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Chambo Out to Make Berra Angry
Tuesday, 27th Sep 2016 11:52

Skipper Luke Chambers will be partnering Christophe Berra at the heart of the Town defence tonight against Brighton — and he’ll also be doing his best to wind him up.

Chambers revealed: “We’re always talking about football, me and Christophe, and we have a few disagreements on match days and in training.

“But it’s not that we fall out — it’s just a case of him being so focused on a match day that when I try to help him out or say something to him he gives me a bit of a bit of a growl with his missing teeth.

“I love him to death and he’s been absolutely brilliant since he came to the club. It’s all positive, never a bad thing. I try to make him as angry as I can because he plays his best stuff when he’s angry.

“When we’ve played together — when I’ve had the opportunity to play in the middle — I feel we’ve done pretty well.

“I think Christophe is playing very, very well this season and been dominant in every game we have played so far. Hopefully it will be a nice experience to go back in there and not just play alongside him but also stake a claim to stay there.

“We have some very good defenders at this club and at the minute I think the gaffer sees me as a right-back because of the strength we have in the central defensive area.

“We haven’t really suffered too much from injuries to central defenders in the last few years or I might have had more opportunities to play there.

“I don’t know how long I’m going to be in the middle and hopefully Webby’s not going to be out for too long.

“It might be one game, it might be three, four, you just don’t know. I’ll be fully prepared and I’ve been doing a few different things in training on Sunday and Monday to try to play my way back into the role. I had a few minutes there on Saturday as well and I’m really looking forward to Tuesday.

“Brighton reached the play-offs last season and they have added a few players this season.

“It was a bit of a surprise to see them doing so well last year, having had the season they had the year before, but they were very good last season.

“We managed to go down to their place and take some points off them and we know what to expect from them.

“They have been playing in a similar way the last few years and Chris Hughton always has a good, strong Championship team.

“They are always challenging at the right end of the league and they have good players capable of scoring goals. It’s going to be a difficult game for us but it’s one we are ready for.”

If Brighton represent tough opposition, the same could be said of Saturday’s visitors, Huddersfield, this season’s surprise package, sitting second in the table going into tonight’s round of fixtures.

If Town could collect full points with the latest international break to follow it would provide a huge boost after they managed just two wins from their eight league games since the opening day of the campaign, although they remain unbeaten at home since losing to Brentford in April.

Chambers added: “We’ve always focused on these games in the past, when we’ve had one on the Tuesday and another on the Saturday — two in a row at home — and we’ve always seemed to do well in the past. We need to make the most of it.

“But we are playing two of the best teams in the league, on early form, so we know it’s going to be difficult. However, h has never been an easy place to come and we’re looking to continue that way. We want to keep our home run going and take as many points as we can.”


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MaySixth added 11:59 - Sep 27
Berra has had a great season but he wasn't dominant at Elland Road.
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BlueHarwich added 12:16 - Sep 27
You make me angry every game!
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skusesrightpeg added 12:30 - Sep 27
Just play like you do every week, he will be angry within 10 minutes just like most of us
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Brownie added 12:42 - Sep 27
I am always amused that people are prepared to give Sears a chance as he is being played out of position but slaughter Chambers who has suffered the same for the last 3 years.

He has said enough times he prefers playing centre back & that is his position.

Is it his fault he just isn't a RB? What should he do tell MM to poke it and refuse to play there?

I agree with most that he shouldn't be in the team at RB. I would play Emmanuel but MM doesn't. But I don't agree with some of the comments & abuse aimed at Chambers who to be frank has shown nothing but commitment to the club over a number of years.
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BlueMachines added 12:48 - Sep 27
To be fair Brownie most do acknowledge that it isn't Chambers fault. Most like him as a person but say he isn't a right back. Because he isn't!!
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battyblue added 14:25 - Sep 27
Agree with BlueMachines on this one Brownie people have to show their disapproval somehow so it gets taken out on the player because McCarthy is so wooden sad but there we are thats life.
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BackTheBlues added 15:01 - Sep 27
battyblue - I agree that people can show disapproval but there's no need to personally attack the man and blame him for our deficiencies!
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Jimmy86 added 15:11 - Sep 27
Think slating Chambo isn't necessary. He readily admits his preferred position is CB, Mick acknowledges that Chambo is indeed a CB, but continues to play him out of position at RB, because he has done a job when playing there at times, admittedly not like a specialist RB would. The problem is Mick can't chose between Berra, Chambo, Smith and now Webster. So to enable him to have Chambers in the team, who is still a valuable asset, plays him at RB
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Vizslaraner added 15:53 - Sep 27
McCarthy is the problem not chambo, sears or Tommy! Our set up, play and tactics are as dull as he is. Just play people in the right positions and with a bit more flair and the fans would be happier. He has no time for what we think unfortuatelt
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jas0999 added 18:20 - Sep 27
I imagine the disagreements are primarily around how easy the opposition exploit Chambers every game.
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therein61 added 18:28 - Sep 27
While I have slated the skipper at right back(and he has cost us so many points and will continue to do so while paying there!!) the blame is all on the shoulders of the man who is in charge of team selection while readily admitting the skipper is a cb he continues to play him at right back and while he continues with Skuse and Douglas in front of him offering no protection then we will continue to give points away and slide down the table we will be set up to get a point in the next two home games which beggars belief and that is now the norm!!!! chambo needs to have two great games to stop his removal from the middle otherwise we know what is going to happen
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Hegansheroes added 08:54 - Sep 29
Sounds like Chambers has been taking lessons in BS from the dinasaur
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