No more please ever again, break it up RDM Well done to QPR deserved a point today. Awful team selection, don't like the way Torres stormed off down the tunnel either, if he wants to do crap like that then he can **** off. Well done to Luiz, standout performer, MOTM and snubbed Antons handshake. Quality
Agree Drogs. Ramires is wasted at RW, RDM is ruining the guy. Ramires has probably been our worst performer this season overall, no surprise as well when he went into CM for the last 10mins he was good. RDM needs to realise his crap on the wing and Lamps/Mikel doesn't work. Best game = When they wasn't playing together Worst league game = They played together Battering by Athletico = They played together. Thought that game would have given RDM a lesson
The moment either of them gets the ball play comes to a snails pace. Give Romeu his chance and get Ramires in the ****ing middle.
I'm not going to pontificate , but something is not right! Robbie I'm sure will have learned loads from today! Lets hope!!!
Mikel must be ****ing amazing in training because every manager that goes to Chelsea thinks he's good enough to start regularly. Personally I think he'd struggle to get picked for anyother top half team.
after 10 consecutive passes, Mikel things he is Xavi and dwells for too long at the crucial moments.. His back pass would have cost even that lousy point..
Was I watching a different game from you guys?? Mikel one bad pass back which was under hit , apart from that he was fine. I guess the reason he keeps getting picked by managers is why they are managers and we are commenting on message boards. I agreed with not playing sturridge and torres together and sturidge point blank refuses to pass to torres , the little ****wit. Personally after 4 games and top of the leave I refuse to get my knickers in a twist, I will leave that to idiot children who think a 38 game season is decided in 4 fecking games !
Lampard should NEVER start for us with Mikel in the team. Mikel is by far the better player for us now, and when anyone else is picked in midfield he is light years better than with Frank. Not that Frank is bad, it's just that he takes all the spark out of Mikel because he is too slow on the ball. Don't know who should replace him, Ramires, Romeu must be given a chance. Appalling oversite by the club not to bring in a world class controlling midfielder, it was clear as crystal we need one last year. Until we do, all our front and wide players are pissing into the wind because of lousy slow midfield play. Sort it out Robbie, or it will be the end of you.
Fev you're obviously blinded to the bigger problems i.e lampard/mikel partnership doesn't work. We may be top of the league but we were flukey to win v reading, set up for a draw away to QPR yesterday with one of the most pathetic teamsheets i've ever seen ( If that was the juventus game it would have been a good solid line up but vs a team like qpr ridiculous when the emphasis should be on attack ), we've also lost 2 cup finals already
Ok your on a windup, the charity shield and the super cup?? listen LITTLE TEAMS give a **** about those LITTLE TEAMS!!! Lampard will not play every game simple becuase age has taken it away from him, this is the start of the season, when we make double figures in games then we will know what form each team is in. Seriously grow up mate, your acting like those idiots on talk sport , ffs FOUR GAMES! get a grip!
I don't get what you are getting at mate? All i've said is I hope he breaks the Lamps/Mikel partnership up and that it was an awful team selection which it was anyone that doesn't think we set up the wrong way today is a ****ing idiot. And what because the charity shield and super cup are not that meaningless we should just brush them off and take a spanking in them? And Lampard will play 90% of games at this rate, already played 5 out of 6 this season with Mikel. Yesterday was just a repeat of last season, same crap with only two attacking outlets except instead of Mata and Torres it was Hazard and Torres. We improved on last season by getting a point which is good but i'd still say we played better last season in this fixture with 9 men and that stupid ****ing high-line, least we actually attacked and tried to win the game. Anyway whatever, lets just hope RDM learns from his mistakes
When you have a team with players like Hazard,Mata and Moses,Oscar etc you need to get the ball out quickly to them so they can use their speed as a big threat to the opposition. With Mikel you can't because he can't recycle the ball quickly enough and the op has team to nullify the advantage of a quick break etc. He may do many things well but when the things he does badly affect the whole attacking threat then he has to be dropped.Same with Lamps.
I have seen Obi Wan train and he is skillful and not a big lumbering midfield destroyer, and maybe that is a bit of a problem. I was impressed by his deft touch in training and I thought that he and Pizarro (which should tell you around when) were easily the most skilled players we had, they both stood out in that session (I also thought Cudicini was better that day than Cech, but he never got to start that season). As for this match I thought he did well, again that lapse of concentration appeared which he seems to plague his game showed up once more. This is because I think he is naturally laid back and not a driven character, Loopy Luiz suffers the same problem for the same reason I believe. Unlike Nando who is so wound up all the time you can see it radiate off him. People have mentioned he and Meireles played faultlessly in 'our best match'. My fear is Lampard is too big at the club to drop. Look what happened when AVB did it. Frank moaned and whined like a little girl, yet his performances were not up to scratch. Lampard just isn't at his peak, not an ex-parrot, but one who needs a nap of an afternoon now and again. Unfortunately this tends to be when he has to be at work. Lampard has played every game he is fit for this season. RDM has to drop him for tactical reason now, but explain to him why so he understands so we can get the best from him. Undoubtedly Frank does have that drive that Mikel doesn't but his body can't match it.
I thought the Lampard/Mikel partnership was fairly average at best and poor in the second half as QPR controlled the midfield Chelsea had more quality with their attacking players but that was always going to be the case If you lose the midfield then you will always find it hard to win games
Has anyone watched Mikel play for his country ?? I have, and he's a different player altogether. He plays as an attacking midfielder mostly and is quick, aggressive and direct, the complete opposite of how we play him. As for the criticism of his passing game, he's a defensive midfielder, Lampard is supposed to be the creative one. Love Frank, but he definitely shouldn't play with Mikel as they simply don't gel. I'd try Mikel/ Ramires first, Ramires /Romeu second and at least we'd have some answers.
ROMEU!!! OSCAR!!! RAMIRES!!! pleas RDM play any combo of these 3 in the middle! From what I've seen of Romeu I've been very impressed. And if Brazil are happy for Oscar and Rami to play in the middle then who am I to argue!
