happy_juan 64 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 What a performance last night. He really should be getting more game time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog 2,084 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Mad props to Bison Essien for his 200th Appearance as a Blue. A lil' known fact about me, #5 is my favorite Blue. I love his lung busting runs in the Midfield & how strong on the ball this guy is. It has been a pure pleasure to watch this guy suit up in Blue for us!!! ChelseasMessiah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Jase 43,479 Posted October 30, 2013 Popular Post! Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thought he did OK yesterday. Handled the midfield well but then was a bit sloppy with his passes and at times, took a tad too long to pass the ball and ended up killing the attacks we had especially on the break.And I was thinking, if only we had Essien at his absolute best, without all those injuries hampering him, and Ramires right now. That would be absolutely crazy and great for us.. mac.bo, CHOULO19, DJames and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thought he did OK yesterday. Handled the midfield well but then was a bit sloppy with his passes and at times, took a tad too long to pass the ball and ended up killing the attacks we had especially on the break.And I was thinking, if only we had Essien at his absolute best, without all those injuries hampering him, and Ramires right now. That would be absolutely crazy and great for us..i think the occasional sloppiness was due to lack of game time more than anything. kellzfresh and chelseafc9010 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Mad props to Bison Essien for his 200th Appearance as a Blue. A lil' known fact about me, #5 is my favorite Blue. I love his lung busting runs in the Midfield & how strong on the ball this guy is. It has been a pure pleasure to watch this guy suit up in Blue for us!!!I don't know where the "200th" appearance malarky has appeared from... last night was his 249th appearance and his 220th start... ChelseasMessiah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I know lampard and ramires have formed some chemistry between them, but i wish Essien can play beside ramires, just to see what they can do together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Driver 503 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 He has got something left in the tank ,I make him next in line to fill in for Rammy or Lamps. Dont see him playing twice a week though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHaRaOn 2,131 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I don't know where the "200th" appearance malarky has appeared from... last night was his 249th appearance and his 220th start...200th domestic appearance, I think. robdog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 200th domestic appearance, I think.Would make sense, he's one away from 50 UCL appearances for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I know lampard and ramires have formed some chemistry between them, but i wish Essien can play beside ramires, just to see what they can do together.following Newcastle's match we'll have a run with more than manageable teams. Essien isn't selected for CL squad, and the next League Cup game is only mid-december.I do hope Mourinho will give him a chance or two to play in those more accessible games in EPLHe deserves it and with van Ginkel out of the season and Rami and Lamps being overplayed, it's good to try to keep The Bison fit in case either of them pick a small injury. I know we have Mikel, but what I mean is supposing Rami or Lamps are out for injury, then the other plays alongside Mikel, we need a good backup in case both get booked early in the match or even if they don't have a good day at the office Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thought he did OK yesterday. Handled the midfield well but then was a bit sloppy with his passes and at times, took a tad too long to pass the ball and ended up killing the attacks we had especially on the break.And I was thinking, if only we had Essien at his absolute best, without all those injuries hampering him, and Ramires right now. That would be absolutely crazy and great for us..It's also pretty much his first game of the season, I think we should be able to expect that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Essein needs to do the type of Training that Nando has been doing, both have suffered knee injuries in the past, but Torres has spent a long time now working on his pace, acceleration and explosiveness and you could see at the back end of last season that Torres was getting his pace back, that is what Essien needs to do, also he should lose a few pounds as well, which is another thing that Torres has done and has benefited him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korea 734 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 How the F does Essien play so many games for Madrid and none for Chelsea???Madrid cms>Chelsea... This is the only thing I don't understand Mourinho wise this season.Unless, he purposely try to sabotage Madrid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 How the F does Essien play so many games for Madrid and none for Chelsea???Madrid cms>Chelsea... This is the only thing I don't understand Mourinho wise this season.Unless, he purposely try to sabotage Madrid...Essien played LB or RB at Madrid he only played 1 or 2 games at CM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog 2,084 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I don't know where the "200th" appearance malarky has appeared from... last night was his 249th appearance and his 220th start...snap...I heard it on from the commentators fuck them Still it's a pleasure to watch Bison Essien suit up for the Blues...So damn Strong & he showed it yesterday again!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korea 734 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Essien played LB or RB at Madrid he only played 1 or 2 games at CMDont think it was 1-2, but yea he was mostly rb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 following Newcastle's match we'll have a run with more than manageable teams. Essien isn't selected for CL squad, and the next League Cup game is only mid-december.I do hope Mourinho will give him a chance or two to play in those more accessible games in EPLHe deserves it and with van Ginkel out of the season and Rami and Lamps being overplayed, it's good to try to keep The Bison fit in case either of them pick a small injury. I know we have Mikel, but what I mean is supposing Rami or Lamps are out for injury, then the other plays alongside Mikel, we need a good backup in case both get booked early in the match or even if they don't have a good day at the officeHe'll be forced to play both essien and kdb, especially reaching the crucial last 3 games of the group champs league. But i want mou to consider an essien and ramires pairing. Blue Armour and Barbara 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 He'll be forced to play both essien and kdb, especially reaching the crucial last 3 games of the group champs league. But i want mou to consider an essien and ramires pairing. He was very decent for Madrid last season. Of course wasn't the player from before his injuries, but he was good. I think he could play a few matches for us alongside Rami, I just want him to play more than the domestic cups. He's good enough to have more games than that when we face less threatening oppositions.Of course the same applies to Kev, although their cases are polar opposite. But I would welcome Kev playing a few matches in November as well. It's not like he's a horrible player that will be a liability for us. Far from it, he's good, maybe other AMs are in better shape than him, but he doesn't compromise at all and with time and matches he could turn it around and actually be at the same level as the others. He doesn't need to be better, just equally good and effective. It'll also lead to some of the pressure he has to perform well right now to dissipate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thought he was OK but that's just sort of who he is now. He's a decent player but doesn't really offer anything going forward and isn't really a defensive midfielder either. He's a perfect squad player as he's a capable fill-in at a number of positions which we will likely need when injuries inevitably strike. Tomo, CHOULO19, Phil Driver and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 It's also pretty much his first game of the season, I think we should be able to expect that.Was his second actually. Also played against Swindon but yeah, understand the point. Just that some were simple passes to be executed but was kinda messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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