Popular Post! Jase 43,479 Posted November 9, 2013 Popular Post! Share Posted November 9, 2013 Honestly, if we are going to give Ivanovic the ball and he's gonna cross it, we might as well just give the ball straight away to the opposition because eventually, they will get it anyway. All those crosses and/or passes won't find anyone but the defenders. DJames, The Skipper, xPetrCechx and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseathebest 150 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 That was a horrible performance from Ivanovic. Should not start the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NishC300 1,865 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 It's a shame that Ivanovic has to take so much criticism for playing badly at RB when it's actually Mourinho's fault for playing him there when he's a CB! The Skipper and CHOULO19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Ivanovic has already picked up 4 yellow cards domestically this season. Get 1 more and he'll be suspended for 1 game. West Ham away next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Had a real downturn in his form in recent weeks. Obviously the hysterical responses of some are to be expected, but Azpi probably deserves a match after the break. Blue Armour and The Skipper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haranr 485 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 He can be a fine rightback (azpi is better) but that's only in the defensive side. He must not attack such a bad crosser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Just like he rightfully retained his place at the start of the season, when on form, he deserves to sit out at least a couple of games until he gets it back.Cesar deserves to have more chances at his preferred RB position. Possibly Bertrand can come in on the left flank, if Mourinho isn't confident to play Cole there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 He's a good defender but not the best for attack. All his crosses seems to be a waste. The manager should take notice of this. So either work on his crosses or change him to cb where his defensive skills will be better complemented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 For someone who is "selected for his aerial dominance" he sure does lose his man a lot in set pieces. That's the second game in a row in the league where he lost his man which caused us to concede a game-changing goal. Won't even mention his "technique" on the ball, if you can even call it that. ChelseasMessiah and Mufassir08 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 He had a bad game today but didnt almost everyone, what was going on with the fight at the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 He had a bad game today but didnt almost everyone, what was going on with the fight at the end?the baggies lost it and in a way it was understandable ... I can imagine Jose if the situation was reversed ... I actually thought it a penalty albeit a soft one ...I agree with most you post ,, But we didnt fail to win because of the ref The_Flash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Mourinho for some weird reason plays Ivanovic as the attacking fullback. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 the baggies lost it and in a way it was understandable ... I can imagine Jose if the situation was reversed ... I actually thought it a penalty albeit a soft one ...I agree with most you post ,, But we didnt fail to win because of the refOf course we didnt, we were just **** again, but he didnt help was all I was saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Mourinho for some weird reason plays Ivanovic as the attacking fullback. Haha.Thought it was strange too, considering Cesar was on the other side...Maybe its just because Cesar wasn't on his natural side...Tell you what, I'd rather put Brana on the left instead and tell him to just stick to defending, if it means Azpilicueta can attack from his favored side.. Jase, Mufassir08, Sheva. and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 He had a bad game today but didnt almost everyone, what was going on with the fight at the end?After the pen was scored, Iva wound the WBA players up by fighting for the ball and pushing a couple in the process. The_Flash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseasMessiah 304 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Mourinho for some weird reason plays Ivanovic as the attacking fullback. Haha.It's been like that since the start of the season, either Cole, Ryan or Cesar sit on the left whilst Ivanovic plays like a fucking winger on the other side like he's Robben or something. Sheva. and Reddish-Blue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Driver 503 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 A bit harsh to expect a right back to be our creator of chances and who is there for him to cross to ? Drogba left a while ago ,our three AM's should be creating more for us Ivan is a very good defender,not an attacking defender. Crazy to expect him too create for us and I feel our AM's are escaping blame here they need to start opening up defences and scoring. Once again we have 69% posession and our AM's should be doing a lot better with that against another low block packed defence like at Newcastle.Every team will set up against us like that now untill we come up with the answers and that needs to be more creation from our AM's . TorontoChelsea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 A bit harsh to expect a right back to be our creator of chances and who is there for him to cross to ? Drogba left a while ago ,our three AM's should be creating more for us Ivan is a very good defender,not an attacking defender. Crazy to expect him too create for us and I feel our AM's are escaping blame here they need to start opening up defences and scoring. Once again we have 69% posession and our AM's should be doing a lot better with that against another low block packed defence like at Newcastle.Every team will set up against us like that now untill we come up with the answers and that needs to be more creation from our AM's .I'd really be interested to know how much of that 69% our AM's actually had the ball. I think most of that 69% was between our goalkeeper,defense and our 2 holding players.I already said this in the match thread but the amount of trouble we had to get the ball out our own half was just ridiculous.We're not expecting Ivanovic to be our main creator but he is supposed to provide width by making runs and your right there is noone to cross it to... so why is he then ?Only way a cross is going to work is by reaching the goalline inside the 18 yard box so he can either hit it hard between the goalkeeper and the defense or pull it back for an oncoming midfielder. ChelseasMessiah and The Skipper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mak 4,459 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 A bit harsh to expect a right back to be our creator of chances and who is there for him to cross to ? Drogba left a while ago ,our three AM's should be creating more for us Ivan is a very good defender,not an attacking defender. Tell that to Mourinho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 As I said earlier, Ivanovic started the season as one of our best players but he's been off the pace in recent games and Azpi probably deserves a shot in his preferred position. Unfortunately I'm not sure West Ham away is the game for that.He fights for this club 100% of the time though so maybe he'll get a run out at centre-half if we move Azpi to the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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