Ollie

I hope AVB gets a job that suits him and i really wish him all the best. Rebuilding a big sinking ship wasn't the job for him unfortunately. So curious to see how we play with Robbie because i know JT, Lamps, DD etc will have the utmost respect for RDM.

Anyone noticed how utterly shit Birmingham have been at home lately? We have hope.

Gary Neville and Graeme Souness were right with everything they said. And hearing Guillem Balague on Spanish Football, i have even less confidence Jose will come back. Tottenham or Man City are more likely to get him than us. He was at Porto, won everything. Came to Chelsea when we had everything set, we were ready for something big. Went to Inter who had won like 2 or 3 italian titles in a row and players in a good age. They were ready for something big. Went to Real Madrid who are Real Madrid... they have great players and will always be in the mix. He had the bottle to get rid of Raul & Guti. What will he get at us now? He wont want to be the one to get rid of DD, Lamps and JT and rebuild. He only goes to teams that are ready, teams that are set up to move to the next level. We're on the decline and it's rapid. Tottenham are set up and are ready for the next step and Man City are ready for something huge. I think, in fact i'm 100% sure that he'll be in charge of either Man City or Tottenham if not next season, the season after.

Should this really be merged all the time? i mean seriously, it seems just weird now reading the first few pages.

The toughest part is getting Lampard, Cole and Drogba out or a least to accept bit-part roles. Once this is ok, we can move on. JT and Ess to some extent too. I think they all need to go and once they have gone, we can really move on.

Completely and utterly gutted. The 2 games that are left are Anderlecht to win and Real Madrid to win. Anderlecht are winning like 4-0 and Real Madrid will win so yeah.... Shakhtar Donetsk have just cost me £1,338. Had nicer weekends.

Just sing 'Jooooseeee Mooourinho!!'

Can't believe so many people have said yes. There is no chance in this earth that we'll qualify for the UCL for next season. Arsenal have just beat Tottenham and won at Anfield.... We play Man City and Tottenham in successive games soon and we won't win either of them. We're a joke of a team with finished players and Arsenal will finish not just above us in the end, but 10 points or more above us. 4th place is 100% out of the question now.

Jose obviously because he's the only man that JT and Lamps will respect.

Came up on ESPN whilst watching the Tyne-Wear derby. Was mega shocked actually because i was hoping he'd get a chance to revolutionise Chelsea and get the shit out. It's certainly been him vs the players and quite simply the players have won. So now what? Jose looks really possible, really, really possible now AVB has gone and he's said he's coming back to England and now we're a club with a vacancy. Benitez wont happen, that's just shitty rumours. Maybe Robbie will make his stake with the remaining games this season? we'll see. Would like a 4-4-2 manager tho, that would be nice. Bit pissed off really. He got slated about his team selection at Napoli, then he played them against WBA and we lost to them. He couldn't have won this season no matter what he did. The players should be ashamed imo. This is their fault. Now we need to start again..... AGAIN

I feel for AVB, these players are just not good enough at all. It's gonna take a long time to get back to where we used to be. Such a pity it's got so bad, never would've expected us to be this shit a few years ago. It's not looking good for AVB now.

that's it. 7th defeat.

Shame we can't make 11 subs, this has been truly horrible stuff.

Typically uninspiring stuff. So blunt it's unbearable at times. 2nd half on the way.

Technically as a footballer, Gerrard is better. He's a better passer, has a better long range shot, is a better tackler and is quicker. Lampard is smarter, has the better football brain. He see's opportunities to sneak in a get crucial goals very often, much more often than Gerrard. Gerrard is a creative midfielder. Lampard is a goalscoring midfielder. The best 2 at what they do, at least in the premiership over the last decade.

i like the idea, i remember you used to do it before. Gives everyones views in a summary kinda thing.

Only caught the 2nd half and i must say i thought it was a very good half, good passing, good attacking, good tempo, nice comfortable win. Happy. Lampard appeared very influential and involved in nearly everything.

To be honest, if AVB doesn't know who to get rid of after watching this season, we really are in trouble. It is getting really boring tho reading in EVERY SINGLE THREAD people posting.... Team Line ups Who should go Who should stay What AVB needs to do in the summer The fact is that we're a fucking shambolic mess of a team and drastic and i mean DRASTIC change is needed. Fuck evolution, we need revolution and we need to start as soon as this piece of shit season is over.

That GK kit woulda made a stunning away kit.

Exactly the same situation when we played em at home last season, after a horrible disastrous spell. We got lucky n won 1-0 that time. Have to win again, i'm sure we will but it wont be pretty.

That Arsenal fan was a dick then we fucked em n he was never to be seen again lol.

The France kit is so boring. The England one is... red? like are we gonna have red shorts now or what? Anyway i have the 2010 England shirts and will only forever keep them now. Might get a new one in 5 years or so. I don't buy England shirts like i buy Chelsea ones. Is that Joey Barton with the England shirt? He'll never wear one so fuck off prick lol. I think they got the Man Utd socks mixed up with Arsenal's lol. Arsenal's kit is hideous. Man Utd's is ok, they had a similar design in 97-98 I've always liked Portugals Kits, they're class. Why have Barca got light blue socks? Weird.

The options are very poor mate but Lampard still knows how to make runs and get you a goal. Essien is practically finished Meireles is useless Mikel is shit Romeu is developing Malouda is finished Kalou is absolutely hopeless Mata & Sturridge keep being used out wide What really are the choices for the CM role? They aint here.

Shit didn't realise he was that old, where had he been before 2010 where he had that wonder season.... thought he was like 28 or something. well Falcao would be stupid because we had our chance to get him for cheaper last season but then he signed a new contract at Porto then suddenly went to Atletico. We need to get someone who's not exactly first choice but is quality. Get Adebayor to replace Drogs.

We need to make stamford bridge our fortress again. We should bring the Kalinka back and say ffs this is Roman's yard, thou shall come here and get whipped! What ever happened to this? i used to love it, was almost like the welcome to Chel-ski, the new and improved Chelsea and we're gonna kill you lol.