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miles wrote:Downing was mustard down the left in the second half. Left footed player out on the left wing swinging crosses in with his left foot. We might be on to something here.
For all this what part of the diamond does he/should he play, there is nothing like a couple of wide men with supporting full back bombing down the line putting crosses in regularly.
If that is playing direct then it's just fine by me. One day we'll have a player who guarantees to get on the end of them and another always following up in the box.
When Kevin Nolan gets the ball in a bit of space he invariably uses it effectively...yesterday the ball reached him frequently in his fairly free role behind the attack, So lots of possession and impressive use of the ball
But it is not always so, his....., ( I'm struggling to find the expression), but "sphere of influence" may be it, is not great enough any more. the ball has to reach him rather than him commanding an area as he should in that midfield position.
Give me Song always looking for the ball always going forward..(with or without an attitude! ) ,
I'm a bit surprised how people view the Terry-Kouyate collision. My take on it is that Kouyate was on a great run through midfield, played a pass five yards outside the area, continued running and bumped into Terry. All Terry had done was stand there, follow the run of the ball after Kouyate's pass, thereby turning slightly to the right, and then getting hit. What was he supposed to do? Vanish into the sky?
I hate Terry as much as the next man, but can't see anything wrong here as far as he is concerned. I don't think it was a foul by Kouyate either, just a freak collision.
smuts wrote:Terry did nothing wrong. He didn't even move and carried on watching the ball before CK ploughed into him.
i've watched it a dozen times over and that is exactly my take on it. Now I can't stand Terry but in this instance there wasn't a foul or any malice. Kouyate ran into him.
Did the commentator really just say, "The atmosphere is a fairly muted at Upton Park tonight, I think Allardyce should be saying to the fans, come on it's a London derby".
What a load of b*llocks. You'd think he commentated the game from his arm chair at home. Could not be more wrong.
Last night was what Upton Park is all about, fantastic atmosphere under the lights.
Let's hope we can get ourselves up for Sunderland in a few weeks like that.
The Sherriff wrote:And they have the audacity to claim the officials have an agenda against them?
Its insufferable watching the media hanging off every word Jose says … despite his inaccuracies, he’s never questioned or pulled up over it. His claims are without any foundation or substance, quite frankly laughable that he gets away with such accusations.
What's most galling is that it's obvious why he does it: it's all simply mind games to get officials to give Chelsea decisions. And yet nobody in the press corps has the balls to call him on it. Our referees get a lot of stick, but our football writers show far worse symptoms of being "bought and paid for."
What's most galling is that it's obvious why he does it: it's all simply mind games to get officials to give Chelsea decisions. And yet nobody in the press corps has the balls to call him on it. Our referees get a lot of stick, but our football writers show far worse symptoms of being "bought and paid for."[/quote]
He planted the seed when we played them earlier with Fabregas 'penalty'. He talked about it nonstop until the ref apologized for not giving the penalty. Fabregas was already going to ground when he initiated contact with our defender (Tomkins ?).
Cheating crunts the lot of them.
I had talksport on the car radio on the way home from work tonight and Adrian Durham was on saying that Reid weren't worth 60 bags a week and then started w@nking over Eden Hazard - they really don't like us do they.
LincolnshireHammer wrote:Just watched the game back on MOTD.
Did the commentator really just say, "The atmosphere is a fairly muted at Upton Park tonight, I think Allardyce should be saying to the fans, come on it's a London derby".
What a load of b*llocks. You'd think he commentated the game from his arm chair at home. Could not be more wrong.
Last night was what Upton Park is all about, fantastic atmosphere under the lights.
Let's hope we can get ourselves up for Sunderland in a few weeks like that.
I thought it was very quiet at the start - unusually so for a Chelsea game. But it got going once the team started to play a bit.
Chicken Run Supreme wrote:I had talksport on the car radio on the way home from work tonight and Adrian Durham was on saying that Reid weren't worth 60 bags a week and then started w@nking over Eden Hazard - they really don't like us do they.
Nothing to do with liking us
All to with kerching...dollar ...premium phone lines
They know if they upset certain clubs like us spurs Newcastle sunderland man city with still predominantly big old school reactionary support their phone lines light up
Doing it to plastic new style supported clubs like arsenal cfc etc gets no reaction
Moral of the story don't listen to talksport..and hide your phone
Chicken Run Supreme wrote:I had talksport on the car radio on the way home from work tonight and Adrian Durham was on saying that Reid weren't worth 60 bags a week and then started w@nking over Eden Hazard - they really don't like us do they.
In fairness, Reid isn't worth 60k a week for my money.
Secondly, what an incredible player Hazard is.
Can see your point about bias media references though.
sicknote wrote:
Moral of the story don't listen to talksport..and hide your phone
And let's face it, for every 10 minutes of interesting interviews, one has to put up with several hours of shouty adverts, bigging the "presenters" up, and all round verbal diarrhoea.
smuts wrote:Terry did nothing wrong. He didn't even move and carried on watching the ball before CK ploughed into him.
I didn't say he did anything wrong in this instance , it just made me smile watching him roll over and over OUT of the penalty area , maybe to confuse the ref as to where the original collision happened .
Why did he do that ?
Was it because that in his mind he thought he was guilty of giving away a penalty or was it because he likes going for a roll - about every now and again ?
Yea Why Not wrote:
Yep, his best game this year for sure. Against perhaps the best right back in the league too
I'd go much further and say that it was Nolan's best ever game for us - by a mile. Looked like a different player on Weds night - up against a tough midfield. Did very well chasing down the ball and trying his best to not give the opposition any time to control the ball - notably throughout the second half.
After seeing what he did on Weds I'd be pencilling him in for exactly the same against L'Arse, and **** me, am I surprised to be saying that.
Rocketron wrote:From what I heard on Talksport this afternoon ( don't ask) they must give a very good lunch at Stamford Bridge's press box.
Thats why that fat c*nt moose works there, for the free food, sometimes i dont even believe he supports West Ham, cant stand the lot of them, all have something against us.
