haha...he's on fire now...see how he chase the defenders!
i dont mind torress is featured in every games....we need malouda too...see how cole, mata, malouda performed during leverkusen matched...all leftys are great combinations..

i think combo between torres and anelka work very well...

+1

torres seemed very hunger for a goal! he really need that to boost up his confidence level. he really looking for a goal. hes been busy chasing all the defenders

We should try to keep ANelka and Malouda in the nest few windows. Teams don't win titles, squads do.

doesnt make sense to me. AVB will never risk changing too many players in the first eleven. no offence though. were not arsenal or manchester. there will be young player but only a couple or perhaps at most 4 changes

Anelka Torres Sturridge
Mata Mikel Meireles
Cole Terry Luiz Bosingwa
Cech

This is the best formation at the moment.I start to worry about Ramires as I said before, he played in Chelsea for more than one season and yet, he doesn't shows his ability to link up with other players.
I don't see any chance for Meireles to play in DM, IF AVB is not stupid. What a waste to play a wonderful attacking midfielder in DM. It's really obvious that when Mikel came on, we controlled the game. He has the ability to hold on the ball and create space for others.
Mata will play an attacking role as well. Anelka had few wonderful games, he deserve a start. Same goes with both Torres and Sturridge. They will come good for sure.

Looking forward for the next match!

i dont agree with you. Ramires was superb even for last season. he started slow but build on since that

Mata pull down to midfield?i dunno if this work~

hmm where to start?

okay the good stuff

1. AVB showing again who's boss and pissing all over player power by hauling lampsy off at half time. this is a sign of things to come and i'm lovin' it. nobody's bigger than chelsea football club. heck if zola was still here and he was having a bad game, AVB will probably haul him off too. exactly the type of manager we need running the show.

2. fernando u know who. lively. sublime goal. worked hard. occasional silky dribbling skills.

3. super-sub nico. made an assist within seconds, and did well to actually slow things down when we were giving the ball away left, right, and center. one of the few occasions i was actually happy to see him take his sweet time in possession!

3. fighting spirit. we really threw caution out the window, and constantly burst forward to try and score.

4. our pace and dynamism in attack. it's such polar opposites with carlo ancelotti's 'bad moment' side last season, its unbelievable.

the bad stuff mixed with some good. (long list coming up!! lol)

cech - panicky (this label is going to be used a few times so be warned). had one instant where he could've caught the ball after a deflected shot/pass late in the game. chose to push it out weakly, women's volleyball style.baffling. slightly out of position when nani's strike came in? maybe. quick throws out from his box to initiate attacks which aided our fluidity.

terry - panicky. looked too eager to lunge into challenges and sometimes missed them. awful decision to attempt to clear the ball on the ground when meireles was waiting there to boot it out. turned into a superb square pass to nani who accidentally nudged it over to wayne. unlucky but still a free gift in my book.

ashley : panicky. same syndrome as JT. not enough crosses. nani had him for breakfast many times.

ivanovic : panicky. same syndrome as ashley. much worse than jt. good in the air though.

bosingwa : left gaps on the right hand side. numerous times. panicky. same syndrome as ivanovic but not as bad. didn't offer much going forward.

ramires : lots of running, tracking back and some great forward bursts. clumsy. lost the ball many times under pressure. shocking miss from nando's great ball across.

mata: shrugged off the ball too many times. a bit clumsy. not positive enough in terms of attempting to dribble pass some opposition players. could've had more impact on the game.

lampard : poor. left smalling unmarked for the goal. could not cope with the pace of the game and was a mere passenger in the first half. considering its such a monumental match, i'm very disappointed with his contribution. lampard can be poor, but he's not THAT poor. needs to take a long hard look at himself in the mirror and decide what role he really feels capable of playing from now on.

studge: looked nervous and a shadow of the player who faced leverkusen. wayward shots, not much courage in taking on players and i couldn't remember a decent cross he put in. didn't use his pace. decent in patches.

mereiles: awful game. tried too hard to rush our counter attacks and constantly gave the ball away. not strong enough in the tackle either.

mikel: a couple of mistakes as he had trouble adapting to the pace of the game. understandable. SHOULD HAVE STARTED AHEAD OF LAMPARD. slowed the game down when he came on, and could have attempted to release the forward players better when the clock was running down.

torres: early chance to give us a lead when he hypnotised anderson into passing straight to him. should have tested de gea at least. and that open goal miss..oh my. how he reacts in the next game will determine how much mental strength he has in reserve. the press are going mental about that blunder and AVB needs to put a shoulder around the lad and tell him "son, it happens to be best of them. don't worry, you'll get tons of chances to redeem yourself in the future. now go watch this youtube compilation of shocking misses from football's biggest superstars which i made for u."

lukaku: looked like dear caught in the headlights whenever he received the ball. can't play on the wings and i actually hoped kalou was there to fill in instead, after watching lukaku struggling badly. such a high pressure game so the nerves probably got to him.

AVB: i salute the coach for his bravery, but i think we could have used more defensive steel in the middle with mikel in there. the game was good entertainment but some of our defensive work left a lot to be desired. we were exposed many times in the second half, but that's expected as we chased the game. taking off studge was a little harsh as i think he could have conjured something for himself, or his teammates. lukaku shouldn't have been brought on as a last throw of the dice. there is such a thing as overdoing it, and imho AVB overdid it just a little with the omission of mikel from the starting line-up and the introduction of lukaku late in the game.

overall - i choose not to ignore the huge elephant in the room and can safely say we were hard done by some dodgy officiating. smalling was offside but frank still should've pressured him, same as nani and we shouldn't have let him just jog into the middle and have a free shot at goal. shades of the rooney one we conceded at the bridge last season when nobody wanted to close him down. both were very good finishes it has to be said but the goals shouldn't have stood. in the future i'd imagine we will receive some things in our favour, but judging by the way things have gone i don't expect it to happen soon.

it could so easily have been us winning with that scoreline (if we got the calls), because we had the chances. i'd rate our attack an 8/10 but our defense was about a 4. though u could argue it should receive a higher score for that virtually straight line defense designed to catch attackers offside. this is what AVB wanted to implement and the players are applying it well, but he has to realise there's a huge risk anytime the officials miss it because it usually ends up with us conceding. should he review our defensive style? debatable.

still a great game by the blues, and i enjoyed how we really took them on in their own backyard. hugely encouraged by the progress the team have made so far and the distinct change in playing styles AVB is bringing to chelsea fc. tons of work stiill needed for defensive drills, but i'm excited to watch how we're transforming this season. we're still the dark horses and i wouldn't have it any other way. KTBFFH!!!

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Sep 19 2011, 05:47 PM

decisions, they come and they could go against anyone. 2 seasons back if i remembered correctly, didn't you guys benefitted from ref decisions when u guys won?

cakap manyak senang...LOL

damn... kena troll from morning till evening at workplace. Sien....

trolls = attention seekers. ignore them. probably didn't get enough attention when they were little so they're trying to make up for lost time. they're desperate for love but they'll never admit it of course. lol

and offside, haih,

but i think we played very well last night..torres is back

Remember Mateja Kezman?

Fernando Torres is in danger of following his footsteps.

why is that???

in danger? enlighten us please. i don't know that Mateja ever miss a sitter. if that's what u meant

Torres is improving seems AVB Falcao treatment showing some sign

u din said i oso forgot thr's a guy called kezman.. soli my bad~

I might be wrong about Ramires thing, but I do think Anelka deserve the first eleven than him. Ramires is very good in individual skills, like typical Brazilian, but sadly he can't link up well with other players. Hope I am wrong though.Some communication with teammates in training might solve this problem, hopefully
About Mata, AVB actually played him in that position on second half with Anelka coming on. Mata will get more like a free role, but I do really think Anelka deserves a start here.


This post has been edited by ericling: Sep 19 2011, 09:47 PM