bertrand side look vulnerable. wonder why he always got sucked into the center of the defence. azpi side looking good. maybe this guy need more time to be a bit more attacking.

i hope terry is ok. nasty collision.. suarez must be feeling really guilty but i don't think it was his fault.

macam biasa la.. asal masuk november and december, everybody lose steam already.. while others battle back to victory, we keep squandering our lead. 2 weeks ago, top of the league. last week 2nd. this week fall down to third?

last time we got bosingwa who blindly make crosses. now bertrand behaving like him. and our attacking quatret are too static (not only torres). everybody waiting for the ball instead of looking for spaces.

will not going to blame mikel today. he is simply our best player out there. hard working. look hunger to get his 1st goal in chelsea shirt. hazard? mata? where did they dissapear in 2nd half? all at limit already?

1-1 is a very fair result.

Bertrand was very very poor in his defense duty.he should be the one covering odemwingie but instead, luiz covered for him.no decipline at all!

Wonder whether it is too much asking for 3points against teams like QPR, swansea and now west brom?

Will not defend torres anymore after this. He simply didnt do enough. Off the ball positioning is soooo poor. I defended him last season simply because I think he did not get proper service from midfield. But now, he should realize he only got himself to be blamed.

7 points behind league leaders now. Still not half a season yet. Still there are possibilities other team will drop points. Question? Will we be able to take advantage of it?

All in all, sturridge deserve to play a more central role. Let see how he performed first before deciding whether falcao is needed or not. I still prefer if we can fully utilize our available resources.

If we put wba n qpr as tough team to beat, then where shall we put manutd and city? Arsenal, spurs..

Dreaming to be champion.. but we regard these teams as tough team to beat. I believe their fans did not even expect their team to be winning the league lol

imo.. i think this time we chew too much of what we can handle. or in fact, are we well prepared to take the chew. winning CL last season was great but it add extra burden in the form of the number of games we need to play this season. this season we already got the match against athletico which we lose heavily. then now our mind are already on club world cup. we chase too many things and we lose things that we already got (PL leader). come may, which one will still be in tact? honestly, i would effing damn glad if we can get even mickey mouse cup..

superpack schedule.. with only several capable player. played week in week out until everybody instinctively know what they will do.. not to mention we are a team playing with only 9 outfield player.. if you know what i meant.

just got excited with danny boy, he got injured in training. and we are back with torres.. loaning lukaku seems the stupidest decision ever!

after this man city. dunno what will happen..

win europa cup nice also what.. next season we beat the crap out of this champion league 12/13 winner hahaha

wow totally suprised with what i just read. damn sad with the news >.<

mr roman trying to be nice to torres. at least at the end of the season, that guy will not walk alone!

looking at the bright side of this sacking, i think all of us got the chance to be a chelsea manager when mr roman ran out of option. so, keep playing your FM2013. who know in the next 2 season mr roman will come knocking your door!

damn.. i cant get over the sacking of rdm..

2 points drop. no win in 5 EPL games.. what an eyesore!

yay, a draw! 1 point gain is better than none!

we are becoming more like a mid table team with this kind of mentality.

i wish i can also say the same thing regarding better 'team' play and the right 'tactics' but i just can't do it anymore..

first of all, a team is simply the combination of "several" units that collectively share their skills in achieving a goal. a team goal is to win games. "several" units in a team is striker, midfielder and defender.

in some occasion, our defenders do let us down. but the most potent problem in our team is about our striker. the inability to produce goals. the inability to sense / anticipate chances. the inability to move into position at the right time and at the right moment. FYI, this thing cannot be trained. it is something called INSTINCT. your body move by its own. subconciously you are in the right position. down't tell me van nistelrooy somehow became a good poacher by training? did chicarito trained to be an assasin in the six yard box?

you know who i am talking about. we are simply playing with only 9 outfield players when that guy is fielded and this is an unnecessary handicapped. his presence is still there. defenders will still watch him out but if they miss-marked him, how many percent the chance will be converted into goals? need more chance for this guy? he at least caused 3 managers to be sacked. OMG!

i will welcome falcao if we can somehow persuade him. i am done with torres, seriously. last time it was drogba's fault. after that, it was drogba's after-effect fault. after that, not enough ammunition is the fault? now? the team now got super trio in midfield. one of the best in europe IMO. nearly half the season gone, how much this guy contributed? this team are now build around him a nd yet he still fail to shine. need wait 1 more season for him to click with team mate? by that time, he will be 30?

This post has been edited by dynames07: Nov 29 2012, 12:51 PM

i believe there is a need to have a focal point where the team is built upon. last time during JM era, the team is built around lampard and drogba. liverpool playing to the strength of gerrard and torres and same to most other clubs. this makes selecting tactics much easier.

in our current case, we got so many creative talent but the goals aren't coming. for me, i am not stopping other players to score goals. it will really helps the team. but the main man to score goals are? strikers are there for a reason. they are put upfront simply because they got the most killer instinct out of the other team mates. we can try put CECH as striker and he might end up being another defender to the other team simply because he is so familiar in the six yard box as a defender.

in the bpl top scorer table, from 1st to 10th place, all are strikers. this is their job. to finish the attacking move. last time torres did produce some assist. now?

totally a performance for a team with mid-table mentality. last time a draw looks good because it was a clean sheet. yezzzaaaa!

so, with this lose, we shall say what> thank god we are far from the relegation zone???

what a joke this season.. played brilliantly at season start and already out of breath when it was not even half a season gone.

rdm was sacked after how many bad games? let see how many benitez will endure before the axe fall on him.

Poor attempt on goal by torres with the gifted chancem dunno why the need to do extra touches. Should have blasted the ball into the goal..

Hazard quite wasteful eh tonight.. too fancy with his footwork

Wow mann.. luiz damn good!

Lucky I didnt praised torres so much.. he is simply like that. As I said before, strikers is all about instinct. You cant teach him this. He lack instinct and that cause all the slow reaction..extra touches and etc..

As for lampard, dunno what to say. Old, rusty but still want to be at center stage. Lucky drogba left us. Now left him only as the biggest ego in the team. He is good but he simply passed his prime already. Legend? Yes. But not first eleven stuff. Hate to compare him to giggs n scholes but giggs n scholes did not behave like this.

Sad for luiz as well.. he performed brilliantly.

beg to iffer with the bolded statement.

would that be a backward move if we are to acquire the service of a striker in the mould of drogba?

IMO, the setting now is nearly perfect. the 2 most apparent problem is the effectiveness of torres in converting chances and the 2 DMs.

last season, it was torres without chances. balls are not played to his strength and we only got juan mata as our creative outlet. this season, the excuse is no longer valid. we got, IMO, one of the best attacking trio in europe, beside barca's quartet of xavi-iniesta-fabregas-busquet. it is now either torres is unable to convert the chance due to his lacking in killer instinct or he did not move into space so that our trio can create something for him. you can have 9 xavi in a team but how to create chance for torres if he did not find some space for himself?

2nd, is on DMs issue. mikel is awesome defensively but this dude is so conservative with his playing style. take no risk at all with his passing. rather than going forward, he would rather passed it backward or to the side. ramires is all about energy and stamina. but does he have brain while playing? judge yourself.. lampard? no explanation required. romeu? will be sadly missed. luiz? promising but not yet tested against superior team. should be given more chance. and we let meireless and essien go. since we are playing with 2 DMs, the real question is what is the best combo?