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3 mans midfield is the key for Fabregas. Maybe we can try: Cesc Willian/RLC/Ramires Matic Willian/RLC for the games where you think you can dominate. Ramires for the tough games. Try Willian if you also want to play Pedro, otherwise play Willian on the wing.

don't forget 6 more semi finals where in he lost 2 on penalty shoot outs, and 1 because of the Liverpool ghost goal.

You are guys acting like the media, putting so much importance on every single game. Why can't Jose have a bad season like Klopp had last season? Let's do a simple math and say missing the CL is failure. He's had 12 full seasons and the current one will be his 13th. Let's assume he will finish the season and won't make top 4. That's a failure rate of 1/13= 7.7%. I'd hire a manager with a success rate of 92.3% any day. Or maybe we should look at the 12 league games this season. He's never had a run of games like this before in his career.He's had 12 seasons, that are 10 * 38 games + 2* 34 (Portuguese league) = 448. 12 games + 448 are 460 in total. 12/460 games = in 2.6% of his league career he's having such a bad run. Not that bad, is it? Based on what do you think he can't make us win again? Based on history, based on pure speculating, or based on your hate towards him?

the ''anti-Mourinho crew'' would say the same things if we won the Champions league last season with Jose and failed in the league. They would find other excuses to diminish the achievements of Jose, I can imagine: '' he parked the bus all day long and won on away goals'', '' CL is more about luck, the EPL is a marathon'' , '' the final was luck, we were actually outplayed''. You guys try everything to diminish Jose's achievements, some stupid examples: - Transfers were bad, Jose asked for them and didn't get them - and it was Jose's fault only. - Players came back overweight as professionals with million salaries - but it is Jose's fault. - He is destroying Eden Hazard - yes that's why Eden won all the player of the year awards last year? - He treated John Fearn and Eva the same way while Eva made a stupid post on FB and is suing the club - Jose is a sexist and Eva a goddess. - We actually played full strength Liverpool and Spurs in the COC - but the league cup doesn't count as a real trophy. - The media always makes jokes of us and Jose defends us - Jose is embarrassing the club. - Many FA/ref decisions were against us in the last few seasons and Jose speaks out - Jose is embarrassing the club. - Guardiola got outplayed 2 times by Barca and Real while Jose lost on away goals - Guardiola is god, he was fighting and Jose is a pussy. - Jose is having the first bad spell in his career - Jose is a fraud. - He can only park the bus in big games - what about Arsenal (6-0), City away (0-1), United (3-1) for example and his tactics at Real, Inter (beat Bayern 2-0 in final), and Chelsea (first spell)? - Right now it is CL >>>> EPL for the Anti Jose Crew - both are the biggest trophies you can win, the Premier league is seen as the best league in the world because it's the most competitive one. If you guys don't know so much, just shut up, you guys are embarrassing yourself. Come with facts, no made up history stories based on your hate for him or statements based on tactics of 1 game you have ever seen in his career. This manager has a 12 year long career, 8 league titles, 2 CL titles + reached 6 more semifinals + more other cups. He never finished outside the top 2 till 2013/14 where he finished third in the league. Holds many records, including our league records of 2004-05, the records of Real Madrid 2011-12, and made some new records in his last season with us. 12 year of continuous success and you guys are bashing him and calling him a fraud after 12 games in the league? Man just save yourself.

It's not a joke, it's a myth. In his third season with Chelsea (first spell) he won the league cup and FA cup, CL semifinal (out on penalties) and lost the race for the league in the final part of the season. Was that a bad season? I think not, we all regret we couldn't make it three in a row, but it's not a failure. Same goes for the CL semi, it's a shame we could not reach the final and lost on penalties. In his third season with Madrid he won the super copa against Barca, lost cup final vs Atletico, semi final CL and finished second in the liga. Was it a bad season? Results wise not very bad but he lost the dressing room - so you can say yes, it was from the players management perspective a bad season. This running season is a complete failure from the board, manager and the players. Post season tour was a joke - especially when you know the season starts earlier as usual, transfer window was a uber joke - Djilobodji and Hector were our deadline day signings. The players came back overweight, complacent and unmotivated. The manager hasn't found a solution to turn the season around yet.

Good old Ivanovic, 2 assists and one moment where he was asking for the ball in the box.

It's time to sell him

Superb player and the reason why I am in the top 5 of the TC fantasy league [emoji12]

Chelsea transfer guru Michael Emenalo 'fighting for his job after disastrous start to season' http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-transfer-guru-michael-emenalo-6807860

“In football generally, someone who is really successful as a manager or a player creates enemies because people get jealous," the former Liverpool star told talkSPORT. "People want to see someone at the top knocked down. For so long Jose Mourinho has been one of the best managers in the world and has had success everywhere he has been, and this is his first real bad spell, especially in this country. “People are loving it because it makes good headlines and of course he is not the must humble fella in the world so he is easy to dislike in some respects. I personally like him and I think he has earned the right, more than anybody, to have a bad spell. “As a player if you have a couple of good years and then a bad spell, you expect the manager to stick with you because you have shown him you have quality. “Jose, for what he has done for Chelsea Football Club and the success he has brought them, eleven games into a season he has earned the right to have a bad spell.” http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/474949/Chelsea-News-Murphy-urges-Abramovich-to-keep-Mourinho-at-Stamford-Bridge

Talented player but too lazy, he needs to work harder, like Willian or Azpi for example.

ChelsTransfer ‏@ChelsTransfer Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho still retains the support of owner Roman Abramovich and his position is not under immediate threat. (BBC) #CFC

Graham Poll: "There was no contact but Loic Remy stumbled on landing and fell. His intention to score was commendable." However, Loic Remy was impeded and a penalty should have been awarded with no further action against Jack Butland." [Mail]

watched the U21 game vs Liverpool

Chelsea legend Cech kept Arsenal in the game while being dominated, Lloris gifted hem a goal. Game of the goalies.

Norwich, Bournemouth, Sunderland, Watford. Our next 4 homegames.

Lol no campaign against Chelsea they say.

Their goal was even off side according to the new rules.

Stoke players can do what ever they want, no cards.

A positive didierforever, I like that!

Chelsea FC ‏@ChelseaFC 3 minToday's subs: Amelia, Cahill, Mikel, Fabregas, Oscar, Kenedy, Remy. #CFC No Ivanovic, no Falcao, (no RLC)

this is sick! Exactly the team I wanted to see. Pedro, Costa, Hazard, Willian, Ramires, Baba, Azpi = what a pace, wow imagine counter attacks.

Chelsea FC ‏@ChelseaFC 2 min Team to face Stoke: Begovic; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Terry ©, Baba; Ramires, Matic; Willian, Hazard, Pedro; Diego Costa. #CFC

Mourinho said: "Look, because Baba Rahman arrived in the last day, because he doesnt know what it is to play in this kind of championship. "He had no pre-season with us. He needs time to learn, he needs time to adapt. "At the same time, every team, except Maccabi Tel Aviv, is a team of giants. And if you dont have a minimum of five tall players good in the air, you are dead in set-pieces. "When I play Azpilicueta on the right and Baba Rahman on the left and I dont play Ivanovic, I have only three, not even four. So we have to think about all the details. And I think about all the details." http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/468540/Jose-Mourinho-not-picking-Chelsea-major-summer-signings

Jose Mourinho says his team are in safe hands as they prepare to take on Stoke City with their manager absent. The Portuguese will not be at the Britannia for the evening kick-off due to the one-match stadium ban he received recently. However, the close working relationship he enjoys with his backroom staff means the players will go into the game fully prepared for all eventualities. ‘Only after Dynamo did I start organising the information for them, and then a few hours with them going through every point, leaving them all the notes and indications,’ explained the Blues boss. ‘We have worked together for a long time, with Rui Faria 15 years, with Steve Holland three years, so they understand me and they know how I think. ‘Even on the bench I normally sit between both, so I speak with both, they understand what I’m thinking, they understand my vision, they understand my decisions, so they are fine.’ With Mourinho not in attendance, he will be reliant on his players and assistants to react in a positive way to specific moments which occur during the game. ‘Normally we know the kind of approach we give to the game,’ he said. ‘We know normally when we are losing where we are trying to improve, and when we are winning if we can close some fragility we can have. ‘Basically, it’s an accumulation of experiences we are having together, and with these players we are living together for two or three years. Even the players on the pitch know more or less when things are going in a certain direction, what is going to happen next. ‘Many times before the substitutes’ board goes up they know already basically what you are going to do. It is very rare to go completely out of context.’ The Blues head into today’s game buoyed by an important Champions League win over Dynamo Kiev in midweek. Reflecting on Wednesday’s victory, Mourinho once again praised his side for the way in which they reacted to Kiev’s equaliser, as well as thanking the supporters for their backing. ‘A difficult episode for the team happened and the team reacted,’ he recalled. ‘If Willian didn’t score, and the ball hits the post and goes out and we don’t win, I could still see the reaction. We tried, we won a free-kick, a corner, we had another chance. People immediately reacted and that is good. ‘It’s amazing, really, because it comes in a moment where it’s easy to be against the team, against the players, and especially to be against the manager. ‘To follow the river against him would be the easiest thing but the fans were exactly the opposite. It was not in the last minute because we won the match, it was in the first minute when maybe we would lose the match. It was amazing. ‘I felt that at Stoke with the away fans behind the goal (in the Capital One Cup game), but to feel it at home, your stadium, your fans, was fantastic.’ Mourinho also explained how the stadium ban will affect him both on and off the pitch in the long term. ‘My punishment has changed everything,’ he said. ‘The dimension of my punishment, the stadium ban that stays suspended, affects everything. ‘My answers are going to be different. The way I participate in the game is going to be different. I had a game a few days ago where I stood for 90 minutes on my side, and the other manager was jumping like Michael Jordan and nothing happened. I know everything for me is different; it’s changed a lot. ‘The message is clear for me. The message the power wants to give to me is more than clear.’ http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/11/mourinho--in-tune.html