Chelseafan1:

I tire o, person wet suppose dey close to Yaya....see as e give am gap.
Baba Terry had to come out to cover.

Chelseafan1:

I also prefer Mikel to Ramires, if Matic can push forward and attack, Mikel is not totally bad defensively too

Chelseafan1:

I also prefer Mikel to Ramires, if Matic can push forward and attack, Mikel is not totally bad defensively too

Kolade354:
just look at the way fabregas positioned himself...... Witsel will cost us. Up to 28-30m pounds.

donjazet:
I have read some posts here and can't believe what I am seeing:: Any chelsea fan who is saying Mourinhno should be sacked is a BIG FOOL or clearly a plastic.. In football there are good times and bad times and being called classy is ur reaction in those bad times. Mourinho is an experienced manager and the current most successful in england and becos of a slump in form, ur calling himand our players who just won us d league 'names'. Sooo not cool. In football, trust is the key. Mourinho has his plans, I demand we trust him completely because there is no coach who is currently the master of the game. We have d best and here u are calling for his head. Shame!!!

raumdeuter:


Is Fabregas the Defensive midfielder? Isnt that the job of Matic?

Kolade354:
I don't what to argue with you,Its obivious you argue like soemone who just argue for the sake of it. Are you not the one comapring Terry with boateng.......Abeg seerve go ashawo thread jare.

raumdeuter:


I am not comparing terry to Boateng, I am saying Boateng is wayy better than Terry and its not even close. With evidence. We have seen how Chelsea tends to perform better when Terry is away from the lineup. Even on Sunday count the number of saves Bergovic had to make when Terry was off the field vs when he was on the field......on fabragas issue if the likes of jamie carragaher and alan shearer can question fabregas positional awareness then you should know fabregas performance against City was poor!!!

If you are sure of your points you make a case for it. Isnt that the purpose of education?

Chelseafan1:

He messed up by not scoring that goal, I remembered banging my legs several times almost cursing him for that miss...Immediately, I tot about what Messi or Ronaldo could av done with that kinda chance.

raumdeuter:


Is Fabregas the Defensive midfielder? Isnt that the job of Matic?

Kolade354:
Where do u get your stats from that we gain more point without Terry I think it is you who should do your research very well.......Terry is a Leader,Captain,Legend and Hero. Age is not on his side(34 yrs) but when he was still in his prime he is better than the whole of Bayern munich defence.

airmark:


So a manager can't make mistakes in his decisions? Because we are nt managers we can't analyse the simplest of football flaws? Even mou has accepted he needs to buy players as against his initial stand. If you are poor in soccer analysis then don't criticise those who have the brain.

raumdeuter:


The biggest games in Chelsea history till date

1. The CL final Chelsea won without Terry

2. The Europa cup final vs Benfica Chelsea won without Terry

3. The 2-2 draw at Nou Camp. Terry got a red card in the first half letting his team down and with a man disadvantage they still qualified

These are Chelsea greatest games in the past decade and all have one common factor Terry missing

raumdeuter:


That space occupied by Yaya and Aguero should have a Defensive midfielder there. Thank God say no be only me see am.

Thats why its said positioning and intelligence is one of the greatest attribute a footballer can have.

A busquet and Makelele would position themselves properly, Silva would either turn around to look for another option or intercepted and after the game we would be asking what Busquets/Makelele contribute to the game because you dont see them diving into sliding tackles or built like Olofinjana or Samba

raumdeuter:
Meanwhile Ramires was seen this morning still celebrating

Kolade354:
Nigerians and the way they Think........ Was he benched by the coach in those match you listed or he missed through suspension and injuries? Your Logic is laughable....... You don't have to like Terry,But he is better than Boateng anyday anytime.

raumdeuter:


If the greatest achievements/moments of the club was when Terry was absent then it shows how dispensable he is

Its logical to posit that if he had played maybe he would have cost the team

While Boateng has been the rock for his team whether its in the CL finals or the World cup final. The stages where Terry embarrased himself or didnt even get to

coogar:


this simple fact is one thing most nigerians don't understand about football.

Greatihex:
he has scored more difficult ones, like d one against man utd last season. Messi and ronaldo have also missed goals u wl wish hazard was there to score the goal.

raumdeuter:


Barcelona and Guardiola did a lot of things to football and its showing people how simple football is.

Xavi was questioned as a midfielder because he was small and couldnt dribble effusively until it was shown that you only need a brain to play midfield. Pass, move look for openings

Its still believed even on this thread till now that a DM needs to be aggresive, ferocious and intimidating while Barca gave us Busquets who doesnt do any of this and has bossed multiple games

It was believed you need a giant in attack to be succesful or a striker with physical Presence. Guardiola gave us a front line of Messi -5ft7, Villa 5ft 8 and Pedro 5ft7 and won the CL and league

He even popularised the false 9 tactic. I remember then one of my friend was saying how can yu lineup without a striker a 9

Kolade354:
so what about last year wen he start all our match in premiership and we win the league and those facup with capital one cup nko Bros abeg give respect to terry

raumdeuter:


Local league is what we should celebrate?

SHould I show you how Terry disgraced himself vs PSG that led to the ouster of the team?

coogar:


and this is the reason guardiola is up there as the best tactical manager in the world.
some of the experiments he did at barca & he's doing currently in germany are just out of this world. he has bent football tactics to the last inch of threshold. everything is possible with him. you can only beat guardiola with the negative side of the game, you cannot beat him if every one decides to go on attack. he's a purist!

David Alaba is the man of the goal. Plays as the left central defender and stays back at all time, prior to the 4th goal, Alaba then acts as a Box to Box Central Defender (B2BCD). He moves forward gradually

Lahm, however, started the match in the centre of midfield, with no-one occupying the right-back slot – Jerome Boateng was shuttling out there when needed, but he was basically a right-sided centre-back. It seemed Guardiola wanted Lahm to cover both the right-back zone, and the centre of midfield.

Alaba mirrors Lahm

Furthermore, David Alaba was fielded in the same role from the other flank. They took up extremely narrow positions, often either side of Toni Kroos, before reluctantly shuttling back into the full-back zones when Manchester United counter-attacked.

Kolade354:
Epl is now local league.......even my 8yrs cousin will knw terry made a mistake in dat match against psg........Or shld I show you how leo messi disgrace boateng for field?

Kolade354:
Boateng was a flop@Mancity.......Messi disgrace him.........Hahahahaha Boateng better than Terry joke of the day

Greatihex:
mou never said he does nt nid to buy players. Even at d beginning of d transfer window, he said he nids a midfielder, attacker and defender to gv competition to the existing players.