You know something must be wrong when the 1st choice Substitute
is Ramires. The commentator also said something that goes "Ramires
looks like a stick, how on earth is he a defensive midfielder?"
Anyway, I think Arsenal got their lucky break when the last 2
goals Chelsea conceded was largely due to error. Essien's mistake
in tackling caused the 2nd goal while Malouda was caught in
possession in the 1st.
I thought Ancelotti look damn lost at the touchline when Arsenal
hit them on the break. He doesn't seem to have a plan B. Oh yeah,
plan B is to introduce Ramires?! Kakuta is still so raw, he cant
seem to find a way past Arsenal's defence at all. Bosingwa is also
another strange substitution because it's obvious that Drogba is
stuggling to find supplies from midfield area. I thought a wiser
decision would be to have Daniel Sturridge on but he's not even on
the bench!
When you are given a wooden spoon to dig a mountain and the
wooden spoon is broken, I am sure you will look lost too..Lol .. Oh
well, I guess I am exaggerating it haha..
But so far it seems like the young substitue players Sturridge or
Kakuta are no way near ready to at least stand in temporarily for
the first teamers like Drogba or Anelka. Fabio Borini, Josh
MacEacharan, Jeffrey Bruma and Patrick van Aanholt are young
players whom hardly have a sniff of even being subs. Where has
players like Benayoun gone to I wonder.
On the other hand, Man Utd, are able to call the likes of the
young but effective Javier Hernandez as well as young but quite
experience players like Darren Gibson or Fedrico Macheda and during
a certain time Johnny Evans to stand in for Berbatov, Rooney,
Ferdinand, Giggs et al.. Man Utd has a good mix of youth and
experience.
At Chelsea, the problem of having a sugar daddy to pump in the cash
to bring in quality players has now become apparent. Youth
development is neglected because incrediluous amount of money can
be used to bring in the quality. One day when the owner decides not
to invest so much in the club, they will be unable to call upon
their youth...nor be able to bring in/replenish quality
re-enforcements. Chelsea are in this state now, make do with
neither youth (admit it, Macheda, Hernandez, Gibson, Evans have far
too much experience compared to Kakuta, Bruma, Van Aanholt or
Borini) nor new faces (barred the ineffective Ramires).