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donjazet:
Azpilicueta shows off monster stats again
Lots of Chelsea players have benefited from Antonio Conte’s formation shift, with the focus so far coming on the wing backs and Eden Hazard’s improvement in the tweaked system.
But quietly at the back of the side, Cesar Azpilicueta is thriving as a centre-back. While Costa and Hazard may have stolen the limelight with great goals, the win against Southampton was built on the defensive work of the Spaniard.
Corralling Southampton’s attacking pace is no easy task, but Azpi managed it in style. He made 9 tackles, 7 clearances and an interception to finish the game with an 8.13 WhoScored rating. Add to this 38 passes at a 92.1% completion rate and you have a truly complete performance.
Azpilicueta has been a favourite for almost every manager at Stamford Bridge since Rafael Benitez, and that doesn’t look like changing anytime soon with performances like this. As a top class man-to-man defender, playing in a back three is ideal for the former Marseille man, and he looks set to have the best season of his outstanding career in Blue so far.

Azpilicueta is the most underrated Chelsea player. Fans discuss less about him, but he has been the most consistent of all our players since he arrived.

pkasso:
Mr man, go siddon. His biggest critics are eating their words. From Carragher to Lineker. Even Gary Neville grudgingly admitted Luiz has been immense. Everything i said about Conte bringing out the best in Luiz is coming to pass. And knowing you, i'm sure you are still waiting for THAT odd mistake from Luiz before you come here shouting how useless he is. Haterz have been put to shame. Oju ti ti won!

Knowing your antecedents and knowing Luiz history, We all know all these gra gra will end soon, Was that not the same way you were screaming about Luiz until he brought untold shame to you, his family, the entire 200M Brazilians and a billion Brazilian supporters all over the world in the most shameful display in world cup history

Spy360:
E-war started... Raumdeuter vs A40

bros at battle

Where did you see e-war? e-war ko, ewa agonyin ni

Eva Carneiro is responsible for Manchester United woes, says Ghanaian witch doctor.

http://eneprom..be/2016/11/premier-league-mourinhos-woes-at.html?m=1

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FBS:
@donjazet, we are here to read real peoples posts,which is the real fun and not some copy and paste info. Enough with it already.

Thanks for understanding.

Please clarify on what you mean by "real people", the players and pundits or just nairalanders? I don't understand what you mean.

Victor Moses Has Become the Embodiment of Chelsea's Resurgence

When Antonio Conte arrived at Chelsea, he found a squad in desperate need of rejuvenation. Almost to a man, the Blues had underperformed the season before. Players like Eden Hazard and Diego Costa, renowned as among the top stars in Europe, had played nowhere near their best as Chelsea charted the worst title defence in Premier League history.
Just three months into the 2016/17 campaign, the Italian has indeed revived Chelsea’s ailing stars. With Sunday’s win over Southampton their fourth successive victory, the Blues’ stars are shining bright once again. But one player’s resurgence has come as more of a surprise than most.
Many Chelsea fans might have forgotten Victor Moses was even on the books of their club heading into this season, with the Nigeria international farmed out on loan three times, to three different clubs, since making the move to Stamford Bridge in 2012. He has become a key player under Conte, though.
That was underlined by his performance at St Mary’s Stadium. While Costa and Hazard scored the goals, making the highlight reel, Moses was arguably the best player on the pitch. But it wasn’t as the attacking midfielder he was signed as. He was used as a wing-back, and to great effect.
It wasn’t an isolated case. Conte has used Moses as a wing-back since switching to a back three following last month’s 3-0 defeat to Arsenal. The Italian has seen something in him, finding a position for the Nigerian where nobody else had envisaged for him.
Tactically, Moses is integral to Chelsea’s new 3-4-3 shape. Without him, the whole thing would falter. Without him, they might not have notched four successive wins over the past month. He is crucial to both the Blues’ defence and attack, filling in as part of a back five when needed and springing forward on the attack when Chelsea have the ball. Conte has found a use for his versatility.
Of course, Conte is a coach who has long favoured a 3-4-3 formation. He used it with both Juventus and the Italian national team, so it should not be much of a surprise that he has reverted to default in times of trouble at his new club. At Juve, Stephan Lichtsteiner was used as a wing-back on the right flank, becoming a tactical lynchpin for Conte. Moses is being moulded into a similar figure at Chelsea this season.
"I have not played there before but I have just got to listen to what the manager asks me to do in that position, and the way he wants me to do it," Moses said after Sunday’s 2-0 win over Southampton, as per Lyall Thomas of Sky Sports. "Every game we play I just want to keep on improving. The more games you play, the more experience you get in that position. I'm really relishing it at the moment and enjoying it.
"It's very important to understand your team-mates. I have got Cesar Azpilicueta there, the spare right-back, who is behind me, and he communicates with me and really helps me out to make sure I am in the right position.
Defensively we all work as a unit in training and every day in training the manager is on top of us to make sure we are solid. He's also very helpful on the touchline. He talks to you to make sure you're in the right position.”

Of course, the Blues' structure down the right wing needs more than Moses to work. The Nigerian is required to dovetail with both his defensive and attacking team-mates, and that is perhaps the most impressive part of his resurgence. This is the first season in three years that Moses has featured as a first-team figure at Chelsea, yet he has slotted in seamlessly.
"It's very good to link up with Pedro or Willian, too,” Moses continued. “They know when it's time for me to go or when not to go. We speak to each other and we look at each other's movement to make sure we are doing the right thing on the pitch. I'm feeling happy, I'm feeling excited and right now I'm looking forward to every game.”
The turnaround in Moses’ career is quite remarkable. Loan spells at Liverpool, Stoke City and West Ham United did not hint at a player with a future at Chelsea, and yet with one managerial change he has become central to everything at Stamford Bridge. It might be that Conte one day turns to the transfer market to find a more illustrious replacement to fulfil the Nigerian’s job in his 3-4-3 formation, but for the moment, Moses is enjoying a renaissance.
Not so long ago, Conte was fending off questions over his future, but now he is clearing a space on his mantelpiece for the Manager of the Month award that is surely coming his way. Chelsea are now considered title contenders, with the Italian’s team just a point off the top of the Premier League.
Moses isn’t the only one to have benefited from Conte’s shift in formation. Cesar Azpilicueta is another who has found himself playing a somewhat different role, operating as one of the back three while also joining in when Chelsea hit out on the counter-attack. It’s a blueprint that blurs the lines between defence and attack, making the most of the Blues’ squad. Conte might have devised the most modern of modern football systems, with Moses the epitome of it.
“I think that this role is very important in this system,” Conte explained after victory on the south coast, as per Sam Cunningham of the MailOnline. “You must have good stamina and quality to play as a wing-back. I ask my wing-backs to do offensive and defensive duties.”
For all that they have found their groove over the past month, there remains a sense that Chelsea are still a work-in-progress under Conte. They are far from the finished product, but Moses is emblematic of how the Italian could mould the Blues. If he can improve one player so drastically, imagine what he could do to an entire team given time.

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2673133-victor-moses-has-become-the-embodiment-of-chelseas-resurgence

Chelseafan1:


See as dem finish us.

No be finishing, dem sabi better thing ni

donjazet:

Please clarify on what you mean by "real people", the players and pundits or just nairalanders? I don't understand what you mean.

Nairalanders. If I want to read Pat Nevins or some journo's opinion, believe me that we all know where to find just that. On the other hand, to read what our in-house "seasoned" pundits have to say is priceless and that is why we (speaking for myself and maybe some others) come on here. They can be funny, stupid speaking out of both sides of the mouth, changing goal posts like say na primary school football..lol... atimes just crazy but that's what the whole idea. "Real" people.

Its OK to post some interesting article once in a while, or to buttress your POV..but making it a daily (multiple times) affair, is ANNOYING.

Thanks for understanding.

Nihilist, where Fernandinho dey play for this match?

larride:
Nihilist, where Fernandinho dey play for this match?

Why do you keep doing this?

1st leg, KDB played 9 but you said he's not a striker.

Today he's playing left wing. He must be a winger

Nihilist:


Why do you keep doing this?

1st leg, KDB played 9 but you said he's not a striker.

Today he's playing left wing. He must be a winger

What prompted the argument the other time is that you claimed City does not use a DM that night and when I pointed out Fernandinho you claim he's a CM and not a DM while I insisted that he might play as a CM sometimes he mostly play as DM for City.

that's different from your comparison with KDB.

Out of nowhere city equalizes. This may boost their confidence in this match because so far, they've been totally outplayed by barka.

larride:


What prompted the argument the other time is that you claimed City does not use a DM that night and when I pointed out Fernandinho you claim he's a CM and not a DM while I insisted that he might play as a CM sometimes he mostly play as DM for City.

that's different from your comparison with KDB.

I did not say city does not use a DM. I specifically mentioned that city did not have a DM or a Striker on the pitch.

You are arguing that fernandinho is a DM because he was playing at DM but KDB is not a striker despite playing 9 in the very same match

Can you just stop bugging me please?

Sterling should have scored

Come on City!

Nihilist:


I did not say city does not use a DM. I specifically mentioned that city did not have a DM or a Striker on the pitch.

You are arguing that fernandinho is a DM because he was playing at DM but KDB is not a striker despite playing 9 in the very same match

Can you just stop bugging me please?

Where we disagreed is that City did not have a DM, Fernandinho plays as a DM, simple.

Nobody is bugging you.

larride:


Where we disagreed is that City did not have a DM, Fernandinho plays as a DM, simple.

Nobody is bugging you.

What is your point exactly?

Fernandinho plays as a DM. Milner plays as a left back. Rashford plays as a winger. Blind plays a centre-back.

Stop bugging me bro.

Love how City are playing now

Ibime are you enjoying the tactical masterpiece Fraudiola is serving?

Truthfully Mourinho blinded us with his force of personality...

You mean we had this KDB and Jose chased him away?

Nihilist:
Truthfully Mourinho blinded us with his force of personality...

You mean we had this KDB and Jose chased him away?

Bros, the thing still hurts.

CFCman:

Bros, the thing still hurts.

E pain me die today.

That guy plays ball mehn.

raumdeuter:
Ibime are you enjoying the tactical masterpiece Fraudiola is serving?

But you wanted Barca to smash manshi.ty tonight abi no be so?

I dont think I've seen Barcelona outplayed like tonight in a long time

Ibime come and tell us how Pep gets disgraced by his former clubs

FBS:

But you wanted Barca to smash manshi.ty tonight abi no be so?

Sure I wanted Barca to smash them but Pep proved once again why he is the best coach

Beat Barca without parking the bus who would have thought its possible

donjazet:

Please clarify on what you mean by "real people", the players and pundits or just nairalanders? I don't understand what you mean.

We have begged you to stop posting these articles, it's boring and too lengthy, if you can't stop, reduce it to once per week or twice, u just dey do strong head like weyrey....

Ogbeni, park go one side make we see better comments jare.

raumdeuter:
I dont think I've seen Barcelona outplayed like tonight in a long time

'In a long time' you call it?

Can you boldly compare this barka with ageing Messi,busquet and literally no midfield to the barka of inform xavi, busquet, iniesta and Messi? Abeg park one side!

This barka does not rely solely on possession football and they can be beaten by any team this time around.

This is not the barka popularly known as the best team ever seen.

Alaves did it, why won't city with all their stars?

"Forget about Messi; Kevin De Bruyne is the world's best"- BBC