Kostas

Now you're being greedy. All I want is a single non-deflected goal from open play. Or one from a corner, I swear I've forgotten what it's like to score from corners, think Kakuta's assist to JT was actually our last.

Most popular phrase since November.

He's 21, is he even better than Rajkovic, Mancienne, Kalas or Bruma?

Exactly.People who are want him to have total control need to keep this in mind.

Good point. Once you lose the bench there's no coming back. Results are easier to change.

That tight prick has spent ~40m for Zhirkov and Ramires over the last two years and was ready to pay 30m for Neymar a few months ago.

What a selfish attitude..

I expected someone to tackle this..Should we have kept Grant or even Scolari in the name of stability?* *I realize it's an extreme example as everybody here (ok Henrique excluded ) rates Ancelotti much much more than those two.

Will this case ever die?

Well. I guess that's something.. As for the rest, lets just say he'd be a brilliant lawyer. I'd love to turn his last sentence against any Kakuta haters on here but I just don't believe anything he says.

I stopped reading there. God...

Torres, Van der Vaart et al. have shown that his whole adaptation thing doesn't always apply to new players.

Sadly I agree. But when a 17-year-old kid is our only hope, our bench players aren't replaced and a CL place is the best we can do we're in danger of turning into fucking Arsenal.

Anelka is doubtful for this one. What are the odds of Kalou starting?

You..you hater!

I thought you'd know better by now When a youngster of Kakuta's talent isn't given a proper chance to replace Joey fricking Cole C.Clifford has not chance of replacing Lampard.

That's 2 months actually, 3 if you look at the whole picture. Just saying..

We have to overcome the huge challenge of replacing at least Lampard and Drogba when our board failed to replace our bench warmers.Where did people get the idea that Abramovich isn't willing to spend?

Lol.Dunno but taking a wild guess anything over 65 points will get us the 4th place.

Not necessarily putting the blame on the coach but thin or not our squad is good enough to qualify for the CL without even breaking a sweat*.*REAL injury crisis excluded.

Hindsight is a great thing. I can't believe people are saying that we miss Belletti, Cole or Carvalho. I fully supported the summer clear-out and I still do. We did well to get rid of Belletti and Cole and if kids were given a proper chance we wouldn't miss them at all. Carvalho had a bad season before he left and was getting very injury prone, we needed a defender just to make up the numbers even if it meant a CB version of Ferreira. Ballack is the only one we really miss as Ramires hasn't looked like a proper replacement so far and Matic was loaned out. Back when I argued that we had the thinest squad in the league I remember people saying bs like "quality over quantity" and now people miss our fringe players?

Any thoughts now that we're almost halfway there?

The cynic in me says the contacts that got him hired in the first place will buy him the time he needs in during this crisis.

I had Ivanovic as a CB because he's more likely to get games there knowing JT's and Ale's injury record. I was shocked when reports linked us with Coentrao as LB is our best covered position. Fix that and the post will be perfect

:goodpost: Agreed, despite his head-scratching decisions and the responsibility he may have for our catastrophic results I believe he should stay for the same reason you do.Although one has to wonder if keeping a man at such an important position just for the sake of keeping him is a healthy way of thinking :unsure: