Ramires

[Oscar 441]

Chelsea should just try

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I think with the current team, this is the best team for chelsea.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

You think of the horrible chances we spurned yesterday - Dave's shot saved by Lloris, Salah's air shot, Ramires' woeful miss, Cesc hitting the post - we could have won 7-5.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

LOL people hating on him for that miss, I thought it was an incredibly difficult angle to get a shot away let alone scoring. He did well to guide it as well as he did. If anything, the game yesterday taught us how we needed him in big games like that. Against City, Liverpool, Everton he started and guess what? We were undefeated and should have won all 4 away from home too.

He is an integral part of the team in the big matches no matter how you want to look at it, against lesser sides he is too limited and will hinder us, but against big teams where running and work rate is essential he is a necessity. Just look at Oscar and you can see why.

[didierforever 7,349]

LOL people hating on him for that miss, I thought it was an incredibly difficult angle to get a shot away let alone scoring. He did well to guide it as well as he did. If anything, the game yesterday taught us how we needed him in big games like that. Against City, Liverpool, Everton he started and guess what? We were undefeated and should have won all 4 away from home too.

He is an integral part of the team in the big matches no matter how you want to look at it, against lesser sides he is too limited and will hinder us, but against big teams where running and work rate is essential he is a necessity. Just look at Oscar and you can see why.

rambo and mikel have that effect on people. i am actually suprised that no one so far has said that mikel is to blame for yesterday's debacle.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Either he plays as a right winger or Mikel plays in the big games to protect Cahill and Ivanovic since we are clearly losing a lot of points from that side

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

LOL people hating on him for that miss, I thought it was an incredibly difficult angle to get a shot away let alone scoring. He did well to guide it as well as he did. If anything, the game yesterday taught us how we needed him in big games like that. Against City, Liverpool, Everton he started and guess what? We were undefeated and should have won all 4 away from home too.

He is an integral part of the team in the big matches no matter how you want to look at it, against lesser sides he is too limited and will hinder us, but against big teams where running and work rate is essential he is a necessity. Just look at Oscar and you can see why.

Exactly. People forget we haven't exactly had our key squad players in Schurrle and Rambo at 100% for long stretches of the season.

Especially Rambo, because that thigh injury never seemed to go away. We've seen that JM would pick him for certain matches but only if he's healthy.

Hopefully he's back and can get some games under his belt for the second half of the campaign.

[Cech's helmet 220]

The guy can't even control a football and people want him to start?

Willian does everything this guy does in terms of work rate and tackling. This guy out of the team made us play fluid football in midfield. Ramires cant even pass a football, he's limited. The likes of Tiote/Matic do what he does in terms of breaking up play in a more cleaner way and are actually decent footballers. Although, he always scores goals for some reason.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

The guy can't even control a football and people want him to start?

Willian does everything this guy does in terms of work rate and tackling. This guy out of the team made us play fluid football in midfield. Ramires cant even pass a football, he's limited. The likes of Tiote/Matic do what he does in terms of breaking up play in a more cleaner way and are actually decent footballers. Although, he always scores goals for some reason.

This right here is why he should start over Willian.

The same work rate+ a goal threat? That is whats needed.

[iseah100 5,612]

Willian doesn't do what he does.

[The Skipper 20,593]

By the way, for the Danny Rose goal - does anyone see Willian stop tracking Danny even though there was clearly no man on the right to cover him and Tottenham were on the break?

For all his defensive prowess, it was pretty poor from Willian tbh. Had Hazard or Schuerrle done such they probably would've been ripped but it's been overlooked.

[the wes 7,212]

Ramires rule out a move away from chelsea

He said: "Juventus and Real Madrid are two of the biggest teams in the world,’ he said.

"I’m flattered that my name has been linked to them, but I know nothing of any negotiations.

"I’m just thinking about Chelsea and doing my job here."

[obiwan92 217]

​Needs to play more against big teams.

[didierforever 7,349]

from being one of the sure shot starters, he has gone to be someone who is playing as much as salah and schurrle.

against big teams he is a MUST. his energy, workrate, consistent fouling (to disturb the tempo) is absolutely ESSENTIAL. he needs to be on the pitch when we are playing a big game and we need legs on the pitch.

[Jase 43,479]

from being one of the sure shot starters, he has gone to be someone who is playing as much as salah and schurrle.

against big teams he is a MUST. his energy, workrate, consistent fouling (to disturb the tempo) is absolutely ESSENTIAL. he needs to be on the pitch when we are playing a big game and we need legs on the pitch.

Not sure if he's even 100% fit. Mourinho hasn't been playing him much since he returned from injury.

[FabHazard 655]

from being one of the sure shot starters, he has gone to be someone who is playing as much as salah and schurrle.

against big teams he is a MUST. his energy, workrate, consistent fouling (to disturb the tempo) is absolutely ESSENTIAL. he needs to be on the pitch when we are playing a big game and we need legs on the pitch.

especially his pace...which can be used to play on break or can quickly recover after a mistake

[Blue Armour 4,289]

Not sure if he's even 100% fit. Mourinho hasn't been playing him much since he returned from injury.

That might be the explanation.

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

Ramires needs to start in big games. His energy is impeccable and although he is not very good with the ball, he is great at retaining possession, something we struggled with against Liverpool.

For me, Ramires has always been a priceless player for us. He is not the flashiest, but he makes a big role in big games.

Mikel can only offer interceptions, and today he failed at that with terrible positioning. In a game where we are struggling to win the midfield battle, a player of Ramires' capabilities is an absolute must.

[didierforever 7,349]

Not sure if he's even 100% fit. Mourinho hasn't been playing him much since he returned from injury.

he was not a 100% fit when we played pool at anfield in PL. but he is so important that he should be starting these games.