Closed Chelsea 2-2 West Brom

[The Mak 4,459]

-Ivanovic has beem a HUGE disaster this season. He knows how to fuck an attack, sometimes he really looks out of control (in a bad way) and his crossing skills is as good as Bosingwa.

Against teams like WBA who are just playing a low block and sitting deep, we need to play Azpilicueta and possibly Bertrand too. It was unbelievable how comfortable they were with us passing the ball to Iva all the time. They know that he is no threat offensively.

Hopefully this game served as an eye opener for Jose, because we were utterly atrocious. WBA didn't even play well.

Pass pass pass Ivanovic crosses..Blocked

I'll just leave this right here, seems like you guys would be interested.

An article pitting Brana and Dave's stats against each other. Pretty much confirms a lot of people suspicions.

However, it again calls into question why Mourinho is so favourable towards Brana when his aerial ability is the only dominance he really has over Dave. And why Brana is given such liability going forward when it is clear who the better attacker is. Link below.

http://eplindex.com/43776/azpilicueta-v-ivanovic-start-chelsea-stats-compared.html

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Oscar should start every single big game, his work-rate is irreplaceable. But against teams like West brom, he really doesn't offer us what we need.

Strongly disagree. Work-rate is amazing, but you need your #10 to provide more than hard work. They have to be able to make a major impact on offense. He has now played 45 games in in the Premier League and has 8 goals and 5 assists. (11 games this season, 0 assists) That's abysmal. Oscar needs to play but like everyone else, he should have to earn it and hard work shouldn't be the only thing that matters.

[Special Juan 27,429]

Takes us to go 2-1 down before we start playing with any intensity and actually wanting it.

Jose fucking sort it man for fucks sake.

[Strike 7,217]

Can't break-down teams that defend deep.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Lampard and Cahill were catastrophic. Not good enough to even make the bench, let alone start PL games for us. The former's reflexes, mobility, agility are gone, the latter is nothing but a steaming pile of shite.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

I'm tired of watching Lamaprd and Ramires constantly pass back to Cahill/Terry, they do it every time, the only time they don't is when one of our three attacking players come back to help them, it's embarrassing.

I'd rather they pass back than spray terrible passes the way Lampard did vs Newcastle, and the way Ramires did today

[didierforever 7,349]

relax... its just the november curse...

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

He was probbably very tired because he was the only one who tried to cut inside,to make chances,he was tackled everytime and I'm sure that he was half-injured after start from ther player but Mourinho made all subs

That tired excuse doesnt work when hes the only one in the attacking middle who actually got a nice rest during the week.

[Jase 43,479]

- Azipilicueta isnt a left-back.

- Oscar had another bad game, the third consecutive.

- Mata must really stop with those Barcelona kind of passes.

- Demba Ba isnt Chelsea's material.

What kind of passes exactly? Those over the top defence pass/ball??

[Korea 734]

Nice. I went to pilates instead of watching the game...

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I'd rather they pass back than spray terrible passes the way Lampard did vs Newcastle, and the way Ramires did today

This often the only option too as our attackers, just like last season are static and they have no width. It's the reason Ivanovic gets the ball so much. He makes runs and gets himself open. Nobody else does.

[Shane 2,275]

The reaction on here is more embarrasing then the performance.

Every season you have these sort of games. Steve Clarke knows Jose inside out, and came with a gameplan to stop us playing, which we did in our Champions League game. The first 60-65 minutes were poor, But I was actually happy with the urgency in the last period of the game. We created lots of chances and Myhill saved from a few attempts, aswell as Willian missing a chance.

Jose kept talking about transition, and how we need to be patient. At the minute we are changing our style into an attacking passing team as regards to the big physical team we were in previous years. We need to actually fucking back our manager for a change rather then be up in fucking arms EVERY November when things aren't going well.

We tried to bring in De Rossi in the summer to address our midfield problem but he wouldn't come, So hopefully we'll buy a similar player in January. No point in over paying on a player that isn't going to address our problem like United did with Fellani. You might call me crazy but I actually think if we held on to Raul Meireles he wouldn't be a bad choice in the pivot.

Credit to West Brom, made things very very difficult for us. Fair play to Steve Clarke aswell. Love to see him getting the Chelsea job when Jose is finished building this empire.

As for people saying they'd take a top 4 finish, We are definatly going to finish in the top 4. I still fancy us for the league.

People saying Jose got it all wrong, what do you want? Under Benitez and others when we were chasing a game he did things like replacing Lampard for Mikel and Azplicueta for Ivanovic. Atleast Jose goes gung-fucking-ho and has that will to win.

If today has showed us anything, Jose needs to work on things over the International break, and I have no doubt he will.

Also, we're fucking invincible at home under Jose, So for people criticising him, Put down your fucking FIFA and Football Manager, Its a far harder job that any of you could imagine, as is shown by the amount of managers who have failed.

You were the ones celebrating when we beat Schalke, City and Arsenal in one week a few weeks ago, Now stick with the fucking team when things aren't going right.

Come on Chelsea!

[Rmpr 8,977]

Don agree with Oscar comment. He wasn't good today, but I don't think its the third consecutive.

I thought was fantastic until the Arsenal game...However, he was bad against Newcastle, not more than average against Schalke and abysmal today!

I am not saying he isnt important or that he wont bounce back. But he has to step up because his last three performances werent good enough, imo.

Nevertheless, the message I wanted to send was not specifically about Oscar. I wanted to show how many things we have going wrong right now!

[Shakez 755]

I for once am glad that the international break is upon us. Some much needed time to think about our attacking play.

Got some other points also.

1. Stop rotating our attacking band every single game from now on. We have to many AM's but fuck it, can't please them all.

2. José needs to quit his love affair with certain players, Lampard as the prime example. He was one of our best players in the past, but he's clearly over his peak (there i said it), Dunno if i was the only one, but did anyone else also noticed how pissed he was that he was a sub last game in the post match interview? Well he should review this game, and take his own lessons from his performance today.

3. Workrates aside, there is no cohesion between our AM. And i mean all of them (including Mata/Schürrle/DeBruyne), this game Oscar and Willian where switching their positions too much. Besides that Ivanovic should stick to the center and stay on our fucking side, he fucks up almost everything going forward (except headers).

[Korea 734]

Didnt we lose to west brom last season without lukaku on their team?

[Sheva. 5,373]

Strongly disagree. Work-rate is amazing, but you need your #10 to provide more than hard work. They have to be able to make a major impact on offense. He has now played 45 games in in the Premier League and has 8 goals and 5 assists. (11 games this season, 0 assists) That's abysmal. Oscar needs to play but like everyone else, he should have to earn it and hard work shouldn't be the only thing that matters.

Buuuut Mourinho only cares about the workrates and tackles!!

[Rmpr 8,977]

What kind of passes exactly? Those over the top defence pass/ball??

Yes.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Buuuut Mourinho only cares about the workrates and tackles!!

Lol