Bellamy - Should he be sold after last night's performance?

[Taffy]

I think Bellamy will be sold.

But i have a bad feeling that Bent will be his replacement.

I hope it's not Bent - and especially for the money being mentioned this past year or so (i.e. £10-15m).

[Tee]

Read the post from Dee, then I read Dees sig..

[glynner]

I for one am hoping this summer will see Rafa at his most ruthless. No more ****ing about with 'potential', 'possibilities' or 'hard workers'. This is make or break for Rafa and the squad.

Zenden, Dudek, Fowler, Bellamy, Le Tallec, Guthrie etc etc should be sold.

I'd also consider offers for Gonzalez, Paletta, Kewell and one or two others...

Let's bring in TWO or THREE players of genuine quality and class. We need pace, movement, players with a few tricks in their locker, a bit of skill, touch, talent, ability...

If Rafa spends all summer bringing in 7 or 8 players like Voronin, Pederson, Bent etc I'll cry.

Agree with all that

The main difference between us and Cheski/Manure is the quality of our attacking players. I'd rather see us buy a couple of really gifted players than a bunch of decent/promising players this summer.

[DeeGame]

Read the post from Dee, then I read Dees sig..

ironic

[der_Fuchs]

Sell him to Villa for £10M (great business if the rumours are true) unless he scores a hat trick in the return leg and another hat trick in the final, in which case keep him.

[bdp1978]

oh my fcuking god

someone shoot him, why the fcuk is he mentioning owen

what a fooking ****

been lurking on this site for a while and it's come to my attention that af11 is almost universally disliked. is there an actual reason for this? i need to know before i decide to like him or not.

[Reece]

been lurking on this site for a while and it's come to my attention that af11 is almost universally disliked. is there an actual reason for this? i need to know before i decide to like him or not.

Hehehe. This could be fun.

[The Glove]

He got zero service last night so what does anyone expect?

His movement was rubbish though and never once made himself available. He didn't get into the right areas to hurt them and didn't appear to even want to get into the right areas. He strolled around too and didn't do enough pressing/harrying.

He didn't run anyone ragged at all last night and nor did he drag anyone out of position. His movement isn't intelligent enough.

Chelsea defended so deep at times they defended on the six yard box. How can anyone peel off or make runs against that? Bellers is a little fella so he wasnt going to win any headers, and since there was nowhere for him to run into he wasnt going to see hardly any of the ball.

Rafa expected Chelsea to be the ones attacking so Bellamy couldve been played on the counter, making runs, pulling off players into space but Chelsea didnt do that. They sat back. Only Crouch wouldve or did have any effect on that kind of defence because he can win headers and is an awkward ****er. Bellamy last night was a victim of Rafa's tactics, not a victim of himself being ****.

[Howard_lfc]

been lurking on this site for a while and it's come to my attention that af11 is almost universally disliked. is there an actual reason for this? i need to know before i decide to like him or not.

alright mate.

AFII is a good lad. Some of his posts are 'speculative' to say the least - but he's always around to contribute and add his two penneth - which is what this place is all about.

[der_Fuchs]

Re the Glove:
"Chelsea defended so deep at times they defended on the six yard box. How can anyone peel off or make runs against that? Bellers is a little fella so he wasnt going to win any headers, and since there was nowhere for him to run into he wasnt going to see hardly any of the ball.

Rafa expected Chelsea to be the ones attacking so Bellamy couldve been played on the counter, making runs, pulling off players into space but Chelsea didnt do that. They sat back. Only Crouch wouldve or did have any effect on that kind of defence because he can win headers and is an awkward ****er. Bellamy last night was a victim of Rafa's tactics, not a victim of himself being ****."

True, but having realised that he wasn't going to get the ball, what was to stop him sacrificing himself to get Drogba carried off? Modern players are just too selfish.

[bdp1978]

alright mate.

AFII is a good lad. Some of his posts are 'speculative' to say the least - but he's always around to contribute and add his two penneth - which is what this place is all about.

nice one! I'l reserve judgement until he pisses me off personally. Just for the record, I think Bellamy is **** and we should bite O'Neills hand off for anything over the £6m we paid for him.

[Tee]

Bellamy is not ****. I am surprised Rafa brought him because he does not suit the system and style of football Rafa is developing, except possibly using him for counter attacking away games.

I feel sorry for Bellers - he does try but it just is not working out for him. He needs a decent run in the team to see if he can adapt, or possibly we need to change the way we play to maximise his strengths, i.e. his pace.

Difficult one, because despite his faults as a person, I like Craig Bellamy the footballer.

This Summer will surely be the defining one for Rafa. He will be given the Harrods store card and I am sure he is going to use it very wisely on 2 or 3 top players, i.e. Torres, Alves and Henry!!

[Shaggy]

Chelsea defended so deep at times they defended on the six yard box. How can anyone peel off or make runs against that? Bellers is a little fella so he wasnt going to win any headers, and since there was nowhere for him to run into he wasnt going to see hardly any of the ball.

Rafa expected Chelsea to be the ones attacking so Bellamy couldve been played on the counter, making runs, pulling off players into space but Chelsea didnt do that. They sat back. Only Crouch wouldve or did have any effect on that kind of defence because he can win headers and is an awkward ****er. Bellamy last night was a victim of Rafa's tactics, not a victim of himself being ****.

I realise all that but he can still get down the sides, get into the channels. He's not intelligent enough, football-wise, to do this and exploit what few gaps there were.

I think it's a comination of both. As you say, Chelsea surprised us by defending and hitting us on the break, but even when Chelsea attacked Bellamy couldn't find any spaces - and there were plenty. He just doesn't have the nous.

alright mate.

AFII is a good lad. Some of his posts are 'speculative' to say the least - but he's always around to contribute and add his two penneth - which is what this place is all about.

I'm getting a bit sick of people jumping all over AFII's posts. It's like a ****ing playground at times.

[der_Fuchs]

I realise all that but he can still get down the sides, get into the channels. He's not intelligent enough, football-wise, to do this and exploit what few gaps there were.

I think it's a comination of both. As you say, Chelsea surprised us by defending and hitting us on the break, but even when Chelsea attacked Bellamy couldn't find any spaces - and there were plenty. He just doesn't have the nous.

that's what I meant, obviously.

[Rocket]

I'm getting a bit sick of people jumping all over AFII's posts. It's like a ****ing playground at times.

he brings Michael Owen into a Bellamy thread.

i'll just start reporting his posts soon to flag them up