Despite some average performances last year(never bad and always reliable) he has been very good whenever played this year yet mourinho is putting Azpi out of position leaving Ivanovic at RB who, first city game aside, has been shocking going forward this year. He is a poor outlet ball and creates little-its not his strengths.
Why is cole not getting in the team, especially with Terry out, and cahill only half fit his experience could be vital. Another stubborn move from Jose? Makes no sense.
yesterday was a shambles. Mikel was back to his normal self, Ramires couldnt trap a bag of cement, hazard dissapeared for long periods and all I saw was willian getting the ball and it was not coming off for him. Don't get me started on Luiz who manages to turn every 50/50 into a foul or 90/10 in the oppositions favour. did he win one 50/50 yesterday?
Poor team performance but it doesnt help when we are carrying such poor players and leaving out experienced players in cole and dare i say it Lampard. Knowing we had players unfit or missing its those type of players that rise to the occasion and help the team lift their energy levels.
Whats happened to ashley cole?
posted on 16/2/14
And if we got squished 6 - 0 ?
posted on 16/2/14
Well I don't think we have a bad squad and I believe the players mentioned above would have probably made it a closer game due to how fresher they would have been compared to the players that actually played. There is no chance that they would have beaten us 6-0 with the above players on the pitch and if you think that then that just shows how rubbish you think our squad is
posted on 16/2/14
comment by Truth and Nothing but the Truth (U18636)
posted 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
If you're asking that question you haven't seen us play.
Aspilicueta has been tremendous and hasn't put a foot wrong. He owns the left back now. I'm a big Cole fan but he lost his place.
And don't get me started on Lampard, he was in the teams when we were leaking 3, 4 goals against midtable opposition. He should be nowhere near centre midfield as players keep going past him like he isn't there, leaving far too much for the likes of Matic, Ramires and Luiz to cover in midfield.
Frank is nearly 36, and no longer has the legs to play at this level, he should be getting 20 minute cameos as a sub as a second striker/ attacking mid in a 4-3-3.
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who are you and how can you type without a brain? and TCW saying hes been Crap? are you mad. Hes been very good everytime hes played this year.
And Im not saying azpi hasnt been good but ivanovic is the real square peg in round hole for us or whatever the saying is. And what you said about lampard is not only just a lie and factually incorrect but stupid aswell.
posted on 16/2/14
Nick you clearly are not open to other's views here.
Also indirectly you are questioning Mr. JOSE
posted on 16/2/14
There is no chance that they would have beaten us 6-0 with the above players on the pitch and if you think that then that just shows how rubbish you think our squad is
Chelsea are out of both Domestic Cups
posted on 16/2/14
comment by ♥♥JustAnotherPoster♥&hear... (U10557)
posted 3 minutes ago
Nick you clearly are not open to other's views here.
Also indirectly you are questioning Mr. JOSE
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Nick mate, you asked for opinions. You're getting them. Turns out that there are those who think he's been pretty poor lately, and doesn't deserve his position.
He's off in the summer
posted on 16/2/14
comment by TheChameleonProject (U1847)
posted 25 minutes ago
There is no chance that they would have beaten us 6-0 with the above players on the pitch and if you think that then that just shows how rubbish you think our squad is
Chelsea are out of both Domestic Cups
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Ok so you think our squad is not good enough to rotate then?
posted on 17/2/14
Ashley Cole has been poor in quite a few games. He gets skimmed so easily now. I think it has been the right decision to give Azpi the role, who has been fantastic.
Ivanovic has not been great, but he has been better than Cole imo, and brings a threat for us from set pieces. Anyway, a new LB is needed this summer. Cole has been great with us, has won everything with us, time to move on for him.
posted on 17/2/14
Cole should have perhaps started but to claim he has been "very good (never bad and always reliable)" is a vast overstatement and far from the truth.
Cannot agree at all.
Have no qualms about Azpi being in the team over him at the moment, there on merit.
However...do want to see Azpi back at RB permanently at some point but have to accept very unlikely to happen with Ivanovic being the outlet for Cech's goal-kicks.
posted on 17/2/14
I ask you guys what games other than basle has ashley cole played poorly? he was great about a month ago when ivan was out injured.