SIRcumalot:

Costa has cooled off.
it is hazards to lose now except if this kante fever never die out.

Gyalchester:

Chelsea makes me want to kill myself...WTF

macjireh:

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eyaaah, sorry ehn....lemme complete it...we also have Bournemouth, manU and Everton.... sure 24points..... sorry ehñnn

bigkesh:
Who saw where Eden sliced Stones


Hazard turned Stones to bread and Jesus was on the pitch

I keep watching the clip. .....Nigga cast Stones like he doesn't sin

Chelseafan1:


Send us our $100 each b4 u do.

We would come pay our tributes when u are gone.

Ibime:
Those who think Matic brings nothing to Chelsea midfield should watch Danny Murphy's analysis on MOTD.

He just broke down how Matic fills the holes in midfield.

Griffon:


Like I told Nihilist last-nite, It's something Cesc can't do.

Being a CM isn't just about the touches and vision. Good positioning and great awareness are traits that are required most.

We all saw how Citeh were slicing through our midfield when Cesc and Kante were doing the shift, you can't compare that to when Matic came on.

The difference was clear as 7up.

Ibime:


Everything improved my gee, from the protection Alonso received on the left to the stability Kante experienced in the middle.

Danny Murphy basically showed clip after clip of one-twos around Fabregas, players running behind him etc leaving Kante in no man's land.

He then showed clip after clip of how Matics positioning and pressing blocked all the passing lanes and running avenues.

He did not show one tackle for Matic, he just showed how he filled all the holes with correct positioning. This is what I was telling those peeps who reduced analysis to tackles and claimed that Kante was carrying Matic and he might as well use those tackles to carry Fabregas. Utter crap.

What yesterday instead showed is Matic helps a little piece of everyone defensively from Alonso to Cahill to Kante.

Griffon:


Like I told Nihilist last-nite, It's something Cesc can't do.

Being a CM isn't just about the touches and vision. Good positioning and great awareness are traits that are required most.

We all saw how Citeh were slicing through our midfield when Cesc and Kante were doing the shift, you can't compare that to when Matic came on.

The difference was clear as 7up.

Conte faces battle to convince Chelsea to sign Pirlo

Antonio Conte won’t find it easy to bring in former player Andrea Pirlo to Chelsea as a coach.

Conte wants to replace current first-team coach Steve Holland in the summer, according former Chelsea assistant manager Ray Wilkins.

Holland is set join up with the England camp alongside Gareth Southgate ahead of the World Cup in Russia.

Pirlo, 37, is still at New York City FC but was welcomed to the Chelsea training ground at Cobham back in December during the MLS off-season.

Conte said at the time: “I’m pleased for this visit. Andrea was my player for three years and we won together.”

Blues midfielder Cesc Fabregas shared a photo with Pirlo, saying: “With the Master”.

“I know for a fact he has been around Stamford Bridge on a number of occasions this year,” Wilkins told talkSPORT.

“He’s the one that Antonio Conte would like. He managed him at Juventus until he was 34.

“He is the one he will want to come in [to replace Holland].”

But according to the Times, Conte is facing a battle to convince the club hierachy to bring in an Italian coach.

The report says Chelsea would prefer to bring in a coach already working in the Premier League instead.

Pirlo would bring 22 years of experience to Chelsea from spells with Brescia, Inter Milan, Reggina (loan), AC Milan, Juventus and now New York City.

Pirlo moved to the Old Lady in 2011 where Conte helped turn around his career by using him as a playmaker in his 3-4-3 system.

The Italian midfielder has scored one goal in 50 games since moving to America two years ago.

Nihilist:


And like I said to you last night, bringing Matic on in the 2nd half had nothing to do with Cesc's performance.

If Cesc was the issue, Conte would have made a straight swap with Matic. Instead, he brought Matic on to join Cesc.

I put it to you that if Conte had kept the same 343 with Matic instead of Cesc, the exact same thing would have continued to happen, quite simply due to the numerical advantage City had in central midfield with Delph, Fernandinho, and Silva.

For most of the first half, Silva only had to go and stand in the halfspace between midfield and the centre backs, because he knew Fab and Kante had to watch Delph and Fernandinho. This is why Luiz was having to rush out so much to try and Mark Silva.

I don't need any soothsayer on TV to tell me that once you throw an extra body into to midfield to Mark Silva all that nonsense would stop. It didn't even have to be Matic, you could have plucked a spectator from the Shed end and put him in the midfield to the same effect.

jonsnow92:
So out of Chelsea's 8 remaining games 5 out of them are against Southampton, Middlesbrough, West Brom, Sunderland and Watford.
Oh I Hate this Chelsea!!!!..Must they win this league!!!Fvck

timbros:


http://www.squawka.com/news/pirlo-to-chelsea-struggle/929489#iH6buHqhKD36Y26W.97

Ibime:


Everything improved my gee, from the protection Alonso received on the left to the stability Kante experienced in the middle.

Danny Murphy basically showed clip after clip of one-twos around Fabregas, players running behind him etc leaving Kante in no man's land.

He then showed clip after clip of how Matics positioning and pressing blocked all the passing lanes and running avenues.

He did not show one tackle for Matic, he just showed how he filled all the holes with correct positioning. This is what I was telling those peeps who reduced analysis to tackles and claimed that Kante was carrying Matic and he might as well use those tackles to carry Fabregas. Utter crap.

What yesterday instead showed is Matic helps a little piece of everyone defensively from Alonso to Cahill to Kante.

Chelseafan1:
Raumdeuter, Bykebyke, show me Kante or Pedro on the list.

Who is the highest rated player in the EPL as at today, I can't see it clearly please.

Nihilist:


And like I said to you last night, bringing Matic on in the 2nd half had nothing to do with Cesc's performance.

If Cesc was the issue, Conte would have made a straight swap with Matic. Instead, he brought Matic on to join Cesc.

I put it to you that if Conte had kept the same 343 with Matic instead of Cesc, the exact same thing would have continued to happen, quite simply due to the numerical advantage City had in central midfield with Delph, Fernandinho, and Silva.

For most of the first half, Silva only had to go and stand in the halfspace between midfield and the centre backs, because he knew Fab and Kante had to watch Delph and Fernandinho. This is why Luiz was having to rush out so much to try and Mark Silva.

I don't need any soothsayer on TV to tell me that once you throw an extra body into to midfield to Mark Silva all that nonsense would stop. It didn't even have to be Matic, you could have plucked a spectator from the Shed end and put him in the midfield to the same effect.

Ibime:


It ain't about numbers my gee. Fabregas came off around 70 minutes sef and nothing changed.

As it was, Matic and Kante mounted the roadblock, it's not like Fabregas was helping them with anything defensively. Matic simultaneously mounted midfield roadblock with Kante and left-wing roadblock to help Alonso who was being outnumbered in the 1st half.

We have been playing 3-4-3 all season with Matic and Kante and never heard about needing a 3rd midfielder until today. Matic and Kante were always sufficient.

This is simply a case of Matic benefitting from the narrative Fabregas has enjoyed all season. All season, Fabregas came off the bench and we all noticed an improvement in our attacking play and lauded him for it. Matics 90 minute defensive contribution was swept under the carpet in that narrative. Today for the first time, Matic came off the bench and we all noticed an improvement in our defensive play.

Sometimes you need a stark contrast to set a narrative. Matic got the same narrative yesterday that Fabregas has got all season on the attacking side. No need to be salty about it. Even the coach acknowledged it.

Ibime:


It ain't about numbers my gee. Fabregas came off around 70 minutes sef and nothing changed.

As it was, Matic and Kante mounted the roadblock, it's not like Fabregas was helping them with anything defensively. Matic simultaneously mounted midfield roadblock with Kante and left-wing roadblock to help Alonso who was being outnumbered in the 1st half.

We have been playing 3-4-3 all season with Matic and Kante and never heard about needing a 3rd midfielder until today. Matic and Kante were always sufficient.

This is simply a case of Matic benefitting from the narrative Fabregas has enjoyed all season. All season, Fabregas came off the bench and we all noticed an improvement in our attacking play and lauded him for it. Matics 90 minute defensive contribution was swept under the carpet in that narrative. Today for the first time, Matic came off the bench and we all noticed an improvement in our defensive play.

Sometimes you need a stark contrast to set a narrative. Matic got the same narrative yesterday that Fabregas has got all season on the attacking side. No need to be salty about it. Even the coach acknowledged it.

Nihilist:


And like I said to you last night, bringing Matic on in the 2nd half had nothing to do with Cesc's performance.

If Cesc was the issue, Conte would have made a straight swap with Matic. Instead, he brought Matic on to join Cesc.

I put it to you that if Conte had kept the same 343 with Matic instead of Cesc, the exact same thing would have continued to happen, quite simply due to the numerical advantage City had in central midfield with Delph, Fernandinho, and Silva.

Nihilist:


It's a no-brainer that if you send on a DM, you will gain defensive solidity in midfield. Afterall, that was Mikel was doing under Mourinho.

What we saw yesterday was not a straight swap, but a formation change. If Cesc was the problem, Conte would have simply swapped him out for Matic. Conte saw that the issue was with the formation, NOT the personnel. 343 simply could not contest the midfield against a 451, so he put an extra man in midfield. Dazall.

Griffon:


Brah it had nothing to do with numerical advantage.

Against Liverpool at Anfield, It was Can, Wijnaldum and Henderson vs Kante and Matic. We weren't penetrated, and were unlucky not to have won that game.

Against Spurs at home, It was Dembele, Wanyama, Erikson and the ever-playing-from-deep Alli vs Kante and Matic. We won that tie without being penetrated much.

What you saw lastnite was poor midfield positioning n' awareness on display, not being at a numerical disadvantage.

Ibime:
We have been playing 3-4-3 all season with Matic and Kante and never heard about needing a 3rd midfielder until today. Matic and Kante were always sufficient.

This is simply a case of Matic benefitting from the narrative Fabregas has enjoyed all season. All season, Fabregas came off the bench and we all noticed an improvement in our attacking play and lauded him for it. Matics 90 minute defensive contribution was swept under the carpet in that narrative. Today for the first time, Matic came off the bench and we all noticed an improvement in our defensive play.

Sometimes you need a stark contrast to set a narrative. Matic got the same narrative yesterday that Fabregas has got all season on the attacking side. No need to be salty about it. Even the coach acknowledged it.

Nihilist:


Can, WIjnaldum and Henderson combined do not have half the talent that David Silva has in his big toe. There are levels to this ish.

MSN are also 3 men. You won't expose your defence to them because your defence regularly eats a trio of Redmond, Shane Long, and J.Rodriguez for dinner. Which is why even after Matic came on, Costa was dragged down by Conte to track back on the left flank. Which is why when Willian came on, the only thing he did was sit in midfield and track back. Willian made only THREE passes yesterday. THREE.

Context is the key to everything.

There was nothing like Poor positioning from Fabregas or Kante. The 2 of them were simply not enough to contest the midfield with City. Instead the City attacks were snuffed out at Centre back level where we had the advantage. City only had 2 shots in the box that 1st half...compared to 5 from outside the box. In fact, the only times we really looked like conceding was when Matic allowed Stones and then Kompany free headers in the box from set pieces. One of those headers was straight at Courtois, the other hit the Bar.

I don't want to do a Fab vs Matic argument today bros, but I just want you to know that a formation change was what happened yesterday, not a personnel change. Dazall.

Griffon:


Context please. Are we discussing being outnumbered in the middle of the park or the artistry of Silva?