Ramires with one of the worst performances I've ever seen from a Chelsea player. And the fact he played the full 90 minutes shows how incompetent Rafa is. The only positives were that Cech never put a foot wrong. Cahill was also very good, though should have closed down Toure for the first goal. Rafa seriously needs to go.
Sorry but Ramires wasn't even your worst player on the pitch yesterday, let alone putting in one of the worst performances from a Chelsea player. Things didn't come off for him yesterday but he was full of running and tried to make things happen, whilst also getting back and helping out. Lampard and Mikel were useless and what did Ba do apart from "win" a penalty?
A number of things wrong yesterday. 1. No Azpilicueta. Rafa obviously likes him as he's played him an awful lot. He's shown he can play against any winger and not look out place. He's been one of our best performers this season (i know he's not played every game) but why was he not picked? Awful decision. 2. Luiz not in Midfield? It was clear that David Luiz was playing well in Midfield and has plenty to offer in there. Plus he'd have done better in dealing with Yaya than any of our other midfielders did yesterday. A game as big as the one yesterday and he plays him in Defence for the first time in how long? 3. No JT. Alright, not what he was a few years ago but he's still a leader and is a superb captain, he's the type of player we need in games like that and it was an absolutely horrific decision to leave him on the bench. All in all the system we played was terrible. We were 4 points behind the team in 2nd with a real chance to put pressure on them and we go there and play for a ****ing draw?! WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT ****ING ACHIEVE? We go there and win, we're within 1 point. Did nobody tell him that? We didn't even try to win ffs. Not only did he play for a draw but how on earth you can justify picking that starting XI and playing for a point is beyond me. We hardly had any of the ball so it was completely pointless playing Mata behind the striker as he doesn't do enough off the ball. Why not just add Ramires into midfield and play Mata and Hazard out wide? That way you've got an extra man when we don't have the ball and have still got enough threat on the counter with a front 3 and runners from midfield (Lampard & Ramires). I'm by no means a football manager but all those points i've made were IMO obvious ones. He's a woeful manager, especially when it comes down to tactics and the sooner he is gone the better.
