LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Definitely not mate, I'm a massive fan of Zhirkov, who I think is another underrated and under-appreciated player at this club. He played such a massive role in our incredible form between January and March whilst Cole and Essien were injured. And he's been good in the majority of games he's played this year too.I think we're missing his drive and the width he offers. Although I said this earlier and got laughed out by the more narrow-minded supporters who can't appreciate players unless they score endless amounts of goals.Nono, definitely agree with you. One just needs to look at his drives into the box when playing to know how much more he gives to our attack. His drives are tremendous vs Aston Villa last year (in the 7-1) it was his strides into the box that won us penalties because defenders could simply not handle him. His improvisation is also something we miss, his cross for Ivanovic in the game vs Blackburn was sensational. The way he twisted his whole body to get that beauty of a cross to Ivanovic was just beautiful and hardly picked up by people. Certainly, when he comes back, he'll give us a big boost when we attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldo 868 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Zhirkov is great player, but imo not as a midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I agree with you BL about Zhirkov being a quality player, i thought I was the only who recognised his quality. But CA has been using him ineffectivley for too long. He's too inconsistent in a midfield-three for me and he should be used in his natural left-winger role. I think he can become a real hit in his natural role. He's the only winger we have with real pace and his dribbling, technique and crossing is impressive too. Yet he has made only one appearance (!) as a winger for us.I'm hoping CA finally decides to play him there (switching Louda to the right?) when he comes back. It's a shame he's so injury-prone though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 It is not a coincidence that Zhirkov is nicknamed 'Russian Ronaldinho'. We can see it sometimes but put him on a wing and his potential will be immediately seen in full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Wanna see a performance now, a performance to say hang on a minute, we're chelsea, we're the champions and we're back in business. We thumped this team last season, i'm not saying we'll go n score 7 again but they are having a really bad season and are on free-fall at the moment and their defence is a shambles. Huge opportunity for us tomorrow to regain some confidence and stop looking scared. 3-0 at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Results today have been shit! nervous about this one eeek!! Win tommrow be all good and kick start the yearDont go back to being shit Chelsea for christ sake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 10,227 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Good to see Jeffery in the squad hope he has a good game. The lad deserves this, so I hope he shows his worth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 CechFerreira - Bruma - Terry - A.ColeEssienRamires - LampardAnelka - Drogba - MaloudaBench: Turnbull, Bosingwa, Kalou, Sturridge, van Aanholt, McEachran, Mellis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,268 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Ferreira? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Ferreira? Either Bosingwa is still unfit or his contract situation doesn't allow Carlo to use him more1 2.1 Similar to Borini's case2 On a second thought that didn't stop Ancelotti from using J.Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Bosingwa still doesn't strike me as a player who is fully fit so I'm not at all surprised he's been rested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Boz will most likely come in during the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,268 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Chelsea http://www.atdhe.net/31768/watch-chelsea-vs-aston-villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! Dont fuck this up Chels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Just noticed that Kakuta isn't even on the bench. Normally I'd assume that this is because of a potential loan but afaik he took part in Friday's training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Promising start from the lads but the best chance has fallen to Agbonlahor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace. 4,352 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 The man in black is the ref or the twelfth Villa's player ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Our every single touch has been a foul so far, according to the ref, nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I've just woken up from my slumber! What have I missed??? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 The game's really died down after a decent start from both teams. Very tentative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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