Closed Chelsea v Sunderland

[Kieran. 6,317]

Not smart by Willian...

[drog.ba 239]

is Willian brain dead?

[The only place to be 11,313]

Eto'o's shit, can't get a cross past the first man.....yadayadayada.

Neither can Ramires apparently.

Edited April 19, 2014 by The only place to be

[The Skipper 20,593]

Read what I'm saying. Azpi got the same criticism for his crosses last year and I defended him the same. Go and look in his thread if you don't believe me 'mate'.

And I defended him as well because he at least got it into dangerous areas but I still maintain that Ivanovic kills a lot of our attacks and is below par offensively.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Height, movement, call it what you want. Sunderland are doing well getting bodies back.

But yeah, the problem is Ivanovic because...well why not?

I seem to recall you spouting the same stuff last week despite him crossing beautifully for Salah who managed to fuck it up. Then when Ba came on in the second he hit another one for him.

Same tedious shit every week.

It's funny how even the worst teams in the division look very good defensively when they play us. I think this says more about our ponderous, clueless play than it does about Sunderland. Their defense is one of the worst in the PL.

It's not even the scoreline. It's the non-existent amount of threat we offer when we try and build up attacks. Ivanovic is one of the major culprits with his horrid overlapping and clueless crosses. He doesn't have the pace or technical ability to be even a decent attacking full-back. He might get his crosses right sometimes, but the success rate must be very, very low.

[Strike 7,212]

Read what I'm saying. Azpi got the same criticism for his crosses last year and I defended him the same. Go and look in his thread if you don't believe me 'mate'.

quite the apologist

crossing ability is not that he can pick out the odd good cross. with time and space anyone will get crosses right. since he's in a crossing position so often he should be more consistent.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Eto'o's shit, can't get a cross past the first man.....yadayadayada.

Neither can Ramires apparently.

I seriously can't believe you're genuinely defending Ivanovic's crossing ability. Crazy.

[Yeboii 1,844]

What is up with Willian never passing to Salah?

[drog.ba 239]

bet the cross wont clear the 1st man

[iseah100 5,612]

Keep this up boys! We'll score at this rate!

[The only place to be 11,313]

And I defended him as well because he at least got it into dangerous areas but I still maintain that Ivanovic kills a lot of our attacks and is below par offensively.

Actually no he didn't. When he was looking to cross it into space he tended to overhit them. When he actually had targets, he did a lot better but he suffered from a lack of viable targets and packed defences.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Sub off Oscar.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,911]

Oscar and these weak ass shots man.

[drog.ba 239]

weak from Oscar

[Cosmin 2,484]

Oscar's finishing has been awful so far. Come on already, we need to do better!

[Sovieticus 743]

WHAT THE FUCK ARE OUR PLAYERS DOING?

[Barbara 15,149]

FFS Oscar!!!! way to waste a great counter-attack. We should bring Schurrle for Oscar or maybe Salah - probably Oscar.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Actually no he didn't. When he was looking to cross it into space he tended to overhit them. When he actually had targets, he did a lot better but he suffered from a lack of viable targets and packed defences.

Which is a lot better than what Ivanovic does on a regular basis.