LDN Blue 7,903 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Agreed. Anelka is not consistent, good enough to play as a playmaker. We need a intelligent young player to play that role, like Deco did for Porto/Barcelona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strong centreback 157 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Im gonna throw this out there to put the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak, im actually starting to think maybe we need a new goal keeper and not just a backup, for me cech isnt the same player he once was, for me alot of goals he has conceded this season where savable if he made an attempt to get it, to many times ive seen him over the last couple of years look like he is going to attempt the save then seemingly decide he wont get there so doesnt attempt it, he merely watches the ball go past him before tying to gee up the defence, he is still one of the better goalkeepers around but I think if somebody came in with a big bid then id consider selling if we could find a suitable replacement like lloris or somebody like that.Also an attacking midfielder with abit of guile, vision and flair somebody who can play in the hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 10,227 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Im gonna throw this out there to put the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak, im actually starting to think maybe we need a new goal keeper and not just a backup, for me cech isnt the same player he once was, for me alot of goals he has conceded this season where savable if he made an attempt to get it, to many times ive seen him over the last couple of years look like he is going to attempt the save then seemingly decide he wont get there so doesnt attempt it, he merely watches the ball go past him before tying to gee up the defence, he is still one of the better goalkeepers around but I think if somebody came in with a big bid then id consider selling if we could find a suitable replacement like lloris or somebody like that.Also an attacking midfielder with abit of guile, vision and flair somebody who can play in the hole.I hope this is a joke. Cech has been a class above all season. Without him in goal we would of conceded a lot more goals then we already have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Im gonna throw this out there to put the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak, im actually starting to think maybe we need a new goal keeper and not just a backup, for me cech isnt the same player he once was, for me alot of goals he has conceded this season where savable if he made an attempt to get it, to many times ive seen him over the last couple of years look like he is going to attempt the save then seemingly decide he wont get there so doesnt attempt it, he merely watches the ball go past him before tying to gee up the defence, he is still one of the better goalkeepers around but I think if somebody came in with a big bid then id consider selling if we could find a suitable replacement like lloris or somebody like that.Also an attacking midfielder with abit of guile, vision and flair somebody who can play in the hole.cech has probably made the least mistakes of any of our defenders ,,,,and a high % of top class saves ...a better keeper could not be found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 Cech? That really is taking the piss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Im gonna throw this out there to put the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak, im actually starting to think maybe we need a new goal keeper and not just a backup, for me cech isnt the same player he once was, for me alot of goals he has conceded this season where savable if he made an attempt to get it, to many times ive seen him over the last couple of years look like he is going to attempt the save then seemingly decide he wont get there so doesnt attempt it, he merely watches the ball go past him before tying to gee up the defence, he is still one of the better goalkeepers around but I think if somebody came in with a big bid then id consider selling if we could find a suitable replacement like lloris or somebody like that.Also an attacking midfielder with abit of guile, vision and flair somebody who can play in the hole.I'd be willing to talk about it before the Liverpool game, now it's just a knee-jerk reaction as this man has been our player of the season and one mistake won't erase all his world class performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetsajCFC 1,255 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Cech did a few brilliant saves against Liverpool. I'd rather point to our tactics and link between midfield and forwards. We lack a good quality playmaker with vision, pace and technique. Every successful team has one. You can argue that we've got Lampard but he is playing so deep nowadays that he can rarely shoot or get forward. Barcelona has Xavi, Inter has Snejider and so on. We need either a quality AMF or wide players to strech defensive blocks Inter, Man City and Liverpool tend to use nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRiver 1,512 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Im gonna throw this out there to put the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak, im actually starting to think maybe we need a new goal keeper and not just a backup, for me cech isnt the same player he once was, for me alot of goals he has conceded this season where savable if he made an attempt to get it, to many times ive seen him over the last couple of years look like he is going to attempt the save then seemingly decide he wont get there so doesnt attempt it, he merely watches the ball go past him before tying to gee up the defence, he is still one of the better goalkeepers around but I think if somebody came in with a big bid then id consider selling if we could find a suitable replacement like lloris or somebody like that.Yeah, replace John Terry as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCFC 45 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Not that i'm blaming Cech for yesterday,but maybe we do need a keeper to keep Cech on his toes as there's not really that much competition in his department.I would like to see Shay Given or the Fulham keeper(Stockdale) arrive as a No2 to Cech,as Turnball hasn't been involved in that many games to be so competitive.Given although hasn't had much games this season,is a proven shot stopper,while Stockdale is definetley one for the future.But i laugh at anyone who suggests that Cech hasn't been the same since his injury at Reading back in 2006.He's still Chelsea's No1 by a mile.He just needs competition,i feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 He's disproved the need for competition this season. If anything we desperately need a 2nd choice goalkeeper (Hilario and Turnbull were and will always remain 3rd choice) for the cup games and in case Pete picks a knock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Not that i'm blaming Cech for yesterday,but maybe we do need a keeper to keep Cech on his toes as there's not really that much competition in his department.I would like to see Shay Given or the Fulham keeper(Stockdale) arrive as a No2 to Cech,as Turnball hasn't been involved in that many games to be so competitive.Given although hasn't had much games this season,is a proven shot stopper,while Stockdale is definetley one for the future.But i laugh at anyone who suggests that Cech hasn't been the same since his injury at Reading back in 2006.He's still Chelsea's No1 by a mile.He just needs competition,i feel.Given wouldnt sign as a back up keeper ...thats why he wants away from city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCFC 45 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Given wouldnt sign as a back up keeper ...thats why he wants away from cityI see your point.Maybe wishful thinking on my part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldo 868 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I said before that we need an attacking midfielder. But what about one quick skillful wide player?Marko Marin really looks interesting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRiver 1,512 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Yeah, that Marko Marin guy is very good, I really liked him when I saw him play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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