Guest bimpy474 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 The highlights seemed to just be Arsenal missing chances. Pretty much how the game went, second half Sunderland didn't cross the halfway line at all really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Lots of football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Routledge looked quality yesterday. Pleased for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Wigan: Al-Habsi, Caldwell, Alcaraz, Ramis, Boyce, Figueroa, McArthur, McCartney, Moses, Maloney, Di Santo Chelsea : Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Cole, Lampard, Mikel, Hazard, Mata, Bertrand, Torres Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Paulo Ferreira on the bench for Chelsea. He is STILL there?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I cannot believe Chelsea are starting Ryan Bertrand on the wing against Wigan. Is everyone else unfit? Paulo Ferreira on the bench for Chelsea. He is STILL there?! Ferreira along with Hilario must be close with/have info on someone high at that club. Both keep picking up fat cheques despite retiring three years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Fancy Wigan for this like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Seems Di Matteo has realised that Mata is ineffective outwide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I cannot believe Chelsea are starting Ryan Bertrand on the wing against Wigan. Is everyone else unfit? Paulo Ferreira on the bench for Chelsea. He is STILL there?! Ferreira along with Hilario must be close with/have info on someone high at that club. Both keep picking up fat cheques despite retiring three years ago. I think RDM fancies him as a player to be honest, he played him the Champions League final and he just likes him. Edit : Bertrand that is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordstrom Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I have to admit that I'm quite pleased to see Bertrand starting. It's time Chelsea actually started to use their academy graduates as opposed to their numerous big money signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I have to admit that I'm quite pleased to see Bertrand starting. It's time Chelsea actually started to use their academy graduates as opposed to their numerous big money signings. Signed him from Gillingham mind, very young then though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Think Bertrand starting is more due to the lack of genuine width than anything else. Which quite frankly makes the Oscar signing a bit silly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Think Bertrand starting is more due to the lack of genuine width than anything else. Which quite frankly makes the Oscar signing a bit silly. Or they are just setting up with a free roaming system........i dream of this at night for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I have to admit that I'm quite pleased to see Bertrand starting. It's time Chelsea actually started to use their academy graduates as opposed to their numerous big money signings. He is starting with a guy they just paid £32 million for, whilst their new £25 million signing is on the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I have to admit that I'm quite pleased to see Bertrand starting. It's time Chelsea actually started to use their academy graduates as opposed to their numerous big money signings. If Bertrand is an academy player, than so are the likes of Mikel Obi. Bertrand, like most every young player at the big English clubs, was bought for a fee at a young age from a club in a lower financial position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I have to admit that I'm quite pleased to see Bertrand starting. It's time Chelsea actually started to use their academy graduates as opposed to their numerous big money signings. Aye, it's brilliant to see them spend £63m on three new players then only put one of them on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Think this'll be pretty close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Think Bertrand starting is more due to the lack of genuine width than anything else. Which quite frankly makes the Oscar signing a bit silly. Or they are just setting up with a free roaming system........i dream of this at night for us. Possibly a attacking midfield trio of Hazard, Mata and Oscar would be good but the work rate would be god awful and they would need fullbacks to push up a lot and play a very good pressing game which i don't think Terry, Cole, Mikel and Lampard can do. We will see, Chelsea a definitely a mystery it could go really well or really bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Wigan got Mauro Boselli and Aruna Kone on the bench, forgot both existed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Quite shocked Ryo ( the Japanese lad from Arsenal) isn't even on the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Think Bertrand starting is more due to the lack of genuine width than anything else. Which quite frankly makes the Oscar signing a bit silly. Or they are just setting up with a free roaming system........i dream of this at night for us. Possibly a attacking midfield trio of Hazard, Mata and Oscar would be good but the work rate would be god awful and they would need fullbacks to push up a lot and play a very good pressing game which i don't think Terry, Cole, Mikel and Lampard can do. We will see, Chelsea a definitely a mystery it could go really well or really bad. Very true, i actually think they will do badly under RDM, seems a rather defensive coach to me from what i've seen so far. Hard to truly judge him, tbf he took over and steadied them last season. Whole different thing this time round though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Love how Sky are building this up like it's not just going to be a standard 2-0 win to Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Think Bertrand starting is more due to the lack of genuine width than anything else. Which quite frankly makes the Oscar signing a bit silly. Not really. Have Oscar in the middle, with Mata and Hazard roaming around him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Think Bertrand starting is more due to the lack of genuine width than anything else. Which quite frankly makes the Oscar signing a bit silly. Not really. Have Oscar in the middle, with Mata and Hazard roaming around him. Very attacking that! Wigan are decent on the counter (at least they were against us ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Think Bertrand starting is more due to the lack of genuine width than anything else. Which quite frankly makes the Oscar signing a bit silly. Not really. Have Oscar in the middle, with Mata and Hazard roaming around him. Yeah that's what i expect but there's too many factors at Chelsea which means i can't see it working very well, at least at first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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