Closed Derby v Chelsea

[1chelsea 864]

9 shot No one on target

[NishC300 1,865]

People are criticising Ramires. That's like starting John Terry at CF and then blaming him for playing poorly lol. Mourinho's mistake to play him there when we have an abundance of options.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Oh the irony. The guy who openly discriminates against international supporters gets on his high horse about that. Don't make me laugh!

Gonna call me a bigot again?

LOOL, I hit a nerve again!

It is funny because I always outsmart you and then you give up on arguying!

Considering your various meltdowns where you call Chelsea fans who turn up and support the team plastic....

Like I said, I come here to talk to Chelsea supporters regardless of their background. You openly slag off proper Chelsea supporters. That's why I don't engage with you.

Enjoy your pint.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Hated this lineup from the start. I'm still confident we'll win, but 1) You need to rotate players and if you can't rotate players against Derby in the early rounds of the FA Cup, you also can't complain about them being tired later on 2) I am not someone who believes that you can bring youngsters directly into the squad very often, but you have to get them some game time and playing one or two players in a game like this wouldn't kill the game. 3) You don't have to play defensive counter-attack football in every game. We do have players that can break down other teams. (Mata or Hazard especially) We are playing a squad that is ideally built to defend and counter-attack against a team that is not looking to have much possession. Doesn't make much sense.

[1chelsea 864]

We need a spark - mata please

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Seeing Eto'o fluff that chance when he was through on goal made me very sad. Sums up our striking situation.

[Ollie 4,400]

It's really not been that bad. Hit the woodwork twice and had some good efforts. We'll win it, i'm sure we'll win it. Just keep going.

[Jype 6,398]

However, it is not only Kalas. If Jose is going to play Ramires on the wing, why not try Mata or Baker?

And why not play Bertrand instead of Cole? Maybe he plays well and fixes pur LB problem. I know it is unlikely, but we will never be a player developer country if we never even try!

Yeah, I agree. Hopefully Ramires gets taken off sooner rather than later in the second half, would love to see Baker today.

Bertrand is a mystery at the moment. A little over a week ago he was still supposedly out with an 'injury' which appeared out of nowhere really, got a feeling he will be gone before the window closes. Don't know why he'd be sold though, nowadays anyone's a better option than Cole and Bertrand has always been a very solid player imo.

[Berke 58]

Playing with 2 defensive midfielders against Derby annoys me. Baker on for Essien would make my day.

couldn't have put it better myself. Baker on is a dream

[Sheva. 5,373]

There's no difference between playing Ramires on the wings and having a donkey there.

We pretty much have 4 defenders and 3 dm's against Derby, lol.

[Las7 951]

Our end product is lacking - Willian just isn't finding his team mates up top; while Ess; Oscar and Rambo are taking dozen of shots from outside the box. Eto'o has been disappointing as well

[The Mak 4,459]

Gonna call me a bigot again?

Going to act like one again?

[NishC300 1,865]

Unfortunately De Bruyne is as good as gone so surely Mourinho doesn't want to risk him getting injured in a match like this and potentially miss out on a +20m transfer fee.

Agree on Kalas though, today would have been a perfect chance to give him his full debut.

But if he wanted to sell De Bruyne why didn't he get rid of him in the summer when his value was more? I mean why has he kept him for 6 months if he wants to sell him? To use him as a ball boy in training?

[lionsden 4,689]

Playing ramires on the right wing despite the wealth of wingers in our possession. Not fielding any reserve/back up players like Kalas, bertrand et al is just so wrong on so many levels. The only time chelsea managers in the past ever use Rami on the wing is in bug games against top attacking teams.

[Stingray 9,441]

Missed the first half .... was it as bad as it sounds here?

[Yeboii 1,844]

But if he wanted to sell De Bruyne why didn't he get rid of him in the summer when his value was more? I mean why has he kept him for 6 months if he wants to sell him? To use him as a ball boy in training?

He thought Kevin was gonna turn out great in the summer, and he didn't.

[lionsden 4,689]

There's no difference between playing Ramires on the wings and having a donkey there.

We pretty much have 4 defenders and 3 dm's against Derby, lol.

It's ze magic of ze fa cup

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

There's no difference between playing Ramires on the wings and having a donkey there.

We pretty much have 4 defenders and 3 dm's against Derby, lol.

Wow that is really harsh. I know he's not a natural winger and has been picked ahead of players who actually are but his performance has not been that bad for us.