Carling Cup Final - Tottenham vs Chelsea

Have Chelsea even strung 3 passes together in our half yet ?

why the fack is balllack not playing?

and why the fack is english football the most boring in the world

Toni Kroos wrote:why the fack is balllack not playing?

and why the fack is english football the most boring in the world

I would have liked to see Ballack play and the two Coles.
The game isn't that bad but I must admit Chelsea haven't contributed much yet. Half decent shot from Lampard just then.

Dark Savante wrote:

Batman wrote:

Dark Savante wrote:

Batman wrote:

Dark Savante wrote:

Batman wrote:It will be nice if Berbatov can say i left Tottenham for Man Utd after winning a trophy for Spurs.

Dont want him.

who is ur first choice?

Karim would be my first choice like Torres could have been , he would be perfect to head the attack , Mario is another choice ,Agbonlahor is another.
Will have to think about this , we dont want another striker who will go deep we need someone who uses channels streches defences and be there to finish things at times , pace is going to be an imp factor as he has to keep up with the pace of our direct attack.

I would love Benzema but i can't see it happening. I think Berbatov can do what you say. For pace we got Ronado, Rooney, Nani.

He wont be able to keep up whats the point , we attack with pace whats the point of the striker if we wait for the striker to get in the position.

If SAF plays him as a target man, who holds the ball up and links up play then i don't see the problem with pace.

A Tribe Called TS™ wrote:Have Chelsea even strung 3 passes together in our half yet ?

Wonder why not

Deflection :ale

Mikel had the highest passing success ratio in the EPL a few weeks before he went to the ANC.

Rosy wrote:

COTR wrote:spurs have the only creative players on the pitch so no surprise they are all over Chelsea

I hope Chelsea's brute force doesn't decide the game

That's funny coming from a Liverpool fan CotR. Hardly a team noted for finesse . It was 11 minutes before the first foul so not a lot of brute force so far. Tottenham have started well and Chelsea lack urgency but we'll see how it develops.

what have Liverpool got to do with this match rosy ?

so far Chelsea's midfield has been as dour as expected

Coys

Rosy wrote:Mikel had the highest passing success ratio in the EPL a few weeks before he went to the ANC.

mascherano is also great at passing the ball from side to side rosy

Poor essien has not had a touch yet

COTR wrote:

Rosy wrote:

COTR wrote:spurs have the only creative players on the pitch so no surprise they are all over Chelsea

I hope Chelsea's brute force doesn't decide the game

That's funny coming from a Liverpool fan CotR. Hardly a team noted for finesse . It was 11 minutes before the first foul so not a lot of brute force so far. Tottenham have started well and Chelsea lack urgency but we'll see how it develops.

what have Liverpool got to do with this match rosy ?

so far Chelsea's midfield has been as dour as expected

Coys

What has Chelsea's 'brute force' got to do with this game? There's hardly been a foul. I presumed you were talking more generally as your comment was irrelevant to this game so made a similar general comment about your lot .

Rosy wrote:Mikel had the highest passing success ratio in the EPL a few weeks before he went to the ANC.

Him and Makelele's 1 yard passes to each other don't really count as a string of passes.

COTR wrote:

Rosy wrote:Mikel had the highest passing success ratio in the EPL a few weeks before he went to the ANC.

mascherano is also great at passing the ball from side to side rosy

Poor essien has not had a touch yet

Essien hasn't looked good since ANC.

Drogba scores!!! Yet another goal in a final from him.

Rubbish goalkeeping. Drogba didn't even hit the shot well.

Robinson at his hopeless best

England goalkeeper?

Drogba recovered well from that injury

get Robinson off, his positioning is awful

Paul Robinson strikes again

Harrr harrr I am Drogbar!

Paul Robinson

Standing behind his wall

Robinson is so shite.....

Rosy wrote:

COTR wrote:

Rosy wrote:Mikel had the highest passing success ratio in the EPL a few weeks before he went to the ANC.

mascherano is also great at passing the ball from side to side rosy

Poor essien has not had a touch yet

Essien hasn't looked good since ANC.

Well he at least looked good at the acon

Good to see Robinson justifying his recall. What a shambles of a keeper, Ramos has barely done a thing wrong, but bringing back this clown was always going to be a mistake.

I too was getting bored by this match, but looking more closely, it's perfect tactics from Grant - he knows Ramos' teams like to attack with high pace and intensity, down the flanks, and counter a lot. So he's told his players to keep possession as much as possible, and only make slow buildups so that even if they lose the ball, Chelsea do not lose their shape. And although it makes you want to slit your wrists, it's working.

Still doesn't take away from the fact that a team of Chelsea's quality shouldn't really be taking this approach of worrying about the opponent first, then themselves. It's a negative, annoying, Benitez/Mourinho approach to football.

Great free kick !

Come on Chelsea. If they win does 7th spot in the EPL become a UEFA Cup spot ?

L r d wrote:

Rosy wrote:

COTR wrote:

Rosy wrote:Mikel had the highest passing success ratio in the EPL a few weeks before he went to the ANC.

mascherano is also great at passing the ball from side to side rosy

Poor essien has not had a touch yet

Essien hasn't looked good since ANC.

Well he at least looked good at the acon

Good to see Robinson justifying his recall. What a shambles of a keeper, Ramos has barely done a thing wrong, but bringing back this clown was always going to be a mistake.

Obviously gave too much to the ANC (or ACON if you prefer)
Yes Tottenham have looked the better team so far.

Drogba >>>> Henry

4 goal in 4 finals

Sgoater1 wrote:Great free kick !

Come on Chelsea. If they win does 7th spot in the EPL become a UEFA Cup spot ?

6th does. 7th will only be uefa if the fa cup final is between two top 6 teams

Lampard gives the ball away and Tottenham almost score. Bring on Ballack.

Rosy wrote:Mikel had the highest passing success ratio in the EPL a few weeks before he went to the ANC.

He hasn't wasted a single pass this half from what i can remember.

And yeah his passing is much more progressive than makelele's - see his role in drogba's goal in last season's fa cup final for example.

He's more of an attacking midfielder. so his natural instinct is to pass the ball forward.