04 Aug 2015 14:11:08
Feel like a rant: Ramires? What did he do against Arsenal except miss a sitter? Ok, he runs around a lot but my puppy does that and no one is suggesting she should play in our midfield (and I think she would have scored that header)! Ramires will always be a Chelsea legend for his Barcelona goal but his time is up - Taxi for Ramires!
04 Aug 2015 14:55:15
I have to agree if we want to move forward as a team we need better quality on the ball. I'd have preferred to see Loftus start but that's not going to change with Mourinho is it. I'm gutted we never went for Schneiderlin in the summer he could of covered for Matic and played beside him we missed a trick there. I'd personally throw RLC in at the deep end but as a box to box midfielder he's not a holding mid.
04 Aug 2015 15:33:08
With me, I feel like Chelsea need s.o better than Ramires and Mikel either.
I know there are lots of Mikel fan and they always say about Mikel as a loyal - silent veteran, servant. I know all of those factors but Mikel is not playing at the level we need even for a subtitution. He is slow and lazy already. Selling him doesn't mean that we don't like him. Just we need to let him go to a place that he can play regularly - enjoy the footbal and maintain the team competition ability.
But it seems like not the time for replacing those two cause the better replacements will be more expensive and we are saving.
04 Aug 2015 15:52:56
Daton the lazy players don't last long in Mourinho's team (De Bryune) ,Mikel is not lazy .
04 Aug 2015 16:27:57
At last support that Ramires should go. I cannot understand the support he gets here and by Mourinho. I accept Mikel is not first team but he is effective when we want to close a game out. Excluding his Barcelona goal, just wiped a tear away, Ramires and side-kick Mikel have produced next to nothing going forward. I understood Mourinho's comment about Loftus-Cheek ball watching which you could see but when he runs with the ball he looks potentially classy and I hope he gets the softer games under his belt as he is one of the best youngsters I have seen Chelsea put out.
04 Aug 2015 16:38:11
No not lazy headless chicken comes to mind
04 Aug 2015 16:45:26
I knew that. But its not from what I saw in Mikel performance. And the reasons that De Bryune is that he doesn't track back - or lazy in game is also oke. But his position is CAM while Mikel position is DM and he hardly moves out of his spot.
04 Aug 2015 17:47:15
I'm not a fan if Mikel for a number of reasons. too often slowing the game down (our transitional play takes a massive hit); in big games he loses possession under pressure (particularly with his back to goal); as for closing games out, he failed to do that in a few games last season - tbh, I think Zouma has that mantle now. Mikel fares okay in run of the mill games and has been a loyal squad member for years but we are overdue a change there now.
We badly need an upgrade in central midfield depth and sooner rather than later. I'd have liked Kondogbia/Allan for either or both of Ramires & Mikel but they're not options any longer.
04 Aug 2015 19:36:10
Accurate assessment Steve, add to that he is terrible in the air for his size and terrible defending on set pieces especially corners, usually losing his marker. Also, next to our goalkeeper he is least likely to score for us, we need a better two-way player at DM.
05 Aug 2015 08:53:39
As much as I don't rate Ramires' quality on the ball his work rate, whilst playing counter attacking football cannot be questioned. He was by far our best player throughout the season in 2012.