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Nihilist:
Falcao, Djibidjibilobodji suppose start for the Chelsea Flops FC.

Kezman too.

And then we can support them from the stands by chanting Greenday's boulevards of broken dreams.

And please make sure Bolathouz keeps that number 9 shirt.

Ibime:
Heck, I forgot SWP.

Benayoun didnt cost much so Ima leave him out.

Parker was alright, a young man then. Mutu was cocaine cowboy. At least he shone for 3 months. I will put his flopping down to drug addiction.

Who be Fleck? I dont remember that name at Chelsea.

Simon Fleck or something, I read much about him in the Chelsea biography I bought years ago. He was a prolific forward at Norwich but failed to live up to billing at the bridge.

Whenever the list of our flopped strikers is brought out, the ninja's name is always there. Alot musta been expected of him.

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Ibime:


Im playing only 3 defenders to make space for strikers. Only including big name signings and those who played a lot


----------------------------------Mark Bosnich

------------Boulahrouz------Bogarde---------Del Horno

---------------------Jokanovic-----------Veron

-----------------------------------Zenden

------Torres---------------Chris Sutton----------Shevchenko

Special shout out to:

Pierluigi Casiraghi
Claudio Pizarro
Paulo Ferreira (flopped for 6 out of 8 years)
Mikel (dont ask)
Mineiro (signed when Essien got injured in 2008, only played 1 game and was finished)
Ricardo Quaresma (6 month loan flop despite the hype)
Geremi (expected little from the old man anyway)
Marko Marin (not really a flop cos I expected little from him)
Florent Malouda (only 1 good season in 6 years)
Yuri Zhirkov
Bosingwa (1 good season in 5 years)
Mario Stanic (half a season of decent footie till injury claimed him)
Tal Ben Haim

It is quite strange seeing these lot getting this recognition

I cant believe we once accomodated wastemen like Miniero and Tal Ben Him. A lot was said about the latter during his days at Bolton though, some neophytes considered him to be the Israeli Baresi.

What have you got on Benayoun, SWP, Fleck, Parker and Mutu? They were not just here or there.

Why don't we do lists of Chelsea flops?

Damn me! Torres and Shevchenko would be spear-heading my attack

Dhelake:
What has been his conversion rate in recent times??

Falcao as well used to have a reasonable conversion rate

I doubt if he's getting games at Fenerbache to start with.

The figures RVP reeled out while in England were impressive, so that should stand in place of his resume

And I think it is quite out of place to compare Falcao's woes to RVP's. One was strung-out by an ACL injury for nearly a year while the other is simply aging.

Dhelake:
We should not even bother, this guys wont add anything to the team, more like getting another Falcao

RVP can offer us depth in the striking department.

He's one player with a remarkable conversion rate, he isn't profligate in front of goal, that's what his game is made of.

I'll definitely pick him ahead of Falcao at the moment.

Adebayor? Well Adebayor. . .

Given Costa has managed only seven goals in 10 months - 4 in 17 games this season - the need for reinforcements is clear.

Falcao is no longer a player and Remy have been reduced to a bit-part role often spent on the flank.

We can't have good net busters like Aubameyang, Vardy or even Griezmann now, no club would love to lose their focal point at this stage, so that leaves us with the option of a short-term fix.

Adebayor is currently a free agent, whilst RVP hasn't settled in Turkey. We can have either of the duo on loan.

What says you lot.

Chelseafan1:
Oh, did u have a chat with Jose, did he tell you this on whatsapp or bbm??

I saw frustrations on his face before the Willian goal.

I didn't speak with Jose but if you're a good scholar of the game then it's quite easy to arrive at that conclusion.

By allowing the player to take risk, to act on his own when placed under pressure and most importantly to play the simple 1-2 pass, you allow him to become more comfortable on the ball thereby gaining confidence by solving the situation on his own.

Cliched lines like "When you're in trouble, kick it out" or "Shoot at sight" isn't going to help our players' morale at the moment, they need to build some confidence and with 'minnows' like Norwich and Maccabi calling, we had the chance to train on TV.

Although our possessional play last night was carried out in a slightly less aesthetically pleasing way, it sure had its effect on the players.

We only need a point to win our group, make una stop to dey peddle megedefegede for here.

Jose is merely rolling out this possession footie against not-too-good sides like Norwich and Maccabi so as to restore the team's confidence.

We need to build a strong cohesion having gone through a bad patch, and this is how you do it.

I'm sure it's back to counter-attack against Spuds this weekend, so stay calm y'all.

Willian reincarnating Dinho's skills in Israel.

It's obvious we're training, based on possession, this game has cease to be a contest

Tiki-taka business!

Could this be the identity nateevs have been clamoring for?

Cahill scores!!!!

Rotation is the way to go, play some and rest some.

Good to see Azpi starting at right-back and Rahman at the left.

Cahill and Oscar gets a run tonight too.

Return of the 4-3-3!

PietroRico:
I bet you were one of those screaming 'who needs an AM that cannot defend' when mou sold Mata because of the '...he Can't defend' hogwash

I've been neutral on that issue.

That said, I'll have Hazard in the hole over Mata anyday anytime.

So Hazard personally requested that he start in the hole against Stoke and Norwich?

Good thinking from the Belgian I must say.

He had no defensive duties to worry about, had no drifting inside to do and had no RB and RM closing on him.

He was so much involved in the game, enjoying a free role and was orchestrating proceedings on the final third for us.

Hazard is the man who fvcks men up in the hole, I hope to see more of him there.

Ibime:
Good point.

Under Ancelotti, he would dominate the ball.

Under Rafa, you sit deep and let the opposition have the ball ie more defending to do.

Kroos is more a Xabi Alonso type of DM - not there to defend but to control the play.


However I stil feel he is lazy and doesnt push himself. If you ask me, he could be fitter and more tenacious. No excuses because he actually has the physical capability to compete. He did at Leverkusen.

There lies the fact.

SIRcumalot:
Can't defend for sheet though
With modric and james you already have all the vision you need.

Except that he is not a defensive midfielder.

Give him the license to man your midfield and watch as he dominates play from start to finish.

Make no mistake about it, there are few Toni kroos out there are, most midfield players these days are mainly runners.

Ibime:
Hes a top midfielder (technically the best no8) but I feel hes lacking fitness/professionalism/tenacity recently.

Maybe all the success has gone to his head.

It all boils down to the manager in charge. Benitez haven't been working hard enough to unleash the beasts in his players. Not just Kroos, ninjas like Ronaldo, Modric, Benzema, Bale etc have all been a shadow of themselves.

Under Carlo's watch, Kroos had the most impressive pass completion rate of all the players in La Liga to have played more than four games.

He also won 70% of his tackles, provided three assists, created 15 chances and made five interceptions, despite being deployed as a holding midfielder.

It is obvious Rafa isn't getting few things right.

Say all you got to say about Kroos, truth remains he's one of the finest midfielders the world has ever had.

This is one ninja who understands what midfield play is all about. A ninja who doesn't necessarily have to run around with the ball, a ninja whose vision and possessional play dwarfs every other ninja's meagre skills.

He didn't lose the game for Madrid, Benitez did.

Chelseafan1:
No pun intended bro, but this just made me laugh out loud.

Footie is soooo unpredictable, no one expected tonyts scoreline, not even Klopp or Enrique

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