Chelsea Fc Thread

[mrbojangles]

Should be a cracker next week

[Bredbury Blue]

Squad rotation is overrated. In our 2 winning seasons you could pick the starting 11 it was so obvious and they more often than not started. I'm pretty sure Leicester and Chelsea winning teams rarely rotated. Best 11 for Premier, squad players to fill in for injuries and play domestic cups.

[carmine]

12 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Squad rotation is overrated. In our 2 winning seasons you could pick the starting 11 it was so obvious and they more often than not started. I'm pretty sure Leicester and Chelsea winning teams rarely rotated. Best 11 for Premier, squad players to fill in for injuries and play domestic cups.

 

Certainly a very good point about Leicester.  Ranieri suffered very few injuries, kept the side and the rest is history. 

 

Ofcourse, that said, they didn't have much in the way of fixtures aside of the league.  They also were not playing a high intensity pressing style which saps players preferring to sit back cede possession and rapid counter attacking

[Bredbury Blue]

One of the chelsea fans can advise, but I'm sure 2 years ago they also used very few players to win the title.

[keithsimmonds]

10 hours ago, evenstevens said:

must remember that spurs were undefeated, so their great first half was to be expected,its took a peach of a Pedro goal,to turn the advantage our way

why would squad rotation  be needed K/S??? , seven on the trot, we have momentum and confidence,and have had no european games to contend with this season

they should be all fresh as daisy,s, only starting changes would be due to injuries etc etc,thats my call

its  Conte The Great One good morning to all

In our last 2 games we have given the opposition more chances than in the previous 5 games.........Hazard looked a liitle jaded to me,whether that was due to  a knock he picked up on international duty ,dont know. Yep its great we have only been playing 1 game a week,but that,s about to change.........and the sight of IvanTT coming on freaks me out,because that bloke is absolutely pants. I just dont want us to be relying on the same 11 week in week out .....i want to see more game time for Aina Chalobah Batshuayi even Oscar can put in a challenge and do a job for a set period of time. Look at Wilian when he came on....bloody headless chicken....speedboat with no driver......that is lack of proper game time imho, or he is just a <deleted>. Zouma will hopefully figure soon. 

[keithsimmonds]

4 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

One of the chelsea fans can advise, but I'm sure 2 years ago they also used very few players to win the title.

Mou  in both his spells had 9 untouchables.....2 players rotated every week. 

[Bredbury Blue]

^As I thought. Know your best players/team is the way to go.

[evenstevens]

2 hours ago, keithsimmonds said:

In our last 2 games we have given the opposition more chances than in the previous 5 games.........Hazard looked a liitle jaded to me,whether that was due to  a knock he picked up on international duty ,dont know. Yep its great we have only been playing 1 game a week,but that,s about to change.........and the sight of IvanTT coming on freaks me out,because that bloke is absolutely pants. I just dont want us to be relying on the same 11 week in week out .....i want to see more game time for Aina Chalobah Batshuayi even Oscar can put in a challenge and do a job for a set period of time. Look at Wilian when he came on....bloody headless chicken....speedboat with no driver......that is lack of proper game time imho, or he is just a <deleted>. Zouma will hopefully figure soon.

 

K/S,   are you suffering from dizzy spells, being perched on top of the table, under Conte???

cobber, let Conte The Great One continue with his  work , sit back and enjoy, we would have never dreamt in a million years,that we would be in Pole Position

E/S  was hoping for a top four at best, feels great to be in the firing line( at this point of time) for another E.P.L  title  but our biggest test is this saturday , see how we go

a nice late evening to all

[MrTrip]

In our last 2 games we have given the opposition more chances than in the previous 5 games.........Hazard looked a liitle jaded to me,whether that was due to  a knock he picked up on international duty ,dont know. Yep its great we have only been playing 1 game a week,but that,s about to change.........and the sight of IvanTT coming on freaks me out,because that bloke is absolutely pants. I just dont want us to be relying on the same 11 week in week out .....i want to see more game time for Aina Chalobah Batshuayi even Oscar can put in a challenge and do a job for a set period of time. Look at Wilian when he came on....bloody headless chicken....speedboat with no driver......that is lack of proper game time imho, or he is just a <deleted>. Zouma will hopefully figure soon. 

Pretty much agree with all of that especially the Ivan the terrible comment. I nearly exploded when he came on is Saturday


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[MrRed]

3 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

^As I thought. Know your best players/team is the way to go.

So given time ...............

[Bredbury Blue]

^Yeah go on Red, your point is...?

[mrbojangles]

10 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

^Yeah go on Red, your point is...?

 

Kick a bottle and all will be fine!!

[oldgit]

21 hours ago, keithsimmonds said:

In our last 2 games we have given the opposition more chances than in the previous 5 games.........Hazard looked a liitle jaded to me,whether that was due to  a knock he picked up on international duty ,dont know. Yep its great we have only been playing 1 game a week,but that,s about to change.........and the sight of IvanTT coming on freaks me out,because that bloke is absolutely pants. I just dont want us to be relying on the same 11 week in week out .....i want to see more game time for Aina Chalobah Batshuayi even Oscar can put in a challenge and do a job for a set period of time. Look at Wilian when he came on....bloody headless chicken....speedboat with no driver......that is lack of proper game time imho, or he is just a &lt;deleted&gt;. Zouma will hopefully figure soon. 

Squad rotation depends on the players you have at your disposal. With Ivan the sloth coming on, albeit for the last ten minutes, that put into context the quality of replacements we have. If Zouma returns as good as he was, then he's a more than adequate substitute. Terry's still capable of coming on and doing a job while Oscar can run around a bit. I agree that Hazard, by his own high standards looked slightly off, even against Middlesboro Keith. And I think it's definitely down to the injury he picked up in the international break. 

The younger players, when they do come on, need to be aware of the job they have to do which is why , I think, Conte prefers Chalobah over the less reliable but equally talented Loftus -Cheek. It struck me while watching the Spurs game that, unlike them, we've no midfield maestro (Eriksen) with the deft pass and, excluding Hazard, no one capable of the scything runs that is Dembele's trademark. But we still won because we have players that are confident, work hard and buy into a system that works for them.

[oldgit]

7 hours ago, mrbojangles said:

 

Kick a bottle and all will be fine!!

Come on, that bottle was begging to be kicked.

[Bredbury Blue]

Expensive bottle that.

[evenstevens]

my two cobbers, O/G and K/S ,

both of you.s have lost the script,

fluffin hell on top of the heap, and u are pointing  bones???

my call is

drop out of the top four,at the end of the season, then go for your life,

and E/S will join you,s

a nice evening to all

[jellydog]

5 hours ago, oldgit said:

Squad rotation depends on the players you have at your disposal. With Ivan the sloth coming on, albeit for the last ten minutes, that put into context the quality of replacements we have. If Zouma returns as good as he was, then he's a more than adequate substitute. Terry's still capable of coming on and doing a job while Oscar can run around a bit. I agree that Hazard, by his own high standards looked slightly off, even against Middlesboro Keith. And I think it's definitely down to the injury he picked up in the international break. 

The younger players, when they do come on, need to be aware of the job they have to do which is why , I think, Conte prefers Chalobah over the less reliable but equally talented Loftus -Cheek. It struck me while watching the Spurs game that, unlike them, we've no midfield maestro (Eriksen) with the deft pass and, excluding Hazard, no one capable of the scything runs that is Dembele's trademark. But we still won because we have players that are confident, work hard and buy into a system that works for them.

Crikey OG. With your ability to write, if you were a bunch more stupid than you are you might have made a fine pundit.

[oldgit]

22 hours ago, jellydog said:

Crikey OG. With your ability to write, if you were a bunch more stupid than you are you might have made a fine pundit.

Sharing a couch with Don Hutchison would be the stuff of nightmares JD. 

[oldgit]

23 hours ago, evenstevens said:

my two cobbers, O/G and K/S ,

both of you.s have lost the script,

fluffin hell on top of the heap, and u are pointing  bones???

my call is

drop out of the top four,at the end of the season, then go for your life,

and E/S will join you,s

a nice evening to all

 

Strewth cobber, we're getting edgy because, after the masterclass against Everton,  Middlesboro gave us a few scares then Spurs ran us ragged for the first 20 mins (Dembele left Matic and Kante toiling a couple of times) . and, even when we went 2-1 up, they were still the better side for most of the second half.

 Yes, we haven't got Champions League football but, with the amount of energy the team exudes during the course of the game, we've got to look at a few replacements at least. 9 untouchables and two floaters sounds about right to me. K/S is a 'trite' concerned with Willian but, given another run out, I reckon he'll be fit and focussed enough to step in for Pedro, when the need arises. I'm always concerned with Alonso's lack of pace. He's like a newly born foal galloping down the wing and takes ages to get back defensively. I would stick Aina in for some games. Have you seen Nathan Ake at Bournmouth recently? Stand on me, if he's not back in the squad at Chelsea next season, I'll go to work.

[MrTrip]

 
Strewth cobber, we're getting edgy because, after the masterclass against Everton,  Middlesboro gave us a few scares then Spurs ran us ragged for the first 20 mins (Dembele left Matic and Kante toiling a couple of times) . and, even when we went 2-1 up, they were still the better side for most of the second half.
 Yes, we haven't got Champions League football but, with the amount of energy the team exudes during the course of the game, we've got to look at a few replacements at least. 9 untouchables and two floaters sounds about right to me. K/S is a 'trite' concerned with Willian but, given another run out, I reckon he'll be fit and focussed enough to step in for Pedro, when the need arises. I'm always concerned with Alonso's lack of pace. He's like a newly born foal galloping down the wing and takes ages to get back defensively. I would stick Aina in for some games. Have you seen Nathan Ake at Bournmouth recently? Stand on me, if he's not back in the squad at Chelsea next season, I'll go to work.

Ake has been very good recently with a lot of praise coming from many a pundit. Not sure he's made the grade yet though?


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[oldgit]

10 minutes ago, MrTrip said:

Ake has been very good recently with a lot of praise coming from many a pundit. Not sure he's made the grade yet though?


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He's got loads of natural ability Mr. T. He's quick which is another reason I like him plus he can play centre back or wing back. Maybe he loses concentration occasionally but that can be addressed as Conte has proved with Luiz.

 

[BangrakBob]

Massive cloud hanging, will it effect the football? 

[keithsimmonds]

Lucky barstaards......2 minutes added time...try double that. 

[keithsimmonds]

I get it now add it on at the end of the game...6 minutes my arrrsse

[StevieH]

excellent away performance that. played.

[oldgit]

11 minutes ago, StevieH said:

excellent away performance that. played.

The sheer, dogged determination this squad has is just admirable.

[keithsimmonds]

Alonso not so good today, same can be said of Kante to a lesser extent. Bad luck on Cahill for there goal. Costa, at times unbelievable skills on the ball and still very disciplined. That was wilian all over,breathtaking I minute,knob head the next. Never looked under pressure throughout that game despite the chances city had and the possion they had a times. Thought cesc perlo fabregas played well....pass to Costa was perfection. Clinical Chelsea. Well done boys.

[StevieH]

really smart needle at the end as well. fabregas does the snide stuff very well.

[Bredbury Blue]

Hazard looked and was the most dangerous player on the pitch all day...back to his best.

[MrTrip]

Aguero on Luiz again[emoji35] such a great player with such a spiteful streak. When Luiz landed on SA's heel earlier in the game DL was concerned for his fellow pro but then SA just flips out!
Not the first time. Remember his 2 footed stamp on DL at Wembley maybe 5 years ago? Disgusting challenge which then he got away with. At least today he saw RED[emoji106]


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