Viper22

Zouma and Luis starting? Brilliant . The only possible change i'd make is Dave to start at RB over Ivan. Ake on the bench over Mikel is great news too. Schurrle is gone. No way he doesn't make the bench for 2 consecutive games if he isn't off, so hopefully Cuadrado in (but we'll deal with that after we put these scousers down). I wish I could transmit the passion I have in my mind and my heart when I say: Come on you Blues!

Well yeah I'm assuming he does get minutes of course .

I would reply properly, if you had only bothered to reply to what I actually said in my post or had actually tried to make any sense whatsoever. Like I said above, i'm off, bye!

Ima take a break from this forum for a while while all the detractors and moaners come out in force. I'll be back for the Liverpool game. But final comment, think logically about this people (might be hard for some of you, I know, but try): The team wasn't filled with youth, no, but it had 3 players 22 and younger on the pitch and 2 more young players on the bench (unless they're not youth players either now?). But it was a fully rotated squad with a sprinkling of youth. This just proves that when you rotate a lot there is always the chance for something badly to go wrong (like today). Think about how many more times this could've happened if Mourinho did what some people suggested and played a genuine "filled with youth" team in the COC or FAC? Noone who wasn't physically at the game has seen the game and seen what caused this pathetic collapse, and although it's unlikely that Mou is blameless, it's a little early to start flinging shit at him just because we lost when you don't even know if it was his tactics that cost us the game (yet). In conclusion I suggest that everyone CALM THE FUCK DOWN. This was a woeful result, yes. We should be doing better, yes. But if we come away at the end of this week in the final of the COC and 8pts clear at the top of the league it would still have been a fantastic week for us. This has just made our next 2 games absolute must wins, for Mourinho's sake.

The team Mourinho selected was more than good enough to beat Bradford EASILY. You cannot logically criticize him for the team he selected. I haven't seen the match (like most of you) so we don't know yet whether it was Mou's tactics or the players who fucked up big time. So until we've seen the match highlights, I suggest everyone holds their opinions back until they have too.

Anyone still disagreeing with me that he's ready to be our 2nd/3rd choice striker next season? Good on the lad .

Oh I agree, nowhere near good enough. But if I had been offered it I would have traded today for a win in our next 2 games, wouldn't you?

Run. And don't look back.

Lol. They're not first team players. 7 league appearances BETWEEN them this season. Should've known you'd suddenly appear after a result like this.

Salah, Zouma and Christensen are all 22 or under. I think they all count as youth.

Right now, can people PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop calling for youth and 10 players to be rotated for every game? Mourinho has been proved right today, no rotation = better results. This might actually be a blessing in disguise in the long run, if we can focus on other competitions more. I will be ok with this ONLY, ONLY, if we win on Tuesday and Saturday now. If so then this will be forgiven.

Holy actual shit. 4-2 to Bradford.

2-0 to Boro!!!!

But people demand youth then will crucify him when/if we lose like this. They're illogical and just moan for the sake of moaning.

Top 3. Saints are losing too!

3-2 to Bradford. What the ACTUAL fuck.

Lol.

Get him back at the damn club next year!! Go Paddy!!!

Was their goal from a free kick? BBC Sport has "Mikel concedes a foul" then 10 seconds later "Bradford goal". Who was at fault?

Assist by Salah? Did I hear that right?!?

Yes Gaz!!!!

I smell a goal from the Drog. Think he'll have too much quality in the air for the Bradford defence...

Excellent team, experience through the middle (Cech/Cahill/Mikel/Drogba) with more inexperienced and young players sprinkled about. Time for Salah to step up, big time.

Lol. Bless you. The average age of our team is above 21, the moaners will be out in full force.

I wasn't aware before that Baker and Swifty had been farmed out on loan. I'll edit my squad accordingly. I think a lot of our players need a rest after being played full time recently especially with the prospect of a possible 120mins against Liverpool in midweek and a big game against Man City the following Saturday. I noted a team with a strong core that is more than capable of picking up a result against Bradford, so the result really shouldn't be in question.