Comments on: Meireles adds creativity to Chelsea midfield

By: Football_Follower

Football_Follower — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:39:25 +0000

Andre Villas-Boas was only in charge of Porto for a month before Meireles was sold, so never really coached him.

Meireles isn’t a big tackler either, only recording 79 tackles last season of which he won 55 – good enough for 21st on the list (of midfielders) way behing Lucas Leiva who attempted 172 tackles, winning 111.

Saying that, he may turn out to be a better buy than Modric in Villas-Boas system of ball retention, as Meireles is an efficient playerwho provides through balls and key passes with significantly less touches:

http://footballfollower.com/football-blog/raul-meireles-better-buy-luka-modric/

By: Yuri

Yuri — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:28:23 +0000

Hahaha, last year was Villas Boas’ first season in charge at Porto. last season was Raul Meireles’ first season at Liverpool.

Put 2 and 2 together, bro.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:56:44 +0000

Are you serious, tackling?

Besides, AVB was manager of Meireles for what, 2-3 months. Get your facts right, before contributing to the rubbish articles this site produces.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:24:21 +0000

Are you American?..
You don’t seem to know much about football or the positions people play in..

favorite.. (favourite)

By: Kevin Coleman

Kevin Coleman — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:06:15 +0000

You must be watching a different Raul Meireles, because the one that played for Liverpool wouldn’t tackle to save his life.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:16:18 +0000

“Meireles, on the other hand, is a strong defensive player who can throw in tackles and break up attacks,”

*snigger*

Someone clearly wasn’t watching him play last season. He absolutely hates to tackle, shies away from every 50/50 and doesn’t even bother jumping for aerial balls.

Also, I’m not sure where you got your deep-lying role stuff from. He never played a game there under Kenny.

Good player, just not at all the one you’ve described.