Ryan Bertrand

[Hutcho 8,443]

lets not forget (If I'm right) he gave an assist... and his crossing is right now 10 times the crossing of cole...

How?

But in all seriousness, i think every defender is wrongly being over judged by their attacking ability. TBH, i am not too bothered about his crossing, if he can defend then thats the main thing. We have an attacking 5 whose main aim is to create things. Yes it is helpful if our right and left back can cross to provide width and cross the ball in but their number one priority has got to be their defensive skills, and in that he had a bad game. One bad game though, doesn't mean he is "complete shit" or other stuff i have heard. He had a bad game, he has to go away and work on it and go from there.

[Tomo 21,751]

Jus tell me one worse display than the Bertrands horror show yesterday.

90% of Torres or Bosingwa's performances in a Chelsea shirt.

Drogba's performance away to Wigan last season.

Ross Turnbull at Anfield.

Kaloudanelka's displays for most of Carlo's second season and AVB's tenure.

To name a few.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Bertrand had a fucking nightmare yesterday. Any player with pace (ie the whole Shakhtar team) was skipping past him like he wasn't there. Plus, he must have slipped over twice. His overall positioning was shocking, to such an extent our most creative player (Hazard) had to come back and double-up. Ivanovic had an average game at right-back, but I can count on the fingers on one hand the amount of times he got beat yesterday. Bertrand was roasted alive.

We have to be very patient with Ryan. People saying he is ready to be Cole's successor are rather wide of the mark. He is still very young and has good potential, so we must give him chance to improve. But he is certainly streets behind Cole, or even Baines, at present.

[ja1 1,166]

One poor game on his CL debut at LB doesn't change what a good prospect he is. I'm not worried about Bertrand's ability at all. Cole was just as poor against Swansea and Moses himself just as had on his CL debut against Nordsjeblah.

[DYC. 7,542]

I think playing out of position for the most under Di Matteo has effected his game at LB. You see it so often in football. He'll need time (and a run of games at LB) to get back in his element.

[Henrique 9,133]

90% of Torres or Bosingwa's performances in a Chelsea shirt.

Drogba's performance away to Wigan last season.

Ross Turnbull at Anfield.

Kaloudanelka's displays for most of Carlo's second season and AVB's tenure.

To name a few.

Th fact you put one match against Wigan in the table, shows you are missing one point.

The meaning of Bertrands mistake could be as simple as Chelsea being the first european champiom knocked out of UCL in the group stages since Nothingham Forest in 1981.

I dont remember when the players you mentioned made crucial erros that coasted us so much.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Jus tell me one worse display than the Bertrands horror show yesterday.

Terry against Liverpool last season, Turnbull in that same match, Luiz against utd last week, anytime Bosingwa was on the field..etc

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

He had a shit game, Srna tore him a new arsehole, no denying it. Hes not a bad player though, plus hes played 3 European games or something. Needs experience.

[Henrique 9,133]

Terry against Liverpool last season, Turnbull in that same match, Luiz against utd last week, anytime Bosingwa was on the field..etc

Well, what is a match against Liverpool (a mid table team) compared with a crucial match in UCL?

Well, we never lost a trophy because of Bosingwa, and we never got knocked out in the group stage because of him, and to be fair, Bosingwa never played so bad as Bertrand yesterday, in fact I remeber great matches by the Portuguese, like when he played against Barcelona.

I never understood why RDM believes Bertrand is ready for the first team, because he is not even close. Perhaps in the future.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Henrique, just give it up.

Bertrand performance was very poor, our double pivot was slugish at times, the system didnt help as well and he was vunerable. Hazard tracked back a few times but they did not help at all, since he got passed so easily. Also, it was against a very high quality team (one of the best in Europe), not some bullshit mid table team.

That said, it is clearly not the worst performance of all time by a Chelsea player. Definetly not, at least he did not cost us the game. I know it was lucky, but it did not cost 3 points.

I can dig some worse displays by Torres, Bosingwa, Mineiro, etc.

[Reddish-Blue 2,495]

Well, what is a match against Liverpool (a mid table team) compared with a crucial match in UCL?

Well, we never lost a trophy because of Bosingwa, and we never got knocked out in the group stage because of him, and to be fair, Bosingwa never played so bad as Bertrand yesterday, in fact I remeber great matches by the Portuguese, like when he played against Barcelona.

I never understood why RDM believes Bertrand is ready for the first team, because he is not even close. Perhaps in the future.

Yea, I remember a few good matches by Bosingwa (before the major injury) but the rest of the time, he didn't know how to defend. I'm glad he went to QPR, hopefully he can help them get relegated from the premier league this season

[manpe 10,861]

I can dig some worse displays by Torres, Bosingwa, Mineiro, etc.

Mineiro lmao, I'd totally forgotten about him. He made like one appearance in total, didn't he?

[Rmpr 8,977]

Mineiro lmao, I'd totally forgotten about him. He made like one appearance in total, didn't he?

Yes, a cup game. A very bad one...

I am so glad Big Phill did not get rid of Drogba and brought Adriano. LOL

[Jase 43,479]

One poor performance and the knives are already sticking out. We need to give him time and can't just expect world class performances from him every time he plays.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

First bad game by him, no need to overreact. Cole also had bad games resulting in people calling for Bertrand to step up. The boy will come good knew that the first time I saw him playing.