Closed Chelsea 3-0 Schalke

[1chelsea 864]

Strikes go their first three point in their department

[Ze Mario 638]

highlights please !

goalscoring strikers from absence of hazard i believe.

hazard is the kind of players who like to dribble, run into space and he will pass if there isn't room anymore to run into. by the time of that, all defenders already close the empty space between midfielders and strikers.

on the other side, players like schurrle and willian is the kind of players who like to move the ball forward.

no wonder if hazard play, especially with mata and oscar, our strikers are hopeless

[bushman 2,043]

An unspectacular win, but well deserved. Chelsea is on top of the group, going further, job well done.

[didierforever 7,349]

excuse me while I fangirl over Rafa wearing a blue suit today and not a black one as I thought from the previous pic

Also cute seeing him taking pics at the Bridge

there are too many pics of him, but I'll stick with those two.

Just become a Blue fan, Rafa.

can u PM me the rest of the pics. please. would be a huge favour.

[Special Juan 27,470]

WTF all this stuff about Hazard? Looks like the guy got himself into trouble. Just what I needed to spoil a good evening...

Too busy arseing around in France by the sounds of it.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

goalscoring strikers from absence of hazard i believe.

hazard is the kind of players who like to dribble, run into space and he will pass if there isn't room anymore to run into. by the time of that, all defenders already close the empty space between midfielders and strikers.

on the other side, players like schurrle and willian is the kind of players who like to move the ball forward.

no wonder if hazard play, especially with mata and oscar, our strikers are hopeless

No, just no

Hazard tries to dribble and takes out defenders to create space for the strikers, not the other way around

[The only place to be 11,313]

Not the best performance and we looked a little flat until Hildebrand gifted us a goal which Eto'o played no small part in but after that it was pretty much plain sailing as Schalke had to go looking for a goal. The team looked a lot more balanced with two direct wingers and Oscar back in the middle, and Ramires and Mikel looked good in the pivot with Rami venturing forward whilst Mikel sat. Cahill had a fantastic game too and should retain his place at the weekend.

It actually looks like the squad is starting to shape up nicely and there's competition and depth that we could only dream about last season. But that first 15 minutes should've seen us a goal down and we won't score flukes like the first goal every week, so there's still plenty of improvement to be made.

Fair play to the Schalke fans though who were fairly boisterous for most of the night. A couple of their players are right cunts though and that Jones is an awful player.

[Barbara 15,149]

can u PM me the rest of the pics. please. would be a huge favour.

sure, ofc.

I'll search them again

edit: there you go

http://cassimayniac.tumblr.com/post/66220203372

http://blueeeflag.tumblr.com/post/66222175758/rafael-nadal-and-chelsea-chief-executive-ron

[juankikdc 17]

Good win today. One thing is certain though: we're still lacking width. Everyone of our midfielders wants to cut in and shoot. Personally, I miss Moses. He ran at defenders and loved to create plays on the wings and put in low crosses to our strikers. Great effort all around though.

[Fulham Broadway 16,953]

Good to see Paulo at half time.

NB Apparently the starting 11 last night were signed by 8 different managers -or rather under their tenure.

[didierforever 7,349]

sure, ofc.

I'll search them again

edit: there you go

http://cassimayniac.tumblr.com/post/66220203372

http://blueeeflag.tumblr.com/post/66222175758/rafael-nadal-and-chelsea-chief-executive-ron

thank u so much.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

A few thoughts

1) We weren't all that good but a win is a win.

2) I don't think Lampard should play with Mata in the middle but not having either of them means we have very little creativity. It was an extremely defensive lineup and we were lucky to get up so Schalke had to spread themselves because before Schalke opened up, we had a hard time breaking them down.

3) Willian was excellent and deserves to get some playing time based on that performance.

[Ze Mario 638]

No, just no

Hazard tries to dribble and takes out defenders to create space for the strikers, not the other way around

really? i hardly can see our strikers got many touches on the ball.

and dont u dare say hazard is typical player who create space for striker while himself said that he want to be like ronaldo, and we all know what kind of player ronaldo is

[Stingray 9,441]

No, just no

Hazard tries to dribble and takes out defenders to create space for the strikers, not the other way around

really? i hardly can see our strikers got many touches on the ball.

and dont u dare say hazard is typical player who create space for striker while himself said that he want to be like ronaldo, and we all know what kind of player ronaldo is

Lol. He was the assist king of France ... It is NOT because he is like Ronaldo or dribbles too much or does not give service. That is just loose sand ...

[kellzfresh 7,229]

really? i hardly can see our strikers got many touches on the ball.

and dont u dare say hazard is typical player who create space for striker while himself said that he want to be like ronaldo, and we all know what kind of player ronaldo is

I cant believe you just compared ronaldo's selfishness to hazard, that is just

[bushman 2,043]

I cant believe you just compared ronaldo's selfishness to hazard, that is just

Well, Ronaldo might be a bit selfish, but still a better player than Hazard, in my view. These two should not be compared, anyways.

[Ze Mario 638]

Lol. He was the assist king of France ... It is NOT because he is like Ronaldo or dribbles too much or does not give service. That is just loose sand ...

Lol i did remember he said he wants to be like ronaldo messi, who scored 50 goals every season.

and lets hope he's still the assist king despite he said those word above. just 1 assist so far..

and related to the topic, i just posted that because i'm share my opinion to keelzfresh why our strikers got three points, and in my opinion, it involved hazard's absense.

besides, u can always look who my fav player is

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Well, Ronaldo might be a bit selfish, but still a better player than Hazard, in my view. These two should not be compared, anyways.

I know ronaldo is better, but he said hazard is as selfish as ronaldo which is wrong.