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  1. 1. Who Is Your Man of the Match?

  2. 2. Who Is Your Man of the Match? (subs)


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didierforever

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harsh. It's only preseason FFS

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harsh : YES.maybe.

its only pre-season : a very bad argument in my opinion. he was bought for 17mil, i mean 17 bloody million pounds. that is no joke. when u buy some1 for that amount, u have to expect that he can control the ball and pass it. this was his 7th pre-season match. u can say that his asian tour performances were weird, when he was tripping on the ball and all, because he was nervous playing for a new team and whatever. but his performance against milan (in which he and torres seemed to be make a spoof at a football match) and his performance today, says a lot. he had a chance to prove something today but instead he came up with a laughable performance. u can go to the match thread and see what i posted as soon as he and mikel were subbed. it was so obvious. most of the time these guys (including the blondie obviously) were just hapless.

also if some1 like moses had had such a poor-preseason; we would have come out with this forum's over-used motto - NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR CHELSEA.

ps - maybe its just that i woke up at 5 in the mornin (after sleeping at 2) and watched the most pathetic attacking display in the 1st half by our team and hence am exaggerating.

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sdrcfc

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3 at the back? Didn't Ramires just move to RB when Terry went off?

Ramires - Cahill - Ivan - Bertrand

No, we switched to a 3-5-2 like formation. Similar to the formation we used against Liverpool in the FA Cup under Jose.

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robsblubot

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Just came back from RFK.

The game was OK, decent as friendlies go. I actually broke a rule of mine by attending this match... "if the players don't give a damn I sure as hell don't either... " still, not many opportunities to see the players in action.

JT and Luiz still make a wonderful pairing. They were the only thing holding Chelsea together in the first half because the midfield vanished. Essien has moments that remind us of the player he once was, but he was lost most of the time. Mikel was the usual Mikel, simple passes, no risk, no carrying the ball, and a few tackles... nothing horrible and nothing great... I just expect more from our starting holding mid.

I was not impressed at all by KDB, and for me the difference between him and Oscar became very clear in the second half. KDB was just not helping enough in the middle which caused Roma to dominate in the first half. Shirley had another poor game, but I still see more potential in him than Moses. I'm sorry I just don't see enough technique in Moses and have seen too many players doing what he does, and some a lot better than him.

Second half was far more interesting. We had a midfield in the second half. And we had a player, in Hazard, beating his marker and creating chances. Oscar did very well by always getting involved in the play, defense too. Ramires, the usual extremely high work rate and a good performance.

Nice to see some variation in tactics with 2 FWs and Ramires in the RB position. Very attacking-minded and interesting for the right occasion.

Still very worried about the striker position.

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Nice to see Lukaku get on the scoresheet again. Like some others think, I thought KDB was pretty average first half. Room for improvement but I struggle to agree with other people who believe he will be a key player this season. Like I said before he will be used as rotation and even with Mata likely to not start the game against Hull or miss it completely, I still think KDB is likely to be a sub as I think there are others in the pecking order ahead of him. He is very versatile though and that is where KDB could prove really useful.

Schurrle is impressing me though. Think he has got the abilities to succeed here. Fast, strong, direct, technique and young, he will get better.

Anyway good to see Bertrand impressing again, always thought he has been underrated and puts in a shift. Hazard is going to be unreal this upcoming season, you can just see it. Looks like Lukaku will get the nod for Hull and I hope so, will be really interesting. hope he can prove a point this season.

Now let's just get this Hull thread started and get the match thread as big as possible. Eager for the PL to start again!

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TrippingStep

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He might be the best player in the world, but not the best 10. I'm sure under Mourinho he will be playing as a left-winger. Mourinho loves wingers and its pretty hard to find a better player to play that role.

I hope we sign Rooney and play Oscar behind him. Oscar, Hazard, Rooney are all very good at little triangle play, little lay-offs to a running player. For me they could have excellent understanding.

Mata on the right against the majority of the average, not great opponents will be have a lot of space by the fact those three could draw a lot of defenders.

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TrippingStep

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When I see the first half selection.

Toon many players that are perhaps too much direct and not goot at holding the ball.

Moses, De Bruyne, Schurrle, Torres.

Moses, De Bruyne Schurrle besides that don't seem to me players that are good at closing passing lanes, wich is a problem against team that plays the passing game between the lines.

They are more attracted to the players having the ball without much thinking what is going behind them.

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