Branislav Ivanovic

[Naked Mole Rat 437]

Slowly filling Bosingwa's shoe, is he? He shouldn't be crossing the ball if he knows he can't.

[Milan 17,853]

I simply cannot understand what happened to him. He is not even a shadow of the player he used to be.

[Jase 43,479]

I just cannot understand how his crossing can be so consistently poor. It just drives me up the wall everytime I see a poor cross from him or anyone else in the team for that matter! :banghead:

[HRiver 1,512]

He's gone from being a fierce, fearless defender with excellent slide tackles to a below average fat arsed player.

I hope Azpilicueta performs well and lets him rot in the bench.

[Ramires7 32]

1 bad game and u guys are bashing him.. come on give him a break.. better performance will come after this for sure

[HRiver 1,512]

1 bad game and u guys are bashing him.. come on give him a break.. better performance will come after this for sure

One bad game? When have you started following Chelsea?

[sleazyB 58]

He has started this season off very poorly. Save those 2 goals, he has been a wreck on defense, and we all know the type of performances he can/should be producing. The solution his simple: bench his ass. Start giving Cesar games, and make Ivanovic fight for his spot. Then we shall see who can really cut it. Same goes for all our positions. Torres/Sturridge, Mikel/Romeu, Lampard/MRLSH. If they arent performing then they shouldn't be seeing the field.

[Kez 2,727]

Hoping the arrival of cesar will give him a kick up that amazing backside of his! His crossing was absolutely dreadful.

[warnie_666 1,081]

All of a sudden he seems a shower of shit. Got beaten for pace against Reading and today he was in a Winger mode. to add to that his crossing was pathetic.

[Amblève. 4,995]

I'm more worried about his defending than his crossing and attacking game. His defensive displays have been abysmal in every single game this season, especially his positioning. I've been saying that Azpilicueta should get his start the last game and I was proven right. If Brane knows that he can't keep up with the pace of the opponent why doesn't he just sit deeper and wait for his chance to go forward? To think he was one of our more consistent players last year makes me question if this is the same player.

Really disappointed by his season so far. Azpilicueta to start the next game. No doubt about it.

[Atwa 78]

He has nothing to do as RB really.

Can't believe RDM did not play Azpilicueta.

[Term-X 7,891]

Notice how inactive this thread is in comparison to the Luiz & Lampard threads. Even amongst the fans this guy is untouchable!

It's not just because of last night, Ivanovic has been an abomination so far this season, If RDM starts him against QPR now that we have Cesar, he will prove himself to be clueless.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

What happened to the unbeatable rock at RB? All of a sudden he seems to have lost pace, determination and most importantly discipline. I hate to say this, but I'm starting to regret us not selling him to Madrid when they came knocking.

[Jase 43,479]

What happened to the unbeatable rock at RB? All of a sudden he seems to have lost pace, determination and most importantly discipline. I hate to say this, but I'm starting to regret us not selling him to Madrid when they came knocking.

As much as he has been poor for awhile now, lets not overreact till that extent yet.

[Sheva. 5,373]

He will be benched soon, for sure.

[zolayes 14,489]

He has nothing to do as RB really.

Can't believe RDM did not play Azpilicueta.

he probably hasnt even trained with them yet

[Jype 6,398]

So I take it he was once again shit yesterday? That's too bad but personally I'm not too worried because at least we now have a better alternative to Ivanovic than we did last season and we can easily drop Brana if he doesn't start to perform. Only a matter of time when he rediscovers his form because a 28-year-old defender who hasn't suffered any injuries recently doesn't all of a sudden turn into shit.

[zolayes 14,489]

So I take it he was once again shit yesterday? That's too bad but personally I'm not too worried because at least we now have a better alternative to Ivanovic than we did last season and we can easily drop Brana if he doesn't start to perform. Only a matter of time when he rediscovers his form because a 28-year-old defender who hasn't suffered any injuries recently doesn't all of a sudden turn into shit.

his defence has been really poor so far this season