Rhino's Skin

why not?
 
the place is a shoitehole and the stadium is crap.
Hope Chelsea FC let ST holders freeze their seats until new Stamford Bridge is built because I ain't going to that dump every other week. Will be completely devoid of atmosphere as well in that souless concrete bowl.
Just pull out of the deal and let Spurs have it now we have forced them to pay extra.
Shame Twickers couldnt have been used.....but perhaps we should downscale a bit and share with Fulham

there are other factors involved such as local community, policing, transport such as tube and bus timetables rescheduling, car parking, noise pollution etc etc to take into consideration

stamford bridge is getting flattened and the new infrastructure will be built on top

stamford bridge is getting flattened and the new infrastructure will be built on top

why not?
 
the place is a shoitehole and the stadium is crap.
Hope Chelsea FC let ST holders freeze their seats until new Stamford Bridge is built because I ain't going to that dump every other week. Will be completely devoid of atmosphere as well in that souless concrete bowl.
Just pull out of the deal and let Spurs have it now we have forced them to pay extra.
Shame Twickers couldnt have been used.....but perhaps we should downscale a bit and share with Fulham

Jusr got to love all the direct quotes in the media and newspaper from Eden Hazard

Jusr got to love all the direct quotes in the media and newspaper from Eden Hazard

Jusr got to love all the direct quotes in the media and newspaper from Eden Hazard

Thats the whole idea...
Daily telegraph reporting Hazard wants to see who new manager is before deciding.
Can see the headlines in June
HAZARD PICKS ..........XYZ...AS NEW MANAGER OF CHELSEA.
love all the stories. ;-)

Thats the whole idea...
Daily telegraph reporting Hazard wants to see who new manager is before deciding.
Can see the headlines in June
HAZARD PICKS ..........XYZ...AS NEW MANAGER OF CHELSEA.
love all the stories. ;-)

just wondering whether this injury is linked to the hip injury from a couple of weeks back.
 
I know from personal experience that when you get an injury to the hip ,  it can be painful in the groin area and you think you have a muscle problem there when infact its the hip.
 
just speculation based on what happend to me before anyone accuses me of being a doctor etc ;-)

he needs a run in the team to get the consistency, even if he has an average match one day.
Hiddink, is the only manager who in the past has given him a serious run of matches rather than the 'in for 1 or 2', out for '3 or 4' with sometimes an appearance from the bench others seemed to do with him.

Just seen some photos someone took from up in the stand..you are correct...Costa stood on half way line and applauded....others bar a couple came across in dribs and drabs some hanging back further than others.
Anyway...Costa is back, looked quick with his intelligent runs and it seems to wind defenders up more now he is not up for a scrap

at the time ...it wasnt quite that obvious.Even last season Everton fans were still complaining he couldnt trap a bag of cement and needed loads of chances to score one.
Obviously, different story this season....just shows how forgetful and how fickle fans can be especially when they magically morph into hindsight harrys

I am actually confused about all this "club philosophy" bollix that seems to be buzzing around us and others such as Man Utd.
What is our philosophy then?
Agreed on Guardiola

go on my sahn !!!! ;-)

go on my sahn !!!! ;-)

What you're trying to interpret is like I said Jose had 0% power and control but I did not say this, so please don't make up things. I said, in order to succeed you must have full power and control (100%) of the transfers and targets. The world is not black or white, there are things in between. Not able to buy because the lack of money is one thing, but to have money to buy players and getting Djilobodji, Baba and Hector from Emenalo is another thing.
You're either a sheep that likes attention from the Emenalo cultists (your pic proves that), a Mourinho hater or a person with a very low IQ.
But your point to say the club spent 300M + on players suggests you're in the latest category too, so I suggest you should go back to school to learn the difference between gross spend and net spend, or maybe try to Google it.
But OK, I assume you're too lazy for that so I will explain it baby language for you:
The club spent (net) 52 millions in 5 windows. To compare: Arsenal 106M, City 178M, United 238M, Liverpool 99M.
So what does it say? It means in order to buy a player that manager wants, he has to sell another player for big value. But does it automatically mean that the manager didn't like the player that has to be sold? No, it means you have to choose between 2 valuable assets/options.
Nobody on here, can convince me or even themselves that Jose Mourinho didn't like David Luiz. Luiz played all the big games in midfield instead of Mikel, Oscar and Lampard in the second half of the 2013-14 season. So does it mean Jose didn't value him? No it means he had to sell him in order to buy other players that he wanted. Mata played more than Schurrle, KDB wanted to leave and Lukaku wanted a guarantee to be the first striker. He needed to sell these guys to get main targets like Diego, Cesc, Luis and Matic who won us the league.
But before you're going to say ''yeah but he clearly didn't like Mata, KDB, Luis and Lukaku, that's why the club sold them.'' I'd tell you, even if that was really the case that he didn't like them, and Jose had the 100% power and control of transfers, wouldn't he replace them with other Jose Mourinho type of players to add depth on the bench? Why aren't there any of Khedira, Higuain/Benteke, Sneijder, Callejon, Isco, Raul Garcia, Miranda, Luisao on our bench then?
But what is the reality? We still have the same bad quality depth, Mikel is still our first back up as CDM, Baba an unproven left back as our first back up. Djilobodji as our 4th center back, Ramires as our only box to box player, no top class striker to compete with Diego and Oscar as a starting player. And that's because the club was not 100% buying the players the manager wanted, and because they were reluctant to spend extra money.
Which big club in the world would sell your 2 times player of the year to a direct rival, in the middle of the season? Which big club waits 1 year long to get the ideal striker without getting a decent one now? Which big club has such bad bench options like ours? Which big club would ignore the pleads of the manager after winning the league? Which club would strengthen a direct rival with your club legend without strengthening yourself? Which club would be more busy with breaking records of players on loan rather than looking for quality for the first team? Which big club would get 0 first team additions after winning the league? Which club would get Djilobodji and Hector on deadline day to save your season? Which club would finish the deal of your only left footed left back option when the season is already 3 weeks old? Which big club uses a ''1 out first then 1 in'' transfer strategy? Which big club would be more busy with balancing the books than strengthening the squad?
The above piece summarizes the backing Jose got from the board and the ambition from the club. Yes Jose was not a victim that had 0% power and control but it was clear as day that he did not have 100% power and control. So please let your Cinderella stories rest that he was fully backed by the board in the 2,5 years here.
And no, this not an excuse for Mourinho to be sitting at 1 point above relegation. The club failed as a collective unit this season, including the players and Jose.

Completely cynical of me.....;-)But then again, look at recent fans favourites who are icons at the club. Jose, JT, Frank and DD......when one has to go because of difficult circumstances, then who better to bring in no matter what capacity to keep fans onside.

Thought their keeper was MotM and showed that he is in my opinion the best reactionary shot stopper there is.
Courtois commands his area better though and seems to have more time...must be down to placement and awareness so he doesn't have to make so many saves for the camera as DDG makes

Didier Drogba after his assistant role and getting his Pro badges ;-)

So if DD is being earmarked for the job, would you put this down as a tactical move by Chelsea to keep the support happy?

See Dan Levene tweeted over an hour ago that Drogba has accepted role as assistant.
Just needs to get his pro licenses if he wants the job full time

See Dan Levene tweeted over an hour ago that Drogba has accepted role as assistant.
Just needs to get his pro licenses if he wants the job full time

Didier Drogba after his assistant role and getting his Pro badges ;-)