A-40:
Chelsea have the best squad! They are just not playing up to the level of talent present

4llerbuntu:
u do realize your squad is the 2nd best behind city?

dayokanu: Ibime you mean Giroud and Bendtner on paper are better than Torres, Etoo and Ba?

Ibime:
..........I know JM haters will say anything to pin blame on JM. So why did AVB, RDM & Rafa struggle to qualify for UCL with this 'greatest squad'? Nonsense!!

4llerbuntu: in other words we should give the chelsea team a pass then seeing that their league position is not indicative of their quality. they are over performing eh?


lmao. go and sleep dude. do u have any idea what the 2nd team costs at chelsea?

4llerbuntu:

lmao. go and sleep dude. do u have any idea what the 2nd team costs at chelsea?

Austeenx: Who the hell is Emenalo?

wonlasewonimi:
One anjonu that is haunting Ibime.

For a second, I thought it was Eminado.

dyabman: its really a sad story about our strikers not scoring but is this jinx related to drogba's charm or something lol cos i just dey wonder which kain bushit wey even almighty eto no fit score simple goal.

Ibime:

I believe Ritchboy has answered all these questions already. Chelsea have the greatest depth of wingers, but midfield and strikeforce is not comparable to City, Pool or Arsenal. That is not having the best squad.

Ibime:
You don't get 3 points for parading De Bruyne, Schurrle or Willian on your bench. You get 3 points when Suarez, Negredo and Aguero hit the back of the net or when Fernandinho, Yaya, Ramsey and Flamini run the midfield.

Ibime:
Other than that, it's fine margins between Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Silva, Nasri, Coutinho, Cazorla and Ozil. Infact nothing between them so yes, Chelsea have a poorly equipped squad, although I know JM haters will say anything to pin blame on JM. So why did AVB, RDM & Rafa struggle to qualify for UCL with this 'greatest squad'? Nonsense!!

ritchboy:

Bendtner has only started one game(and still managed to score, something apparently illegal for Chelsea strikers). Giroud despite his dip in form has still comfortably outperformed all Chelsea's strikers. Podolski and Walcott also just returned from long-term injuries and are already banging in goals for fun. The CF role is not alien to either of them.

Anyone who thinks Chelsea have the best squad needs to get a clue.

A-40:

This same Chelsea got to back to back Finals in European competitions its a joke to even compare them to Liverpool or Arsenal in any area of the pitch


Prior to the first few months of the season would you even list Ramsey as a decent player?

Or is it Fernandinho that was r@ped by all and sundry up till December that you want to use as an example?

Flamini? Looooool! An AC Milan reject! Milan's central midfield these days (De Jong,Kpoli Muntari,Montolivo)


Coutinho lool! Nasri loool! Mata,Hazard,Oscar trifecta beats any EPL attacking midfield combination hands down. The numbers are there for all to see

AVB's incompetence is an open secret! Some of us saw right through him when he was hired

RDM was a greenhorn and even at that he delivered with this squad despite his negligible coaching experience

Rafa won a trophy! City,Liverpool,Arsenal with their "superior squads" did not

JM deserves no credit so far! He hasn't done shyte! If you are looking for who to give credit then Brendan Rodgers says hi! What he's doing with average Joes like Allen,Coutinho,Henderson,Flanagan,Sterling etc is uber-admirable

Chelsea has the best squad! No doubt about it. Are they underperforming? Absolutely! But everyone knows at home and abroad over the last 2-3 seasons no team in England can match their exploits

Heck not too long ago people were busy ranting about how 7-8 players from Chelsea would make it into Bayern (best team in the world's squad) now all of a sudden they are not good enough? Make up your minds people!

Ibime:

This post is utter rubbish! Not only rubbish, but completely duplicitous.

How many Chelsea players did I include in Bayern 11? Cech and Ivanovic, maybe Cahill. Don't ever attribute well-known ninnies opinions to me.

Ibime:
You claim Jose negative footie is stopping strikers from scoring, yet you would be the no1 champion to tell us how rubbish our first choice striker is. The last 3 years you've spent telling us shekpe keeper is the worst striker in Europe so don't start chatting rubbish now.

Ibime:

Couldn't give a hoot what you're spewing about Fernandinho, Flamini or Ramsey. Swap them for Mikel and tell us whose central midfield is not up to par. I would swap Liverpools central midfield of Allen, Henderson, Lucas etc over the dead legs in Chelsea midfield without thinking twice, and even that, not to mention the galactic influence of Suarez on that team.

Ibime:
And you crown your dubiousness by citing UEFA league win as evidence of good performance by Rafa over JM, a competition where Benfica was the only decent team we faced and they even played us off the park.

Ibime:
Now compare league performance between Jose, Rafa, RDM and AVB. It is plain to see that Chelsea team is NOWHERE NEAR the best team in England, consistently struggling to qualify for UCL, finishing 20 points behind the Champions every year etc, and you are yarning opata about UEFA Cup, whilst Jose somehow manages to keep this team in contention. A team who finished 20 points behind for the last 3 years. May Amadioha fire your tongue!

dayokanu: Thats the hilarious part.

The same ppl who were arguing that Chelsea first 11 is better than Bayerns are now the same ppl saying their team is worse than Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool

Ibime: 2011/12 - 1.68 points per game
2012/13 - 1.97 points per game
2013/14 - 2.06 points per game

I can count. So anyone claiming underperformance should move to the left.

alekside: Ok, I will settle for a score draw then. Chelsea defense is not having the best of times and Arsenal defense without Kos would be shaky against any top team. 2-2 would be great.

dayokanu: Thats the hilarious part.

The same ppl who were arguing that Chelsea first 11 is better than Bayerns are now the same ppl saying their team is worse than Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool

A-40:

Lol apparently someone that cannot separate ability from underperformance is busy talking about clues. How rich! (Pun intended)

Of course when one coach is a disciple of negative/park the bus football while his rivals run a more expansive ship odds are strikers from the latter team are bound to score more!

Looking at Brendan Rodgers and the average players (bar Suarez) at Liverpool and tell me why Mourinho with all that attacking talent isn't getting more out of his team

ritchboy: Oh, so Chelsea's strikers have 'ability' but are 'under-performing'? The same ninjas that have been telling us Torres[Chelsea's best/most-used striker] has lost it for three years are now trying to convince us he is simply 'under-performing'. Maybe if Maradona comes out of retirement and scores 2 league goals in a calendar year you will say 'he's just under-performing', what a joke.
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Nonsense. Chelsea are the fourth highest scorers in the league, yet basically every other team in the league can boast a striker with a better goal ratio than all Chelsea's strikers, COMBINED. Ba + Eto'o + Torres = 5 goals in over 1,620 minutes of football. . . It's not even funny.

Mourinho's team is currently above Rodger's team. If one manager punches above his weight it doesn't mean every other manager has to do the same or face a tribunal. Why aren't Pellegrini, Moyes and co also on trial for not emulating Rodgers? Is JM the only manager in the league?

Come to think of it, other than United who have clearly under-performed, can we even say Liverpool are currently above any team that have better players than them? I think not

ritchboy:

Oh, so Chelsea's strikers have 'ability' but are 'under-performing'? The same ninjas that have been telling us Torres[Chelsea's best/most-used striker] has lost it for three years are now trying to convince us he is simply 'under-performing'. Maybe if Maradona comes out of retirement and scores 2 league goals in a calendar year you will say 'he's just under-performing', what a joke.

ritchboy:
Nonsense. Chelsea are the fourth highest scorers in the league, yet basically every other team in the league can boast a striker with a better goal ratio than all Chelsea's strikers, COMBINED. Ba + Eto'o + Torres = 5 goals in over 1,620 minutes of football. . . It's not even funny.

ritchboy:


Mourinho's team is currently above Rodger's team. If one manager punches above his weight it doesn't mean every other manager has to do the same or face a tribunal. Why aren't Pellegrini, Moyes and co also on trial for not emulating Rodgers? Is JM the only manager in the league?
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dayokanu:

A striker like Demba Ba for example has more abilities than all Arsenal strikers and he has proven it in the league. Its due to misuse that Demba Ba is not playing regularly or scoring. if Ba was given a regular starting berth at Chelsea like its given to Giroud at Arsenal he would be in double digit.

There is a reason Jose refused to sell Ba to Wenger he knows what good management can do to Ba like it happened in Newcastle

dayokanu:
Chelsea put the wrong man as number 1 striker. Torres of Liverpool was a fluke that Roman is determined to make work at all cost

dayokanu:
Chelseas squad is 2nd best if not best in the league and the type of football on display is woeful to say the least. An attack of Mata, Hazard, Oscar, William, Torres, Schurrle, Ba Etoo have more pedigree than most teams in the league yet due to Mourinhos poor management are playing badly

dayokanu:
Liverpool has an inferior squad to Tottenham, to United, are 1 point behind Chelsea that in itself is an over-achievement for a team who can only boast of one top class player in its ranks. A team made of Coutinho, Sterling, Moses, Henderson, Allen Aspas and is only 1 point behind the megastars of Chelsea is an over-achievement.