Denmark Spur
Michael Carrick
Re: The Official Oh F*** Chelsea Destroyed Footie Thread feat. FSW
Chelseas teamsheet for today:
Know your place, Rafa
Chelseas teamsheet for today:
Know your place, Rafa
Oscar, Chelsea's Brazilian box of tricks, is to be dropped for their game at West Ham as interim boss Rafa Benitez looks to end their slump.
But Chelsea fans will be alarmed that, after two 0-0 draws in succession, Benitez is axing one of their best flair players.
In an attempt to bring more out of Fernando Torres - Oscar is taking the blame for his lack of goals - it is expected that Victor Moses will replace him.
Benitez will say he is rotating his team ahead of another Champions League encounter, against Nordsjaelland, as he looks to freshen up his line-up.
Oscar, whose spectacular goal against Juventus earlier in the season is one of the best so far, is the victim of a run of games that has seen Chelsea fail to win in the last six.
Back-to-back home game against Emirates Marketing Project and Fulham only resulted in two goalless draws, leaving Chelsea seven points behind leaders Manchester United.
Benitez has had West Ham watched and knows they can be quite physical in midfield. He is expecting a tough London derby and wants more strength in the side.
He may go for a change of formation, but will decide that in the build-up to the game. Oscar, who is fully fit, will be on the bench and may well come on.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2241117/West-Ham-v-Chelsea-Oscar-dropped-Rafa-Benitez-Victor-Moses-set-replace-him.html
Rather than challenge for the title it seems his job description is to get Torres to score goals.
The whole thing would be amazing if Pep told them he wasn't interested after all this...
The whole thing would be amazing if Pep told them he wasn't interested after all this...
I would be more amazed if he went there! He strikes me as the sort of person who would not go close to Abramovich's energy...it'll be interesting to see...
Rafael Benítez has expressed concern to the Chelsea hierarchy that the European champions' first-team squad is critically thin on numbers and has been rendered more fragile by a cluttered fixture schedule which is damaging the players' fitness levels.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/nov/30/chelsea-rafael-benitez
That's what happens when you buy 10 midfielders and ignore the CB and striker positions.
Rafael Benítez has expressed concern to the Chelsea hierarchy that the European champions' first-team squad is critically thin on numbers and has been rendered more fragile by a cluttered fixture schedule which is damaging the players' fitness levels.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/nov/30/chelsea-rafael-benitez
That's what happens when you buy 10 midfielders and ignore the CB and striker positions.
Wait a minute, Marin made the bench?
When you see their midfield I think that's probably going to be as far as it goes for him bar maybe a few FA Cup and COC appearances.
As mentioned before I'm sure they just bought him so nobody else could.
lol looks like 2 pts out of 9 for Rafa.
I remember a radio interview with some Spanish journo saying that now he has done the 'inherited' rich team thing, he's just as likely to shock everyone and go somewhere really unfashionable where he can build everything up from scratch. I'd be delighted it if he turned all the moneybags clubs down, chose someone not in the CL and gave it a real go.I would be more amazed if he went there! He strikes me as the sort of person who would not go close to Abramovich's energy...it'll be interesting to see...