BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2014/2015 SEASON THREAD

[balo]

Losing to Bradford was actually a blessing in disguise. At least they get to rest before the next round of games.

Just not in the fashion of the defeat. Even RM should not be beating Chelsea like Bradford did.

[paj]

[paj]

Losing to Bradford was actually a blessing in disguise. At least they get to rest before the next round of games.

Just not in the fashion of the defeat. Even RM should not be beating Chelsea like Bradford did.

Agreed..but if you look at that game you realise a few things:
1.3/4 of the defence was changed, with Cristensen playing right back
2. We were comfortable until Mikel went off with an injury, then they started entering us
3.Bradford has a few ex-epl vets that can hurt U if U are not careful..they eliminated Arsenal before ...last year...

[balo]

Losing to Bradford was actually a blessing in disguise. At least they get to rest before the next round of games.

Just not in the fashion of the defeat. Even RM should not be beating Chelsea like Bradford did.

Agreed..but if you look at that game you realise a few things:
1.3/4 of the defence was changed, with Cristensen playing right back
2. We were comfortable until Mikel went off with an injury, then they started entering us
3.Bradford has a few ex-epl vets that can hurt U if U are not careful..they eliminated Arsenal before ...last year...

Even if Chelsea played using their U-21, they should be beating Bradford.

[Catalyst]

what do U guys make of Cuadrado so far?

Decent debut. But I feel like Hazard dem go spoil am with their tendency to not be direct enough.

Gosh Hazard was frustrating yesterday sha.

His debut was poor. It was likely worse than Salah's debut. He looked lost, out of place, and tried to do too much. The mark of greatness lies in doing simple things excellently well, and let the game come to you.

Hopefully his future will be 10X or more better than Salah's

[Catalyst]

Losing to Bradford was actually a blessing in disguise. At least they get to rest before the next round of games.

Nope.

It was a missed opportunity. It was not necessary.

Teams like Chelsea were built to chase 3-4 titles deep into each season.

[analyzer]

My own be say the Squad is too thin, the squad is too thin compared to other major teams..
Jose MUST start trusting those youth players (mostly midfielders/attackers) or will totally burn out his regular starters.. Also give Remy/Luis more game time.. probably see Zouma start tomorrow.

[bamenda boy]

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[Coach]

Right on cue.

[The Notorious B!GGESTMAN]

Where's Millwall's own?

[tfco]

GOAT

learn.to.fu_cking.spell

AFCON 2015 sweet o
DNQ no good o

[kalamashaka]

Sorry, what??

[bret- hart]

[Prince]

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[Scipio Africanus]

Black man don sofa!

[mcal]

...real suffer, see our supposedly football chief hop on a plane to support oyinbo club.
If na for Lagos we go dey carry dem back for free, begging for scraps, and helping them defraud Nigeria.

[Chingo Bling]

Looks like Talib Kweli with a cockney accent

[Bigpokey24]

http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2015 ... er=ya5nbcs

The most controversial moment of Saturday’s Premier League action came during the 70th minute of Chelsea’s 1-1 home draw with Burnley, when a challenge on Nemanja Matic resulted with Ashley Barnes’s foot nearer to his knee than the ball (2:04 mark of the below video).

Matic made a beeline for Barnes, who was walking away form the scene of the crime, and shoved him to the ground, resulting in a red card for Matic and no further discipline for Barnes.

First things first, Matic is lucky to not have suffered a broken leg, or shredded knee or ankle ligaments. Tackles as ugly as Barnes’s hack-job often result in serious, long-term injuries, so there’s that to be thankful for, no matter which Premier League club you do or don’t support.

[ FULL RECAP: Chelsea 1-1 Burnley as Premier League title race is blown open once again ]

While Matic was undoubtedly angered by the “tackle,” his frustration must have been compounded by Martin Atkinson whistling only for a foul. Atkinson was undoubtedly right to show Matic red after retaliating, but he has to accept his role in the incident as well. Referees are there to protect players in instances like this, and he did absolutely nothing of the kind.

In honesty, Barnes is extremely lucky to have gotten off with only a strong shove to the ground. A challenge like that deserves a red card 10 times out of 10. As far as Matic’s retaliation goes, he surely wanted to give Barnes more than a push, and had he, Barnes’s face would have looked quite different tomorrow morning than it did when he woke up today.

[ MORE: Mourinho won’t criticize ref, but tells you every minute in which he affected the game ]

So, the question that comes to mind is this: If you were Matic, how would you have reacted to Barnes’s horror tackle? Surely there’s former players amongst our readers who suffered a similar tackle and didn’t escape so injury-free. It’s an egregious challenge to Matic’s ability to earn a living and such acts have no place in the game.

Would you have been able to keep your cool in the moments shortly thereafter? Would you have also thrown Barnes to the ground, or worse, been looking to really hurt him?

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

The foul was bad but Matic was silly to hit the guy. Unlike mikel his nerves have never been tested at the highest level.

[paj]

http://www.espnfc.com/story/2313456/gla ... until-2020

Thorgan sold!

[balo]

http://www.espnfc.com/story/2313456/gla ... until-2020

Thorgan sold!

Good luck to him. Chelsea has a buy back clause on him.

[John Obi Moses]

Hit him in the face for trying to break my leg and leave me sidelined for 7 months or even end my career!!

I have had to recover from such injuries and I can tell you it is not a joke. On top of that you never really go back to where you were prior to the injury.

[Abbey]

I would have done exactly what Matic did, maybe more. Barnes was lucky he didn't get his nose rearranged!!