Rant Box: Chelsea v. Arsenal

By: Jack | October 28th, 2011
   

Arsenal. Chelsea. Stamford Bridge. If the combination of those three fails to kindle a fire within, then, I don’t know, you’re not a football fan. Or a human.

wenger
A meeting of the minds

Teams
Chelsea

Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic , Terry, Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Sturridge, Torres, Mata. Substitutes: Blackman, Bertrand, Luiz, Romeu, Meireles, Malouda, Lukaku.

Arsenal
Szczesny, Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Santos, Ramsey, Song, Arteta, Walcott, Van Persie, Gervinho. Substitutes: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Vermaelen, Frimprong, Park, Rosicky, Arshavin.

Streaming:
My P2P
FirstRow Sports
Sport Lemon

Liveblog: Follow along with Jack @ The Score


Some Related Chelsea Posts:


Tags

   
  • Nutmeg

    the problem today was Bosingwa. His defending was extremely poor. He cant defend to save his life. Why not play Ivanovic on the left and JT with Luiz/Alex in the middle?.. Bosingwa is good attacking but horrible defending. He never covered his ends

  • AshCole wasn't much better. Of the four fullbacks on the field, none had a good game. Santos had a good half, that's it.

  • Badboy

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOVE IT

  • Can you publish another piece called Gloat Box? 

  • I suggest you frolic back to your sandlot and enjoy gloating with the Hippies.

  • We're not a defined group, so no need for capitalization.

  • ZachAttack8

    As any parent would say to their kid, "I'm not mad, just disappointed". Well, fuck that. I'm mad and disappointed, and all of the above. I feel gutted. With that, we learn that we can't play that low defensively and get away with it. On to Blackburn...

  • Tela

    Why sub sturridge and play malouda on his wrong side. I dont know why they play that retard ramires...he is always a liability. How can we not beat the weakest arsenal team in years ??? means we are weaker than they are ...atleast defensively. What a mess !!

  • Wait, what? Ramires a retard? You just lost any credibility you might have had with that statement.

  • Tela

    Why because he is black ?? He is a retard. I did not speak about his race. All he knows is running and fouling. Plus, you may not like my assessment. But, I say you look closely our past and future games in which he played and count the number of deadly mistakes he commits. Malouda and Terry committed a big mistake today but I am willing to forgive them because of their overall performance. 

  • Really? I mean, really? 

    You're statement is rubbish because Ramires is far from rubbish. In fact, he's our most effective overall midfielder full stop. 

    Malouda quality today? What the hell are you on?

  • Tela

    By over all performace , I meant over a long season period, not just this game.

  • Tela

    Don't forget that malouda scored more goals and played much better than ramirez. We don't need to fight over it. You can only see this with the coaches decision to sub him these days. I am sure you will see this more often. He is a liability. I have never seen him making a game changing contribution. However, I have seen him making deadly fouls and mistakes that cost us not just a goal but games.

  • No, I won't see this more often because it's just not true.

  • ZachAttack8

    A liability? What about him makes him a liability? The guy is a workhorse. If anything, he is one of our stronger players on a game-to-game basis. Start watching more than the televised games in the US here Tela. Thanks for pointing out that cuz we lost to them means we are weaker then them. You sir, are a genius. 

  • Tela

    He rarely creates clean cut chances up field and almost always costs us a game with his recklessly bad timed fouls. He provides no creative flavor at all. Compare mata and him and decide yourself. If merelez was played than him with malouda on the far left and sturridge on right the team would have had a stable game which would have ensured atleast a 2-1 win.

  • ZachAttack8

    Who is merelez? I'll ignore that awesome attempt at the name for now, but no creative flavor? Did you even watch this guy the second half of last year and most of this year? Please say no because if you have, you are missing out on a lot of his great games. Forgive the guy for being aggressive too, you will never win by sitting back and letting the team or player (like walcott) come at you and just blow you open. 

  • Tela

    Hello. Why are you asking me if I saw games. Do you think I am dumb enough to comment without watching games. I don't have to spell their names right. Ramirez is the only reason why we lost out on the trophy last season. Whether first half or second , he was the one making all the mistakes and deadly fouls. In fact, I vividly remember his naive mistake in midfield...when rooney took the ball from him and run all the way to the goal to score. Man utd won 1 nill that game. Please watch him carefully and assess his play yourself. Look at his end products, not his runs or strength. 

  • MBuzzi

    "Ramirez is the only reason why we lost out on the trophy last season."

    That's the single most retarded statement I've ever read. It LITERALLY cannot be one player's fault, and if it was, it wouldn't be Ramires. You prove it yourself!

    "when rooney took the ball from him and run all the way to the goal to score."

    Why was he able to run all the way to goal and score? Where was the rest of the midfield, defense, keeper? You're igorant.

  • Gg

    Diffense is the worst I have seen chelsea have. No way we can win any trophy this season. Damn it !!

  • Sharinganfx

    let's move on, shall we. I would like our rock solid defensive style back thanks, at least against teams that can out run us.

  • ZachAttack8

    Oh fucking hell..

  • ZachAttack8

    Holy fuck how is that only a yellow?! Bos gets a red for nothing last week and scezney gets a yellow for that shit?

  • It is impossible to reconcile the various refereeing decisions. Don't try.

  • Kshackelford

    Our backline is giving me a heart attack

  • Well, that was a wild half of football.

  • Is nobody out there? Seriously?

  • Super Fucking Frank.

  • I ask: How have we not scored?

  • Up the Chels.

  • Edit: Nothing.

  • Wasn't violent conduct. Served the one-gamer against Everton in midweek.

  • Yah, forgot about the midweek game.

blog comments powered by Disqus

Follow Us

           




England National Team News

Search The Offside


 




Related Links


Categories


Send Your Tips!

Found a great story, photo or video that's perfect for The Offside?
Email chelsea[at]theoffside[dot]com

Write for The Offside

Archives