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The Chelsea F.C. Thread IV

poor first half, conceded far too much possession.

Torres has been poor, keeps letting the centre backs step in front and isnt holding the ball up.

Schurrle and Azpilicueta have been pretty awful, and lampard looks off the pace -- which sadly is becoming the norm.

Plenty of warning signs and we need to step it up second half as Schalke are there for the taking.

0-2 torres

Woohoo Torres!!! Keep it up

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Isometrix

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Hazard is back :biggrin:

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Isometrix

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Great result, plus Basel dropped 2 points.

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Enoxial

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I feel bad for Torres not getting a Hat trick but 2 goals are better than nothing!
Today was Torres's 100th appearance!

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Enoxial

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Original post by The Assassin

poor first half, conceded far too much possession.

Torres has been poor, keeps letting the centre backs step in front and isnt holding the ball up.

Schurrle and Azpilicueta have been pretty awful, and lampard looks off the pace -- which sadly is becoming the norm.

Plenty of warning signs and we need to step it up second half as Schalke are there for the taking.

btw why can't Chelsea play with 2 strikers in a 4-1-3-2 formation?

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Isometrix

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Torres - European games
Eto'o - PL games
Ba - Other cup games

Although it should be Lukaku playing everything :angry:

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Eloades11

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Sounds like a good convincing win today, I couldn't keep my eyes away from watching the Arsenal v Dortmund game. From what I saw in the first half, Chelsea had solid defending but we couldn't keep possession or get the ball out of our own half. Didn't catch any of the second half though.

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mrhedgehog

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Yes Torresssss!!! :biggrin:

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The Assassin

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Original post by Enoxial

btw why can't Chelsea play with 2 strikers in a 4-1-3-2 formation?

With only holding midfielder it'd leave too much space. The 3 amigos or whoever's playing would be forced to do a lot of defensive work which they're not great at (although it's improved since last season and having the likes of Schurrle there would help.

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shawn_o1

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it's strange how a striker can be so out of form in domestic competitions yet be so in form in continental competitions (and internationally when called up)

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trrr

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Original post by shawn_o1

it's strange how a striker can be so out of form in domestic competitions yet be so in form in continental competitions (and internationally when called up)

To be fair hes looked better than usual in his last few PL games.

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doobucks

OP

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Personally I think we should try 3-6-1 a bit more against park the bus teams at home. Norwich at home would be a great match for this. If we want a bit of defensive stability bertrand/cole/azpi plays there but if we want width, quick passing and penetration we use schurrle and willian?

Oh and are any of you guys slightly worried about mata? I don't think he'll leave, but I think the constant rotation means he may struggle to do as well as he did for us the past 2 seasons? Although it's a team game and everyone needs to do their bit and I agree with the dropping of mata. We need to sell a player or loan em out to get the best out of our players individutally and the team.

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9MmBulletz

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Hopefully we stick Mata in against City. We were struggling to hold onto the ball in midfield areas and he'll definitely help. Either him or Mikel should play so we don't end up giving the ball away and relying on ruthless counter attacks. We need to keep the ball better so we don't invite as much pressure. It's okay to play like this against Bayern Munich when we have to accept that we won't dominate possession so can focus on a counter attack. But against City, I expect some form of composure in the middle of the park, so we can protect a lead through slowing the game down keeping possession (should we hold a lead at any point during Sunday's game).

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Nickini

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City are without Kompany this weekend, and watching them vs CSKA their defense is looking fairly porous. Quite a good time to be playing them I think.

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Enoxial

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Is it just me or Manchester City's defense is just poor?
Also I think we will have to mark City players well if we want to win.

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doobucks

OP

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I had a vision that we'll win 2-0 vs city, this is FM related. Last time I had such a vision was after arsenal got spanked 4-0 by milan and they won 3-0 the return leg. I ignored it as well. Yes, I was on the receiving end of a 4-0 spanking in the round of 16 in the CL then won 3-0 the next leg in between the milan arsenal games in fm12.

That's why I think we'll win 2-0, I'm even going to put a bet on it(so I can promptly lose my money)