ZOS 580 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 if he really said that he wants city to win... it has to be so that the spuds will be fired up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,743 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 if he really said that he wants city to win... it has to be so that the spuds will be fired up Well that actually fired them up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo11bluecl 207 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Another game today that I believe expose some of Jose's hole in his method. People say we will make progress but so far we really haven't in term of changing the style to a total attacking one. The style that City just used to destroy Spurs 5-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilvorak 3,734 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Shit team selection end up costing us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo11bluecl 207 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Mikel instead of Lampard/Matic despite knowing their team got no intention of ever trying to cross the half way line. Should of played Luiz/Lampard instead of Mikel. And games like today show why we need a top class striker like Costa/Rooney. AswinR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Shit team selection end up costing us.Poor substitutions even more so.A bad first half is no problem, but he didn't make the changes early enough and brought on Ba in like the 80th minute.Also no need to switch Ivan to LB, that was just weird. Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excalibur KTBFFH 109 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/17517-chelsea-v-west-ham/page-23Shit team selection end up costing us.Basically the team that started against Stoke should have played today. That's our strongest line-up IMO. It's also the line-up that increases our attacking quality. Don't know what he thinks sometimes. Maybe that champagne is still having its intoxicating effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Fernando 6,743 Posted January 29, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted January 29, 2014 Too many opportunist appearing now. Don't say much when we win, but had to wait till we draw/lose to come out and say some shit. To me is simple, West Ham defended like their life depended on it. Did not even bother attacking, and we just didn't had our day. Namika, chillerz, Heisenberg and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Against teams like West Ham we need to start more positive because they will sit back and park the bus. No idea why Mikel and Ivanovic started, we needed Azpi and Cole at fb today to help break down the opponent. Also an ideal game for Lampard who has a phenomenal record against West Ham. We played pretty well, obviously couldn't finish but the result means we have to go at the Etihad and at least nick a point. AswinR, robsblubot, Barbara and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mak 4,459 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Against teams like West Ham we need to start more positive because they will sit back and park the bus.No idea why Mikel and Ivanovic started, we needed Azpi and Cole at fb today to help break down the opponent. Also an ideal game for Lampard who has a phenomenal record against West Ham.We played pretty well, obviously couldn't finish but the result means we have to go at the Etihad and at least nick a point.Because José was absolutely terrified of the prospect of Carroll isolating Cole/Azpilicueta - so terrified that we'd rather shackle ourselves going forward than provide meaningful width. Rubber bullets, The Skipper and Barbara 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,743 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 José anger at Hammers' tactics http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9140653/jose-mourinho-west-ham-play-football-from-19th-centuryI think mourinho has no right bashing west ham for their tactics when is something we have used in the past as well some of his teams in the past. robsblubot and The Chels 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Against teams like West Ham we need to start more positive because they will sit back and park the bus.No idea why Mikel and Ivanovic started, we needed Azpi and Cole at fb today to help break down the opponent. Also an ideal game for Lampard who has a phenomenal record against West Ham.We played pretty well, obviously couldn't finish but the result means we have to go at the Etihad and at least nick a point.yup.Why both Cahill and Terry? What do they add in attack when roaming in the midfield? Luiz + one of them. Azpi on the right, Cole on the left (could even go Andre or Bertrand if not on loan there). No Mikel! *maybe Matic. I'd actually start with Lampard + Matic/Ramires. Ramires would be more focused on defense actually.Then against City you play something like this line up. The starting line up made no sense this time... none whatsoever. Number of players committed (or capable) to attacking was way off.BTW, no opportunism here as I thought the lineup was shit from the start.Again, imagine Arsenal's line up for a game like this... no DM for sure... The Mak, The Skipper and Barbara 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 yup.Why both Cahill and Terry? What do they add in attack when roaming in the midfield? Luiz + one of them. Azpi on the right, Cole on the left (could even go Andre or Bertrand if not on loan there). No Mikel! *maybe Matic. I'd actually start with Lampard + Matic/Ramires. Ramires would be more focused on defense actually.Then against City you play something like this line up. The starting line up made no sense this time... none whatsoever. Number of players committed (or capable) to attacking was way off.BTW, no opportunism here as I thought the lineup was shit from the start.Again, imagine Arsenal's line up for a game like this... no DM for sure...Exactly what I was thinking especially regarding us using this sort of line up against City instead. It should be interesting to see how we do line up against City though. Barbara, robsblubot and The Mak 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 To be honest I don't anyone saw the West Ham wall incoming, not saying it should've been easy but it was surprising to see them park it like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Lampard should have started. Big mistake for me.The moment he realised that west ham were just staying in the 18 box, ramires and mikel are useless in that situation and both should have been removed in the second half. AswinR, Barbara, Korial and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vybz Kartel 1,613 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Got the selection wrong and the subs wrong again he better make it up on against city by givin a tactical masterclass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Didn't like the line up, but disliked even more how the changes took so long.Why on earth did Mikel start and why took Mourinho so long to sub him? Hammers didn't attack at all and while I'd have gone with a Ramires Matic pivot, I would definitely bring Lampard on 46' seeing how they've parked the bus.Mourinho didn't make sense imo. I wouldn't have brought Ba either. We couldn't break their two lines of five ahead of box, and then you bring another box player that didn't saw the ball in the 15 minutes he's played.The match wasn't bad, but Mourinho made bad decisions that I can't say cost us the match, as we had again shots in the post and keepers doing mini-miracles. Still bad team selection, even worse subs and his complaints after the match are nonsense. He played for a draw against Spurs, United, Arsenal. He has no rights to complain when someone does the same to his team.I just disagree with whoever says Mourinho can't complain about teams parking the bus because some of his teams parked it in the past. Mourinho's teams were very solid defensively and had a defensive approach of the game, but Mourinho didn't use to park the bus - like di Matteo did for example. There's a difference of a defensive team or a team built from defense and a team parking the bus. Still he shouldn't complain about it.Huge disappointment about the result, but well, sometimes life sucks MAF, ╫rue Blue, AswinR and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,759 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Lampard should have started. Big mistake for me.The moment he realised that west ham were just staying in the 18 box, ramires and mikel are useless in that situation and both should have been removed in the second half.Yep...Lampard against West Ham, should have been nailed on to start...The Mikel, Ramires pivot offers nothing for breaking down tight defences...especially with no Juan Mata in front of them... kellzfresh and ╫rue Blue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippingStep 336 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 To be honest I don't anyone saw the West Ham wall incoming, not saying it should've been easy but it was surprising to see them park it like that.I disagree. They're a hoofing ball team, they play shit from the back like the first match against them showed. Their defenders are awful defenders that don't know what to do with the ball and slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I disagree. They're a hoofing ball team, they play shit from the back like the first match against them showed. Their defenders are awful defenders that don't know what to do with the ball and slow.Don't get me wrong, I knew they'd park it, I just didn't expect a fucking masterpiece lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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