Ibime: Bunch of fragile unbalanced team Emenalo put together here. I don't know whether all these managers have been commanded by the slimeball eediot TD that anyday they don't play 4-2-3-1 is the day they lose their job.

Mata escorting Toure as he runs past him. As usual Mata is simply -1 when playing the big boys.

Mikel with Nasri on the halfway line. By the time Nasri enters the box, the slothful Nigerian escort is busy jogging lackadaisically 20 yards behind.

i hope you are not thinking lamps would have done better

Ibime:

Everybody dump on Chelseas midfield this season whether Toure, Fernandinho, Sissoko, Marchisio, Diame, Paulinho and co. That's the midfield Emenalo built. They only shine against legless midfielders like Michael Carrick and Arteta. Emenalo the genius.

Looool Oscar and Mata need to spend quality time in the weight room no Copacabana or Ibiza this summer just clanging and banging iron! The way City bully you guys ehn

DEmba Ba made my day, loss or no loss. That is what a center forward does, create something from nothing unlike our waste pipe.
All is not lost yet, i think we have what it takes to win the Europa, a much sweeter trophy. Good game all around except for the sluggish Mikel and the tired Oscar.

mithel:

i hope you are not thinking lamps would have done better

Than Oscar? Certainly!

With a proper defensive midfielder beside him? Certainly.

Like I've said from season start, the only reason Mikel is playing is because Ramires distribution is too poor so he needs Mikel to collect the ball off the defence for him. Conversely the only reason Ramires is playing is because he's the only one with pace in midfield.

Luiz and Lampard are better midfield and are yet to lose a game together but the Luiz experiment has been discontinued for whatever reason.

Apart from that, I see no reason why Oscar should be playing ahead of Lampard if not for the straitjacket 4-2-3-1 system commanded from on high by the incompetent Emenalo who refused to let managers manage.

Bros Lampard has nothing to prove about his ability. His record of success is longer than my arm. The only people with anything to prove are the incompetents in the team and TD position whose failure to do their jobs has seen Chelsea knocked out of 7 competitions this season, all for the same reason - softness in midfield. In every single competition we got knocked out of, the story is the same - our midfield was overpowered. No wonder some peeps like una are pining for Meireles.

As for Mikel, there was no single occassion during the match where he was able to track an opponents run from start to finish. I always watch his game closely. The dude is the most incompetent defensive midfielder I can think of. The only defensive midfielder who needs a defensive midfielder behind him and another energetic player in front of him to harry opponents to give him space to play his slow game.

1. Cesar Azpilicueta needs to step up his game if he wants to continue playing for chelsea. lots of errors from him today. He's been having a bad run of games of late. The own goal vs Sunderland, the penalty give-away at Russia, and now this.
2. chelsea need a strong, witty, no-nonsense midfielder in the mould of Yaya Toure. He was a beauty to watch, bullying off challenges and bumping forward at will.
3. with the right manager who can instill the grittiness, determination and courage into these boys, this team will go places.
4. Demba Ba is a natural goal-poacher
5. The trio of Hazard, Mata and Oscar need to hit the gym, and fast too , Oscar in particular
6. Chelsea showed the character (as always) to come back in the 2nd half, but that early goal killed it for us.
7. Ryan Bertrand is coming up. He had a great game today, and made some fine blocks
8. Great game from City.


All in all, KTBBFH!!!!!

Havilah93: 1. Cesar Azpilicueta needs to step up his game if he wants to continue playing for chelsea. lots of errors from him today. He's been having a bad run of games of late. The own goal vs Sunderland, the penalty give-away at Russia, and now this.
2. chelsea need a strong, witty, no-nonsense midfielder in the mould of Yaya Toure. He was a beauty to watch, bullying off challenges and bumping forward at will.
3. with the right manager who can instill the grittiness, determination and courage into these boys, this team will go places.
4. Demba Ba is a natural goal-poacher
5. The trio of Hazard, Mata and Oscar need to hit the gym, and fast too , Oscar in particular
6. Chelsea showed the character (as always) to come back in the 2nd half, but that early goal killed it for us.
7. Ryan Bertrand is coming up. He had a great game today, and made some fine blocks
8. Great game from City.


All in all, KTBBFH!!!!!

Good points. Agree with everything although Hazard has stepped up his game defensively. Oscar can get stronger but Mata will always be a weakling even if he lives in the gym 24/7. Andrei Arshavin has better chance of bulking up than Mata.

Havilah93: 1. Cesar Azpilicueta needs to step up his game if he wants to continue playing for chelsea. lots of errors from him today. He's been having a bad run of games of late. The own goal vs Sunderland, the penalty give-away at Russia, and now this.
2. chelsea need a strong, witty, no-nonsense midfielder in the mould of Yaya Toure. He was a beauty to watch, bullying off challenges and bumping forward at will.
3. with the right manager who can instill the grittiness, determination and courage into these boys, this team will go places.
4. Demba Ba is a natural goal-poacher
5. The trio of Hazard, Mata and Oscar need to hit the gym, and fast too , Oscar in particular
6. Chelsea showed the character (as always) to come back in the 2nd half, but that early goal killed it for us.
7. Ryan Bertrand is coming up. He had a great game today, and made some fine blocks
8. Great game from City.


All in all, KTBBFH!!!!!

betrand had a good game he hardly got any cross right , at a point i thought he was always waiting for mata to come near so he could do the crossing for him, i would still take PVA over him any day

i agree with every other thing , and will add also that Chris Foy is still a kunt

Ibime:

Than Oscar? Certainly!

With a proper defensive midfielder beside him? Certainly.

Like I've said from season start, the only reason Mikel is playing is because Ramires distribution is too poor so he needs Mikel to collect the ball off the defence for him. Conversely the only reason Ramires is playing is because he's the only one with pace in midfield.

Luiz and Lampard are better midfield and are yet to lose a game together but the Luiz experiment has been discontinued for whatever reason.

Apart from that, I see no reason why Oscar should be playing ahead of Lampard if not for the straitjacket 4-2-3-1 system commanded from on high by the incompetent Emenalo who refused to let managers manage.

Bros Lampard has nothing to prove about his ability. His record of success is longer than my arm. The only people with anything to prove are the incompetents in the team and TD position whose failure to do their jobs has seen Chelsea knocked out of 7 competitions this season, all for the same reason - softness in midfield. In every single competition we got knocked out of, the story is the same - our midfield was overpowered. No wonder some peeps like una are pining for Meireles.

As for Mikel, there was no single occassion during the match where he was able to track an opponents run from start to finish. I always watch his game closely. The dude is the most incompetent defensive midfielder I can think of. The only defensive midfielder who needs a defensive midfielder behind him and another energetic player in front of him to harry opponents to give him space to play his slow game.

Lampard wouldnt have been better in this game imo , instead of him i would have played moses in the place of oscar (just because we lack players, i dont rate moses highly these days )
, now to the pivot, we were killed right from the word Go because our players werent fast and strong enough, you put luiz in the pivot ,means terry comes in , same story - you play lampard + mikel , i think we would have been mauled , its just sad that we let guys go on loan to clubs anyhow, in recent times with our schedule meireles, essien , KDB , josh , PVA and even chalobah or omeruo would have helped us out but no ,

sephia: DEmba Ba made my day, loss or no loss. That is what a center forward does, create something from nothing unlike our waste pipe.
All is not lost yet, i think we have what it takes to win the Europa, a much sweeter trophy. Good game all around except for the sluggish Mikel and the tired Oscar.

torres wasnt bad today imo

Torres wasn't as bad as usual but he could have been better especially with the half chance when he could have attempted a shot instead of appealing for a penalty. Ba had no chances on a platter, he created his own.
Lamps would have been useless today, this is no game for the old layers. Thankfully he and JT sat on the bench. Moses would have done well in a game like this with all the pace. I totally agree that Caesar is losing form, i guess it is fatigue. Whats up with Cahill? Is he injured?

mithel:

Lampard wouldnt have been better in this game imo , instead of him i would have played moses in the place of oscar (just because we lack players, i dont rate moses highly these days )
, now to the pivot, we were killed right from the word Go because our players werent fast enough, you put luiz in the pivot ,means terry comes in , same story - you play lampard + mikel , i think we would have been mauled , its just sad that we let guys go on loan to clubs anyhow, in recent times with our schedule meireles, essien , KDB , josh , PVA and even chalobah or omeruo would have helped us out but no ,

My point and yours are the same. Assuming a true defensive midfielder like Nigel De Jong, Ettienne Capoue or whoever was in the team, would there be any debate as to who should partner him? The only reason Ramires and Mikel can be even considered is because they both have what the other does not. Regardless they are still woeful. Everything you typed up there just goes to show how poorly Emenalo planned the season. 7 competitions now where Chelsea have been knocked out easily due to the same problems you highlighted in terms of personnel. Emenalo is a record breaker!!

Ibime:

My point and yours are the same. Assuming a true defensive midfielder like Nigel De Jong, Ettienne Capoue or whoever was in the team, would there be any debate as to who should partner him? The only reason Ramires and Mikel can be even considered is because they both have what the other does not. Regardless they are still woeful. Everything you typed up there just goes to show how poorly Emenalo planned the season. 7 competitions now where Chelsea have been knocked out easily due to the same problems you highlighted in terms of personnel. Emenalo is a record breaker!!

lol , you hate this man o let naija man chop small russian money jor, i sure say e dey sweet FBS belle too as e dey sweet my own

now more seriously , we did really f up in both transfer windows, i doubt tiote or vidal would be bullied that much today , ahan it was depressing watching yaya bulldoze his way through everytime,,i doubt essien would have allowed that , we need two tanks in that place, and whats the essence of buying one DM ,buy two , let lampard score his 2 goals and load him off, he has tried and we appreciate him.

am sure i would have taken keeping drogba and offloading lampard last season , any day anytime

Our friend Mikel doing what he always does. . . escorting players. . .

Mikel my man, your no 1 job as a defensive midfielder is to stop runners entering your box. . . but for the 100th time this season, you are 20 yards behind jogging like a sloth when the opposition player enters the box. . . and the result this time is a goal.

Every single game this season, I have never seen where Mikel can stay with a player from start of run to finish. . . we are not even talking of quick players. I would understand if it was Yaya Toure or Walcott breezing by him. Mikel does not even track players jogging into the box.

sephia: Torres wasn't as bad as usual but he could have been better especially with the half chance when he could have attempted a shot instead of appealing for a penalty. Ba had no chances on a platter, he created his own.
Lamps would have been useless today, this is no game for the old layers. Thankfully he and JT sat on the bench. Moses would have done well in a game like this with all the pace. I totally agree that Caesar is losing form, i guess it is fatigue. Whats up with Cahill? Is he injured?

it was a penalty everyday , Foy na just goat , kompany had his hands all over torres and its not like torres has long peter crouch legs or something ...............come to think of it, where is peter crouch sef , its like ages since i heard abt him?

i would blame the centre halves more for the two goals though, that was simple poor defending , see luiz for the first goal and the positioning for the second goal

Ibime is right.
Mikel and Azpiculueta cost us this game.
I thought benitez would've substituted oscar for lampard in the second half, lamps would created an impact in the game.
Anyway, this is chelsea's worst season in a short while. I hope for better season next year

mithel:


i doubt tiote or vidal would be bullied that much

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sephia: Torres wasn't as bad as usual but he could have been better especially with the half chance when he could have attempted a shot instead of appealing for a penalty. Ba had no chances on a platter, he created his own.
Lamps would have been useless today, this is no game for the old layers. Thankfully he and JT sat on the bench. Moses would have done well in a game like this with all the pace. I totally agree that Caesar is losing form, i guess it is fatigue. Whats up with Cahill? Is he injured?

cheiiii
so your opolo eyes missed kompany's hands tugging torres shirt while the ball was in the air? what could torres have done? torres was superb in his cameo - he worked hard, made tackles and his passes were top drawer. the players you should blame are all your full backs. with better crosses into the box, city would have conceded few goals from wide areas. ashley cole was missed.

Didnt watch the game

I heard Demba Ba scored again vs Man City while Torres wasnt good enough to get on the scoresheet

If na Rubin Kazan, Steau Bucharest and those clubs who have to worry about famine instead of football he would have scored

mithel:

lol , you hate this man o let naija man chop small russian money jor, i sure say e dey sweet FBS belle too as e dey sweet my own

LOL. Yes oh. Others have enjoyed from the largesse, let Emenalo collect his own share.

dayokanu: Didnt watch the game

I heard Demba Ba scored again vs Man City while Torres wasnt good enough to get on the scoresheet

If na Rubin Kazan, Steau Bucharest and those clubs who have to worry about famine instead of football he would have scored

demba ba had 90 mins to perfect his craft, torres had little time to score and he played as a left winger when he came on. scoring against man city is no biggie - torres scored his first goal of the season against city + joe hart, not pantomillivanilli.

coogar:

demba ba had 90 mins to perfect his craft, torres had little time to score and he played as a left winger when he came on. scoring against man city is no biggie - torres scored his first goal of the season against city + joe hart, not pantomillivanilli.

In Dembas last 2 games he played vs Number 1 and 2 in the EPL and scored beauties Torres stays scoring vs some dead beat clubs

Torres scored in the equivalent of a friendly not a quarter or semi final vs Manchesters finests

dayokanu:
In Dembas last 2 games he played vs Number 1 and 2 in the EPL and scored beauties Torres stays scoring vs some dead beat clubs

torres perfects his craft in europe whilst demba is strictly local with his goals.

Torres scored in the equivalent of a friendly not a quarter or semi final

the city team chelsea played then were stronger than the team that started today and there's no friendly with mancini in wembley. when there's something to be won, mancini lines up a strong squad!

Torres perfects his acts vs Steau Bucharest, Rubin Kazan while Demba takes care of business vs EPL champion and champion to be


There is definitely a gulf in class

dayokanu: Torres perfects his acts vs Steau Bucharest, Rubin Kazan while Demba takes care of business vs EPL champion and champion to be
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There is definitely a gulf in class

there's no gulf in class - torres did not start in both games and torres has scored against these teams too in a blue shirt.

coogar:

there's no gulf in class - torres did not start in both games and torres has scored against these teams too in a blue shirt.

If Torres was competent Benitez would have started him in at least one of those games

Demba Ba na dem BABA

dayokanu:

If Torres was competent Benitez would have started him in at least one of those games

Demba Ba na dem BABA

don't be stüpid.....
the fact that torres plays thursday games and demba ba is cup-tied in europe means torres would always sit on the bench after europa games! does it make sense to you for nando to play on thursday and then start again whilst demba is on the bench? do you reason with the soles of your feet?

Don't Mata Hazard etc play on Thursday and weekend as well

But the dud only plays vs gypsies

dayokanu: Don't Mata Hazard etc play on Thursday and weekend as well
But the dud only plays vs gypsies

mata + hazard sit on the bench quite often too. moses, marin, etc do deputise for them plenty of times but the role of ba/torres can only be occupied by them. torres plays 90 mins on thursdays so common sense dictates ba would start in the next game. ba is cup-tied in europe and the rotation policy works on that premise!

Ibime: The great Emenalo experiment. Will always fail every test. So many holes in the team. Final proof that the Nigerian failed woefully in every decision he made this season. From Community shield to European Super Cup to UCL to Club World Cup to League Cup to FA Cup, the team has been unbalanced and easy to cut through like hot knife through butter. Emenalo has been the architect of all of Chelseas woes this season. Sack the amateur slimeball!

Ibime: As usual Mikel failed to keep up with a single opposition run all game. Emenalos midfield soft as a baby bottom like it has been all season

Guy wait 1st what is ur prob wit EMENALO ehn? Are u angry dat he râpe/dêflowered ur wifey OR is it dat he took ur father's land 4rm u? I jus no undastand thiz quanta wey ONLY & ONLY u get wit the guy...reveal the personal quanta wey u get wit the guy make wi know weda the issue fit dey resolved.
Every page win/lose na emenalo if not na torres na wa o. Weda hin collect ur job abi hin refuse to accept ur bro/cousin 4 chelseat academy na u know. mtcheew

Alaba_Slim:

Guy wait 1st what is ur prob wit EMENALO ehn? Are u angry dat he râpe/dêflowered ur wifey OR is it dat he took ur father's land 4rm u? I jus no undastand thiz quanta wey ONLY & ONLY u get wit the guy...reveal the personal quanta wey u get wit the guy make wi know weda the issue fit dey resolved.
Every page win/lose na emenalo if not na torres na wa o. Weda hin collect ur job abi hin refuse to accept ur bro/cousin 4 chelseat academy na u know. mtcheew

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