attack: Let's move quickly, pass around, give it to Srna, Srna will cross and here's our goal attempt.

But so glad we earned the 3 points, Mazacar brilliant as always and Moses reminded me of Drogba with that header. We need to win in Torino in order to be real title contenders.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

6: Oscar makes me reconsider my sexuality.

7: Mata makes me full-on gay.

This. is genius...

[zolayes 14,489]

Ive been trying to avoid ANY negative thoughts but Ryan was our weakness tonight... he needed a lot of support which wasnt always there

[bababoom 4,478]

Is Henrique still going to blame Cahill?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

He's not a defender, of course his positioning in those areas is not always going to be the best - but he did very well tracking back all game.

But that is his job. We have to stop looking at it as something extra he does. A modern day winger should defend and he should do so well.

[BlueJack 24]

Looking at the table, It will be hard for us to get top, if we draw in Turin and Shaktar beat Nordy, then on the last day, Shaktar draw with Juve and we beat Nordy, then they come top on head to head. That's what I think will happen, but then again, the results could be different.

[robdog 2,084]

Now people wasn't that a fun match to witness? I absolutely enjoyed myself. It was like a Old Fashion action movie. The Good Guys go ahead, the bad guys come back. Good Guy get another advantage, the Bad Guys are equal to the challenge. In the end the Good guys win!!! Fuckin' awesome atmosphere. A football fan couldn't ask for more...well for Shakhtar fans, I guess they would want the result. Sorry ya ain't getting one!!! BTW, I was hoping the Mikel goal count so badly.

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

Keep in mind the schedule we've had and the cup tie "must win" attitude meant our rotation got messed up. Players are tired, that's understandable. Great win, very happy regardless of the gameplay, props to Donetsk

[Sheva. 5,373]

But that is his job. We have to stop looking at it as something extra he does. A modern day winger should defend and he should do so well.

It is something extra he does. His main priority is attacking wise, and then he's meant to help out at the back and he did and has been doing so.

Like i said he will sometimes get some things wrong, be in the wrong position etc but that's common when attackers are asked to defend. Look at Drogba in the CL last season.

[Land 331]

11: Watching Willian made me wonder if Marin could be our little version of him. Maybe.

Not even close mate,Marin is a headless chicken.Willian is dribbling + amazing football IQ,Marin is just dribbling.

[StrategiC 73]

Atleast we know now how Mikel celebrate..

hahaha

[Keikoismad 162]

How could you blame Hazard for not defending? At the right flank, Mata tracks back together with Oscar. Thereby comes Ivanovich and Cahill.

At the left flank, however, you've got Hazard only ( while oscar gets support from Mata) and Bertrand who is not good enough imo. And guess who's waiting after you' ve passed Bertrand?

DAVID FUCKING LUIZ

i just think the right flank is better because of better defenders and one extra atacking player to track back ( oscar or Mata) while Hazard stands alone at left flank

[mediator 2,026]

We need another LB. Ryan is just not (yet?) chelsea material

[Stingray 9,441]

But that is his job. We have to stop looking at it as something extra he does. A modern day winger should defend and he should do so well.

Lets bench him, really. The taste of the pudding is in the eating.

Maybe we will do better, maybe worse ...

All else is just sophistry, commit it to the flames.

Hume.

[Leif 6,006]

@Land, ah, really? Do you think Marin could improve to the point where he's at Willian's level? Or is he just not that good? I haven't seen much of him.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Guys before the Hazard bashing continues just rewind 6 months and think about what left wingers we had in the squad. Yes he may need on his defensive positioning but this guy is a gem guys and he is only 21 years of age!

[mediator 2,026]

Hazard was really good. He worked really hard and tried a lot to find invisible players.

Of course, he made some mistakes, but everybody did. Just look how Ramires ran like a headless chicken after winning the ball. And people are praising him.

Luiz was not that bad this game, i just think we should really try him in the double pivot in stead of Ramires.