Ramires

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

He was absolutely tremendous in the second half, we just need to find him a partner in midfield.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Doing meth > Watching him on the wings

[Milan 17,853]

He was exactly needed in the heart of midfield, against Paulinho and Dembele. Yet, he was supposed to play a winger. The second half showed the massive difference. Hopefully Jose realized a few things today.

[yuvala 2,167]

10X better as a CM.

[didierforever 7,349]

THE BOSS!!!

still feel he and mikel are our best pivot combo. instead of lamps-rambo/lamps-mikel

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Doing meth > Watching him on the wings

True

[Henrique 9,133]

Ramires has been so good in the pivot, thats its a sin to play him in another position. One of most stupid things Mourinho did as a Chelsea manager was using him as winger.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Very underated player.

People say mata was the main reason for our second half against tottenham, I say it was ramires.

Proof is how we played against swindon till ramires was taken off.

We have now cemented a spine in our team

Cech-terry-ramires-mata-torres/eto

Other places can rotate, and we'll still keep our identity :cfc:

[happy_juan 64]

He helped us take control of the midfield in the 2nd half. He helped us counter spurs with physicality that mikel has never and will never provide.

[Phil Driver 503]

One tackle he made second half made an echo around the ground and it was made midway in their half and when he burst through only to be taken down by Vertonghen (who should have been sent off nobody was catching Rammy) ,it was all a contrast to our DM? in the first half who just sat deep and invited Spurs pressure .

Rammy worked in tandem with Frank and we dominated and reversed the trend of the first half.

[Styles 9,790]

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.

It was a really bad decision, one that goes against everything Jose has said about us becoming a different team and using the quality we have in the positions behind the striker. Jose has criticised how we played in the last few seasons, he has said we will become a different team that will take the initiative, and here he is playing a reactive team that had our best CM playing out wide when a) we desperately needed him in midfield and b ) we have Schurle/Willian/Mata/KDB in the squad.

It was a truly awful decision, and a cowardly one in my honest opinion. I'm backing Jose and want him to succeed but Ramires out wide shouldn't be an option now, not after what he has said and the options we have.

[Jase 43,479]

It was a really bad decision, one that goes against everything Jose has said about us becoming a different team and using the quality we have in the positions behind the striker. Jose has criticised how we played in the last few seasons, he has said we will become a different team that will take the initiative, and here he is playing a reactive team that had our best CM playing out wide when a) we desperately needed him in midfield and b ) we have Schurle/Willian/Mata/KDB in the squad.

It was a truly awful decision, and a cowardly one in my honest opinion. I'm backing Jose and want him to succeed but Ramires out wide shouldn't be an option now, not after what he has said and the options we have.

Although we got a positive result in the end on Saturday and Mourinho changed things around HT albeit because we were trailing, am surprised to see that there is hardly any outrage or criticism towards Mourinho for playing Ramires at RW especially when RDM and even Benitez got stick in the past for doing that..

[Styles 9,790]

Although we got a positive result in the end on Saturday and Mourinho changed things around HT albeit because we were trailing, am surprised to see that there is hardly any outrage or criticism towards Mourinho for playing Ramires at RW especially when RDM and even Benitez got stick in the past for doing that..

And RDM and Benitez had the excuse that they didn't have quality options in the squad. There is no excuse for Ramires on the right now, not when we have 100m+ worth of wingers and #10s in the squad.

It was a rubbish decision, and here's hoping that's the last time we see it.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Ramires has had some dominant games at RW before. Just didn't work out as he intended.

Terrific in the 2nd half.

[happy_juan 64]

Ramires has had some dominant games at RW before. Just didn't work out as he intended.

Terrific in the 2nd half.

That is not the point. We can absolutely not afford to NOT play him in the pivot given our other options.

[Jase 43,479]

Ramires has had some dominant games at RW before. Just didn't work out as he intended.

Terrific in the 2nd half.

There's hardly the point here. We had options like Schurrle or even Willian who can give us the same defensive workrate as Ramires on the RW against Spurs and also provide offensive threat that we don't get from Ramires but instead, Mourinho chose to play Ramires on the right side with the sole intention of only stifling Spurs.

[Korea 734]

Rambo is our second most important player on the squad... (Cech is first)

If Rambo goes down, I don't expect us to win many games....

Therefore, I hope we buy a cm come January.

[Jase 43,479]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPsZK9BE_9o&feature=c4-overview&list=UUQSYCbnu_Ji3SaF3zR93Vgg