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Time for the invisible men to make an appearance

Posted by David Kyle on 01/23/2012

The last two league matches have been highly disappointing, which considering we have taken four points seems a bit ungrateful - but unless you are wearing your blue-tinted glasses you cannot disagree.

The Norwich match this weekend was the epitome of Chelsea in the past year and a half, little style with less substance. Overall disappointing.

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Part of me is getting sick of ranting week-in-week-out about the deficiencies in this Chelsea side - of which I apportion only some blame to the boss and heap the majority on to the players - but there is little to be cheery about.

The big teams have caught us out and the little teams have led to us dropping points without the usual gusto and gumption you witness from them. Norwich didn't work their socks off to get that point at the weekend, it was gifted to them.

No disrespect to Norwich, they didn't get hammered and they did deserve the point - but they didn't huff and puff and kick lumps out of our team, they simply let Chelsea get up and at them because Chelsea cannot get up and at teams lately.

My reference to the invisible men is a sleight towards the midfielders, to a man at the weekend they were poor and to a man they forgot their duties.

I'm a great rambler when it comes to players doing their jobs - Ramires job is to run, run, run. Meireles, to find the forward men and to win the ball in the centre of the park, Mata and Sturridge to torment the opposition from the wings.

The only torment on the wings was to the Chelsea fans, having to watch Jose Bosingwa time and time again run to the space on the right, do a couple of shimmies and drill the ball into the box with nobody in sight. Lazy football, terrible reading of the game and a great indicator of why we need a proper right back.

The ever consistent Ashley Cole was guilty of it too, at times my infuriation grew to fever pitch as I saw the wing backs gallivant down the wings past their attacking colleagues - thus rendering them useless and out of position - and deliver a hit and hope hoofed cross into the box.

It simply isn't good enough, and all the meanwhile we have a £50 million striker who is bearing the brunt of the flack.

This is where my true ire stems from. I am a great fan of Torres. You don't simply become a bad player overnight, even Andrei Shevchenko had his flashes for us - but he was signed at the twilight of his career.

Torres has been treated poorly by the manager when the alternative has been there, and I think the fans truly support him because he is working his socks off and all the while having to do it all by himself.

The midfield and his support on the wings should be held culpable for this weekend's showing, yes he fluffed his lines but in all reality that is only the second bad miss he has made because his chances for Chelsea have been minimal. He isn't afforded the support that other strikers are in the league.

Robin Van Persie and Wayne Rooney don't do it on their own; they have a team that is working to get the ball to them in the right place. Van Persie's reaction to the substitute of Oxlade Chamberlain at the weekend was indicative of this - it was OC (easier to write) who was providing the most threatening runs and support for him.

For Torres to flourish he needs the confidence for sure, but to get that confidence he needs the team around him helping him to do his job.

This isn't a Torres love-in because if he doesn't take chances like those he missed on Saturday more regularly then we have issues. Against Sunderland misfortune took its toll on him and he should've scored, against Norwich it was more a case of a sloppy finish.

The same can be said for David Luiz, he has taken a shed load of grief from the press and fans alike for not a lot in my opinion. He can be clumsy and he has a lot to learn, but he isn't to blame for all of our defensive woes. The defence is a unit and with John Terry - England captain - as part of that, there is no reason that one man should be held accountable for each and every mistake.

Gary Cahill has been brought in to steady the ship, but should this be at the expense of David Luiz? I don't see him replacing Terry somehow, however the FA and CPS may have more of a say in the outcome of that one than AVB.

Often I am asked to discuss our transfer rumours, I truly don't have enough time to list through them all and were I actually to discuss some of the players would be accused of not knowing enough about them - I have had that accusation before when discussing Falcao in the summer.

The truth of it is that everybody suddenly becomes an expert when it comes to transfer rumours thanks to the influence of YouTube.

I'm sure Eden Hazard and Willian are great players but I refuse to comment on their abilities as I haven't watched a Lille or Shaktar Donetsk match in some time (or often!), and on top of that I'm pretty certain there are compilation videos on You Tube of Kalou that make him look like the next Pele….

Good luck to our boys in the African Cup of Nations, Keep The Blue Flag Flying High!

Comments

Posted by Ozymandias on 01/23/2012

Couldn't agree with you more

Posted by This is it on 01/23/2012

noob

Posted by elvisbond on 01/23/2012

while are we wasting our precious time beating around d bush.lets make d move for either eden hazard or modric to boost our creativity dat will help torres.i cant see lampard achieving dat for us.essien is back to assist ramirez in d middle of d park,wyh either hazard/modric,our style of game will surely change.see great work xavi n iniesta doing at barca.our back four are okay but bosingwa should be drafted back to bench now ivanovic is back n luiz making way for for cahill.

AVB- take note unless u want to be shown exit door soon.

Elvis from Nigeria.

Posted by fella on 01/23/2012

Am really guilty of reading lots of articles and posts and not making a comment, but i had to for this...reali brilliant, said my mind alotta times than less...and the last part i really like("that am pretty certain there are compilation videos on You Tube of Kalou that make him look like the next Pele) so tru!!! cnt wait to read ur next one bud!!

Posted by ben chima on 01/23/2012

What a wombling article. Unless we remove sentiments chelsea can never move forward. Torres to be frankly is a waste that should be dropped in a dust bin. He can not hold ball, he can not shot, his ball always over-run him to a defender, instead of being a goal poacher he displays his unskilled dribling, may be he wants to become d playmaker we ar looking for, who knws? The more he lead our attack, the more struggle to get a draw bcos u can not win without scoring.

Posted by David on 01/23/2012

It is refreshing read someone being honest and objective even if slights damning. I agree with you on most parts but I think AVB should take more responsibility, isn't his job as manager to motivate and make sure the players are doing their jobs? I have tried so hard to like AVB but he just can't seem to ease my doubts. We all knew in the summer he was going to be a gamble being 33 and really only having one good year why is everyone having such a hard time accepting that the gamble hasn't paid off? I don't like being cynical especially towards Chelsea but there could have been any one of a hundred reasons for AVB doing so well at Porto not least having players such as Hulk and Falcao also remember Benfica - their biggest rivals have lost some fantastic players over the last couple of years that would have hurt any team (Luiz, Ramieres, Di Maria and that left-back now at Madrid we were linked with to name but a few)

Posted by doug dehate on 01/23/2012

This article reminds me of Chelsea's play of late, a lot of build-up to nothing

Posted by David on 01/23/2012

Posted by asib khan on 01/24/2012

hello my dear blue firend i have read all of your comment on our issue and i am totaly and 100% agree with you after last weekend against NORWICH city i felt we made the bigest mistick of our life time since we toke MR AVB as our maneger in nine year and for longe time i was thinking how to make a compigen agenct avb if anyone got an idea please email me on ( zais1@ymail.com )come on chelsea fc come on ..............

Posted by ktbffh on 01/24/2012

probably the 1st article i've read that makes sense in ages.we didn't create enough chances at norwich and nandos the one to get the stick.very true dat the MF's got to step upand avb has to persist with torres coz hes still gud.and plz write another article on the clowns that areBOSINGWA &MALOUDA.

Posted by Marc CFC/BKK on 01/24/2012

Dead right Mr Kyle. Any striker, low on confidence or not, needs the service. When Drogba was scoring nearly a goal every other game, he got serviced on average 4-6 clear chances a game by Duff and Robben etc to score 0.5 goals. How can we truly expect a player short on confidence to score 1 from 2 serviced chances every other game?? heck, he assists and tries to assist more than having a clear shot at goal. Simple really, creative assists to Torres means we won't talk about 'that miss' when he gets 4-6 chances and scores 1....

Posted by Chris on 01/24/2012

Good article; I agree with a lot of this. If you think about Torres against genk ,which was arguably he best best performance for us, he missed an easy chance early on in the game and hit the post. The difference between that game and Norwich was that it wasn't the only chance he had as the rest of the team put him through regularly and he eventually got a couple goals. All good strikers miss good opportunities Rooney against Basel and even RVP against united at the weekend are examples that spring to mind the difference is they play in teams that create a plethora of chances throughout each match and more often than not take at least one.

Posted by Chigozie Obioha on 01/24/2012

Mr David I'm highly impressed by your write-up and it completely captures my true feelings on the current state of things at our beloved club Chelsea
Yes I'm also big time fan of Torres and yes I say it without mincing words that he has done nothing wrong to merit the amount of flakes been thrown at him by the press.Here in Nigeria every true fan knows Torres is not our problem but our midfield and our coach. Sorry if this comment elicits a shake of the head but I stand by it.AVB don't appear to have confidence in Torres so how would the lad regain his.And I'm gutted by our midfield...low-class displays week in week out.When our defence were cruising high and setting records for low number of goals conceded it was partly because a young lad named Mikel was covering and playing safe for our attack-minded defenders..now we call him uncreative.hmm.anyway I've paused on wating our games cos I don't want anymore heartsbreaks from them. I hope to resume when they resume their good plays n fantastic results.thank you.God bless CFC.

Posted by chelsea for life on 01/24/2012

pls a v b buy tevez on loan.. n save chelsea.

Posted by Mulhobbie on 01/24/2012

I'm hardly the only one to say this, but - we need to run a 4-4-2/4-3-1-2/4-1-3-2 with Torres and Sturridge up front and Mata tucked in behind. Two of Meireles/Ramires/Lampard + one true winger, and then Romeu to mop up.

To do that we need a decent winger or two, which we haven't had since the days of Arjen Robben. Not sure who that is but it should be a priority for next season, if not the Jan window.

Posted by Kanishk on 01/24/2012

Excellent article David. It is really frustrating to watch the wing play at the moment. There seems to be close to no service from the wings, Bosingwa( who doesn't even belong at this level) running down the right and then fluffing the crosses, Sturridge's ordinary play and lack of common sense, and absolutely no service for No.9 from our MF are just some of the woes and frustration for our fans.

Hope we get some pacy wingers and someone in the MF who can create for him.
It is heartening to see though Torres giving his all and fans acknowledging his effort in spite of so much flack from the media.

Posted by Boen on 01/24/2012

Totally agree with everything you said. Torres seems to be the culprit whenever the team don't play well and not getting the results.the fact is he didn't always get the services from midfield. Clearly no creativity, and lack of understanding among the players. Mata is probably the only one at the moment who has the vision to bring creativity in play. Sturridge is fast and an excellent finisher but was forced to play wide. How about a 4-4-2 with Torres and Stu up front? I wish Chelsea had players who can run & dribble past opponents defence just like Robben did. Too many midfielders and no wingers. For TOO MANY times the full backs move forward and deliver crosses which seldom meet the targets. We can't rely the fullbacks to deliver crosses like this. It's wasteful. I'm a Chelsea Fan and I just want them to play the way they used to play with courage & confidence. Come on Blues!

Posted by Jim on 01/24/2012

Hi David,

Another great article (though I'd like to see them more often!). I agree with a lot of what you've said and I'm hoping we turn it around against Swansea in a week. A lot of our players seemed to have an off day; particularly Sturridge, Mata, and Cole in my book (becuase I don't rate Miereles or Bosingwa highly enough to say they had an "off day"). I hope Sturridge gets back to himself as he has seemed a bit slow to get back at it after his short injury. While I also like Torres, I would place a little more blame on the Spaniard. I know he likes to drift out wide to the flanks, but he was doing it a bit too often this match. There were some decent crosses into the box with no one there to meet them because Torres was too far wide to get back into the center in time. This was amplified this weekend due to the loss of Lamard who always makes those runs into the box. So next week, I hope Sturridge and Mata step up and we coax one of our mids to play a Lamard'esque' type game.

Posted by AG on 01/24/2012

Please send this post to media outlets (Sun et all). I am too, sick of all the banter Torres is getting. Against Norwich, Mata had a terrible game but no one bought that up. We need to service our strikers through the middle of the field rather than our traditional, non-innovative, wing attack!

Posted by M. Stevens on 01/24/2012

I'm not sure, but isn't the manager's job to get the most of his players, the same lot who won the double, now look lost?

And, new additions looking lost?

So, how is this not our little experienced but overly lionized boy-man manager's fault?

Vialli got more from half the talent AVB has and one-tenth or less the money!

Any REAL blues supporter would note this as well as the fact we've no real wingers aside from Mata, who looks more like some forward/defender/winger/central midfielder/cut-rate Iniesta/???

Chelsea...Our problems, simple:

No defense....

Posted by dave on 01/24/2012

how can you all sit here and defend Torres unabashedly? The guy has played for Chelsea for a year now and most still sick up for him like he just joined the team yesterday! All he has to show for is 9 whopping goals (and even more infamous misses). That averages to 5.5 mil quid for every time he's bulged the auld onion bag. Quite simply he hasn't been worth the hassle/coverage he gets. You can only pin so much on the rest of the team. Yes, the midfield play has been atrocious at times but Drogba gets the same service and has more goals than nando... Didier is the top dog and Torres continues to show what what little he has left. I hope he makes me eat my words but I doubt it. Start brooding Lukaku.

Posted by martin on 01/24/2012

Totally agree!!
I am so sick & tired of Torres getting all the blame for not scoring more, when it is clearly due to the lack of service to him... Yes he has missed a few he should have scored & is not totally free of blame - but he shows that he is working very hard for the team & doing what he can to help us win even if not scoring goals.
We definitely need a right full-back, left winger & creative midfielder.
Hurry up and get rid of Kalou, Alex, Bosingwa for starters - they shit me to tears with their useless play!!

Posted by tee on 01/25/2012

FINALLY!!!!!!!!someone that knows something about football...for crying out loud.......I doubt if torres can eva score with this kind of team behind him.no form of creativity in the midfield, the final ball is always lacking.how can torres perform having the likes of malouda and raul supplying the final balls......I actually thought I was the only one that could see this problem. I think AVB is doing an OK job, but his subing at times leave me to think many things......I really won't like to say he does those cluelessly.....but seriously why should u bring malouda on for anybody...My suggestion....play luiz @ right back dat guy has too much flair to be playing....central defence.....get malouda bosingwa.....out of the team.....and pease find a replacement for ashley cole also....get a creative midfielder.....#teamtoressmustscore

Posted by Andrew Kiken on 01/25/2012

Chelsea fans expect the team to win every game. There are slip ups that man city, man u, arsenal and liverpool have had, but chelsea fans think they are barcelona. You are not barcelona, you will win 2/3 of your games, and tie and lose the rest.

Chelsea plays a nice possession game, they have enough good players that their starting line up has to change to get the right mix. You are again not barcelona, where you can rely on the same players with a few rotations. Avb is having the same performance any coach would have with chelsea again win most and lose some..

Torres has lost it, what to do with a striker who cant score. No excuse for 3 goals this year. Service is bs.

Posted by ife on 01/25/2012

can someone help m 2 tell AVB that bosingwa,maloudaa a not players that worth 2 b in chelsea.i passionately dislike bosingwa 4 his bad non-innovative crosses.chelsea needs creative midfielder modric/sneidjer.w can't expect much 4rm Torres wt only 2 creative passes for a whole game.Torres is a very good striker but wasteful,selfish minded players like meireles cant mak ds guy 2 flourish.AVB doesn't belv n fernado.I love Torres.

Posted by Soludo Monde on 01/25/2012

Chelsea can win the title without further addition of players. AVB and the inconsistent midfield have proven to be our major weaknesses. AVB in his traditional 4-3-3 should have made either kalou of malouda to play on the left side of the attack while mata leads the midfield. I will be totally disapointed if that is not what he is looking at willians, hazard or de bruynce.

Posted by Zenas on 01/25/2012

Here are some facts about Chelsea FC
1.Bosingwa, Kalou, Malouda, Ferreira cannot help us in winning anything. They have to be sold as quickly as possible
2.Lampard and Drogba's time is passed. They need to spend more time on the bench and help educate young players. If they don't want to, we should let them go
3.Bosingwa plays like a headless chicken and only God knows why he is called a footballer. He can't defend, tackle, dribble, pass or cross.
4.Meireles is the laziest mildfielder at Chelsea and his plays are too casual
5.Mata, Torres, Terry, Cole, Cech, Ramires, Luiz,Sturridge and Ivanovic are the only good players we have at the moment,meaning that there is a lot missing in our midfield
6.Can't count on Essien too much as he needs fitnes
7.AVB needs to understand the game and starting taking responsibilities
8.Luiz needs to be tried in midfield
9.More support for El Nino because he has the potential to be Chelsea killing machine.
10.We NEED at least TWO CLASSIC midfielders

Posted by gmeaz on 01/25/2012

newly born cfc fans will always want to axe the coach when the result wont come. Dont be like that mate, if the right player not in the squad, then how can we blame the coach?we dont have wingers to deliver cross, we dont have creative midf who can support torres..avb or torres is not guilty for that..all i hope is cfc bring in either hazard or willian to play behind torres..let alone mata on the left, he suits there not in the middle..in case it's impossible to get modric coz spurs wont sell him..both hazard/willian can play across the field for advance position, preferly central behind the forward..get one of them, and 1 right FB/WB that excell in delivering cross and positioning..enough with bosingwa(he cant cross,though iva deliver good cross like he did vs QPR but we need someone who will replace bosingwa, a proper FB coz iva prefer in CB role..and the line up is 4-2-3-1

???/iva - cahill/luiz - terry - cole

ramires/lamps - essien/romeu

sturridge - willian/hazard - mata

torres

Posted by gadaz on 01/25/2012

why always blame torres when the team s not winning?why not writting good things for all the assists he has made?are goals only meant eor the strikers alone.a defender,mid can also score goals.let us give torres support and game time.

Posted by Jeffrey nurse on 01/25/2012

I completely agree with you and Sadly watching Chelsea play these days does not bring its supporters any joy at all! Some of the players look totally disinterested and are playing as individuals and not as a team. Only Mata and Ramires play as team players.

Posted by Gops on 01/25/2012

now that we have cahill,
just a thought..y not move luiz up the pitch to defensive midfield??
Torres
Mata Sturridge

Essien Lampard

Luiz

Cole Terry Cahil Ivanovic
Cech

He is very creative..has a great shot in him..and can pass the ball...unlike mikel..

Posted by sasan on 01/25/2012

Posted by AARON MARK HENDRIX on 01/26/2012

It appears that your main problem is this;Team/Manager have issues.A team almost always "mirror" the manager running it.I'm not gonna compare you to United,but let's look at Mourinho,Ranieri and Hiddink.When these "fella's" were at the helm,Chelsea looked in harmony.Of coz there were bad dayz,but nonetheless,you didnt get the feeling that it was a sinking ship.The players played for the Manager,besides themselves and the fans of coz.Even during Grant's rule,Chelsea looked much more of a team than at present.It's obvious something's not right in the team,and till that sorts itself,you aint goin nowhere.As for Torres/Rooney comparison you made,you're right when you say United look to get the ball to him in dangerous positions.But United's players also feed of each other,and honestly,Chelsea have too many Ego's in the team.No one plays for the club if you ask me,but that's just my opinion.But still,you're not that far behind and if u get sorted,you'll be there or thereabouts come May..

Posted by Prathap shetty on 01/26/2012

its not just chelsea's gameplay but what bothers me more is that avb doesnt seems to learn from his mistakes i wonder any one has noticed it or not but i feel we dont lack quality in the squad rather we dont use them to their full potential,i mean players are being played out of their natural positions.we have to change our formation to diamond or a 4-4-2, stturidge is a striker not a wide player even mata like playing behind the strikers not wide and ramires does not get forward Very often so why dont you play him as a defensive midfielder and then let him make those trademark runs whenever he wants to just like essien used to do.

Posted by Patrick on 01/26/2012

Spot on David Kyle. I am tired of Chelsea fans heaping the blame on Nando after each woeful display. Why AVB left Romeu on the bench beats my imagination as his absence was felt especially in the 1st half. I feel that players like Drogba, Lampard, Malouda, Kalou and Terry (yes Terry) have stayed beyond their useful date and should leave if AVB is serious about building his own team.

Posted by Ugo on 01/26/2012

Micheal, Boen, kanishk, Mulhobbie, Chigozie, et al
I must say you guys have all hit the nail on the head in your own various ways.
The simple truth about our defence is the new philosophy of AVB which makes our defenders do their defending a little up the field....in AVB's words to help produce a formidable attack. in as much as his idea is noble and may change Chelsea's game for the better, he needs to study the ability of his players.
Since when did it stop being the job of the coach to win games? AVB should bear the greatest part of the blame for the shoddy, lazy and uninspirational kind of football chelsea has been playing for a while now. week in week out, chelsea continues to break the hearts of their supporters with performance unbecoming of champions.....AVB should put his house in order, even if there seems to be a lack of creativity and hunger from the players, he should step in a dictate the technicality of the game

Posted by Ray on 01/27/2012

we all like chelsea and hope these comment will help to lift the team, my concern is that Chelsea plays the ball more in their own half than in the opponent they should have change of play as they approach each team, when they had the ball the passes are slow giving time to their opponent to settle, i do not want to comment on anyone but hope good changes will take effect

Posted by Chelsea Cardy on 01/27/2012

AVB needs to buy Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Willian, and Gregory Van Der Wiel. Finally we will have true wingers who will beat opposition defenders to the byline and deliver crosses and passes that Torres has been longing for. We need creative attacking midfielders and wide players to go at defenders and create goals for our lone Spaniard. AVB needs to implement a Mourinho like 4-2-3-1. With Cech, Cole, Terry/Cahil/Luiz, Bosingwa/?. Holding Midfielders of Miereles and Essien/Romeu, a front three of Mata, Hazard/Willian/De Bruyne with Torres as a lone striker would be a deadly attack and does not seem impossible with the spending Roman and has been notorious for.

Posted by silvanus waku on 01/27/2012

i love this write up, to add to it, how can torres score whn the likes of lampard keeps struggling to be highest goal scores with his strikers rather giving the assist the strikers need. Imagine Torres in a team like Arsenal with great supply from midfielders, unlike in Chelsea where even defenders go to look for goal.

Posted by abdul on 01/27/2012

Hi,
i agree with you on some issues but if we let old fashioned sentimentalism and refuse to be realistic enough to bite the bullet[in the case of Drogba,Malouda,Ferreira,Kalou,Hilario,(yet defend Terry,Lampard,Mikel,Cole coz they're countrymen or they were heroes before)we are moving backwards!
Another thing that puzzles & leads to defenders fleeing CFC is managers following Terrys insistence to play when injured???Cant understand why we have to conceed from 1st minute if players are not motivated. No-one jumps and defends set-pieces,Right & Left-Backs leave acres of space for wingers to run?
Why do we have to MASSAGE Senior players EGOS while underperfoming?Even Sturridge has fallen under the spell of thinking he's a SUPERSTAR,(in playing,being substituted,teamwork). We cant hold a candle to MAN U,ARSENAL,BARCA or even the CHELSEA OF OLD!!!No wonder small teams beat or draw with us!
Maybe Abramovich to introduce Performance Review on Players?

Posted by rohit on 01/27/2012

thats 100 percent true....torres is blamed for the bad play of mid field players...

Posted by ervin luca podloski on 01/27/2012

one to cope with Chelsea's defense is to choose a player like Modric in midfield to help lampard and raul mireilles. while the defense side simply choose a replacement for Bosingwa to transfer the player who was quite helpful shortage chelsea today as Maicon or Lass Diarra.

ervin from Chelsea fanatic in Indonesia.
move on The Blue Flag

Posted by Christian on 01/27/2012

I agree wit all de sayings of David and Mulhobie.Moreover they are all for the good of our great club (CHELSEA).

Posted by Christian on 01/27/2012

I agree wit all de sayings of David and Mulhobie.Moreover they are all for the good of our great club (CHELSEA).

Posted by TD on 01/28/2012

It's all about the manager, David. If he wants to play the high line he should employ two decent CBs (JT & Cahill), two decent DMs Oriol and Obi), and get rid of the sub-EPL Bos: was never a starter before AVB for valid reasons: can't defend, can't read the game, can't cross the ball. Everyone attacks us via his flank now. Him & Meireles play only because they are Portuguese!

Ramirez can run all day but I've never figured out what his brief from AVB is; Meireles is very average, Mata is creative but lacks the strength demanded by the EPL. Frank was bad last year, not this year.

Sturridge is very selfish, rather like Nani. Dribbles aimlessly, turns away from free colleagues, and will not cross the ball (certainly never to Drog!). Drog himself has lost interest. Torres can't position himself, can't hold up the ball, can't dribble, can't shoot: only his name & price tag, really!

So bad tactics + avg new players = poor results. Now who should correct all this, Dave? Correct.

Posted by kid on 01/29/2012

not a bad idea for torres to read the comments on this great writin. sure he'l get some of his confidence bck frm seein the faith and hope we got for him. come on torres re-discover yhur form.yhu sure as hell arn't the reason for chelsea's bad run of games but sure as hell yhu can be the reason for a change into winin' ways.

Posted by Joseph ekwegh on 01/29/2012

Hi David, Ur article is off the hook,as a matter of fact Chelsea has lost that touch we know them for,no cohesion in the team the midfielders are not doing enough,where is the lampard of old that we use to know? Where is the drogba that score goal in every match? We have lost the fighting spirit of winning matches, i believe torres has regained his confidence back,but he needs the help of the team to start scoring as he use to Avb should watch it,the players are doing enough,the competition in epl is so strong that winnera game will require extra input in the game. I wish chelsea the best of luck for the remaining season. Chelsea(blue) for live.

Posted by Enobong - Nigeria on 01/30/2012

I will suggest that AVB go for Carlos Tevez on loan to help Chelsea out. Buy Mordic or Eden Hazard for God's sake! Why is it taking AVB thousand of years to get good players. Lukaku should be sold off!

The true here again is that,Chelsea players do not take their game to the opponents, they look so heavy on the ground,can't even run /fall back when neccessary.

AVB and his players should know that they have broken many Fans heart this season. Chelsea has now become a club that every big and small team beat even QPR.

Ibrahimovic should do some thing fast or bring in Morinho back to Chelsea...

Posted by Andes on 01/30/2012

Even as an Arsenal fan myself, I totally agree with your take on Torres. I'm fed up myself hearing people calling Arsenal an one man team because of the scoring form of van Persie. But RvP would be the first to admit, without his attacking teammates, there's no way he could have scored all those goals. Not like he is Maradona that he scored all of his goals by dribbling past everybody. It become more obvious now, with Gervinho away to ANC, Arsenal's attack started to struggle. Torres is every much in the same class as van Persie. He ain't Andy Carroll. Torres' talent is proven. Maybe he is short of confidence right now. But if your midfield do not create enough chances for you, it would bound to make life more difficult for a striker.

Posted by LFCHEN on 01/30/2012

No winger cross, no speed in MF. Only Mata, and sometime Mereles could create some chances for Torres.

I have also noticed that Torres created a few chances for other players.

Posted by dave on 02/01/2012

avb is killing chelsea and must go now.

Posted by Hamid Habibi on 02/01/2012

I love Chelsea and look forward to each game with outmost enthusiasm, however i have been so disappointed with the teams performance, we have some the worlds best players on this team yet week after week, we look un organized,weak at positions, lost on the field and over all a joke!!
why is taking this coach so long to find our rythm? we should be in control of every game we play, this the weakest Chelsea team i have seen since Mr. Abrahimovich has been in charge. I am just frustrated. whats next a new coach again at the end of this season?

Posted by lol on 02/12/2012

get out AVB..come back JM..

Posted by skippo on 02/16/2012

Avb is a good coach but he need 2 replace lampard,bosin n malouda.let luiz take bosin's place and he shud start playing 4 4 2 formation dat will help torres a lot.up chelsea till death.

Posted by John on 02/19/2012

Why do you take so long to post each blog? Other clubs post after each game.

I love reading your analysis, but this was posted almost a month ago.

KTBFFH

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