Lukaku is still very very raw. He's only 18, we need to train him slowly. He's playing reserve for us actually. He looked good on that day cameo.
His time will come. Surely.
Torres problem is really a big headache. Sigh.

This post has been edited by ericling: Jan 23 2012, 07:38 AM

Oh well, I rated his overall game as average performance. Not that good, but it's not bad too. He tried, he press, he makes run, he try to turn and go past the defense. But no luck.
Though, that miss sums it all. As a striker, you got to put the ball at the back of the net. Just shoot it. Damn. At least on target. If that was Torres in red shirt, he could've shoot the ball for the first time. But now, he took THREE. THREE TOUCHES. Oh well. You know what, I feel more disappointed about this miss more than the one against MU.

Heard we're after Hazard and Willian? Both are interesting players, but I wouldn't keep my hope up until there are bids accepted. I don't understand why AVB keep making excuses to media that we're not after CL cup tied player. We will never going to win the CL this season man. For me,the more important thing is, stay in top four. Fight strong for local league and also FA cup. At least we still have the potential to win for FA cup. CL is just not this year.

29m Willian? No no. Would take it if it cost 15-24m.
If we really did bid 16.4m for Willian, I think we will wrap the deal with 21m.
Just some simple guess for me
I never watch Willian and Hazard before, but looks like good prospect.

There are quite a number of counter attack goals this season. The most recent one that I can remember is. Ramires's goal against Portmouth.
Lampard pass to Torres, torres pass to ramires

Definitely not a great performance. We're crying for creative players. It's really frustrated to see us dominating the possession but yet creating zero chances. I won't bash any players, but they definitely lack of teamwork there. Sturridge and Torres are anonymous thorough the match. I agree, Romeu is so much better in the holding role than Meireles. He free up the space for midfield.
Luiz showed his wonderful ball control ability again, would like to see where Cahill will play in.

Park the airplane, I like that term
Yeah true, but I am worry about Ramires, normally he is the one who lead our counter attack.

YES. Finally Kevin De Bryune is signed! WOW. I am very happy really. He suits AVB system, he can play central attacking midfield or left wing. Perfect. Mata,Sturridge and KVB can keep on swapping positions in the future! That's very awesome.

Regarding the comments that AVB made,HumbleCMY is right. I think AVB himself also know that Kevin is good, but the idea of signing him isn't come from him, it's from previous managers or the board or the management team.

lol at falcao and torres news. it's caughtoffside.Stupid rumors like this will be useful to lighten up the topic once in a while
Honestly, I start to worry for Torres. He's doing very good, but our play style don't suit him. We are too slow, Torres don't have the physical to play against low defensive line defense.
But, keep the faith is what I can do as a fan.

Bosingwa is shyte. So frustrating to see us attacking.

I won't watch the second half until we make a change.

Okay, please blow the whistle now please. I farkin can't watch this match anymore.

Agree with commentator. That's cruel for Swansea to be honest.
Own goal isn't it?

So, Cole is suspended against MU. And, Bosingwa scored. So,
Bosingwa left back, Iva right back? I could imagine that.

If compare Bosingwa with Cole, definitely Bosingwa get the nod today, but, still a bad performance by Bosingwa.
Well, no one performs good today. I can only name Mata, Luiz,Iva as average players. Other than that, the team is so so poor.

Alright, something good from this match. Even down to 10men, we still got the equalizer. That's great fight, but only if Swansea is on top 4. As a Champions League team, the performance is really a shame.

Lukaku showed some good signs, Christmas tree formation for Lukaku should be not bad.
Torres
Mata Lukaku
Lampard Romeu Essien
Hah, just messing the team a little bit. I doubt Lukaku will start.


This post has been edited by ericling: Feb 1 2012, 05:56 AM

Ok, the player you meant must be.. Kevin and Lukaku?
Genk requested to have a loan til summer, Genk will not sell Kevin to us if we don't allow them to take him on loan til the end of the season.
I never, ever expect Lukaku to straight making into first team. He's a talent, paying 18m is just securing the talent and he's a hardcore Chelsea fan, surely he will work hard to improve himself.

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Added on February 1, 2012, 6:43 pmCole suspended, Terry injured, Lampard injured, Drogba off, new revolution?

This post has been edited by ericling: Feb 1 2012, 06:43 PM

I think AVB is afraid to play Cahill first with Luiz because both are sweeper type and they never play together yet. Introducing Cahill first as a sub when we're leading up to 2 goals would be a better option.
You don't want to see the manager bashing his own players right? Media are hard to handle, you gotta stand firm on your players and keep the faith infront of the media even you're not.

Very nice statistic. Not only showing that our lack of passing quality in defensive third, and this eventually reflects the problem of us penetrating the opponent defense too. City is a good reference to learn how to build the attack from the back.

This post has been edited by ericling: Feb 2 2012, 02:34 PM