app_lord: Sheke keeper is not the only culprit here

A decent, box-box, visionary defensive midfielders (not ramires that likes to run through 5 players)

with the ability to transit the ball from the defenders and supply the offensive trio in record time.

Not forgeting full-backs that can actually attack and give mazacar depth.

Ibime:

TORRES should be responsible for all these basic skills of footie:

debosky:

Look beyond your pathological hatred for Torres for a moment Ibime - yes he failed to score, but the reports indicate he got into good positions, took shots, worked the keeper, etc and even scored a 'route-1' type header by exerting some 'physical presence' (ultimately disallowed) that didn't involve the much maligned vertical pass.

Torres scored for the first time in 3 consecutive games for Chelski - the odds of him scoring in a fourth on the bounce were quite small - but it would be curmudgeonly not to acknowledge the effort/performance of Torres on the night - not good enough I agree, but a great improvement in keeping with what we've seen in the last 3 games.

Ibime:
All the things I've listed are weaknesses in Torres game which he showed in abundance yesterday and showed in the 3 games prior.

debosky:

He showed weaknesses in games prior yet scored 5 goals - is your opposition to Torres results-based or simply personal?

Ibime:

Show me his results over the last 2 years, then I would ask you whether its results based.

Its result based, shapekeeping based, tactically based and whatever else you want to term it. That nigga cant play football.

El Guapo: Away from the Chagrins that are Putted Up against Our 50Big Something, I still think Corinthians did enough to get the Win, not minding Our missed Chances, the Brazilians putted up fine demonstration of defensive football through clever positioning and pressing and from what i believe that's Good enough to get a Win.

They Rode On their Luck, the game was played at the tempo they wanted, it was clear they ‘won’ the battle of the tempo, turning it into a slow, patient match. There were two parts to their approach – with and without the ball. In possession, when there was no opportunity to counter-attack, they simply held onto the ball for long periods, and we moved back into a solid defensive shape, not pressing high up the pitch, and letting the likes of Paulinho and Ralf knock the ball around casually, and they prevented Our attackers from having a significant influence on the game.

The real question from the second half was why Benitez persisted with his starting XI for so long. The logic in starting Moses was sound, but if Chelsea were unable to get the ball to him (some odd, narrow runs from Moses hardly helped, and made his role in the side pointless), it clearly wasn’t working. It was amazing that Oscar – a player who could have lifted the tempo of the game, and prompted some fluidity and counter-attacking from Chelsea – was only introduced at 1-0.

Benitez’s other two changes were also very late – Cesar Azpilicueta replaced Branislav Ivanovic to offer more thrust from right-back on 82 minutes, while Marko Marin replaced Hazard on 86 minutes. The changes were both (a) unadventurous and (b) very late, which makes Benitez’s decisions difficult to understand.

Someone gotta still tell me why RDM got SACKED!

Ibime:

Please lets not complain. . . these are switchback tactics. . . that is what Emenalo employed him to do in order to release vertical passes. . .

It was obvious the only way to break Corinthians was by positioning high-up and playing tippy-tappy cos they gave no space to counterattack. In previous years when we had muscular players, we would have beaten em with counterattack and crosses, but from the moment Benitez ruled out tippy-tappy as a style of play in order to profit TORRES, the MaZaCar's have been de-optimised. . . what we now have is Hazard and such playing style of play more suited to Kalou, Malouda and Antonio Valencia.

The Idea in Bold I'll buy -- But everything mustn't be Emenalo, IB

I still don't know how vast u understand the Chelsea Backroom System

El Guapo:

The Idea in Bold I'll buy -- But everything mustn't be Emenalo, IB

I still don't know how vast u understand the Chelsea Backroom System

nateevs: I don't see any destroying going on to be honest.


We have a fabulous young goal keeper in Thibault Courtouis. I'm sure you've already seen the links with Barcelona. THe whole of Spain is raving about him.


In defense, a good, strong base in Cahill, Bran, Terry, Luiz, Cole, Azpilicueta and Wallace to join next season. Then there's Tomas Kalas on loan - a very good defender - even at only 19. Nathaniel Chalobah - the impressive young kid at Watford is doing very well.


In midfield, the purchases of Hazard, Mata and Oscar cannot be a mistake. We also have Kevin De Bryune and McEachran doing very well. Moses and Marin and squad players.


This is rebuilding. Not destroying.


Now I know that this is hardly enough as we are poor in numbers in attack and midfield needs a bit of bolstering. We also need strength, experience, balanced with good technique and guile in attack and midfield but hey, that's why it's called rebuilding. You never get it right first time around because it's a phased process. Fortunately for us, we have an owner who is not shy at flashing his wallet so there is no disaster.



There will be more players added, young ones will get more experience and next season will be the season we actually challenge seriously. Let's all calm down.

Ibime:

This sounds like what Wenger has been telling Gayyners for 8 years now. Great youngsters here and on loan yet flopping in everything.

You have just told us why Emenalo is a scout, now tell us why he is a technical director.

We don't want to hear nonsense about next season. You don't talk about next season with proven spine in the team like Terry, Ivanovic, Cech, Cole, Lampard and Mata with 100milla spent ontop. You must be madd!!

We have the players, experience and mentality to WIN this season, if only the TD knows how they fit together and buy the right players to complement them in DM and striking department. Nigel De Jong and Wilfred Bony alone is enough to render this team champions.

We don't give ninjas 200milla to tell us about the future. Nonsense!

nateevs:
Nigel De Jong must have been on astronomical wages. Wages that will not justify his inclusion in the team. While it is easy for City to move him on to Milan and pay part of his wages, they won't do the same for a potential rival in Chelsea.

nateevs:
There's nothing to justify that Bony will cut it on the big stage. Kalou was scoring heavily in the Dutch league and bullying them. So was Mateja Kezman.

debosky: ^^ Are you getting paid for mentioning Wilfred Bony's name in every post?

Lol -- Bet u cant even deal with my Madness for Aguero, its called 'Special Preference'

nateevs:
Torres joined 6 months before Emenalo became TD.

nateevs:
This is too much stick the poor dude is getting.

nateevs:
This is too much stick the poor dude is getting. If there are TDs that know how a team fits, there cannot be more than a handful of them. Most of them are a step over a scout. Most TDs are employed because of their ability to spot talent and they do just that - lure talent at the best prices possible. Many of them are in fact, HEAD OF THE SCOUTING NETWORK. So trying to scold Emenalo for not possessing skills that most of his mates don't anyway is always a step too far.