Alan Partridge 1,124 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Wow there are some whingey fuck bags in here We lost a pre season match wahhhhh wahhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 No, even if we don't win one of the major ones sacking Jose can't be the solution. Let him finish his contract and evaluate him after that period, the sacking thing gets too expensive and we need to be stable in order to compete. If we miss top 4 THEN we have a problem and he should be sacked...Hopefully Roman read this, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,156 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Bringing Drogba back was more for motivating and helping the young squad we have rather than using him as a striker. As a striker he wasn't the same since 2010. Age caught up with him. We've lost out on few games last season where we weren't fully up for the small games. It's a psychological thing. Drogba will help.Jose's said a lot that he doesn't mean. it's kinda obvious that Drogba isn't anymore, just like Torres is. He won't come straight out and say stuff because in the grand scheme of things, it just wouldn't be right for Drogba to hear it. But its really kinda obvious.That is where you are wrong. Mourinho sees Drogba as a key part of his plans for the season. He may say a lot he does not mean but he already said that he is bringing Drogba back for football purposes and not sentimental ones. He wouldn't describe him as one of the best strikers in Europe unless he is serious about him. If Drogba's role was to help the young ones he may as well of been instructed to motivate Lukaku to stay.There is a lot Mourinho decieves people about. This is not. We got rid of Lukaku and it does not look definite we will sign a new striker. A lot of people would rather Drogba have a subsided role but that is not the case. He will see a lot of game time. Mourinho has not described Torres as one of the best strikers in Europe before. I think that indicates that Drogba may well be our 2nd choice striker next season with Torres as 3rd unless Mourinho goes out and buys a striker.I love Didier for what he has done but I am not really supportive of the idea of him coming back here, especially with the way signals coming across how Mourinho plans to use him. The Chels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,591 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 He's definitely got a point about City there though, they're finding too many potential loopholes with FFP. The sponsorship deals, the buying of clubs..If I'm not mistaken wasn't the sponsorship deal of psg cut in half cause it was way out of the market? I'm not sure what city was but it was a normal figure compare to psg. So at least we know that uefa do look into this. As per buying other clubs in other countries is completely legit and actually smart in itself. Can't fault them for that when they have not break any rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,459 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 That is where you are wrong. Mourinho sees Drogba as a key part of his plans for the season. He may say a lot he does not mean but he already said that he is bringing Drogba back for football purposes and not sentimental ones. He wouldn't describe him as one of the best strikers in Europe unless he is serious about him. If Drogba's role was to help the young ones he may as well of been instructed to motivate Lukaku to stay.There is a lot Mourinho decieves people about. This is not. We got rid of Lukaku and it does not look definite we will sign a new striker. A lot of people would rather Drogba have a subsided role but that is not the case. He will see a lot of game time. Mourinho has not described Torres as one of the best strikers in Europe before. I think that indicates that Drogba may well be our 2nd choice striker next season with Torres as 3rd unless Mourinho goes out and buys a striker.I love Didier for what he has done but I am not really supportive of the idea of him coming back here, especially with the way signals coming across how Mourinho plans to use him.Switch Torres and Drogba in your statement and I think you'll be right..Mourinho's clearly looking to deploy Torres as the second striker because he knows he can't score for himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5354 204 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 The way of how Torres is deployed now reminds me of the times of Shevchenko :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Is it just me that is concerned about defence backups? Should Luis or Cahill/Terry got injured, Ivan would have to play and then we wouldnt have single defender on bench apart from Zouma who is realy young and inexperienced.Azpi will have to start on right and also provide backup for Luis, while Iva is both RB and CB backup. I think we should get another fullback, something in Bernat mould, cheap, younger and experienced enough. It would be even better if he could cover both sides so that Iva and Zouma could be our main CBs, while new fullback and if required Iva would be our full back backups.Cahill, Terry, luis, Iva, Zouma and Azpi isnt enough for 4 positions IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Is it just me that is concerned about defence backups? Should Luis or Cahill/Terry got injured, Ivan would have to play and then we wouldnt have single defender on bench apart from Zouma who is realy young and inexperienced.Azpi will have to start on right and also provide backup for Luis, while Iva is both RB and CB backup. I think we should get another fullback, something in Bernat mould, cheap, younger and experienced enough. It would be even better if he could cover both sides so that Iva and Zouma could be our main CBs, while new fullback and if required Iva would be our full back backups.Cahill, Terry, luis, Iva, Zouma and Azpi isnt enough for 4 positions IMO.Given the fact defence won't see rotation unless necessary and we have one of the best medical teams in the business, it's a risk worth taking. If we have 8 defenders in our system, 2 would see next to no game time whatsoever.Although having said that, if there's a real opportunity to sign Benat, we should snap him up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Is it just me that is concerned about defence backups? Should Luis or Cahill/Terry got injured, Ivan would have to play and then we wouldnt have single defender on bench apart from Zouma who is realy young and inexperienced.Azpi will have to start on right and also provide backup for Luis, while Iva is both RB and CB backup.I think we should get another fullback, something in Bernat mould, cheap, younger and experienced enough. It would be even better if he could cover both sides so that Iva and Zouma could be our main CBs, while new fullback and if required Iva would be our full back backups.Cahill, Terry, luis, Iva, Zouma and Azpi isnt enough for 4 positions IMO.That's why Jose said he will include Ake and Christensen in the squad. That will make 2 player for every back 4 position. Sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Given the fact defence won't see rotation unless necessary and we have one of the best medical teams in the business, it's a risk worth taking. If we have 8 defenders in our system, 2 would see next to no game time whatsoever.Although having said that, if there's a real opportunity to sign Benat, we should snap him up.Considering Bayern recently snapped BErnat up, our chances to get him are rather slim.That's why Jose said he will include Ake and Christensen in the squad. That will make 2 player for every back 4 position. Sorted.I guess Ake is kinda ready. He had somem impressive cameos and even played some matches in the Europa League. But is Christensen ready, too? Never seen much of him. He will probably not be needed. But Jose tends to loan out the players he will probably not need.The question is. If JOse really considered the possibility of us being in need of a 4th fullback as likely, why the heck should he loan out Bertrand and force himself to rely on the far less experienced Ake then? ACtually i still don't get why Bertrand was loaned out. He is homegrown, so he takes no spot away, is on low wages and does not moan when he does not play. Ergo the Ideal squad player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 The question is. If JOse really considered the possibility of us being in need of a 4th fullback as likely, why the heck should he loan out Bertrand and force himself to rely on the far less experienced Ake then? ACtually i still don't get why Bertrand was loaned out. He is homegrown, so he takes no spot away, is on low wages and does not moan when he does not play. Ergo the Ideal squad player.He doesn't want to be a bench player anymore. RoyalBlues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Given the fact defence won't see rotation unless necessary and we have one of the best medical teams in the business, it's a risk worth taking. If we have 8 defenders in our system, 2 would see next to no game time whatsoever.Although having said that, if there's a real opportunity to sign Benat, we should snap him up.Bernat is already at Bayern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chelsea 864 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Jose is just playing with our minds he know exactly what his doing with the pre season game. LVG with definitely feel the heat when league start unfolding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Bernat is already at BayernI meant Benatia lol silly me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I meant Benatia lol silly me.Ah I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjperdeath 2,226 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 This is an interesting read.http://defendingwiththeball.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/defending-as-a-form-of-attack/ dimmas and Dion 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Mourinho tells Ferdinand before the season’s kick-off why he loves English football even more now, where Cesc Fabregas fits in to his Chelsea plan and why he can never replace Frank Lampard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 http://i61.tinypic.com/10xqy61.gifDave vs kolarov We need Luis to be far better than this in attack. Especially against the small teams. Look at the mins per chance created..... Terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skau13 21 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I think Luis will be better. Its going to help actually having someone to cross it to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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