Dhellake: FT :: West Ham 3 - 1 Liverpool

Ibime:

There was one journalist who said "every club that signs Balotelli throw a big party when he signs. . . then they throw an even bigger party when he leaves,"

Ibime:

There was one journalist who said "every club that signs Balotelli throw a big party when he signs. . . then they throw an even bigger party when he leaves,"

tobiboss: pls what time do we face man city 2mrw??

chelseabmw:

4pm

chelseabmw: 1: I will lock up this thread for 2days so as not to read these baseless arguments.....

2: Any further insult will warrant a lengthen ban

nitlad:

Oga cool down jare. . .

When you begin mod this section sef?

Abeg free ninjas make ninjas brawl jor.

Chamo, Ogbeche, Muki et al don give free pass. . . You think they call this section Deathly Hallows for nothing?

Verbal and intellectual lilliputians are murked for fun here. Na wetin dey make this section bubble be dat.

afrodoc2:
haaaa Diggz reminds me of George Foreman he packs a mean punch but seems to lack the stamina for long bouts.
Coogar is more of a slugger in the Larry Holmes mode.

coogar:



incëst is so embedded in your genetic code, even your white blood cells want to fück the red blood cells.

coogar:
you are not a man - you should donate your testiclës, you inscrutable leprechaun!

tonididdy: Am a cfc fan and without sentiments btw the brawl btw unitedz coogar and cfcs diggs...I will never wish to get in an e~fight with cooger, indeed he's a devil.

Like who says this ”what's more?
your placenta & your umbilical cord were part of the delicacies served on the day of your christening......there was no way they were going to let that go to waste when there was no money to even provide ordinary chicken for the guests.”

I found myself laffing hard...diggz u try,I could never in my life chalenge a dude like coogar in a war of wordx

mithel: ifahear say i read the last 4 pages, uselessness ....i dont see how you guys hail it as activity on the thread when all that is been done is show of stupidity and lack of home training...smh

Nihilist:

So CR7 is better than Musa?

mithel: ifahear say i read the last 4 pages, uselessness ....i dont see how you guys hail it as activity on the thread when all that is been done is show of stupidity and lack of home training...smh

nateevs: What's the use comparing Di Maria and Hazard? Di Maria is 26. He's had more years to do what he does.


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I really wish JM can stop the use of Azpilicueta on the left and play a proper left back. While Cesar is solid on the left, the tactic totally removes any sort of supporting attack on the left flank. There's no LB working the left flank with serious pace, dangerous crosses and goal threats. This means Hazard has to do it all on his own. Constantly marked out by 3 players, with little or no attacking support, reduces his overall influence on the game. If we gave teams another outlet of attack to worry about on the left, Hazard will be even more dangerous and consequently, more prolific.

When people argue about Hazard, always remember this important factor. Not even Coogar can claim Young/Nani could have been as effective if they didn't have an Evra bombing down the left at intervals.

FBS: Them boys went sleeping on an European night or they were just too comfortable. In any case, I expected to be fired up for Citeh!

DD shoulda won that game man but hey e-shaiiit happens.

nateevs: What's the use comparing Di Maria and Hazard? Di Maria is 26. He's had more years to do what he does.


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I really wish JM can stop the use of Azpilicueta on the left and play a proper left back. While Cesar is solid on the left, the tactic totally removes any sort of supporting attack on the left flank. There's no LB working the left flank with serious pace, dangerous crosses and goal threats. This means Hazard has to do it all on his own. Constantly marked out by 3 players, with little or no attacking support, reduces his overall influence on the game. If we gave teams another outlet of attack to worry about on the left, Hazard will be even more dangerous and consequently, more prolific.

When people argue about Hazard, always remember this important factor. Not even Coogar can claim Young/Nani could have been as effective if they didn't have an Evra bombing down the left at intervals.

nateevs: What's the use comparing Di Maria and Hazard? Di Maria is 26. He's had more years to do what he does.


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I really wish JM can stop the use of Azpilicueta on the left and play a proper left back. While Cesar is solid on the left, the tactic totally removes any sort of supporting attack on the left flank. There's no LB working the left flank with serious pace, dangerous crosses and goal threats. This means Hazard has to do it all on his own. Constantly marked out by 3 players, with little or no attacking support, reduces his overall influence on the game. If we gave teams another outlet of attack to worry about on the left, Hazard will be even more dangerous and consequently, more prolific.

When people argue about Hazard, always remember this important factor. Not even Coogar can claim Young/Nani could have been as effective if they didn't have an Evra bombing down the left at intervals.

Nihilist:

Sir Nateevs, I have to disagree with this.

Hazard loves to cut in....The very nature of his play dictates that he leaves the relatively free areas of the byline and move into central areas where the centrebacks and Defensive midfielders are waiting for him. A bombing full back is still occupied by the opposing fullbacks/wingers that Hazard already ran away from, and Hazard is still being marked by the people he ran to meet.

So I dont see how changing the fullback would necessarily improve Hazard's numbers...Infact,I would argue that a defensively solid FB like cesar is sorely needed...With Branislave bombing forward on the right, and Matic roaming and not sitting, It is very important to maintain the defensive balance

nateevs:



Much of what you have described will be the chracter of an unintelligent player. Hazard is the sort of player who can drag play wherever he wants to. I don't even need videos to show this. A Chelsea LB working the flanks doesn't mean opposing full backs are only occupied with presence. It also means our overlapping LB is available to receive play. And no other player aside Fab, possesses more intelligence to find a full back who has/attempts to run beyond.

The fact that he cuts in does not matter. What matters is that if the overlapping LB continues his run, Hazard knows this and with the size of the trickery, pace, speed of thought and wit in his arsenal, he can always work the ball back left and lace a key pass that leads to a final pass/cross towards goal by the LB.

The key is Hazard influencing play. Key passes, mere involvement etc all count. It could as well be a return pass by the overlapping LB to Hazard who then shoots or passes.

Hazard is not Salah who tries beat everyone in his path without sense. I don't think it is fair to accuse of deliberately working play into a crowded area when he is the most intelligent Chelsea player who 'always' drags play into space.

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Re: Balance. Ivanovic and the LB do not have to attack at the same time. If they attack in turns, balance can be ensured by intelligent positional defensive play of DMs in a 4-2-3-1 and CMs in a 4-3-3.

Plus Azpilicueta playing on the LB is not a tactic. It's just a necessity because he is solid. I do not suppose Jose will play Cesar in front of Ashley Cole in his prime.

If we gave teams another outlet of attack to worry about on the left, Hazard will be even more dangerous and consequently, more prolific.