Don't you think it always happened to our strikers or forwards? I mean even Drogba have only got 1 golden boot throughout his stay at Chelsea. Our strike force are always our weakest link, although there seemed to be a cycle, like Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen and Drogba, so hopefully someonw in that department can answer our call....

scoring from strikers are too mainstream for us

i think since we changed to the modern 4-2-3-1..we mostly scored from midfielder and our striker rarely struck goals..

This post has been edited by Ichighost: Sep 23 2013, 07:56 PM

Next game COC vs Swindon Town. Games coming fast now, this is where we on to our stride for the season. COC also a chance for other players to throw their names in JM's first XI pot. Also chance for strikers to score some goals

EDIT: Mourinho uber long post match interview for Sky Sports. A very good and open FOOTBALLING interview.


This post has been edited by Zeuss1220: Sep 23 2013, 10:03 PM

Nice interview there!

Anyway good lads, when is our next match?

Pak Hamid ko nak mampos.

tak baik la ko sumpah fellow arsenal fans. pak hamid kat ofis aku ni support arsenal dari zaman liam brady lagi tau. dia cakap ozil ni macam liam brady. sebab tu dia target arsenal treble. dia tambah lagi, " dah dekat semilan taun pakcikd tak tengok arsenal menang, cucu pakcik pun dah masuk darjah dua. kesian kan pakcik".

Steve Holland Pre-match press conference

Glad that he has been at Chelsea since Carlo era. He has been one of the very few things that has been consistent in the squad over the last few years.




This post has been edited by Zeuss1220: Sep 24 2013, 08:05 AM

After watching the uber long Mou interview. I finally understand why he does not prefer Mata. He wants the team to be proactive, not reactive. He wants his front players to press down the opposition when they get the ball. He want tireless runners in the attacking quartet. That's why he chose Oscar over Mata. Simply because Oscar closes down on the opposition a lot when they have the ball.

In a way, Mou is trying to help Mata. Watching this it's clear Chelsea want to implement a pressing style similar to that used by Barca/Spain. If Mata can improve his game and include pressing the opposition when they have the ball in his game, I'm sure Mata can be in the Spain starting line up.

Mou wants Mata and Oscar to play together. But Mata's playing style for now, still does not suit Mou's philosophy. He wants the attacking quartet to trap the opponent when they get the ball. So if Mata improves on that, I'm sure we will see the return of MaZaCar combo.

This post has been edited by briantwj: Sep 24 2013, 10:06 AM

keyword: off the ball movement

Yup. Typical Mou's style of playing.

And also through the interview, can see why he fancies Iva over Azpi. He said now Chelsea could not play too much diagonal ball or crosses because there are no tall and strong strikers to head in the goals, Drogba is gone. Azpi is a crosser compared to Iva imo. Which is why Mou is adopting the passing and high pressing philosophy.

A very nice insight of the game, we just have to trust him now!

i hope jose's right, because juan mata is a special football player.

special football player wont be too happy sitting on the bench all the time.

he could be demotivated

i'm not happy either seeing his situation at the moment.

This post has been edited by Nabeyl: Sep 25 2013, 12:17 AM

1 Mark Schwarzer; 28 Cesar Azpilicueta, 24 Gary Cahill, 4 David Luiz, 34 Ryan Bertrand; 5 Michael Essien ©, 16 Marco van Ginkel; 15 Kevin De Bruyne, 10 Juan Mata, 22 Willian; 9 Fernando Torres.

very interesting line up !!!

Torrr easy tap in.....wooooot..

hoping that the goal will open the flood gate

torres look lively

0-2 ramires

Torres' performance is simply exceptional! Dear Mou, Torres is your striker!

willian look lost haha and essien must do what mikel done so far..control the midfielder..and that make him look less dangerous..

hoping that mata and willian can score some goals..