FAO Chelski fans

[chris89]

2nd leg Barca defence was a three back defence, without Pique, three days after El Clasico, and they all pretty much played in midfield anyway. My local team has better defence than that.
Don't forget that Ivanovic is a key part of the defence as well.

Bayern, unlike Barca in the 2nd leg, won't have to push for 2-3 goals. It makes a difference.
Besides Gomez is, along with RVP, the best pure centre forward in the world and Schweini>>>>>Busquets.

The only obvious weakness I can see in Bayern would be Rafinha filling in at RB, he is absolutely shit.

Ivanovic is key at right back tbf, that's who we'll miss most, but Bosingwa has been playing well recently (for once)

I have a lot of confidence that Drogba can bully their centre backs and Mata can find the space as their regular DM (Gustavo) won't be there, no idea who is gonna replace him.

It's not gonna be as easy as some people think

[Deagle]

Ivanovic is key at right back tbf, that's who we'll miss most, but Bosingwa has been playing well recently (for once)

I have a lot of confidence that Drogba can bully their centre backs and Mata can find the space as their regular DM (Gustavo) won't be there, no idea who is gonna replace him.

It's not gonna be as easy as some people think

It'll be Toni Kroos replacing Gustavo and Muller playing behind Gomez instead, which does mean they will be vulnerable between the midfield and the defence. Mata will need to do better than he did against barca though.
I agree it won't be easy

[GrimmyGrimGrim]

this will be a completely different game than vs Barca at Nou Camp

Mata is useless when we don't have the ball so he'll have a different game than vs Barca

we'll miss Ramires energy, i think we'll have to play Malouda and Kalou as they both track back and help defend

Bosingwa almost cost us the game vs Liverpool, i'd honestly rather have Ferreria playing

Kalou will track back and help Cole with Robben, Mata in the middle to find Drogba

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Thread is laff, will rep OP.

[GimmeSpaceGimmeRoom]

Just seen Chelsea are 4/1 . Sick odds tbh, gonna throw some P on.

[Xtra P]

Didn't read op but c/s this...

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Arsenal fans still clinging onto that game lol.









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[Zoffie]

Talk to me

FA Cup and no top 4, Channel 5 footy next season unless you do the unthinkable

Should RDM get the job even if you lose in the final?

Should Ramires be sent out on loan next season @Philip ?

He's shown no aptitude for premier league management, in the short time he's been with you and at West Brom.

The only thing going for him over AVB is he's not as stubborn. His submissive 'man of the people' act is going down a treat now while the players can still win something and salvage the season that was dead and bureid a couple months back, but it'll cause a whole heap of problems next year and I can see you lot being in the same position. Listen to John Terry and Drogba in interviews, even they know it wouldn't be the right thing to do

I agree, I think Chelsea again are in a precarious situation, who knows what type of season Chelsea will have next season without knowing the manager, we're an unknown quantity, not just that, I think our reputation has taken a battering in terms of being an attractive place for players to come to.
Another failed managerial decision, anti-football tactics.
It's not as bad as people saw the spirit & the fight & understood the situation, but, I don't think we're doing ourselves the best favours.

I think with AvB coming in, we have moved more to a possession based game, perhaps, Roman has become enraptured with the Barcelona style.
AvB was going to try & change it so we had players more suited to that style, I don't think now that he's gone, that will change too much.
Looking at Marko Marin, he's a small nifty player.

With all of these different managers that have come in for short periods trying to shape the squad a little their way, the squad is a little mongrel like.
Luckily we have had the Selection committee making some good decisions, but they've done some bad too.

I actually think that Chelsea has been a bit of a mess since Mourinho has gone but has hobbled along picking up trophies along the way, we have to get stable soon. It's very lucky Bertrand got given his chance, whenever he's come in he's been more than superb..
..but, if AvB got his way we'd have bought Perreira over him for £25m. What a waste that'd have been.

and it's likely we waste more money as no manager is going to come in & risk his job on academy players that are an unknown quantity to him.
I too think Di Matteo will be a car-crash & wouldn't surprised if we'd need to act again mid-season next season should he be appointed.

With Manchester City building confidence, if next season we do not assert ourselves as the pace setters in the Premier League, it'll be the continuation of the rot. We usually lead the table.

No doubt Roman is going to splash his cash again, but, will they be wise decisions, transfers aren't an easy to get right. I actually think Marin is great value at £6.5m & from the double-pivot down we're not bad at all. Just have to wait to see with the decisions for me.

In terms of the UCL, of course we have a chance, I think like the Barca games, we're deservedly the under dog though.
I hate that it looks increasingly like we're losing our English presence in midfield & attack.

[chris89]

I agree, I think Chelsea again are in a precarious situation, who knows what type of season Chelsea will have next season without knowing the manager, we're an unknown quantity, not just that, I think our reputation has taken a battering in terms of being an attractive place for players to come to.
Another failed managerial decision, anti-football tactics.
It's not as bad as people saw the spirit & the fight & understood the situation, but, I don't think we're doing ourselves the best favours.

I think with AvB coming in, we have moved more to a possession based game, perhaps, Roman has become enraptured with the Barcelona style.
AvB was going to try & change it so we had players more suited to that style, I don't think now that he's gone, that will change too much.
Looking at Marko Marin, he's a small nifty player.

With all of these different managers that have come in for short periods trying to shape the squad a little their way, the squad is a little mongrel like.
Luckily we have had the Selection committee making some good decisions, but they've done some bad too.

I actually think that Chelsea has been a bit of a mess since Mourinho has gone but has hobbled along picking up trophies along the way, we have to get stable soon. It's very lucky Bertrand got given his chance, whenever he's come in he's been more than superb..
..but, if AvB got his way we'd have bought Perreira over him for £25m. What a waste that'd have been.

and it's likely we waste more money as no manager is going to come in & risk his job on academy players that are an unknown quantity to him.
I too think Di Matteo will be a car-crash & wouldn't surprised if we'd need to act again mid-season next season should he be appointed.

With Manchester City building confidence, if next season we do not assert ourselves as the pace setters in the Premier League, it'll be the continuation of the rot. We usually lead the table.

No doubt Roman is going to splash his cash again, but, will they be wise decisions, transfers aren't an easy to get right. I actually think Marin is great value at £6.5m & from the double-pivot down we're not bad at all. Just have to wait to see with the decisions for me.

In terms of the UCL, of course we have a chance, I think like the Barca games, we're deservedly the under dog though.
I hate that it looks increasingly like we're losing our English presence in midfield & attack.

Not against Newcastle

It would be interesting to see your posts from when we first got rid of AVB and found out that RDM would take charge until the end of the season, I might make an effort to find them.

Personally I think RDM has been great, aside from the Barca games and the Arsenal game when we played basically our B team we've still played exciting stuff and scored some great goals, our goals in the FA Cup final were great as well as the semi and we completely destroyed QPR too.

I don't want to change into one of these teams were the manager is the one and only person who can change things, having players like Terry, Lamps and Drog means that I feel confident we can hold out for results, while other teams who are blooding these inexperienced youngsters might turn leads into losses.

If we win the CL and RDM doesn't get the job I just don't know how I'll continue to stick up for what our club stands for tbh.

[Romelu Lukaku]

Gomez is, along with RVP, the best pure centre forward in the world

Huntelaar >>> RVP.

Also Filling the trophy cabinet >>>>>>> finishing in the top 4 season after season but winning nothing.

[chris89]

Take the last game, he said the reason he didn't start Mata is because we were playing Stoke & he though that it'd be a physical affair -_-

How long has he been in football for 0_o
Just look how we actually ended up winning the game.

Sturridge hasn't started a game, how many other players do we have that can take it past players like he does & like AvB he refuses to entertain Sturridge up top.
That's our most potent attacker he's been sitting on the bench.

I don't understand Meireles playing myself, he's too cavalier for that double pivot position.

I think his decisions lack understanding, just my opinion.
I know that they'd rather have Mata central & we have few left sided players, but, Kalou's ability is taken advantage of in the box.
You cannot trust his form as a winger.

He could have been like a Hiddink, who came in, uncomplicated things, made everything simple. As many, best players playing in their best positions as possible.

I'm delighted that Mikel's being played, I am like one of the last Mohicans when it comes to rating him, I was also delighted that he wasn't a pussio like AvB & trusted in Bertrand.

Obv. I don't know it all, but, you know when managers come in & make the same mistakes as previous guys. We see it all too often.
The lessons learned from one manager, should have been addressed, but the new manager comes in & needs to learn about the pro's & cons of our squad all over again.

It's not the time to do that, both Grant & Hiddink as caretakers have done wonderful & so Di Matteo has good precedent, at this point I'm just not convinced.

1st game we won was against a Championship side, 2nd game we played against 10 men for the large majority of the game.

Napoli, if Di Matteo continues to pick the wrong personnel (imo)
We will get found out. Big time!

found this post, as well as some great ones about AVB, we were all gassed, but Zoffie was extra gassed

[Zoffie]

Not against Newcastle

It would be interesting to see your posts from when we first got rid of AVB and found out that RDM would take charge until the end of the season, I might make an effort to find them.

Personally I think RDM has been great, aside from the Barca games and the Arsenal game when we played basically our B team we've still played exciting stuff and scored some great goals, our goals in the FA Cup final were great as well as the semi and we completely destroyed QPR too.

I don't want to change into one of these teams were the manager is the one and only person who can change things, having players like Terry, Lamps and Drog means that I feel confident we can hold out for results, while other teams who are blooding these inexperienced youngsters might turn leads into losses.

If we win the CL and RDM doesn't get the job I just don't know how I'll continue to stick up for what our club stands for tbh.

Here is a post I wrote 12th March, but, it's not an I told you so thing. I wasn't hopeful we'd get to the final of the Champions League
and we're here. Although even though we've done well in the cups, I have always said that cup competitions aren't the best measurements of quality. I usually say that for teams & talk about how league form shows better how a teams has been performing.

Cup competitions require a different set of skills, Rafa Benitez was known as a cup manager, Ancelotti won the Champions Lge twice for Milan & only won Serie A once even with the Caopooli(spelling) scandal happening within that time. At PSG Ancelotti isn't doing the best, we'll see how it pans out for him. Hiddink almost got us to a UCL final after taking over, Avram Grant did & now Di Matteo has.

I don't see RDM as proving his quality even with a Champions Lge win, he only began coaching in 2008, sticking around & doing coaching to add to his experience would be what I'd do if I was RDM, it'd just be a poison chalice, he'll likely be sacked next season he has little experience as a coach to fall back on. This is a fire-fighting mission.

If he does get the job for me, the club hasn't learned from all the experiences of the last 5 years.

Assessing Di Matteo's decision making in these last 2 games, I'd say Chelsea won't make top four.

Spurs running looks kinder, however I remember the season before last when Spurs made top 4 & they had a tough running, what sealed top 4 for them was they were actually beating the big teams in their tough run in.

Perhaps Arsenal will do that this year. They have players that can beat most teams & I can see them rising to occasion.

Spurs have the personnel, but, Modric needs to be centre & Bale needs to be left.

It's a wait & see job from me

found this post, as well as some great ones about AVB, we were all gassed, but Zoffie was extra gassed

More reasons as to why I wouldn't want Di Matteo

[MoneyMan]

No1 can even deny Chelsea have had a good season. Man City and Chelski are the only prem teams laffing this season tbh.

Everyone else has failed miserably, we've just failed but not as miserably as others so it's all good.

[chris89]

More reasons as to why I wouldn't want Di Matteo

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He said he was delighted at AVB being brought in, and that he admired players with great work ethic, but Sturridge played all the time and doesn't track back

[Jack 1017]

No1 can even deny Chelsea have had a good season. Man City and Chelski are the only prem teams laffing this season tbh.

Everyone else has failed miserably, we've just failed but not as miserably as others so it's all good.

[Deagle]

Huntelaar >>> RVP.

Also Filling the trophy cabinet >>>>>>> finishing in the top 4 season after season but winning nothing.

Hunterlaar on form>>> RVP on form ie this season but
Huntelaar <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< RVP
for the past 3,4 years
dont give a fuck if he was good at ajax before, shit players score 1 goal per game there anyway
failed miserably at madrid and milan

[FoundTheGif]

No1 can even deny Chelsea have had a good season. Man City and Chelski are the only prem teams laffing this season tbh.

Everyone else has failed miserably, we've just failed but not as miserably as others so it's all good.

You've had a shit season.

Getting the Carling Cup isn't a good compensation for 4th spot.

#2cups

[Romelu Lukaku]

Hunterlaar on form>>> RVP on form ie this season but
Huntelaar <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< RVP
for the past 3,4 years
dont give a fuck if he was good at ajax before, shit players score 1 goal per game there anyway
failed miserably at madrid and milan

Huntelaar is the 3rd highest scorer in Europe behind Messi and Ronaldo, he's bagged 48 this season.

[EA]

You've had a shit season.

Getting the Carling Cup isn't a good compensation for 4th spot.

#2cups

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I dunno how Carling Cup + 8th/9th spot = respectable season

That's the kind of season Villa would have hoped for.

[FoundTheGif]

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I dunno how Carling Cup + 8th/9th spot = respectable season

That's the kind of season Villa would have hoped for.

r/s

Something mid-table teams would be happy for.

The fact they could end 10th, by the end of the season is even more embarrassing. Especially considering Liverpool fans consider themselves a big team