Hi chitchat, regarding the Kalouda and Torres situation, I got to agree with you honestly. Most of our mindset are completely different, how we look at Torres, how we look at Kalouda.
But one thing for sure, Torres proved himself in Liverpool, which was a phenomenal player.
Kalouda both had their moment during Carlo era, but clearly, their workrate, their desire under AVB era was really terrible. Almost everyone can see that.
If we talk about work rate, Cole and Meireles were fantastic today. Drogba was poor with his work rate, perhaps he's aging, but we can see the desire into him. He tried. He wants to contribute, He wants to score. He wants.

And so, AVB sub Torres in for the tired Drogba. I bet AVB told Torres not to dribble much to avoid losing possession. But really, Torres was slow. I wonder why he became so slow now, he used to run extremely fast but he never done that in Chelsea yet(Maybe done once or twice, but I couldn't recall any).His pace, was his most unique ability, just like Drogba has his physical strength. Torres need to find back his pace really.Slim down project? He looked a bit thinner this time compare with the last time I saw him though.

The player that I worry the most now is actually Cech. Ugh, I wonder it's just my stupid instinct or what, but he looked really poor. His reflexes are still okay(as he saved some couple shots), but his ground save, corners, goalkicks, especially goalkicks were poor! Totally out of place.
Oh and one thing, it looks like our midfield need Romeu, we looked extremely disjointed with Mikel in there.

This post has been edited by ericling: Dec 23 2011, 11:34 AM

Looks like we are really signing Cahill in this January. I would be actually happy if he only cost us 7m.

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Added on December 24, 2011, 8:44 amhttp://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1000495/chelsea-'interested'-in-juventus-winger-krasic---agent?cc=4716

I am excited for these kind of news. We need a winger badly. He can play attacking midfield in 4231 too. Never watch him before, how's Krasic? Sounds great, 27 years old, prime years.

This post has been edited by ericling: Dec 24 2011, 08:48 AM

Whoa, with this comparison, it sounds like he's no better than Kalou also.
I don't expect much signings in this January, maybe some defensive fixes only.
Attack reinforcement better do it on during summer

One post from a forum about cahill convinced me,

Malouda looks very likely to leave us to join PSG when his sifu Ancelotti set to join PSG too.

I would 100% ignore all those Lahm, Kaka, Senijder rumors. Would rather get someone else more talented or someone who already playing in EPL.

gry 4231 suggestion is really interesting, we have tried few times in this season but it doesn't really shines because we don't have a left winger to run the flanks. My concern for this formation will be, can Sturridge play in that role? Ramires+Romeu in the two pivot will be damn interesting. With Romeu superb passing ability plus Ramires fantastic stamina, we should form the best two pivot in the world.

If we're playing 4231, a left winger, a right back, and a centreback are needed. That's all we need.
For 433, we need one central midfielder, a right back and a centreback.
I still think the manager will go for 433, but searching a good central midfielder will never be an easy job. MODRIC!I don't know. Moutinho? Rodwell? Josh?

This post has been edited by ericling: Dec 29 2011, 12:18 PM

I am afraid that AVB will leave us soon. I am really afraid now. Damn.

Seriously, I won't call AVB head now. He was only given few days of transfer windows when he joined us, and he had a completely out-shaped squad. I agree with those who says, no manager can fix Chelsea at the moment.
The problem is with the players, not manager. I will see what player will AVB get during Winter transfer windows. He already got us Cahill, but we still need a left back, a right back and a midfielder.
Looking at the shopping list, it would be hard to complete them during winter transfer windows.
I really hope AVB at least can stay until this season finish, so he can have a chance to do something in summer.

gry, you words are really convincing, I almost change my mind after reading your post. But, I am still standing on AVB side. Arsenal and Spurs are better than us. They are better for sure. Wenger and Harry are managers that already controlled the club for years, it would be easier for them to know what's the problem with the club. AVB is new to the club, I would rather give him chance to prove himself first instead calling his head now.

This post has been edited by ericling: Jan 1 2012, 09:57 AM

Torres need to stay in the box more often. Our final third play was a joke, terrible. I really can't see we can win this game if this continues. The final third is just horrible.

Torres is really good this match. Some good final ball could've got him some goals.

It's hard to pick up the best player. Every players have an average game to be honest. Torres is the man of the match for me.

Lampard scored the winner, yes, but it was Torres who send the ball to the left. Even the best passer in the world couldn't do better than that. And so, I came out with a cheeky idea. We were looking for creative midfielder for over the years, so, Torres is the creative midfielder?

This post has been edited by ericling: Jan 3 2012, 12:58 AM

Bosingwa is just extremely TERRIBLE. Extremely. Even Swansea right back is better than him. We really need to buy a right back in this transfer window.

He's the most creative player this match by far. You can see the disappointment in Torres. Making intelligent runs will only be a waste of energy because almost every players in the team prefer to send the ball back to halfline instead of sending a through ball to Torres. So in the end, he made his decision: 'No one provides to me, so I provide!'.
We desperately need someone that has the ability to send the ball forward. Our final third play today is just too bad.Too too bad.

[continue] ... kept in then cross the ball into penalty box which no one can receive it.
Bosingwa is really bad. My wishlist this windows: Rightback>Midfielder/Left wing>left back
How's Cahill deal by the way?

Stupid possesion play between the midfield and defense is really frustrating to watch.
Torres come deep->receive the ball->pass it to midfield-> make runs->midfield pass to defense->Torres looked->Defense pass to Cech->Torres kena facepalm.

Terry plays in the left centre back position for years. No point changing his position while he's doing so well there.
The problem is with Bosingwa, I really miss Ivanovic now
Meireles really was anonymous when playing alongside Lampard, Lampard and Meireles are the players who supposed to provide creative sparks, but none of them provide that.
It's interesting to see AVB activities during this transfer windows, we really need some player who can pass, play Torres in midfield?
I am waiting for Cahill announcement! Luiz in right back?

This post has been edited by ericling: Jan 3 2012, 10:56 AM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/...chelsea?cc=4716

Player spoke out. No one here mentioned players celebration with AVB? That's great to see, we really need to work in a team. Players get manager support, manager get players support.

This, perfect example. with these two players, who are often called the classic No10(or some of the people call it static-playmarker) who make use of passes rather than pace or movement.,Having two of these types of players are just TOO slow for a midfield to work.
This is actually what happened to our midfield now. We apply a classic No10 role to Lampard/Meireles, Ramires as box to box player, and Romeu as anchor man, but the problem is, Meireles/Lampard are not doing the classic No10 job well, they're not sending the ball forward enough that the attackers need. Something need to fix here.
AVB! MODRIC! MOUTINHO!

This post has been edited by ericling: Jan 4 2012, 03:00 PM

So Gary Cahill scored a goal for Bolton. Come on Chelsea, make your move!
I am starting to worry that we might end up with buying no one if we still delaying our moves.

The list goes on, Demba ba? Newcastle got him on a free transfer, I still can't freaking believe it.
Of course, but our squad is lack of english player, 7m for a english defender are really worth it. Should be a good player though.

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Added on January 5, 2012, 2:09 pmEr? Is this post from last few season?
Torres and Drogba playing together? No Sturridge? and Malouda in LM? Lampard no more magic in diamond 442 CM, Bosingwa is unbelievable poor in right back position, Iva and Terry pair is extremely shaky this season, Luiz actually improved a lot, I prefer him over Iva to be honest.


This post has been edited by ericling: Jan 5 2012, 02:09 PM

Source? By the way, I really want AVB to use our youngster more for next few games. Kakuta is back to the squad, I would like to see how AVB handles him. Kakuta, Josh, Bruma(when he's back),Lukaku need more chances to prove themself, they definitely have the quality.