Branislav Ivanovic

[LAM09 6,879]

  On 15/03/2015 at 14:18, Eidur the Spider said:

I hate to repeat myself but....NOT A RIGHT BACK. See you in a few weeks for the same comment.

He never has been. He is a CB and that's clear as day. Mourinho likes to put square pegs in round holes.

[Milan 17,894]

Have had enough of him. The throw in he fucked up? Dear lord. If only he fucked up as no other player ever before and we had the chance to see Azpi on the right and poor Luis on the left.

Alright, the cross was great for Costa but he is not a winger. If Mou loves defending, Ivan should do much more to satisfy him.

[WNDS 502]

I though that throw-in right at the start of the second-half was a perfect illustration as to why he is undeserving of his status as an 'untouchable'; sloppy, unfocused, overconfident. He is playing like a player who knows that he doesn't need to fight for his place.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

The best thing that can happen to us at the moment is him getting a suspension

[iseah100 5,612]

Soo..is Jose cool with his side getting raped with crosses and pacey players? Or what?

[Pizy 18,552]

He can look like an absolute tank some times and others like today he can look like a lower league player.

Needs the Cahill treatment. Bench him for a match or two and get him desperate to improve.

[LondonsFinest 692]

Banned for two matches?

[The Chels 2,502]

  On 15/03/2015 at 16:45, LondonsFinest said:

Banned for two matches?

He's only on 7 yellows, unfortunately.

[Starman60 1,343]

He did put in the cross for our goal today, and he should have had a penalty awarded to him, But he fucking fails to convert loads of crosses from good situations and because of his diving antics he will never be awarded a penalty. I think when he retires he should take up an acting career, or at least star in reality television. Starting with "Splash" alongside Tom Daley. Thats where his diving will at least be appreciated

[Oscar 441]

Willian must be pissed off that ivanoic gets more attacking opportunities than him....

[termninja 5,290]

Average game for him, but I must say that I felt Jose is at fault for this one since Ivanovic was left a lot to defend against two players with not much support from his teammates. As Ramires came on, you could easily see how suddenly their tactic wasnt effective that much anymore.

Agree though, his performances should be better, especially when it comes to defending.

He could use a rest after so much games. I would really like to see Luis and Aspi next game, we need more attacking flair with our recent dip in performances.

[Jase 43,479]

It's hard to feel calm these days watching Ivanovic play. THAT throw-in early in the second half right to Matic, who was like in the middle of the pitch, was such a fucking, brainless, idiotic thing to do. We could have so easily gone down to 10 men when Matic subsequently made that foul on Mane but thank god Mike Dean was being lenient that time.

Also, THAT rather dramatic fall when Tadic tripped him in the box, was embarrassing to watch. He's such a big and strong fella and yet goes down so easily and theatrically!

[the wes 7,212]

Ivanović has now four assists in the league since the turn of the year. No other player has more

[CFC888 219]

Thought he was reckless yesterday, made these crazy runs into the box before we'd even gained clear possession, left us exposed when we inevitably gave the ball away and his man hadn't followed him right in to the box and just sat out on the wing waiting for the ball.

[manpe 10,861]

Our team is full of false players. Maybe we are looking to invent new positions? Ivanovic is a false-back, Willian is a false-winger, Azpi is a false-leftback, Oscar is a false-ten, Cahill is just false. We are often branded the most complete team, but a team full of so many false positives can't be very complete.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

He is in team because he can score, but if we had full back who would contribute in attack and defense more and give another option in attack, we wouldnt even need defenders to score in first place.

[LeChuck 22]

Can't decide who is worse between him and cahill

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

One word: liability.