Chelsea vs Liverpool Post Match Thread

[Neil Young]

Bugger I spelt Meireles wrong...

It's Merrily.

[Craig_H]

Bugger I spelt Meireles wrong...

You also spelt Shankly wrong.

[Fosterbloke]

my mate turned round to me the day torres left and said that he felt as if he'd been left by his girlfriend for another bloke.

then he said that torres' interview felt as if his girlfriend had gone onto national tv to tell everyone that her new beau has a bigger cock.

the moral of the story is bigger isnt always better.

Especially if they can't stretch to accommodate...

[dom9]

Bugger I spelt Meireles wrong...

You also spelt Shankly wrong.

Looks like you accidentally fulfilled the knobsvile criteria on this occasion.

[Daniel 7]

Oh no, this is Chavesque in cringiness

chelse won the chants, dont make us laff, thers moor atmosphear in a cematry than the bridge

[GorbyPeacePrize]

It was a great win, with some excellent performances, but I hope we get shot of this formation; it simply hands too much initiative to the better teams. A back four holding a high line to condense the play is a much better option over the long term.

[dom9]

It was a great win, with some excellent performances, but I hope we get shot of this formation; it simply hands too much initiative to the better teams. A back four holding a high line to condense the play is a much better option over the long term.

The better teams? Better than the one that won the double last season?

[GorbyPeacePrize]

The better teams? Better than the one that won the double last season?

What?

[dom9]

You said:

it simply hands too much initiative to the better teams.

The team we beat last night won the double last season. Do they not count as a 'better' team?

They did not show any initiative against the system we played.

Their best efforts came from inidividual mistakes.

[poorscousertommy]

Well, they are hoofs and by that I mean passes aimed only to remove the pressure or just to get rid off the ball.

All hoofs aren't negative but they are still hoofs.

Carra don't have Agger's passing game so it will be more hoofs in pressured situations.

Carra is an out and out defensive defender. Very good at that but very average attacking.

The question is if we can afford to have one central defender that is only there to defend? Will that affect our attacking play to much? Do it cost us to many counter attacks to play with a defender like Carra?

Hansen and Lawrenson

[Alex]

That Standford Bridge page is giving me some good reading. Check this out

In recent years lots of work has been put in from Chelsea supporters to bring more colour and character into the stadium. Alongside banners representing various supporters clubs from around the world and the personal ones belonging to supporters, banners visible at Stamford Bridge include:
JT - CAPTAIN, LEADER, LEGEND - A homage to Chelsea captain John Terry.
SUPER FRANKIE LAMPARD - A homage to Frank Lampard. Original
CHELSEA OUR RELIGION - A homage to the fanatical, almost religious support from Chelsea fans. Since when?
HISTORY MAKERS - A tribute to Chelsea's first ever double winning squad. Features the names of every player in the squad from the 2009/10 season and silhouettes of the Barclays Premier League and FA Cup trophies. Bless

****ing desperate isnt it

[dww]

You said:



The team we beat last night won the double last season. Do they not count as a 'better' team?

They did not show any initiative against the system we played.

Their best efforts came from inidividual mistakes.

I think that we have to be careful when we use it - it is a largely reactive formation unless the opposition is using wingers. Chelsea look a shadow of the team they were even last season (and even more so the start of this), the creative spark has gone and Torres, Drogba and Anelka didn't link at all.

It was a perfect choice to seek a draw and hope for a win against a superior team. In the long run I don't think it is the way we should be aiming to build a team if we want to win things.

[dom9]

I think that we have to be careful when we use it - it is a largely reactive formation unless the opposition is using wingers. Chelsea look a shadow of the team they were even last season (and even more so the start of this), the creative spark has gone and Torres, Drogba and Anelka didn't link at all.

It was a perfect choice to seek a draw and hope for a win against a superior team. In the long run I don't think it is the way we should be aiming to build a team if we want to win things.

I agree with that.

If we use it sparingly, it is another tool in the armoury. If the opposite can not predict which way we will be set up, it makes their job harder.

For that reason, I do not 'hope we get shot of this formation'.

It worked on Sunday. It will have it's uses in the future.

[GorbyPeacePrize]

You said:



The team we beat last night won the double last season. Do they not count as a 'better' team?

They did not show any initiative against the system we played.

Their best efforts came from inidividual mistakes.

I do count them as one of the better teams. The initiative the system gives the opposition is in terms of possession and space.

[Exiled_red]

That Standford Bridge page is giving me some good reading. Check this out



****ing desperate isnt it

Yeah shows them in their real light doesn't it!