bluesman2610 1,423 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 any gifs of the last 3 goals missed them on account i was driving home from work.. should have just stayed at work until game was over.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Does anybody have our goals? I missed a couple... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Think we can rest him for Villa like we rested Hazard today. our record without mata in pl has been bad. i would like to take this match's momentum into the villa game. plus villa is kinda our bogey team doubt we would rest mata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petr.breu 1,618 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Does anybody have our goals? I missed a couple...Not the best quality, but...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XljqgXN-YYE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 smoke bombs and flares in the away end tonight quality support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 our record without mata in pl has been bad. i would like to take this match's momentum into the villa game. plus villa is kinda our bogey team doubt we would rest mata.True, but it is at home, against a fairly toothless Villa side, and I think Rafa will look at our next 2 weeks and see this is probably our best game to rest Mata. Won't be surprised if he is rested, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam Dunk 1,442 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw2uqd_yy-yyy-yy_animals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJames 729 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 What a fantastic ball to Hazard from Luiz!! 5-1 wonderful match hope we are back to winning!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Second half was very good - the lads stepped it up when they needed to.Very satisfying putting dirty Leeds back in their place amongst the also-rans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edetarod 2,155 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 we are very good at beating pub teams, which Leeds was in the second halfin the first half, they were really up for it and pressured us and closed space down, hence we got beat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I thought we were in control in the first half, they got a really stupid goal thanks to Luiz.Immediately we got the equalizer so early on, there was only going to be one winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Luiz should be put in midfield as soon as JT/Cahill are back, his passing range is ridiculous (for the record I never want to see a Lampard/Oscar pivot again).This is what drives me crazy about the discussion around Luiz. He made a fantastic pass today, but he makes a ton of long ball passes and most of them are awful. It's the same with everything he does. He'll score a goal and people will talk about putting him at striker. He'll score one goal on a free kick and everyone forgets the 50 useless free kicks he had before. Luiz has a 62% passing rating on long balls this season. To compare, Mata is 72%, Lampard is 79%, Oscar is 76%, Mikel is 76%. Luiz is actually our worst long ball passer in terms of inefficiency, not our best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo 1,729 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Oscar looked bad in the pivot...or was it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Oscar looked bad in the pivot...or was it just me?I thought he was good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 This is what drives me crazy about the discussion around Luiz. He made a fantastic pass today, but he makes a ton of long ball passes and most of them are awful. It's the same with everything he does. He'll score a goal and people will talk about putting him at striker. He'll score one goal on a free kick and everyone forgets the 50 useless free kicks he had before. Luiz has a 62% passing rating on long balls this season. To compare, Mata is 72%, Lampard is 79%, Oscar is 76%, Mikel is 76%. Luiz is actually our worst long ball passer in terms of inefficiency, not our best. Statistic without a proper evaluation does not provide anything.Most of Luiz long passes are simple kicks to attack when he is a bit pressured at the back (which I find stupid). Luiz as a DM would have a better percentage. Also, he has more abiliity to help in the attack than any of our CBs and DMs, so I guess we have a decent case for trying him on double pivot. Him and an excellent ball controler (Moutinho, Old Pirlo, Xabi Alonso, etc) would make a great duo.There is a good possibility that he will thrive. We have to at least give it a shot, if it doesnt work (it is not like we are fighting every single point to win EPL), just make him a CB again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam Dunk 1,442 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 This is what drives me crazy about the discussion around Luiz. He made a fantastic pass today, but he makes a ton of long ball passes and most of them are awful. It's the same with everything he does. He'll score a goal and people will talk about putting him at striker. He'll score one goal on a free kick and everyone forgets the 50 useless free kicks he had before. Luiz has a 62% passing rating on long balls this season. To compare, Mata is 72%, Lampard is 79%, Oscar is 76%, Mikel is 76%. Luiz is actually our worst long ball passer in terms of inefficiency, not our best. I wasn't talking about goals and I wasn't talking about free-kicks. I'm getting bored of speaking about his defending, so i'll simply say Luiz's ability to pick a key pass from deep in midfield is something we lack. He's not a natural midfielder, I know, but i'd rather have him there than Lampard/Oscar considering Mikel/Romeu are out and Ramires' passing is poor. My post was considering the situation our team is in at the minute, your reply was not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Oscar looked bad in the pivot...or was it just me?I didn't expect him to do well as the holding midfielder in the first place tbh. His positional sense was completely terrible. Thankfully Leeds didn't commit many men forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I didn't expect him to do well as the holding midfielder in the first place tbh. His positional sense was completely terrible. Thankfully Leeds didn't commit many men forward. Oscar + Benitez = Disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I wasn't talking about goals and I wasn't talking about free-kicks. I'm getting bored of speaking about his defending, so i'll simply say Luiz's ability to pick a key pass from deep in midfield is something we lack. He's not a natural midfielder, I know, but i'd rather have him there than Lampard/Oscar considering Mikel/Romeu are out and Ramires' passing is poor. My post was considering the situation our team is in at the minute, your reply was not.Except that Lampard and Oscar are both better passers than Luiz so moving to Luiz to the midfield for his passing instead of one of the others makes no sense. If you want him there for the defensive part of the formation, I can see Luiz there as a stop-gap measure, but I've never understood why people are so keen on moving Luiz to midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 True, but it is at home, against a fairly toothless Villa side, and I think Rafa will look at our next 2 weeks and see this is probably our best game to rest Mata. Won't be surprised if he is rested, tbh. damn it... he is the captain of my fantasy team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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