anelka totally cannot be blamed. that is his style and he is used to it.

when lampard and drogba wasnt playing, he took the penalty duties and although it was scary to watch, he scored all of them during the duo's absence.

its always a lottery with penalties, sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not. if you hit too hard, you might miss, if you hit too soft, the keeper can easily block if he dives the right way.

what i think we're lacking is creativity and playing as a unit. if the midfielders were more creative in creating chances and they could combine with the strikers, we wouldnt have to resort to penalties.

yap we should end the game in the open play rather hope for luck in penalty...

i dont know why im getting bored of the way team played..always the same..holding the ball..possession with no breakthrough..

maybe true we are lacking somewhat creativity since the play look so narrow in terms of strategy and the way the players perform...

The introduction of Strikers such as Torres might not rectify anything unless a good dribbler or a creative midfielder come..

Perhaps is time to stop pursue beauty football. We need to get our results right before even talk about playing beautiful football.

EDIT: Apparently Frank Arnesen is taking our chief scout Lee Congerton together. wtf?!

This post has been edited by Belphegor: Feb 21 2011, 01:17 AM

if u dont fully trust your manager to do manage the transfer, Sporting Director will do that job.

Ferguson and Wenger had a full a authority on transfer on their respective clubs. they dont have a Sporting Director.

Guardiola and Mourinho had a Sporting Director above them. so they just keep focusing on 1st team affair only, like Ancelotti.

Carlo has admitted only two outfield players are performing in the form of JT and iva. I disagree. Ramires has been head and shoulders above everyone else, so that makes it three. The rest of the team should hang their heads in shame. Or better yet, get it screwed on and start showing more desire. Anything less than a win vs Copenhagen (even a narrow one would do) and I think there might just be an announcement on our website come Wednesday morning.
That would be the absolute worst of outcomes, so the boys better play out of their skins if they really love the club. I don’t care what carlo says in the dressing room, they should bloody well know better. This is actually our biggest match because if it ends in defeat and carlo gets the sack with nobody qualified standing by, we’re heading for a downward spiral in the league.
Still looking forward to the game though!

in reality, there is a huge doubt that we'll progress far in the champions league, let alone march to wembley.

but i still choose to be blind, and believe that we will march to wembley come May.

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Added on February 21, 2011, 9:23 amand if our bad run continues, i think Roman will definite swing the axe, sacking Carlo. to be honest, i kinda like Carlo compared to the other managers, he is the one giving chances to the likes of mceachran and aanholt. but regardless, we have to improve the gameplay and stay competitive for the first team too.

This post has been edited by madfag: Feb 21 2011, 09:23 AM

If we dont replace Arnesan...some websites...already speculate about The Return of Jose Mourinho this time with total control of transfer....hahaha...long term I prefer Carlo...but if Carlo go...JM

Anelka needs to perform when called upon, and he did not do that when he took the penalty. Yes, that's his style but def time to reflect (i.e. change style or something) as it's already predictable and as what the commentator said, Anelka effectively ruled out the other corner with the very short run up.

Also, when a good GK spots short run ups, they would have known how to save it. Esp so when it's predictable.

i have to disagree.

he shot the right side with the same style.



better view here?



This post has been edited by madfag: Feb 21 2011, 11:54 AM

The videos you put on had Anelka going for longer run-ups than on Sat mate.

His penalty on Sat had him taking 2 steps only, i.e. short run-up.

Still, why we played so narrow ah? Is it subjected to what Carlo wanted, or NOT?

It was so stressful watching them played like that, no width at all, even Kalou and Dada played soooo narrow... grrrr!!!

well, i cant argue with how many steps he took but still i think penalties are 50-50 regardless of how u take them.

torres is suck.. drogba & anelka aren't getting any younger.. i hope lukaku o neymar at chelsea instead the stupiak 50M cost!

it's Roman buy, so why bother..i'd really hope CA will stay despite winning trophy less this seasons..so reluctant watching the lads missing chance after chance especially our Mr. reliable Lampsy..at some point, i would rather have Josh in the midfield for the last game..

agree that only 2 CB & Ramires look like a Chelsea player in the game..frustrated yes..but hope is still there, finishing 3rd or 4th..then pls rebuilding and no more sacking pls..

yes, i do think Josh should be given a run instead of Essien. Lampsy definitely played better but we dont know if he will continue playing well. to be honest, i think aanholt could also be given a run if he wasnt loaned out. maybe a defensive midfielder can cover for him when he bombard down the left flank. ashley cole doesnt seem like the attacking player he was last season.

cant believe he got outrun by seamus coleman.

Try it out when you are playing futsal or football, you'll notice the difference between short and long run-ups. Even though penalties are 50-50 in going in or out, always best to prepare thoroughly, thats why you see players examining for divots around the spot to make sure that the ground is even, to avoid last-minute slips. That's also why you see GKs making movements on the line, to distract opposing players i.e. anything legal to gain an advantage over your rivals.

Hence, Heitinga's shove on Ashley just prior to him taking the penalty.

penalty or not, we simply deserved to lose. we are the defending FA cup champion yet we cant defeat an average Everton side for 210 minutes of football.

we got no penetration and creativity from midfiled and we VERY slow on counter attack. only ramires looked lively and very energetic, but he cant shoot and cant deliver killer pass.

when will ancelotti do something? lets us pray that at least we got an away draw at copenhagen.

http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/3569/101...ley-cole-before

yup, Heitinga did that intentionally.

I have no problem if we play narrow, as long as there is sufficient creativity and movement on the field. If u noticed we created many clear-cut chances, which fell mainly to malouda and lampard respectively. They failed to put them away and that was the root of the problem. It was a much improved performance compared to fulham if u ask me, but we were just not clinical enough. Width wouldn’t have helped our woeful finishing.

Chill mate. Every signing will take time to adapt. After all those amazing goals he’s scored against us, I think he’s far from ‘suck.’ If it makes u feel any better he has at least 4 of his best years ahead of him. One worry though is he seems to have lost a bit of pace, so we have to rehabilitate that part of his game. When he’s on form, I assure u his finishing is on par with the likes of villa and pato.