Closed Reading v Chelsea

[termninja 5,290]

Found this on twitter. Sigh, we can have 2 teams from the player we have sent on loan.

So? Besides Lukaku and Courtois, nobody is ready to play for us week and week out. Better for them to be on loans...

Yet, even with that, most of our fans want to see us sign multiple players...

[NishC300 1,865]

Luiz n Big pete out tomorrow -boooooooo!

Sign Butland

We have Courtois.

[NishC300 1,865]

Found this on twitter. Sigh, we can have 2 teams from the player we have sent on loan.

and the sad part is that none of these lads ever get a chance to play for us in the first team and all their talent and potential is wasted! and then ppl criticise us for failing to produce good talent when they fail to see that we produce this talent YET DON'T GIVE THEM CHANCES!

[Dalgakıran 5]

I am not watching any games until Rafa leaves the blue legends.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

I am not watching any games until Rafa leaves the blue legends.

You'll probs never watch a Chelsea game again then

[Jype 6,283]

So? Besides Lukaku and Courtois, nobody is ready to play for us week and week out. Better for them to be on loans...

Yet, even with that, most of our fans want to see us sign multiple players...

Some could argue that De Bruyne is already good enough too. And obviously Essien would be a great player to have right now with Ramires and Lampard as our only options in midfield. The Bison may not be the player he was in his prime but he could still do the job better than someone who has been playing two or three games a week for months now.

[Hutcho 8,443]

So? Besides Lukaku and Courtois, nobody is ready to play for us week and week out. Better for them to be on loans...

Yet, even with that, most of our fans want to see us sign multiple players...

KDB definitely is... He would probably be able to get straight into our first team in the pivot alongside a DM. Obviously Essien can play for us week in week out. Josh could be useful for depth, although not week in week out as yet. We don't need multiple signings if we racall Essien and/or KDB for the pivot but we are extremely short there if we don't sign someone or recall them. The rest may not be fully ready yet but many of them will be in the future.

[The only place to be 11,313]

The loan thing is overblown. All of those players needed game time that they simply weren't expected to get at Chelsea.

The only exception is Essien, but people need to put his situation in context. In three of the last four seasons, he's played 19, 21 and 19 games and his form has also been way below what it was around 2008. It just didn't look like he was going to contribute much this season, and certainly not at a level that he was being paid at so it made financial sense to give him a change of surroundings in the hopes of making him able to contribute next season or sellable.

For me, De Bruyne is the guy we should've brought back this month but he's an important member of Bremen's first team so it would probably be best for his own development to stay there.

[Milan 17,799]

I will miss it because of no electricity in the flat but hopefully we can beat them and close the gap on Citeh. I also hope Ba will perform another sensational goal at Madejski.

[xPetrCechx 13,445]

I will miss it because of no electricity in the flat but hopefully we can beat them and close the gap on Citeh. I also hope Ba will perform another sensational goal at Madejski.

Don't Worry... Another horrible performance.

[Stingray 9,441]

Don't Worry... Another horrible performance.

Ah comon. Share some optimism :-)

[MetsajCFC 1,251]

Don't Worry... Another horrible performance.

Do you ever say anything positive? Get behind the team or don't post at all, all you do it a sarcastic comment without backing it up with real opinion, reasons. There's nothing bad about criticizm but if it's on the level of a 14 year old then rather don't post.

[xPetrCechx 13,445]

Ah comon. Share some optimism :-)

Ok. Just 1-1.

[Backstreet09 499]

I'm not gonna buy this shit . The whole double pivot thing is a lie , it's a bigger problem then our striker . You guys have being saying this since pre-season . and it hasnt worked so far. we dont need anyone in that pivot seriously , it would be better if we bench ramires and play 5 defenders with Mata as a central Midfielder so he doesnt have to defend and he can pass through balls and crosses to the striker and the wingers . Because all Mata does is he actually plays as a striker doesnt create anything , most of the time he's looking to pass a quick ball to the striker so he could make a quick forward run and get the ball back and score .He's more inclined towards scoring then creating which should be his primary job. Some one actually said this would effect his role seriously ? He's world class but he's not messi and he's not a no.10 in my opinion , he cannot play behind the striker , he cannot play on the wings . That's why spain doesnt play him . Vincente Del Bosque knows better than all of us . So to utilise him better , we should try giving him the XAVI role .

Now , what lampard will do playing behind the striker , well he wont create any but he's finishing is actually better than mata's and he will be more effective . His long shots are ferocious we can even score few on the rebounds if the keeper saves them as well.

Last , I'm not saying play Torres . But even Ba cannot do anything if we are going to play the same way we have being playing the whole season.

[xPetrCechx 13,445]

Do you ever say anything positive? Get behind the team or don't post at all, all you do it a sarcastic comment without backing it up with real opinion, reasons. There's nothing bad about criticizm but if it's on the level of a 14 year old then rather don't post.

1. Mid-week game, only 2 days after the last game.

2. Rafa.

3. Torres.

4. Very Weak defence against the same team at the bridge.

5. City lost points, and chelsea maybe takes 1 from 10 opportunities to close the gap.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

I think we will play -

[The only place to be 11,313]

I'm not gonna buy this shit . The whole double pivot thing is a lie , it's a bigger problem then our striker . You guys have being saying this since pre-season . and it hasnt worked so far. we dont need anyone in that pivot seriously , it would be better if we bench ramires and play 5 defenders with Mata as a central Midfielder so he doesnt have to defend and he can pass through balls and crosses to the striker and the wingers . Because all Mata does is he actually plays as a striker doesnt create anything , most of the time he's looking to pass a quick ball to the striker so he could make a quick forward run and get the ball back and score .He's more inclined towards scoring then creating which should be his primary job. Some one actually said this would effect his role seriously ? He's world class but he's not messi and he's not a no.10 in my opinion , he cannot play behind the striker , he cannot play on the wings . That's why spain doesnt play him . Vincente Del Bosque knows better than all of us . So to utilise him better , we should try giving him the XAVI role .

Now , what lampard will do playing behind the striker , well he wont create any but he's finishing is actually better than mata's and he will be more effective . His long shots are ferocious we can even score few on the rebounds if the keeper saves them as well.

Last , I'm not saying play Torres . But even Ba cannot do anything if we are going to play the same way we have being playing the whole season.

When you say Mata doesn't create anything, is there a particular reason you're ignoring the 55 chances he's created (fifth most in the league) or the 8 assists he's got in the league (second most in the league)?

[bushman 2,043]

Mata does not create anything ?

I wonder whether he watches Chelsea games at all ?

Chelsea without Mata are just pathetic. He is the best player of this season, in my view.

[Sovieticus 743]

I think we will play -

Swap Torres with Ba and then it would be better because someone needs to finish off attacks not to kill them off

[Backstreet09 499]

When you say Mata doesn't create anything, is there a particular reason you're ignoring the 55 chances he's created (fifth most in the league) or the 8 assists he's got in the league (second most in the league)?

Sometimes stats covers you up mate . Torres has scored 15 goals so far this season , anyone who hasn't seen any of the matches he has played in would clearly would think he's having a hell of a season . And those 55 chances Mata created LOL ? , well don't you think if you would revolve your whole play towards a single player , won't he be on the stats list ? Like if you would create 10 chances per match for Torres , he would easily score a goal per match implying he's finished and all(which I disagree with) but if keeping those stats aside , are you satisfied with his role , is he creating much ? Well no , most of the times he doest even pass to a open player , he's a good and smarter finisher but we all have seen that the positions he has been in and basically acting like a striker in everymatch , he clearly should have scored double goals than he has . And if he's worldclass no doubt he is , but if he is doing justice with his position than don't you think he should be on the top of the stats ? Well because our whole game play revolves around him , Oscar goes into shadows whenever he plays , SO I THINK WE SHOULD PLAY HIM AS A STRIKER , cause I think he's doing this all to cement his place in the spain national team . We all knows he cannot make his place for 3 4 years , untill or unless Xavi , iniesta , Silva , Cazorla etc gets retired or injured . So he has changed his whole game play and now he's trying to be the FALSE 9 .

P.S I'm not saying anything against MATA , he's clearly been our star of the season so far , has saved our asses quite a few times now . But that doesn't makes him immune for all his wrongdoings, he's our most important team player . What I'm trying to build here is , he's doing allright maybe better than most no.10s as a no.10 , but playing him as a central attacking midfielder , will not only improve his game play , but also he would create triple of the chances he has created so far . It's just my opinion so no neeed to get mad at me .