Ramires

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Shit! I was hoping "slight" meant that he will be ready. Tottenham's midfield is not that good, but we can still use his pace to exploit the spaces behind their defense.

[Korea 734]

Shit! I was hoping "slight" meant that he will be ready. Tottenham's midfield is not that good, but we can still use his pace to exploit the spaces behind their defense.

NO.

1-2 in the league..... If you compare them to Europe, than probably not....

[CHOULO19 24,332]

NO.

1-2 in the league..... If you compare them to Europe, than probably not....

Have you actually seen them play? Paulinho has absolutely no end product and can't find the right pass for his life, capoue before his injury was just laughable and Dembele is strong going forward but is often out of position in defense. Just watch their game against Arsenal. I have no doubt that we'll dominate them.

[Korea 734]

Have you actually seen them play? Paulinho has absolutely no end product and can't find the right pass for his life, capoue before his injury was just laughable and Dembele is strong going forward but is often out of position in defense. Just watch their game against Arsenal. I have no doubt that we'll dominate them.

Arsenal midfield dominated us last season.

Now, they have a superb ramsey rather than mikel v. 2.0 as their cm.

In addition, their cms are still better than ours.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Arsenal midfield dominated us last season.

Now, they have a superb ramsey rather than mikel v. 2.0 as their cm.

In addition, their cms are still better than ours.

That's not really the point (nor is true since we dominated Arsenal in the first game and in the first half in the second game but Rafa decided to park the bus in the second half).

Anyway, to get back on topic, Ramires will be a huge miss even if Tottenham's midfield is not that great.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Yeah, a "slight" injury apparently. He HAS to be fit for Tottenham, we need him.

Yeah I saw that on talkchelsea's twitter feed. Shame.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Any more concrete news about the injury? Something a little less vague perhaps?

He would be the first name on the team sheet for Saturday.

[Barbara 15,149]

his substitute Ramires had to go off with a muscular injury at the top of the hip in the gluteal area which was causing more discomfort as he tried to run it off.

"He'll be a major doubt for the Tottenham game at the weekend. They're the two major disappointments of the evening."

Holland after the match

rats!

[Special Juan 27,439]

I absolutely love this guy.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

There is no other player in the world like him, the same way there's no other Yaya Toure. Freaks of nature in their own ways.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Yeah I saw that on talkchelsea's twitter feed. Shame.

I know, I was doing the feed

On Rami, there should be more concrete news today as he'll probably have a scan to assess the damage.

Oh, and I always say this and always get criticized for it, but I'll say it again: Ramires is the best finisher we have in our squad.

[Special Juan 27,439]

I know, I was doing the feed

On Rami, there should be more concrete news today as he'll probably have a scan to assess the damage.

Oh, and I always say this and always get criticized for it, but I'll say it again: Ramires is the best finisher we have in our squad.

You shouldn't get criticized for it, I said it in the match thread and IMO he is.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

He is certainly the classiest. He loves a chip or two.

[The Mak 4,459]

He must get a bonus for a chip or something!

[LeChuck 22]

I'd rather have Smertin or any other Jarosik in my team than this lad

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

I'd rather have Smertin or any other Jarosik in my team than this lad

Good for you

[lucio 5,418]

I'd rather have Smertin or any other Jarosik in my team than this lad

kill yourself

[Jase 43,479]

We have got Mata, Schurrle, Willian and De Bruyne to play out wide and for whatever reason, Mourinho decided to play Ramires on the RW. Missed his energy and physicality in midfield in the first half and was crucial in our second half performance turnaround when he got moved to the middle.