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Not buying it he fired RDM and hired Rafa to replace him. You couldn't do a more unpopular decision then that.

Tell me what are you basing this on?

Costa is literally the perfect attacker for Pep, the attributes pep likes Costa >>>>>>>>>>>>> Willian. He is direct He moves great off the ball- biggest Willian weakness, never seen him do anything off the ball. Better finisher, better in the final third. Smh i can't quantify talent, but that is disputable and who cares if Willian is more talented, if the attributes Pep look for is not the one he needs. Willian would probably be utilized as wingback tbh.

Nothing great, but in the second half he was the second deep midfielder after the changes. He also provided that long pass to Kennedy for arguably the best chance of the game, shame GK made a wonderful save to deny Kennedy All in all I don't think he was bad or good, just average.

Your logic first; who is enjoying themselves at the moment? So we should sell everyone at the club since no one is enjoys themselves quite clearly. Forget that lets just shut down the club, since the players and everyone at the club is not enjoying themselves. I also remember you stating you would prefer seeing Bale come the other way. You are not making much sense. come on let's be honest with ourselves, and more impotantly your post comes as a replay by saying yeah you will see Hazard in a good moment next time at Real Madrid. Consider the circumstance and timing. Hey maybe you are just a guy who lacks self awareness, maybe you are not a troll.

My gosh you are troll. But whatever works for you I guess.

That is not surprising, it is called conformity. Most are afraid to express an opinion That differs from the norm or the majority. It is humans biggest fear to be shunned and outcasted. Some stay silent, most confirm to the norm, and very few go against the norm.

Mate the league employs goal line technology, referees don't make the decision based on what they see.

With the exception of RLC rating I pretty much agree with all the ratings. I think RLC has done as good as anybody in his short spells.

I thought we would take a few steps backward,but I have never seen a collapse like this, this is truly historic. I have never seen anything like this really, it is amazing to think this exact team breezed to the title now we genuinely look like a regulation side. Seriously amazing foresight and analysis to anyone who predicted this.

man i would love to see Jorge Sampaoli at Chelsea.

The year they finished 2nd they were firing on all cylinder attacking wise. Not only he got the best out of Suarez, so did he out of An aging Gerard and got the best out of Sturridge, Sterling, and Coutinho. He made that team click. That is a mark of a good manager, getting the best out of your players is all you can ask for. His biggest issue were the following: 1. Losing his best players. Suarez aside, but Sturridge has constantly been injured in the last two season. That is a lot of goals and quality to lose. Also Gerrard declined massively due to age. Imo I rank those 3 as Liverpool best players when they finished 2. I think it is immensely flawed when people look at that team, as only minus Suarez. 2. Poor transfers. Whether it was him or the clubs guru mathematicians, they failed in reinforcing their squad. They have signed a lot of mediocre players. 3. They conceded a lot of goals, that is on him and only. Ultimately he is not a bad manager, and gave Liverpool their best chance at winning the title in almost 30 years.

All though His singing of Torres Set the club back a lot.

Mourinho is really writing the book on how not to react in crisis situation. pouring oil on the fire consistently.

Seriously what does Maureen mean? I have asked this question before, btw I know a girl with the same name.

Btw why are we taking such statements as truths?Ridiculous to take such statements at fair value, that is like taking the words of your ex as truths after a bitter break up. I don't know KDB but I do know others, almost everyone tries to rationalize their own shortcomings or failures. So why would it be surprising for KDB to pin his failures at Chelsea on Mourinho? Same goes for Mourinho how do you think he is rationalizing things? Probably the same faulting KDB. This debate is not one sided as much as most want to make it. KDB is doing hot, and Mou is doing the polar oposite. So it is easy to say Mourinho fucked up, and give every benefit of the doubt to KDB. If their circumstances were reversed, I am sure almost everyone would be hailing Mou decision. Sure Mou had his fair share of fault in this situation but so did KDB, he didn't help himself With his performances in limited playing time and personality. Sure it would be nice to have KDB atm, but I really do not have the capacity to dwell on the what ifs and live In the past.

@Essien19, You have to realize before Mourinho came back we were in the beginning of an end of a transition phase. I don't think it is fair to compare the team success before Mou and after, I don't think it is that easy of an analysis. We had an aging squad and phasing out period; remember Anelka, Malouda, Essien, Kalou(other reasons),Torres(flop), Cole, Drogba, Lampard, and Terry the old guards? We kept a core of players that was untouched minus Torres, they all aged past their best together. It was undoubtedly an end of a cycle. A drop off was unavoidable, and a complete transition does not happen over night or in this case one summer. You only realistically have 3-4 changeover at most, complete overhaul does not happen.Any manager would have seen a need for a striker and midfield reinforcementts, . Heck you could argue if RDM or Rafa stayed as manager that would have been periority, and those needs would have been addressed a summer earlier. So I can't look at this black and white before Mou after Mou like all things were equal. A natural circumstance and growing pain was unavoidable and that was price to pay when we also bought young players rather then world class players to replace them.

You think Mou will survive until end of the season?

Chelsea+English fans are different from Real and Spain supporters though. English fans have soft spot for hard working players like Ramires, while Spanish fans have a soft spot for graceful players. Bale is neither which makes it worse lol. For a player that played LB he is dreadful in defending and tracking back.Just like Madrid supporters couldn't tolerate Mourinho conservative/ park the bus tactics against better opposition, Chelsea fans do not care and accept such tactics. There is a difference in culture. As I said Bale starting on a regular basis frustrated Madrid fans more then his form. I don't think Madrid frustration level would have reached that high with Bale if Carlo had benched him for Isco a fan fave.

Bale is a donkey though, he literally kills every attack at Madrid. There is one thing to be off form, but it is another to be off form and can't do the simplest thing in football, he can't routinely make simple passes or touches.Carlo stubbornness didn't help either by starting him like Mou has done with Ivanovic.

Why are you guys making the assumption Reus or Isco would want to join Chelsea? I am honestly wondering why everyone always overlook the player preference in these situations. I asked in the summer on the Pogba thread, while everyone was focused on Juve no wanting to sell. But equally valid perspective was Pogba destination preference, you have to ask if the player would want to join Chelsea rigid system under Mourinho. Does a player want to join a club where the manager on numerous occasion has criticized his team best attacking player on his defending. I personally cannot fathom Isco or Reus would want to join Chelsea and become a second full back. Until Mourinho is in charge we will have a hard time attracting top players like Isco or Reus.

Hazard does fine defending, how many goals have we conceded from his side? Pls Sanchez has two lungs he is like Willian in terms of work rate, he will never be like him in that sense. People should appreciate our players for what they bring, there is a lot to like about Hazard for example. And stop making unrealistic comparison to other players.

Not PR skill, failure of social intelligence.

You never hear anything smart coming out a Belgium player. So can't say I am surprised or anyone should be. Btw beside the fact it is disrespectful to your current employer, his rationale is quite stupid and not very well thought out. Better players doesn't not not mean tougher to break into, especially players that don't player your position. Ineista and Rakitic are good but not world class. Ineista is living off reputation at this stage of his career. If he actually think Chelsea is a good intermediate route to Barca, Madrid, and Bayern he is well mistaken and not very bright. Bayern and Barca have had a lot of success in integrating players to their senior squad and give young players a lot more chances, while Chelsea are the polar opposite. it is much more difficult breaking into Chelsea. Another argument is Barca B and Bayern B play in a much tougher competition, compared to England poor youth setup. He is going the wrong way about it.

I do not believe in a campaign against Chelsea, but you think there is no bias? You believe this when there is so much corruption in the game of football, when Top officials like Blatter and Platini should be in jail? You think corruption stops there? You think top FA officials like David Gill have no agenda? You think he is impartial and has no loyalty to Manchester United and will not sway organization to his liking? And others have no Agenda or bias, you think these mens have the best intention of the game in mind?Please Perish such thoughts.