Official Football Thread - 11/12

[mecuryball]

AVB has completely destroyed Chelsea's defensive play.if they finish 2rd and continue playing like this,they may risk getting Genked by the likes of Madrid,Barca or even Bayern.

2rd?

2nd

Chelsea have to win or at least draw nil nil to qualify.is that correct?

[Innovation]

yes, 1-1 will make us level on pts and face to face which will resort to goal difference and valencia would be +8 and chelsea +2, a 2-2 draw will make Valencia ahead on face to face since they'll have 1 more away goal, so a 0-0 would qualify chelsea, and 3 points is the only alternative

I'm not a massive fan of the head to head rule. I mean it's okay, but I much prefer goal difference. What would happen if both teams were on level points and had a 1-1 draw against each other both times?

[mecuryball]

I'm not a massive fan of the head to head rule. I mean it's okay, but I much prefer goal difference. What would happen if both teams were on level points and had a 1-1 draw against each other both times?

if the head to head is equal,goal difference will then be used.

[mecuryball]

like I said in the first sentence, a 1-1 will make us leven on pts and head to head challenges, so it will resort to goal difference, and since a draw keeps the goal difference as it is, valencia are at +8 and we're at +6, thank god it's not upto goal difference.... but we should be going for the 3 pts instead of the 0-0

leven?

payback is such a ho.

[Innovation]

yes, 1-1 will make us level on pts and face to face which will resort to goal difference and valencia would be +8 and chelsea +2, a 2-2 draw will make Valencia ahead on face to face since they'll have 1 more away goal, so a 0-0 would qualify chelsea, and 3 points is the only alternative

I'm not a massive fan of the head to head rule. I mean it's okay, but I much prefer goal difference. What would happen if both teams were on level points and had a 1-1 draw against each other both times?

like I said in the first sentence, a 1-1 will make us leven on pts and head to head challenges, so it will resort to goal difference, and since a draw keeps the goal difference as it is, valencia are at +8 and we're at +6, thank god it's not upto goal difference.... but we should be going for the 3 pts instead of the 0-0

What about if GD is the same?

[Innovation]

@Innovation, GF won't be a factor at all, since GD won't be the same...., GF is only looked at, if almost everything is level including GD

Yeah I meant GD. But that pretty much answers my question, if GD is the same, GF is considered?

[Innovation]

@Innovation, GF won't be a factor at all, since GD won't be the same...., GF is only looked at, if almost everything is level including GD

Yeah I meant GD. But that pretty much answers my question, if GD is the same, GF is considered?

Goals Scored away comes before Goals For in total I believe... but there is 0% chance goal difference will be the same if we drew, cause a draw leaves goal difference as it is... which is Valencia +8, Chelsea +6

Oh no I wasn't talking about us in particular. I was just speaking hypothetically.

[SajN]

Does anyone follow Serie A?

Italy?



Oh please...

[Fleka]

Does anyone follow Serie A?

Just Chelsea here. And City. People go where money goes. Anzhi Makhachkala and PSG are the next clubs that will be hot here.

[Ku53v]

I follow the Serie A the same way I follow the other european leagues, only the important games.

[cityfan31]

Does anyone follow Serie A?

Just Chelsea here. And City. People go where money goes. Anzhi Makhachkala and PSG are the next clubs that will be hot here.

Nah.

There's one City fan here and I've been to more matches than the rest of this forum combined, the majority of which were when we were shit.

[Innovation]

Some of the things I read on Facebook fan pages about Chelsea leave me in shock. Some bloke said sell Mata and Cech lmao. Mata and Meireles are about the only creative players we have. A lot of people are asking Roman to sack AVB too. Honestly, how can you not stick by your manager through thick and thin? Fair enough if he's awful, but AVB is far from that. I have confidence in him and I'm sure if he's given the time, he will succeed with Chelsea. What do they think sacking him will achieve a few months in anyway.

Just get rid of this rotation system. We don't need 3-5 changes every game. Play Romeu over Mikel. Romeu is one hell of a talent, I rate him highly. What he's shown thus far is very promising. We need consistently with our starting 11.

AVB has to start with Torres tomorrow. Honestly, if he wants him to gain form and stand by his backing, then start playing him. 6 minutes against Liverpool, left out against Bayer?

[xRas]

The fans that say shit like that are the stupid foreign cunts who know fuck all about football they wouldn't of even heared of the team without internets... been a fan since 06 '#1 fan!' no, fuck off ain't even heared of word passion

Talking about our league like they know it in an out, Plenty of people like that on here... Chelsea have a great team missing a great tactician though

[Innovation]

I was just watching Sky Sports' segment on Chelsea and Iain Dowie made some very good points and comments on our recent performances. The team he suggested against Wolves is the strongest squad we have to field in my opinion. He got rid of Mikel for Meireles, Luiz for Alex and Drogba for Torres.

According to AVB, he still has the support of Roman. They held talks earlier today I believe. It's nice to hear Roman still backs AVB and isn't jumping to gun like many, many Chelsea supporters. Have some faith in him! What he did with Porto was fantastic.

I'm looking forward to the game tomorrow, let's hope we get back to winning ways.

[Innovation]

I would get slated by most chels fans for this but fuck it.....Drop Terry as well. Really does not fit this system.

Lmao not by me mate. If we're playing a high line, Terry really shouldn't be included. He's not suited to that role as his pace is barely existent. To be fair, his defending hasn't been all that either. I wouldn't be too fussed if he was dropped.