Santiago. 1,500 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Although i'm a fan of playing Ocar in centre midfield i don't think that was why we looked better.We have a crappy midfield. We got dominated in midfield and couldn't reach our attackers because of that.Our answer to this was hoofing the ball and bypassing our midfield completely but with only 1 striker it wasn't working.With Torres and Ba up front we were causing the central defenders problems this made Mancini use a more defensive tacticand have his team sit deeper which allowed our midfield to finally get on the ball without getting pressed like crazy.Partly true, but during the game, Aguero/Yaya were still pressuring Ramires and Oscar and Oscar was dealing with the transition under pressure in ways Mikel could only dream of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 To me it's obvious, we lack quality in our spine. Imagine having Kompany at CB and Yaya in front of him.Instead we have Mikel who's slower than my grannie and workhorse Ramires who isn't exactly a great passer of the ball. Lamps doesn't cut it anymore either.A fallacy. Ramires is actually better at his passing this season, it's his judgement that's always been in question. But he's one of those that's going to be part of this 'new' Chelsea spine for a good while. Something we need, because his energy must be exploited in the last 10-15minutes of a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Partly true, but during the game, Aguero/Yaya were still pressuring Ramires and Oscar and Oscar was dealing with the transition under pressure in ways Mikel could only dream of. Fully agree with you. Imo the lack of a DLP has been our biggest weakness this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korea 734 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 You should of made "pivots" as a choice.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 A fallacy. Ramires is actually better at his passing this season, it's his judgement that's always been in question. But he's one of those that's going to be part of this 'new' Chelsea spine for a good while. Something we need, because his energy must be exploited in the last 10-15minutes of a game.Well said, Ramires is criminally under rated, including by me at times. He is a valuable asset to us the second half at Old Trafford the main example for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 This is a good point. I mean watching Yaya Toure yesterday, I just couldn't help thinking that Essien, in his prime, would've had Yaya in his back pocket. We did very well in acquiring Essien to be Maka's successor, even buying Essien when the latter was around. Unfortunately, we didn't do the same with Essien (albeit, his injuries couldn't have been predicted). There's still room for Mikel alongside a big, strong, centre-mid. I too feel the same. The team needs to buy DM but some mother.....who just cut them down, bulldoze through cement walls...so the other team sees him coming out of the tunnel & are afraid to come close to him. That´s the way fucking Citeh loggers are playing, just dirty, as seen yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weckerz 3,781 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 A fallacy. Ramires is actually better at his passing this season, it's his judgement that's always been in question. But he's one of those that's going to be part of this 'new' Chelsea spine for a good while. Something we need, because his energy must be exploited in the last 10-15minutes of a game.A fallacy? His passing is average at best. I rate Ramires, but not for his creativity or passing. His speed and stamina are his main qualities.We need a proper playmaker to feed balls to Mata and Hazard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 A fallacy? His passing is average at best. I rate Ramires, but not for his creativity or passing. His speed and stamina are his main qualities.We need a proper playmaker to feed balls to Mata and Hazard.Average, I'll agree with. But the way some people believe Ramires can't pass, you'd think he has a 0% success rate. He's not a playmaker at all, so it makes sense that there's no real harm in the fact he's not a world-class passer. But that's why we have Mikel right next to him. I know many people will say Mikel's high success rate is down to side passes, but he's actually capable (and has demonstrated) of playing a delightful long-ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOS 580 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 There's still room for Mikel alongside a big, strong, centre-mid keep mikel for what? creativity? come on man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Mikel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nachikethas 1,154 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Totally, whoever felt Mikel and Ramires were good enough for the pivot should fucking die with shame.also all the torres lovers.if we had any good strikers in squad we could have done better in first six months. rdm deserverd better than usless donkey torres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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