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It pains me to see him leave but I guess he's right A football career is short And he has to make the right choice to grow as a player and everton is the right place to do that under martinez. As much as love Mourinho a lot of times I think he's unfair and lukaku is the latest example After his impressive wba loan he's was supposed to get his chance and he didn't. The same thing happened to kalas the diffrence is that lukaku was more outspoken And I remember from last year pre-season that mourinho promised nathaniel chalobah a spot in the first team yeah right.

Still living off that chip?
After his first season where he had to adapt to English football he kicked on, he scored our goal of the season in the 2010-11 season vs City and looked like he was finding his feet in the PL.
In the 2011-12 season he was one of our best players, under AVB where he was given more offensive capabilities and also under Di Matteo when he came in and took over he kept, performing well despite being shuffled out wide to accommodate Lampard and Mikel as the two holding players in a 4-2-3-1. He scored big goals and provided big moments, not just that chip against Barca, remember the goal he scored against Liverpool in the FA cup final? Also he scored against Spurs in that 5-1 game in the semi final. He also set Drogba up against Napoli at the Bridge for the first goal, kept Lavezzi quiet when he had to defend and was very heavily involved with the crucial fourth goal Branna scored. Under Jose this year he looked more at home in the 2 for a good half of a season. The Super Cup final he impressed me a lot, despite receiving a red card. Ok he started to fade away during the second half of the season and didn't put in good performances but that's football, form doesn't last a whole season. Also he done some stupid things but because he did two or three stupid things doesn't mean hes a poor player who doesn't deserve to wear the shirt.
Hes done well and contribute his fair bit since arriving here, big goals/moments/performance in specific big games the last few years (vs United, City, Napoli, Barcelona, Spurs, Liverpool, Bayern, Benfica etc) so I think you need to re-evaluate your opinion.
Fabregas coming here would be a great move, Matic sweeping up in front of the defence and Fabregas feeding the likes of Hazard, Willian, Oscar etc with the ball in between the lines... please make it happen.

Maybe i'm reaching to far but i'm hoping maybe he can become our own vincent kompany I see some similarities fast.strong athlethic and how high he jumps.

first mata and then this really sad to see him leave just because he had bad season doesn't make him mediacore like some people say just look at his appearance in national when his at his best his worldclass and under rafa he was performing pretty well seems to me like it all went downhill when he didn't get mourinho's vote of confidence

Kalas is good enough for our 1st team squad now. we need to give kids a chance when they show us enough,we can't keep sending them on loan after loan because all they are doing even if they succeed on loan is showing that they can fit into the team we loan them out to..and the more times we send them out to different clubs the more chance they end up at a team that doesn`t suit them.then the bad loan blows their confidence.
at maximum i would loan a kid out twice.ideally just once and then decide what to do with them..we have a group of young defenders,especially at CB who could very well serve us for the next 10-13 years..let them be coached by our coaches and shaped into what we want from players. we need to give atleast one of those young defenders a place in our 1st team squad next year or the ones behind them are gonna likely wonder how they will ever get a chance and then end up wanting to leave. also as much as i love Chelsea..if i had a son talented enough to play for some youth team as things stand i would rather him go to a club that brings youngsters into their 1st team squad. we need to change that for future recruitment of youth players.
in the past there`s been times when the youth team hasn`t had the kind of talent that would make it with us but we have plenty that could now.time to give them a chance.
as much as Varane is clearly a talented defender,signing someone like him would be a bad move because we have 5 talented youngsters at CB and most if not all would then see no future for them at the club. i personally hope we just sign a LB if any defenders.

I cant even put in words how fantastic he's been for our club on and off the field a true professional over this past years breaking the scoring record to become the all time top scorer making his mark in the history books a true legend indeed . But im starting to ask myself when are we going to give our youth a chance van ginkel,chalobah and those guys playing time in order to them to grow as player to become great and develop they need as we all know playing time. So therefore we should look at the future and maybe it's time to part ways A great example just look at the pogba situation

I cant even put in words how fantastic he's been for our club on and off the field a true professional over this past years breaking the scoring record to become the all time top scorer making his mark in the history books a true legend indeed . But im starting to ask myself when are we going to give our youth a chance van ginkel,chalobah and those guys playing time in order to them to grow as player to become great and develop they need as we all know playing time. So therefore we should look at the future and maybe it's time to part ways A great example just look at the pogba situation

He has done enough already proven himself second year in a row about damm time he comes home and get's his chance I hope the chelsea board have learn from their mistakes just look at daniel sturridge it hurts to my stomach too see him play week in week out in red and to think that season before he left he was only competing with torres and still coulnd't get a sniff at first team football unbelievable.

i can't say i like how Jose has sold 2 players we considered to be our future 'core'. Especially when he replaced
Mata with an average player like Salah

Exactly. Most title winning sides I can think of used 2 strikers.
Yorke and cole
Henry and berkamp
Rooney and tevez
Drogba and anelka
Rooney and chicharito
Aguero and tevez
Vanpersie and rooney
Aguero and dzeko/negredo
2 strikers systems in the past 10 years win the league. Even suarez and sturridge almost won it.
Sometimes it doesn't matter how shit the rest of the team is, if there are 2 pple that score chances and get combined 55-60goals up front, you regularly win the league.
We have underatted the impact of strikers for too long. We must get it right next season.

I think we as fans like the idea of having talented young players with “world class potential” in the team but yet many of us can’t handle the inconsistent performances that these players tend to display. We all love the club’s new policy of signing young elite talents like Hazard, Oscar et al (now the latest one people want is Kovacic) but the moment these players go through a poor spell, as most young players do, some begin making theoretical shopping lists and casting their eye to who should be brought in to replace them.
Oscar has areas that he needs to improve in, but when you sign a player for their potential that's what you're gonna get. Obviously they're not going to be the finished product. If you look at any of the other elite young talents (Hazard aside) how many of them have been able to perform consistently through out the season? Pogba was fantastic at one point but has been borderline mediocre for much of 2014. Gotze has showed flashes of top performances here and there but for the most part hasn't really set the world alight since his move to Bayern. Same goes for Neymar. Isco……... is he even alive??
What I'm saying is that it's normal for young players to constantly oscillate between spells of highs and lows, especially those playing for top clubs where there's a lot pressure - pressure that can take a toll on their performances. So I'm just finding these talks about offloading Oscar and bringing in Reus, Griezmann or whoever, kinda premature. Patience people.

I feel Ba doesnt get justice. He's now delivered every time he's been subbed in yet he's usually stuck on the bench. Sometimes not even that.
This might sound like a Torres-bashing, maybe it is, maybe its not. But one thing Ive really thought about is.
For me, what Torres brings to the table (in theory) is what we already have in all our 3 AMs. Torres simply doesnt add anything extra.
Ba on the other hand, offers strenght, air duels and wins the balls there which is something we often lack up the pitch. Also he's a poacher.
I would love to see more of him.MUCH more.

Absolute hero, my MOTM for stepping up and not being intimidated about replacing Hazard in the team when we needed him the most.
I absolutely love his movement and his cold, cold finishing. What a baller.

Well some players whine and moan because they don't play. Others wait patiently. And when everyone has had a go at them, the respond by actions. YOU RESPONDED. YOU TOOK CHELSEA TO THE SEMIs. Congratulations on the goal but really congratulations on that heart of yours

Let him rest now untill he fully heals.
Demba deserves some playing time.

Time for the likes of Hazard,Azpi,Willian,Oscar etc to show the same heart,passion and commitment to the cause the likes of Didier,Lamps,Terry,Cole and Cech have showed over the years and the reason why these players are considered legends of this club by most.
COME ON CHELSEA!!!!! :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

I'm fairly convinced he'll walk by now.
Many of you are calling him stupid, but he's smart enough to know he'll never be the first choice striker for Chelsea in the next few years. He'll take a small step back (I think he'll want to stay at Everton if it was up to him), keep scoring them goals and be bought by one of the top teams again when he's 24-25.

Well, I think there is a good chance that it would have been more in our favor

Besides our evident need of decency in the strikeforce, the psg game impressively showed that Matic is pretty much the only CM that has the quality to be a starter. Ramires, Luiz, Mikel, Lamps all lack consistency and in some cases class to be there. We need someone to create space and still can defend like Kovacic and probably another one for cover. We are getting bossed in midfield when Matic is not playing.

Better than Ronaldo? Haha
Ronaldo and Messi are the elite
Suarez and Bale are around the same level
Let's see how Suarez does in the CL next season. He has to do it on the big stage to be mentioned in the same sentence as Ronaldo and Messi

Why is he second behind Pep and Carlo? In my book both Ancelotti and Mourinho are better than Guardiola. He has never proved himself in an average/above-average team in his career. He has never faced an opposition on equal terms, regarding team quality. First, he had Barcelona's golden generation with Messi, Xavi, Iniesta plus several others all in their prime, then he jumped to a club that had beaten Barcelona 7-0 and won the treble.
I would LOVE to see him beat an opposition while being the underdog.

He'd start for plenty of decent sides across Europe so it wouldn't surprise me at all if he wanted off. He can't be happy with just being the guy who comes on in the 75th minute or later to basically stand on the ball.
Would be great for both parties if he moved on. Lamps too. That way we can finally bring in the CM maestro we need to partner Matic.

He adds balance to our trio behind the striker. It's always good when there's another player in the team looking to score, other than the striker.
His movement is really good, and finishing is much better now.

From Sammy's Instagram, two legendary sons of Africa in a single pic!
What these two guys could have done together, in their prime, in the same team is beyond me.

He hardly ever loses 1 one 1 individual duels. His man-marking ability is ridiculous really. It was the same in his first season. I remember him putting Bale firmly in his pocket. He has put many good players in his pocket....Navas at the Emirates too. The main differences between him and Cole is his physicality. He is very strong. He is also better aerially than Cole. There isn't any difference in pace between the two nowadays. I dunno what Jose is going to do next season if we bring in Shaw. Does he move Azpi to his natural position? Ivanovic's offensive game is pretty average, but gives us a lot defensively and aerially plus he's a warrior and future Chelsea legend. Knowing Jose, and seeing how strong our defense is, I doubt he changes anything.