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Hahaha. I'm laughing. So Torres keeps the shape of the team?

What shape is that? The shape to lose the ball cheaply and put the midfield and defence under pressure?

Torres is improving. At least there's some spark in his play. It would worry me more if he didn't create any chances for himself. The main question is - is he playing better than what our other strikers have to offer?

Thank God say na Mubz I play today sha.

Can someone please watch the build up to Man Utd's penalty again and please tell me whether RAMIRES deserves to be a professional footballer.

I could not believe what I was seeing. Mata gave him the ball from the corner. THE DUDE COULD NOT EVEN EXECUTE A SIMPLE SHORT CORNER PASS! I could not believe what I was seeing.

Can someone please post the youtube clip? This needs to be seen to be believed.

Whilst trying to mollycuddle Torres into confidence, we are losing points. I know some have a vested interest in Torres coming good, but at the same time that must be balanced with the desire to achieve results. Yes, Torres is looking livelier everygame but you can bet your dollar if it was Lukaku or Sturridge upfront today, we would have copped 2 goals in that first half and coulda been outta sight.

Regarding Lamps, I maintain that he is out of form, not finished, and I will maintain so till I see him physically unable to run for 90 minutes. You can see him thinking about his passes for too long and that speaks lack of confidence not lack of legs. If 4-2-3-1 should be the way to go though, I fear he would never get the chance to recapture his form. That's fine by me as long as others produce. Lamps has been brilliant for a decade, but Ramires has never been and will never be a Chelsea player. Sorry to reiterate but the dude is shocking. It is pertinent to note that Ramires and Torres shoulda put us clear by half-time. These are not players to hang your hat on.

Third thing, you guys should stop beating up Lukaku. He has never been and will never be a winger. I don't know why AVB brought him onto the wings.

Fourthly, I have always maintained that Anelka is one of the most important players at Chelsea and would play an important part this season. In all his cameo roles, he's been able to produce in seconds what others labour to do for 90 minutes.

Fifthly, I believe Ashley Cole's recent loss of form is linked to AVB's desperate attempts to cop Alvaro Perreira.

Finally, AVB needs to be aware that he will be blamed for high-line of defence conceding cheap counterattacks during this game.

We're playing a lot better since the goal. We've had 3 or 4 chances now. If only Torres and Ramires had their shooting boots on.

Good news - Fulham equalise against Citeh

Torres, your fada!

We've handed them the initiative within 5 minutes again. SMH. Hope it won't be a long day.

@ Debo,

Stop wanking all over the thread man. I wonder how many goals Mertesacker and Santos would chop against Spurs if they went down to 9 men if they concede 4 goals against 11 man Blackburn.

@ Manure game,

Good decision to drop Mikel. We would need the legs in midfield to stop the counterattacks. Very worried about Bosingwa though. I always thought Bosingwa was better against the smaller teams.

Of course when I put forward me thesis that Wenger survived his first 6 years at L'Arse with George Grahams defence, some bomboclart told me I was misyarning. It should be obvious by now that Wenger knows squat about defending. I heard that Wenger tried to downplay Martin Keowns influence in Arsenal keeping record clean sheets in UCL in 05/06 claiming that Keown didn't contribute much and was only working toward his badges at that time. Just goes to show that Wenger is a stubborn so-and-so with too much ITK.

The information arbitrage of the 1990s and early 2000s which enabled him to cop cheap French players is no longer there. If Wenger should try and sign Yohan Cabaye from Lille today, the likes of Alan Pardew would immediately match his bid. This is not yesteryear where English teams didn't have a scouting network. I say this because I am surprised that after months of knowing that Fab4 and Cesc were leaving, Wenger still went to sign some second rate players who we all know. Oh, and BTW, I would eat my own testicles if Mertesacker is better than £2m Carlos Cuellar.

All hail Santos! (Brazil International defender hence better than Enrique)

All hail Mertesacker! (Best header of a ball in the Prem)

All hail Koscielny (the best 1-2-1 defender in the Prem)

All hail Djorou (the only man that can pocket Drogba)

All hail Slimshay, Debo, Sir Kay, Mumuface, Dupe, Mukina and the army of iconoclasts.

Shame on Ritchboy and 4llerbuntu for opposing the signings!

Where is DJ Dayokanu and Mixmaster Coogar? I have a rendition to offer. . .

Let's all sing the National Anthem together. . .

Arise o compatriots. . .its the mutheruffing reeeeeeemiiiiiiix!!!


God save our Gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her Victorious, Happy and Glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen!!!

Ndokiari (we have found what we're looking for) are our brothers and we will rescue them from any Ngwa or Asa miscreants who try to destabilize them!

Orubebe shoulda paid heed to the adage that any who argues with a madman in the marketplace would also be tagged as a madman.

We would soon be rescuing not only our Ndoki brothers in Abia State but also our Aboh brothers in Delta! Hehehehe!

If you go over to HipHop section, you would notice more similarities between Cougar and Sharon such as unfettered love for Canibus and Eminem. Not to mention that Rinus Michels (Sauron) is still playing fantasy league despite the fact that Sauron is in HMP Pentoville at the moment with no access to the internet. Not to mention the fact that Sharon studied in Manchester whilst Cougar has asounding knowledge of Manchester, mentioning areas like Hulme, Longsight, Whalley Range etc. Not to mention that Cougar and Sharon both spent time in Yankee.

Either Coogar is Sharon or he is just following his footsteps. Hehehehe.

Twas bad enough that Dyabman claimed Ramires is better than Mascherano, but when he claimed that Ramires is better than Makelele and Busquets, I concluded that all this misyarning is not his fault, it must be the state of the economy.

So A-40 copped negative points last week?

Kai! I no fit laugh.

Ramires is better than Busquets?

Boy, go and sleep. Its past your bedtime.

This is the quality of convo we get on Chelsea thread these days.

Coogar has been Torres no1 fan ever since Torres ripped Vidic a new one at OT.

Let's hope Torres can find some form but IMO if he aint firing by January, he should be loaned out. We've got Studge and Lukaku in the wings + DD and Anelka there. By the time we're done waiting for Torres to find his confidence, the likes of Citeh could be 10 points ahead.

You might be too old for this shyt but I'm still young and sprightly.

Hehehehehe. Its nothing, trust me. I don't mind cussing out hairbrained commentaries every now and then!

I can smell fish from here. Some expired old hags need to go and douche. Maybe its affecting their cognitive abilities.

In all seriousness, I don't mind arguing footie with intelligent people but I get offended when those with IQ below 100 want to get into serious discussion.

As long as Lamps can still run for 90mins, Ramires cannot collect shirt from him even on his worst form. Simples. I expect AVB to play Mikel, Meireles and Lamps and left to me, it would be Luiz, Meireles, Lamps. But mark my words, with the signing of Meireles, Ramires is now a squad player to be used when others need a rest.

Okonjo should stop rabble-rousing.

The allegations were made in 2006 and published by Wikileaks in 2011. What does it have to do with GEJ detractors? GEJ did not have any detractors in 2006.

Well Terry would be hard to shift considering his wages and allwhat. High line or no high line, no manager can bench Terry. I pointed out 3 years ago during Scolari era that the highline style of play doesn't suit Terry or Mikel.

As per Manure game, it is imperative that we get a fast DM. Rooney has taken Mikel to the cleaners too many times for my liking. Also can't see Terry containing the movement of Chicarito.

In addition, I can't see Bosingwa surviving the pressure of having to defend against the bigger teams.

My ideal team for Manure is just as I pointed earlier.

That's why Luiz should play DM. We have too many centre-backs of good quality and Luiz has what it takes to play there.

What's changed? Mikels on, Lampard isn't?

No, what's changed is Ramires is off the pitch!

Lampard has played a zillion games under Ancelotti and even Scolari where teams where blown away by quick passing. Ramires has played none.

Malouda simply took Lamps place, and according to you and most others, Malou is one of the slow useless ones. What's changed is that the CM position is occupied by the quick passing Meireles not the blundering Ramires.

@ Nateevs,

I aint watching the match but trust that if the team is playing quickly its because the Mikel-Ramires partnership is broken up. Anywhere those two are, it would be compounding Mikels slowness with Ramires incompetence. That's why I was praying for Meireles signing.

New look Chelsea and someone is mentioning Ramires?

Why not Nigel Reo Coker?

All old players need replacement but with quality.

Some bitches think "new look" means the right to exhibit their inherent stupidity. Can't blame those with low IQ.

And yes, Chelseas tempo of passing has become shyte and I know where the blame lies. Its in the transition between defence and the final third. Some nincompoops used to claim Ballack was too slow but they noticed an unimagiable change in the tempo of passing when the duty to pass the ball quickly out of defence was handed from Ballack to Ramires/Mikel. Some troglodytes with little football knowledge thought that the speed of Ballacks running equates to speed of mind until the faster Ramires showed that physical pace and speed of passing are two different things.

@ Coogar,

Shebi Torres was playing for Chelsea when he stunk up the Spain team in 2010 and disgraced himself at the World Cup.

Was Torres playing for Chelsea when his poor form got Roy Hodgson the sack?

Admit it mate, Torres has lost half a yard of pace just like Alan Hansen said.

@ Coogar,

When was the last time Torres ran off the shoulder of the last defender to score for Spain?

In the famous words of Alan Hansen, Torres has lost the ability to stretch any defence.

Get his nuts out your mouth jare.

The same Ballack, Malouda and Anelka produced the quickest passing in the Prem, hammering teams 8-0 on the regular just 12 months ago. Pace of passing is never an issue until Ramires joined the team. Ancelotti and Scolari both had to drop Mikel for Ballack cos they complained about the speed of his passing. By the time Mikel initiate his "give I give" passing, the opponents are already back behind the ball.

Chelsea first 11 should be:

Cech

Ivanovic Alex. Terry. Cole

Luiz


Meireles. Lamps


Anelka. Mata


Sturridge



Swap Ivanovic with Bosingwa when playing smaller teams

Drop Luiz back for Romeu if/when he proves himself


Put Sturridge RW for Anelka and play Lukaku upfront.



Any troglodyte putting Mikel and Ramires as the future of Chelsea must be hoping for the team to be uncompetitive in the league going forward

The only liability is Torres.

Mikel especially is one of the main guys who slows the game down.

Those with any sense who have watched Chelsea over the last 3 years, from the tactical change first intorduced by Scolari and then continued by Ancelotti would know that their games were based on quick interpassing and the speed of passing was considerably slower whenever Mikel was in the team.

Those of us with long memory remember how Henk Ten Cate fought with Mikel in order to get him to stop slowing the team down.

Nateevs, can I get an Amen?

Building a base of Mikel ontop of Ramires is reinforcing slowness with incompetence. Footballing neophytes just type all sort of nonsense cos opinions are like arseholes and every Diva has one.