The Skipper

No ones that shocked, more angry about the cheek of bringing in Benitez out of all people to replace RDM, just to get the best out of Torres.

I keep imagining this scenario where Torres went up to Roman and cried about him not starting against Juve.

I keep pinching myself hoping this is some sort of ridiculous nightmare, but no. This is so bad, disgusting even.

You do realise this is a fake account yes? Edit: Nvm!

Well why not? If people are bringing up his time at Valencia and early Liverpool days then a 2004 quote is just as relevant.

Yeah, let's all forget Rafa's torrid time at Inter. Why is hardly any one bringing this up? His tactician attribute is overrated. He's lost it ages ago - first after Liverpool's downfall, then he carried on by turning EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS Inter into a mediocre team.

That might be a good sign, considering he's wrong 99.9% of the time.

It really isn't. Valencia then played with width, with Vicente and Rufete flanking Aimar. Baraja and Albelda as their holding midfielders - two excellent players who could spray the ball about with their great range of passing and intelligence. They might have been using a 4-2-3-1 but they had different players and therefore a different mentality. We have three 10's, they didn't.

The biggest thing that pisses me off is how we now sacked our manager just to "get the best out of Torres". Fucking ridiculous.

I don't think the hate for Rafa was equivalent to the hate for Ashley. Rafa's actually said things about our fans, anyone remember this? Rafa Benitez to Chelsea fans: "We do not need to give away flags for our fans to wave - our supporters are always there with their hearts and that is all we need. It's the passion of the fans that helps to win matches - not flags."

Roman surely must know that the majority of Chelsea fans hate Rafa?

This so fucked up. I'm actually sad. This is worse than the Mourinho sacking. If Benitez is appointed I will scream. One RDM.

When's he back?

Every goal we concede is Luiz's fault right? Not our whole defence right? FFS.

£15m isn't "grossly overpaying", and Sturridge isn't a "mediocre talent".

I'm not saying we will either - but in games or situations where we don't need a genuine DM, it would work IMO.

Not at all, £15m is about right in my opinion. Especially considering you paid around £20m for Henderson who Danny is obviously more talented than.

The Shed End forum is one of the worst ones out there.

Which is why I said in the case we don't need protection, a Ramires - KDB pivot would be okay.

Rather give Chalobah that Phil Jones role in the squad!

Our fans don't have the time or patience for that.

None of them would like to be third choice striker...

Firstly, of course we're not Arsenal. Secondly - I should've said Sturridge and Torres are good enough for a top three finish. Thirdly, to me this is a transition season - we shouldn't spoil that by signing short term fixes - we need to think long term. There's no point in signing a Huntelaar or whatever decent striker is out there in January especially if the likes of Falcao or Cavani will be more than likely available than they will be in January. You're right, we're not Arsenal we are Chelsea, so we shouldn't be making Arsenal signings either - we can do a lot better than Huntelaar, there are better options on the market - but they won't be available till the summer in my opinion so I'd rather wait till the summer and get us a striker we deserve, not just a stupid stop gap.

He's better than the Dutch league IMO. Kid is very talented but he's just not working hard enough I think. To be a top player you need to have a great mentality, and that's what Gael's missing. I still have a drop of faith in him, I'd love it if he could become a decent squad player.

I think it's a good problem. We can play KDB and Ramires in the pivot if we don't need real protection in the team - play KDB and Mikel in a more possession based cohesive team or play Ramires - Mikel when we need a more physical and direct approach.