dee25 1,044 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 None of Willian, Schurrle or Salah have the creativity to break down what is going to be a very defensive Stoke team. Torres is a non-factor as usual. EVERY Chelsea fan knows this. WTF is Jose doing? More concerning to me is that Willian, Schurrle and Salah haven't started one game together. Regardless, I think we should just wait to see how the match pans out before moaning about the lineup. Barbara, Mohammed Seif and jeronimo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Even Fulham is beating Aston Villa at Villa Park. Just shows how shit we've been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo 231 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Even Fulham is beating Aston Villa at Villa Park. Just shows how shit we've been. You can't really compare though. Mentality would be totally different for Villla playing Chelsea than playing Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 More concerning to me is that Willian, Schurrle and Salah haven't started one game together. Regardless, I think we just wait to see how the games pans out before moaning about the lineup. Exactly. These guys are new to the league and have shown so far that they struggle against physicality and parked buses. Watch us struggle to do anything of substance and then Hazard coming on at the 60th mark to try and save the day. I hope I eat my words, but nothing I've seen so far this season suggests that isn't going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Even Fulham is beating Aston Villa at Villa Park. Just shows how shit we've been. Villa had Foy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! MetsajCFC 1,255 Posted April 5, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted April 5, 2014 God, stop whining. Whenever we go for Willian-Oscar-Hazard there are people complaining that we should rest them and use Schürrle, Salah and so on... well given the fact that we need fresh legs for PSG replay this is the point we need to trust in players like Salah and Schürrle, isn't it the whole point of having them in Chelsea colours? Lighten up for once, come on. jeronimo, Mohammed Seif, Barbara and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 You can't really compare though. Mentality would be totally different for Villla playing Chelsea than playing Fulham.But still, any team fighting for the title should be beating Villa. They are a very, very, very average side. They've been hammered by Stoke and Man united since that game against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Villa had Foy.I think the presence of Torres was a greater hindrance in that game than Foy, tbh. Foy was not even that bad in the first half when we were completely dominant but lacked a cutting edge (again) due to an anonymous presence up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAB 1,030 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Normally i would expect an emphatic win, but i have a bad feeling this one is going to test our nerves yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Another thing about that Villa game. I still can't understand why Eto'o wasn't even on the bench for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepsi 34 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 woo cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo 231 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 But still, any team fighting for the title should be beating Villa. They are a very, very, very average side. They've been hammered by Stoke and Man united since that game against us. Yeah I do agree. On paper, we should be winning every game only matched by a couple of other teams in the league. Mentality wise we should be fired up for every game given how close the league is. Maybe the pressure is a factor. And fixture congestion. Maybe they just aren't up for the bread and butter games. Whatever it is. I agree. We should be winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetsajCFC 1,255 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Chelsea are expected to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation:1 Petr Cech; 2 Branislav Ivanovic, 24 Gary Cahill, 26 John Terry ©, 28 Cesar Azpilicueta; 8 Frank Lampard, 21Nemanja Matic; 14 Andre Schurrle, 22 Willian, 15 Mohamed Salah; 9 Fernando Torres.Substitutes: 23 Mark Schwarzer, 33 Tomas Kalas, 3 Ashley Cole, 4 David Luiz, 11 Oscar, 17 Eden Hazard, 19Demba Ba. Mohammed Seif 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 TORRES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 How about Mou benching Hazard for wearing PSG shirt in interview?What will he then do after hearing hazard say he could go to PSG if his wife says so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 But still, any team fighting for the title should be beating Villa. They are a very, very, very average side. They've been hammered by Stoke and Man united since that game against us. We also should've beaten Palace...no Foy then.Our results against Villa have usually been hit or miss...crazy draws or wins or stupid losses...not a easy place for us to go espically with Jose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I think the presence of Torres was a greater hindrance in that game than Foy, tbh. Foy was not even that bad in the first half when we were completely dominant but lacked a cutting edge (again) due to an anonymous presence up front. But he sent a player off incorrectly and a manager too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vybz Kartel 1,613 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 If guys like Willian and Oscar can not step up against Stoke at home, they are not good enough for Chelsea, we are not a one man team for crying out loud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 But he sent a player off incorrectly and a manager too.That's why I said FIRST half. We outplayed them and we completely controlled the midfield with Matic being a beast but we lacked the cutting edge upfront with that fucker, Torres "leading" the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Let's see what our fantastic Jose ordered today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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