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Steven Fletcher contract runs out in the summer. buy him in January. New manager. buy FB, buy CM. sell Mikel. shake it up. good caller on talksport 30 minutes ago: "Three number 10s dribbling over one another, no space, trying to walk it in ...like Arsenal. Unlike when Mourinho arrived in 2004, with Robben, Duff, Drogba, Cole, Gudjonson, etc. etc. and lots of space" JOse needs to go.

no much to say. I still say Costa is too weak for the PL. now the waiting game...

Who IS going to come to something under Mourinho???

This is the first match in some time that I can say that I was satisfied with Chelsea's performance. I mean --wow-- HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN? aside from the obvious (Willian), I'm going to praise Baba for some good moments and a pretty steady performance given his lack of time so far for us. Also, I thought Costa did well and looked very fit --I am pleased with his look at the moment. We only lacked some creation from CM and from Oscar's position IMO. Could have created a little more perhaps, but we also could have scored 2-3 more goals with what happened in the FINAL 3RD. So, that spells --progress--. Good day at the Bridge. Let's see how that translates into the PL.

You got that right, but all the rest can definitely be improved upon with a new manager who gets the side playing quick passes and quick movements.

I know. I've been wanting Morgan S. for more than 2.5 years and I wanted two CM, two FBs. It's been a mess --and longer than just Jose's 2nd term.

Too early to say. Don't give up. After I went to sleep this morning, the good news started coming out: Jose gone in a week and Chelsea only owe him for one year's salary upon his dismissal. We can't get players back that were sold during his time, but we have promise for the the future. I hope the next manager is capable of producing every kind of football needed to win.

I appreciate the general notion here, but Gullit is NOT someone I want at my football club running anything. He is not adaptable; rather, he would like to bend and beat people into seeing and doing things in a more classic way (HIS WAY), which doesn't work with every person/footballer one manages. intelligent guy, but destructive egomaniac. Might be what is developing at ManUtd now.

re-building with a manager who never shows evolution and stinks it up so bad that one of the world's best wingers wants to leave or is forced out? Yeah, I think we should just throw out every footballer who doesn't want to play this inept one-dimensional style and remain "Chelsea the Anti-Football" side for another decade. Great for public relations, the global neutral fan and enough to make everyone vomit and leave football entirely for something more entertaining. sounds great.

as long as the scouting network is intact for the future, I'm thinking a lot of people should be considered for the axe. It's beyond comprehension that Jose got that contract in August from CFC. premature toxic ejaculation onto oneself. good job.

If it were Branislav, it would work out fine to just dump the player and the manager. Would be sad if the player were revealed and it were Cesc TBH because I think he can still be a great player under the correct manager. He wants to play quick-passing football, dynamic, attacking. Jose doesn't allow it to evolve. The whole thing stinks. Thanks Jose M. No future.

No. send the manager out.

somehow, someone thinks that a fresh stream of flowing football will erupt after a bad period at Chelsea under Jose. that would be a miracle. It's near the end.

One can dream.

http://www.skysports.com/football/chelsea-vs-liverpool/stats/341287 shots, passing accuracy in final 3rd, key passes.

Hallo, Juergen!! Alles ist gut heute!

probably would be better off giving JT a player-interim management position and letting players like Fabregas and other coaches run training sessions in an attempt to get this squad playing actual FOOTBALL again. hire Gary Neville. the season can still be used to build something positive regardless of all failures, but Jose isn't going to be the impetus for change. We want football.

this team's possession interplay is awful every time I watch. the polar opposite of why I began watch football years ago.

that's true. I think though that the abysmal time will end with a sacking soon enough. The January window does require an ascending CM or possibly a top-notch CM. Seems like every summer I want two CMs and two fullbacks, and in the end Chelsea sign only ONE out of four players needed in those positions. signed one Matic in a January then a Fabregas two summers ago, so Chelsea still run on one leg in CM, with Matic as the only possible top-notch box-to-box CM who can do it all. this past summer: Rahman, full stop. hard to tell what the hell people (management, board, director etc) see in such a mediocre squad from back-to-front.

I believe the number one objective of Chelsea and Jose at the outset of this second term was to build a future, a strong foundation for the club. something to propel Chelsea. that certainly isn't translating onto the pitch with how Chelsea have played under Jose, so yes, a title (in a season where other clubs fell short TBH), but also a dud manager for the utmost goal of the club.

when he gets fired, the January window will be a nice time to find at least one other excellent CM and the next manager might know how to run rotation and work in youth while giving the overall squad confidence in build-up play. hired a dud manager and lost KDB, but the future still can be bright. I'm more concerned about the idiot decision by the board and/or director to prematurely re-sign this manager. We seem to have a good scouting network, so I'll take that as a shining plus.

I think you can go to just about any forum on either Chelsea football or English football and get some of that garbage. Different mentality. Same idiotic stuff from American sport fans where supposedly fairweather fans are called "bandwagoners." If you don't enjoy doing something, you probably aren't going to do it. Why bother watching a sport when it's so unenjoyable? Wait for the day when you CAN enjoy it again instead spending years of life enduring the crap exhibitions of some teams/clubs. It's only old school religiosity that tells some people to do otherwise. tribalism. religiosity. identity.

what's the excuse of the day? glad I wasn't even able to watch.

this story could get very ugly if someone decides to say the next wrong thing --as soon as THIS WEEK. Should be fun. I want Hazard to stay; I don't care where Jose goes FFS.

Maurizio Sarri at Napoli is probably a much more interesting manager story so far this season: https://provenquality.com/napoli-full-of-potential-as-maurizio-sarris-formation-change-reaps-dividends/ more recent: http://www.football-italia.net/74500/sarri-napoli-remain-realistic