Chelsea Thread 2013/14

[supercrystal7]

Gosh you do talk some crap, Serie A is one of the slowest leagues so he will obviously cope better than he was doing over here. He won't be required to run all over the shop, how the fuck has Pirlo coped all these years when he is outpaced by a floor duffing machine? Essien has enough craft to adapt to a new role, I am not expecting him to set the world alight but he can have some impact. Although both the player and the club are in decline.

You are just showing how clueless you are. Maybe you should bother watching Milan rather than going on cliches that are several years old.
Just to illustrate the point here is a video of the goals against Verona. If you actually watched Serie A you would know that Juventus have moved to a smaller stadium. They play Pirlo with legs around him in Pogba, Vidal or Marchisio. They have hard working athletic full backs too. Milan have no legs at all in midfield.
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Pay attention after the minute mark to see how Milan are constantly wrecked and the midfield cannot get back.
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You may get more time on the ball, but that is not the problem for Milan. The problem is when teams attack them and have lots of space to run into. They have nobody with legs to track back and make a difference. The defence is woefully exposed and that is why they keep conceding.

Sulley Muntari doesn't have legs? If it was just about legs why have they got rid of Nocerino. Juve have a system that they have developed and stuck with, Milan have been unstable for the last few seasons, losing old heads and selling big players and not replacing them. The problems are more than just midfield, they have been speculating on some players who were just not good enough, where as Juve have had a proper recruitment strategy in place. I never said that running never happened in Serie A but it is obviously less intense and games are not as open.I doubt Milan were expecting Essien to be the box-to-box he used to be, they are just taking a gamble that it might pay off to be a good signing.

LOL. Are you seriously asking if Muntari has legs?
Milan have a plethora of problems and legs is one of them. However, we were not talking about the other problems Milan have, but about Essien and how his lack of legs will be exposed. Serie A may be less intense, but it's more open than the Premiership especially when you are Milan. The amount of space the opposition have to run into is far greater than the space City allow teams even on their worst defensive days. Serie A is now all about the ability to explode into attack. Essien with his one pace game would have a much better time in Germany.

I have no idea what Milan are expecting Essien to be, but considering his decline as a player and lack of mobility it's hard to see how he will make any difference unless they plan to park the bus against Atletico.

Galatasary has similar problems at the start of the season, but Mancini seemed to fix them. Unfortunately I stopped watching them so have no idea how he did this.

 

[superseiyan]

Can't grumble over 37 mill lol. He's basically sold a golf gti for the price of a Ferrari lol. Salesman of the year. And those silly rag bastards paid it. Can't get over it lol 37 mill lmfao. Is Silva worth 50 mill ???

He's basically been Chelsea the past two seasons, Mata's worth it. It's not just the football player, but the intagibles. It's not that he alone will return them to their Ferguson days. It's that he the glimmer of hope, he's the net that will stop their rapid drop, and now they'll be able to woo other top signings. And it's not that they become better than you, rather it keeps them around like that nugget of shit that you try to flush but it won't go down the drain.

PS. Yes Silva is worth 50 million in this market.

 

[scotty123]

Can't grumble over 37 mill lol. He's basically sold a golf gti for the price of a Ferrari lol. Salesman of the year. And those silly rag bastards paid it. Can't get over it lol 37 mill lmfao. Is Silva worth 50 mill ???

I cannot work out how you are gloating, if i was a Chelsea fan i would be fucking fuming with Mourinho and your Russian, cannot you get your head around the fact that Mourinho does not give a fuck what he does to Chelsea, his aim is to manage the rags one day and your club is just a stepping stone on the way to his ambition, his head is so far up Fergusons arse his feet are just about to be sucked in

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Can't grumble over 37 mill lol. He's basically sold a golf gti for the price of a Ferrari lol. Salesman of the year. And those silly rag bastards paid it. Can't get over it lol 37 mill lmfao. Is Silva worth 50 mill ???

Mata is worth 37 million. Football has changed in the last few years. The average of a transfer fee for a top quality player used to be 25 million a few years ago, now were seeing 35 million a lot more often. Being Chelsea's player of the season for two years tells me he is worth that fee.

 

[mancunial]

Mourinio as showed just what he is an individual not a team player

 

[bleed.blue]

That guy Matic looked good today. Now I am worried about challenge from Chelsea.

 

[superseiyan]

That guy Matic looked good today. Now I am worried about challenge from Chelsea.

Be ready for that game when they come over. They'll come ready to kick away, and WILL park the bus. Mourinho can set out to unapolgetically strangle the life out of a game.

Your flair players (Aguero, Navas, Silva) might be in for few 'accidental' elbows. Hopefully Kompany and Negredo are healthy.

 

[IH8MUFC]

Can't grumble over 37 mill lol. He's basically sold a golf gti for the price of a Ferrari lol. Salesman of the year. And those silly rag bastards paid it. Can't get over it lol 37 mill lmfao. Is Silva worth 50 mill ???

I cannot work out how you are gloating, if i was a Chelsea fan i would be fucking fuming with Mourinho and your Russian, cannot you get your head around the fact that Mourinho does not give a fuck what he does to Chelsea, his aim is to manage the rags one day and your club is just a stepping stone on the way to his ambition, his head is so far up Fergusons arse his feet are just about to be sucked in

Fuming with Abramovich? After all the money he has put in.

 

[jared]

This is really strange view from the match thread that is locked now so I'm posting it here.

I know we're spoilt when it comes to watching good football, but how the fuck do people like Mourinho get away with serving up this sort of dross all the time?

Clueless is what he is - struggling to be mediocre. But Maureen is idolised by the Chavs and the media for the fucking stagnant pond water he calls football.

Not sure how people can be too critical about their performance today. Chelsea didn't park the bus. They went for it but also remained solid at the back. Stoke hardly had a sniff on goal while Chelsea had several very good chances, not half chances but good chances, including Oscar hitting the post. It may well be entertaining to try and score 4 goals everytime but you can be left exposed at the back against even the lowly teams as we have found out several times this season.

 

[manimanc]

to any Chelsea fans on here,i`ve got 606 on at the minute and some Chelsea fans are saying about the Chelsea announcer saying something to the stoke fans?
anybody shed some light?