Closed Stoke v Chelsea

[kal@s 5]

Stoke City always remind me of those hordes of orcs in Lord of the Rings.

if they are orcs we are uruk hai but seriously it was decent half but i agree we need to score one or more goals, Stoke can sometimes score from nowhere

wow that was nice goal got some average highlights firstrow

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

Matic might as well be playing in the pivot by himself.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

We are tiring. Need a goal quick.

[Barbara 15,149]

I can't get over Mourinho's love story with Willian...

[zolayes 14,489]

I can't get over Mourinho's love story with Willian...

not as amazing as this refs love for stoke

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

Willian forcing Mikel to play forward, and Mikel utterly refuses.

[bethos1 802]

Willian forcing Mikel to play forward, and Mikel utterly refuses.

Tbf Willian could have easily passed to someone else imo, but Mikel shouldn't have failed that pass

[Dimitri 4]

Schurle incoming soon, Willian out of breath

[The Skipper 20,593]

How wasteful has Willian been in the final third. Gosh.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Game is opening up a bit, get Schurrle or Oscar on!

[Barbara 15,149]

Willian forcing Mikel to play forward, and Mikel utterly refuses.

if we're going to play Cesc as #10 we need someone more like him. Playing Mikel is just annoying, frustrating and BAD.

We can't continue to play Mikel

[MichaelDance 552]

Meh why did Willian take that...?

[didierforever 7,349]

need a second.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Mikel has done fine IMO. He's broken up play very well in the middle of the park. The movement going forward is just poor though and he's not a player that consistently picks out the passes.

[LemmeBorrowThat 124]

Willian just ain't a goal scorer.

He has a nice set of skills....he has the ability to make the pass, he tracks back, he's a speedster....but he has no idea what to do in the final third. He'll pass it to the wrong person or send a shot into the stands. It's weird lol.

[bethos1 802]

Willian just ain't a goal scorer.

He has a nice set of skills....he has the ability to make the pass, he tracks back, he's a speedster....but he has no idea what to do in the final third. He'll pass it to the wrong person or send a shot into the stands. It's weird lol.

He has the technical ability to make a pass, too bad he doesn't have the vision to make one.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Please bring on Andre Jose!

[Barbara 15,149]

Mikel has done fine IMO. He's broken up play very well in the middle of the park. The movement going forward is just poor though and he's not a player that consistently picks out the passes.

so he can't be Cesc's replacement when we play Cesc as #10. We need someone better. we're playing with two DMs... even though Matic is good on transition.

We evolved because our pivot evolved, playing Mikel is regressing, is taking a step back from the new style of football we upgraded to this season