Premier League discussion 15th/16th August

drogba top corner. heeeree weeee gooooo

DROOGGBAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Samba scores from a free kick that never was

Ridiculous freee kick. Score one for the refs

liverpool fans talking about generous freekicks given at home, yay for football!

Bloody russian ref!

Chelsea diamond makes them struggle for creativity just like Inter last season. Drogba Ibrahimovic-style will get them out of some games, but don't see it working over the course of a whole season.

I wish we got sky sports in the US

Six wrote:Chelsea diamond makes them struggle for creativity just like Inter last season. Drogba Ibrahimovic-style will get them out of some games, but don't see it working over the course of a whole season.

It can work if he changes the personnel involved

Cole, Zhirkov and Deco can all improve it. Hopefully Mikel stays fit all season.

Christopher Samba has come alive!

Ballack wrote:Christopher Samba has come alive!

The bloody ref has awakened the beast

surely ballack can perform that holding role rather than mikel.

Morning mes amis! phew! Ancelotti had better remove the garbage from the tip of his diamond and put someone who can actually feed the strikers.

We KNOW Lampard has to play much like Terry even though Alex or Ivanovic are better than Terry, however, for the tip of Ancelotti's diamond DECO IS A MUST! Just saying.

LAMPARD IS USELESS!

Ballack wrote:surely ballack can perform that holding role rather than mikel.

And you're apparently a Chelsea fan!

Ballack's superior attributes are in the final third of the pitch, not the first third.

Ballack wrote:surely ballack can perform that holding role rather than mikel.

Essien is totally perfect for it.

What the fuck do these managers see in Mikel

.....................Essien
....Deco/Cole..............Zhirkov
.....................Flump

He'll settle on this eventually as he realises Mikel is shit

Football Genius wrote:

Ballack wrote:surely ballack can perform that holding role rather than mikel.

And you're apparently a Chelsea fan!

Ballack's superior attributes are in the final third of the pitch, not the first third.

Funnily enough, he has actually played for us in that holding role. He's also played there before for Germany so the actual idea isn't as ridiculous as your senseless mind is making it out to be.

My point is that Ballack's passing range would be a lot more suitable when we play at home to teams such as hull rather than Mikel.

chelsea are still boring to watch, too much pace and power in that team, not enough creativity, they need to start deco, cole and that russian guy, their football would improve immediately

Puro wrote:Morning mes amis! phew! Ancelotti had better remove the garbage from the tip of his diamond and put someone who can actually feed the strikers.

We KNOW Lampard has to play much like Terry even though Alex or Ivanovic are better than Terry, however, for the tip of Ancelotti's diamond DECO IS A MUST! Just saying.

LAMPARD IS USELESS!

Good old Claudio is at the game in his Chelsea T-shirt Puro. What's up with him

Cole and 'that russian guy' are both injured.

Puro wrote:Morning mes amis! phew! Ancelotti had better remove the garbage from the tip of his diamond and put someone who can actually feed the strikers.

We KNOW Lampard has to play much like Terry even though Alex or Ivanovic are better than Terry, however, for the tip of Ancelotti's diamond DECO IS A MUST! Just saying.

LAMPARD IS USELESS!

Alright pillock!

Lampard has actually been okay, no matter WHO you put at the tip of this diamond, Chelsea won't excel... their lack of width is what is killing them at the moment. Each time Lampard recieves the ball, he looks right and then left, but no-one is there.


You really are a fucking clown aren't you? i'm laughing my tits off here...

It's not that bizarre a comment. Ballack has played in that sort of role before in his career. Chelsea need someone who can distribute the ball well from that position, and Ballack can do that better than Mikel. I wouldn't play him there against all opposition, but I think he could offer more than Mikel does in a game like this.

Ballack dictating the play from the bottom of the diamond makes sense to me. Lampard at the tip doesn't though.

Mikel fell over very well for the FK. Not saying Ballack couldn't do that, but it's something to bear in mind.

Drog Day one. FF Points!

Ballack wrote:

Football Genius wrote:

Ballack wrote:surely ballack can perform that holding role rather than mikel.

And you're apparently a Chelsea fan!

Ballack's superior attributes are in the final third of the pitch, not the first third.

Funnily enough, he has actually played for us in that holding role. He's also played there before for Germany so the actual idea isn't as ridiculous as your senseless mind is making it out to be.

My point is that Ballack's passing range would be a lot more suitable when we play at home to teams such as hull rather than Mikel.

Your thought process is right, however the personnel is way wrong, either put Essien as the holding player, or change the direction of play and use Deco. Ballack is not a holding midfielder.

You need with to offer an outlet, you don't have this.

debaser wrote:Mikel fell over very well for the FK. Not saying Ballack couldn't do that, but it's something to bear in mind.

The MASTER of this is on the bench alongside Ballack though

He is the greatest ever

Football Genius wrote:

Puro wrote:Morning mes amis! phew! Ancelotti had better remove the garbage from the tip of his diamond and put someone who can actually feed the strikers.

We KNOW Lampard has to play much like Terry even though Alex or Ivanovic are better than Terry, however, for the tip of Ancelotti's diamond DECO IS A MUST! Just saying.

LAMPARD IS USELESS!

Alright pillock!

Lampard has actually been okay, no matter WHO you put at the tip of this diamond, Chelsea won't excel... their lack of width is what is killing them at the moment. Each time Lampard recieves the ball, he looks right and then left, but no-one is there.


You really are a fucking clown aren't you? i'm laughing my tits off here...

FUCK YOU! you don't know the game so shut the fuck up!

god damn stream lines, keep cutting all the time for fkg donation or reaching max nbr of stream bla bla bla.

god damn stream lines, keep cutting all the time for fkg donation or reaching max nbr of stream bla bla bla.

Football Genius wrote:

Ballack wrote:

Football Genius wrote:

Ballack wrote:surely ballack can perform that holding role rather than mikel.

And you're apparently a Chelsea fan!

Ballack's superior attributes are in the final third of the pitch, not the first third.

Funnily enough, he has actually played for us in that holding role. He's also played there before for Germany so the actual idea isn't as ridiculous as your senseless mind is making it out to be.

My point is that Ballack's passing range would be a lot more suitable when we play at home to teams such as hull rather than Mikel.

Your thought process is right, however the personnel is way wrong, either put Essien as the holding player, or change the direction of play and use Deco. Ballack is not a holding midfielder.

You need with to offer an outlet, you don't have this.

But that's not my point. My point is that Ballack has a much greater passing range than the likes of Essien and Mikel, so having him in that 'Pirlo' role against weaker teams at home would make sense, because there isn't such a great impetus on Ballack to be making a load of tackles, its mainly just tracking back.

The formation will take time to properly adapt, and I do agree that it doesn't really seem to suit us just yet. But it's only the 2nd competitive game we've played and it's too early to make a final judgement just yet.