illmatic 901 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I hope this last bad stretch, has served to change his opinion regarding not need anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Want to bump what I said couple of weeks ago, about we should used 433 formation when away, every time when playing away. Every time we're using 4231 formation, there is always a chance we're gonna lose. While in 433 what you get worst are always a draw, as far I could remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,128 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I hope this last bad stretch, has served to change his opinion regarding not need anyone else.He said it for sure but I find it hard to imagine he meant it. After all, Jose has seen us play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067 Posted January 2, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted January 2, 2015 Our last 6 home games: W W W W W WOur last 6 away games: W D L W D LThis is the concern.. We can't keep relying on home form. Titles are won and lost on away form.I dont mean to be "that guy", but the last 8/9 Premier League champions all led the league in point tally from home games. Im not OVERLY concerned just yet, because our next chunk of away games (after swansea and Villa) are the Leicesters, WBAs, Hull Citys, and QPRs. If we KILL IT at home, and truly make Stamford Bridge a fortress, things will work themselves out. RoyalBlues, Barbara, darrus and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Want to bump what I said couple of weeks ago, about we should used 433 formation when away, every time when playing away. Every time we're using 4231 formation, there is always a chance we're gonna lose. While in 433 what you get worst are always a draw, as far I could remember.Thats what we thought but we havent had that opprotunity because Ramires has been dealing with injuries for practically the whole season. When he was on today, he was dispossed quite a bit, and was struggling to keep the ball at times but he was still able to make some driving runs, and be that runner for Cesc to pick out. He really should feature more assuming now he's healthy. RoyalBlues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I think we are paying the price for believing in 2 myths:*our team was superb, and only one good striker was needed.*our defense is the best in the world.Since last season I've been saying this: our weak point is the defense. Mourinho is fooling himself when he says Terry is as good as 2005. Azi is easily our best at the four back. Its unbelievable how Ivanovic became the untouchable right back. He was never that good going forward, but this season even his defending is average. About Cahill, I always said people saw him as an amazing CB because of David Luiz factor. He is average and always will be.I think its also funny to remember people saying Matic was a god in the midfield, or that was the reason why we were set to win the trophy last season. For me he is a correct player, definitely better than Mikel, but being better than Mikel doesn't make you a super DM. I think he is very limited, going forward and defending.To be honest I don't see us winning the trophy. City is a better team in every aspect. Their squad depth is unbelievable. I think we lost an amazing opportunity when we lost 4 points against Manchester teams. At this moment we could be 5 points ahead of City. Now we definitely lost our momentum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I think we are paying the price for believing in 2 myths:*our team was superb, and only one good striker was needed.*our defense is the best in the world.Since last season I've been saying this: our weak point is the defense. Mourinho is fooling himself when he says Terry is as good as 2005. Azi is easily our best at the four back. Its unbelievable how Ivanovic became the untouchable right back. He was never that good going forward, but this season even his defending is average. About Cahill, I always said people saw him as an amazing CB because of David Luiz factor. He is average and always will be.I think its also funny to remember people saying Matic was a god in the midfield, or that was the reason why we were set to win the trophy last season. For me he is a correct player, definitely better than Mikel, but being better than Mikel doesn't make you a super DM. I think he is very limited, going forward and defending.To be honest I don't see us winning the trophy. City is a better team in every aspect. Their squad depth is unbelievable. I think we lost an amazing opportunity when we lost 4 points against Manchester teams. At this moment we could be 5 points ahead of City. Now we definitely lost our momentum. It's too early to make any conclusion, don't we? Even when we lead 8 points from City, they always believe it is still far, far away from over. And they're right. We're still have the same point with them, definitely not the right time to throw the towel already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I think we are paying the price for believing in 2 myths:*our team was superb, and only one good striker was needed.*our defense is the best in the world.Since last season I've been saying this: our weak point is the defense. Mourinho is fooling himself when he says Terry is as good as 2005. Azi is easily our best at the four back. Its unbelievable how Ivanovic became the untouchable right back. He was never that good going forward, but this season even his defending is average. About Cahill, I always said people saw him as an amazing CB because of David Luiz factor. He is average and always will be.I think its also funny to remember people saying Matic was a god in the midfield, or that was the reason why we were set to win the trophy last season. For me he is a correct player, definitely better than Mikel, but being better than Mikel doesn't make you a super DM. I think he is very limited, going forward and defending.To be honest I don't see us winning the trophy. City is a better team in every aspect. Their squad depth is unbelievable. I think we lost an amazing opportunity when we lost 4 points against Manchester teams. At this moment we could be 5 points ahead of City. Now we definitely lost our momentum. Agree with you on Cahill and our defense and striker situation. Disagree about Matic, he's our key player, our best player and definitely one of the best DM's in the world. Also, it's too early to say we won't win the league, the CL will be tough cause Real is fucking crazy right now. Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Agree with you on Cahill and our defense and striker situation. Disagree about Matic, he's our key player, our best player and definitely one of the best DM's in the world. Also, it's too early to say we won't win the league, the CL will be tough cause Real is fucking crazy right now.You are really crazy boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,122 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Agree with you on Cahill and our defense and striker situation. Disagree about Matic, he's our key player, our best player and definitely one of the best DM's in the world. Also, it's too early to say we won't win the league, the CL will be tough cause Real is fucking crazy right now.Hes a great midfield player but would one of the best DMs in the world get ripped apart by Christian Eriksen and Chadli? I said in another thread, he is vitally important to us but there are better DMs. His protection is vital to our system and it wasn't there. When hes good hes good but when Matic is bad hes truly awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special 59 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Embraced Pochettino before the final whistle. Any GIF from that scene? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,754 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Our last 6 home games: W W W W W WOur last 6 away games: W D L W D LThis is the concern.. We can't keep relying on home form. Titles are won and lost on away form.Im not too concerned, if we win 17 home games (which is very possible) another 4/5 away will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hes a great midfield player but would one of the best DMs in the world get ripped apart by Christian Eriksen and Chadli? I said in another thread, he is vitally important to us but there are better DMs. His protection is vital to our system and it wasn't there. When hes good hes good but when Matic is bad hes truly awful. they would when they are exhausted. please name the better DMs in the league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! bababoom 4,478 Posted January 2, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted January 2, 2015 Matic is definitely one of the best DMs in the world, one below par game doesn't change that... MrBlueGuy, darrus, Fernando and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,754 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Am I reading right? Mourinho picks players on reputation? This is the guy who dropped Cassilas, sold Mata ans De Bruyne when most Chelsea fans and media thought the team should be built around them, drops Cech. Infact wouldn't Luis be a regular by now if he picked on reputation? Im all for constructive criticism but to say he picks on reputation is absolutely absurd. bababoom, darrus, Barbara and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodZola 630 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 You can always rely on a poor result/display to bring out the pessimism.....all the games we drew this year we prob should of won bar Sunderland & the only other game we lost at Newcastle we should not of done, it was one poor defeat - I'll wait til we lose like this a few more times before throwing in the towel!Last night was a disaster, no question, however it was just one of those games where everything Spurs struck went in (can't remember Courtois actually making a save?) this coupled with our best players bar Hazard having their worst performance of the season, most are rightly pointing the finger at Matic but Fabregas was also woeful. Hazard was exceptional but every other player put in their worst performance of the season all in one game & that accounts for the dicking we got, even José has to shoulder the blame as his substitutions were baffling to say the least.That said I would much rather be in our position than City's or any other team, all the top sides have to come to the Bridge bar Arse & West Ham, we gave now played 2 more away games than at home & at least all the poor performances have come in one game so this will give those players time to have a very long look at themselves & hopefully a kick up the arse! I don't subscribe to this tiredness bollocks either - Hazard is testament to that but José now as the chance to rest most of the squad & give the fringe players a chance to prove themselves & give jose food for thought in future selection.Lastly the transfer market is now open so the defeat has come at the right time in more ways than one. Blue-in-me-Veins, Strike, Liquidator and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,743 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I think we are paying the price for believing in 2 myths:*our team was superb, and only one good striker was needed.*our defense is the best in the world.Since last season I've been saying this: our weak point is the defense. Mourinho is fooling himself when he says Terry is as good as 2005. Azi is easily our best at the four back. Its unbelievable how Ivanovic became the untouchable right back. He was never that good going forward, but this season even his defending is average. About Cahill, I always said people saw him as an amazing CB because of David Luiz factor. He is average and always will be.I think its also funny to remember people saying Matic was a god in the midfield, or that was the reason why we were set to win the trophy last season. For me he is a correct player, definitely better than Mikel, but being better than Mikel doesn't make you a super DM. I think he is very limited, going forward and defending.To be honest I don't see us winning the trophy. City is a better team in every aspect. Their squad depth is unbelievable. I think we lost an amazing opportunity when we lost 4 points against Manchester teams. At this moment we could be 5 points ahead of City. Now we definitely lost our momentum. I think with the striker we are okay for now. If city can pass by with no strikers fit why can't we? The defense you have always been right and something I agreed from the beginning. In fact I'm baffled that mourinho never really solved this problem in the first place, since mourinho always construct his team from the back. I guess he wanted to take a different approach this time? And totally wrong about Matic. There's no better DM in the world at the moment. Matic is a beast and has made our team look amazing, especially the defense part. Yesterday he was not on top form and the defense gets tear apart. Part fault Matic but even greater fault from defense in being that slow and average. We got world class players in every department except in defense with the exception of azpi..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illmatic 901 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Today is the turn of whiplashes for Matic ?. Incredible what make one lose..... Fortunately Hazard played a good game, if not, would be the white version of Victor Moses. iseah100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hes a great midfield player but would one of the best DMs in the world get ripped apart by Christian Eriksen and Chadli? I said in another thread, he is vitally important to us but there are better DMs. His protection is vital to our system and it wasn't there. When hes good hes good but when Matic is bad hes truly awful. Disagree. Players have off games, you're gonna conveniently forget his masterclass performances vs City last year, Arsenal, Stoke, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 On paper our defense is indeed one of the best in the world and statistically it is proven to be similar too. However that is down to our style of play, when we tried to play gungho attacking football like yesterday the lack of speed in our defenders were exposed.Imo now I understand why he wants to park the bus most of the big game away from home, hopefully that is what he does from now on instead of deciding to go toe to toe with other big teams because he clearly cannot instruct the team to dominate away from home while keeping defence discipline at the same time. Lets face it, he is not as good as Pep in this area, will we ever see a dominant display like Bayern at City last season? Or Barca at Arsenal, against MU in both CL finals...etc. Probably not...Lets hope he goes back to keeping it tie AWAY FROM HOME IN BIG MATCHES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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