Eidur the Spider

So much love for this guy!!!

ABSOLUTELY BUZZING!!!!!

Pedro could start then, that would be great!

Jose Mourinho reports Willian is out of Arsenal game but every other player is selected for the squad, but there are some doubts. #CFC Included in the fitness doubts are Pedro, Willian and Oscar. #CFC Jose re-emphasises he liked the team's performance on Wednesday v Maccabi Tel Aviv. #CFC Jose says no criticism from him about the performances of Branislav Ivanovic. He doesn't separate individuals from team displays. #CFC Jose wants to isolate this game against Arsenal from all other contexts. Chelsea's record v Arsenal and the Shield match don't matter. #CFC Jose says Petr Cech is an opponent until the end of the game. After that, if he wants to come to CFC dressing room, the door is open. #CFC Jose says media always look for drama stories when a team loses matches, but he says the effect of loss of confidence is the reality. #CFC Jose says Eden Hazard is still the penalty taker, and he is the best player playing in England. #CFC Jose says that soon Eden Hazard will be a man of the match again. #CFC Jose says he has total confidence in John Terry and he is one of his men. Being on the bench one game doesn't change anything. #CFC Jose says pundits can criticises him for his decsions, but not for his relationship with his players, as there are zero problems. #CFC Jose says he prefers early Saturday kick-offs than late evening games on Sunday, like he had in Spain and Italy. #CFC Jose emphasises that Oscar is a good player and is important against defensive sides as he is so creative. #CFC

Ruben must start. That is all.

That felt good. Very good. - FULLBACKS...WE HAD TWO FULLBACKS!! Liked what I saw from Baba, Azpi a warrior as always. First name on the team sheet for me. - Cahill quietly played well as did Remy (very impressed with him in particular) - Second half much improved, confidence came back to key players. RUBEN LOFTUS CHEEK WAS IMMENSE. He must play the weekend, he earned his place and then some. GET IN CHELSEAA!!!

He's got better as the game went on. Liked what I saw, nice to have proper fullbacks playing on both sides!

You can see the confidence creeping back into our play, we needed a game like this. Happy for Cesc, he's been much improved in the second half! WELL IN CHELSEAAAAA!

Great game from RLC. Deserved not only that ovation but a starting place on the weekend!

Remy has quietly had a very good game. Great work ethic!!

'Stand up for the special one'. :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

Cesc has woken up!

HOLY MOOSE BALLS WHAT A FINISH! DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEGO!!

Not the best first half by any means. - Maccabi are a disgrace, clearly nowhere near good enough to compete so focusing on dirty tackles and time wasting. Morons. I hope one of our players doesn't get hurt. - Oscar has played very well. Glad he scored, he deserved it! - Diego for the penalty was more of what I want from him, battling for the ball and not with other players. - So good to see proper full backs. - Cahill has been solid. - Eden my boy! What is going on with him. The guy needs something to go for him, get the crowd behind him, desperately lacking confidence. Happy as feck to be leading. COOOOOOOOOOOOOOME ON YOU BLUES!!

I don't know what's happened to Eden but he looks totally out of confidence, as a few others have said, I am begging for something to go for him. A goal or an assist would do him the world of good. COME ON EDEN!!!! :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

Hazard looks totally out of confidence. Get behind the boy!!!

Best of luck Baba!!! Hoping for a solid debut!

I'm still trying to get my head around this ridiculously poor form. It's not like this is a totally different team that was shutting out teams towards the end of last season and blowing away teams at the beginning. I'll go through some points that are rattling around in the old noggin that should be addressed. - The team selection. We've been found out, simple as. We were far too reliant on Eden last season, especially towards the end, and now that he is misfiring (in a passing and dribbling sense as well as finishing), we are floundering. I have never been a fan of Cesc playing alongside Matic, don't get me wrong he's had some great performances attacking wise from there, but defensively it always felt like Nemanja was doing two jobs. The right back position is a massive worry but it shouldn't be, We have one of the best full backs in the world playing out of position because Jose for whatever reason he has in his mind (be it leadership or whatever) thinks Brana is the man for the job. I will never understand this, his goals/assists last season were just painting over the cracks of a dreadful season in a positional sense and I hope we part ways in the summer. He is too much of a liability positionally. - Mourinho doesn't become a bad manager overnight, much like the team doesn't. I do worry about this 'third season syndrome' but I do genuinely believe he is the man to get us out of this. I hope he has seen the light now (finally!!) about our defence, but who knows. We shouldn't be too quick on the trigger finger. We need consistency in our management. I don't want to end up hiring a manager a season for short term success. I know that sounds crazy to most on here who would want Klopp, Simeone or another flavour of the year. I just hope he gets his head out of his ass and finds his 'special one' manual again because the moaning/covering up for bad performances isn't helping anyone, especially the players. - Speaking of the players, they need to take responsibility for this,. From the start of this season we have been coasting, some more than others, Cesc, Eden, Diego in particular, They need to shape up, I know there is some problems with team selection but in my mind the attacking players we put out should be producing more and working harder than they currently are. We know what they can achieve, we saw it last season. - Transfer window, that was a bloody disaster for me. We have coasted in a different way here. We have focused on squad depth rather than improving and challenging the current crop of players who have become complacent. While Man City, Man Utd and even teams like Swansea have strengthened, we just floundered. Begovic was a great signing as was Pedro, Falcao is always going to be a troublesome one (especially when he's preferred to Remy for whatever reason), and don't get me started on the defender we got. It was a weak window where we needed to be strong like the year previous. Anyway I've got it out of my system now, I just hope we start getting results, even if its a midweek game against Maccabi, that would put a smile on my face, it feels like there's no win coming. COME THE FUCK ON CHELSEA. YOU'RE BETTER THAN THIS!!!!!!!! :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

Begovic Azpi Zouma Cahill Baba Matic Rambo Pedro Oscar (if fit) Hazard Remy

He's not going anywhere.

Brana starts.....I just have no words.

In the words of Keegan, I would LOVE it if we beat them, LOVE IT!! COME ON CHELSEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

ROB ‏@1RobBeasley 52s52 seconds ago Stones is the one Jose wants But not at any price!!!!