Rambo 1,729 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I know Benayoun was only trying to help Fernando but he should've passed up to Didier on the break away chance. With that said, Yossi is playing better than Frank atm which is pretty sad given it's his first game back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 scrappy win, but at the end of the day, it's an important win! At least we're in 3rd for the time being (judging on City's result tomorrow). And Tottenham are still 5 points below us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRiver 1,512 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Scrappy win, fine with me.Positives from this game: - Torres and Benayoun link up together really well. - Torres had a good few chances and is getting really close (i know, i know...) - Drogba looks like he got his strength back. ABout time. - Our defenders look sharp, good play by Alex and Ivanovic. Fereirra looked really good i think.Agreed, especially on the Ferreira bit. He was quite good today, solid defensively and showed quite dangerous many times offensively - trying his hardest to create chances and get us to the goal. Paulo deserves credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 anyone believe we can score at OT?Well you know what this was a scrappy win, but all it takes is for Chelsea to believen them selves, remember when we beat Copenhagen 2-0?, and we played utter bollocks, Copenhagen just happened to be playing even worse and were afraid of us. Well then we played brilliant against Man United the next game, i think all it takes is for us to believe in ourselves, no matter the win, i really do hope this can have a big effect for us against United and make us beat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Well you know what this was a scrappy win, but all it takes is for Chelsea to believe in themselves, remember when we beat Copenhagen 2-0?, and we played utter bollocks, Copenhagen just happened to be playing even worse and were afraid of us. Well then we played brilliant against Man United the next game, i think all it takes is for us to believe in ourselves, no matter the win, i really do hope this can have a big effect for us against United and make us beat them.This isn't a movie.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 This isn't a movie..Nope, but he's right if he meant player confidence. We saw what a bit of confidence boost to Torres can do to his play, he came very close to grabbing a goal. Drogba looked pretty lively too when we started playing like a proper team. Malouda continues to be a bit of weak link, but if they can maintain some sort of confidence into Tuesday then we may just have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinineUltra 1,170 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 This isn't a movie..You're right, this is football - anything can happen. Suprised to see it's all black-and-white for you, because the team, and also you, could use some belief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldo 868 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Nope, but he's right if he meant player confidence. We saw what a bit of confidence boost to Torres can do to his play, he came very close to grabbing a goal. Drogba looked pretty lively too when we started playing like a proper team. Malouda continues to be a bit of weak link, but if they can maintain some sort of confidence into Tuesday then we may just have a chance.Confidence is very important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Had Drogba/Malouda missed the chance Benayoun laid on the plate for Torres we'd have a new thread slating him.Haha exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Nope, but he's right if he meant player confidence. We saw what a bit of confidence boost to Torres can do to his play, he came very close to grabbing a goal. Drogba looked pretty lively too when we started playing like a proper team. Malouda continues to be a bit of weak link, but if they can maintain some sort of confidence into Tuesday then we may just have a chance. Confidence would have been enough during our *bad moment* but this is United we're talking about and we've hardly seen Chelsea creating clear-cut chances from open play with or without confidence for months. An attacking plan would do us more good than a confidence booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 This isn't a movie..Stop trying to start an arguement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer_sam257 4 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Haha exactly.So true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace. 4,352 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 A quick observation on the game :- The picking order for the right back spot should be : Ivanovic > Ferreira > Bosingwa. Paulo looked very good today.- Drogba seems to gradually come back to his old self. Particulary his strenght. Just one downside, he looked a bit selfish.- John Obi Mikel defo is a better choice for our midfield than Essien.- Benayoun was quite good today. It's been a long time we didn't see such creativity in our midfield lol !- Torres should have scored- Despite his goal, Malouda was still poor. And he plays better when he's playing with Drogba than Torres.- Lampard is really poor, one of our worst player. But it seems he's untouchable.- Ancelotti's substitutions are a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Confidence would have been enough during our *bad moment* but this is United we're talking about and we've hardly seen Chelsea creating clear-cut chances from open play with or without confidence for months. An attacking plan would do us more good than a confidence booster.Agreed, it's a shame we don't have another week to prepare. Benayoun's the only person today that provided a ball to create such a chance (that simple pass for Torres). Lampard is too heavily involved deep in the midfield so he can't make find the space to provide such a ball. Not going to turn this into another "who do we need?" thread, but it's quite clear today to see what kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Stop trying to start an arguement.If you stop oversimplifying things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinineUltra 1,170 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 rather than pick fights, enjoy Sturridge goals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ORTmluz308 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 If you stop oversimplifying things.How have i oversimplified anything?, reality is also belief, has a big effect on players if they are confident. Liverpool beat Man United with a lot of belief, i didn't think our tactics were amazing over man united the day we beat them, i think it's the players who decided we are going to win this game, such as Essien and Lampard in the second half. I'm not trying to make a movie scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldo 868 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 - Ancelotti's substitutions are a mystery.He put Yossi in, who you were impressed with. Alex got his playing time.Explain please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jteezy 39 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Stop trying to start an arguement.Ironic how this started the arguement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 rather than pick fights, enjoy Sturridge goals http://www.youtube.c...h?v=9ORTmluz308They were brilliant goals, you can see who he's been training with scoring like that. Thanks for the video.Ironic how this started the arguement Could of worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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