Madmax

G'day.

So, compete fabrication or the usual 'misquoted'/'taken out of context' route?

Exactly

RDM :

On the sacking : On Roman's 'dressing down' : On Torres :

Chelsea are long associated with glamour, style, pomp and panache. Time we did something to reflect that.

Everyone and their dog in England would be happy if Chelsea go out. Especially the Merseyside cretins ( Liverpool) and London nobodies (QPR).

Fuck this, I'm gonna bunk work to enjoy what might turn out to be the final CL game for a year or two

With City away next, shit will probably get worse first before it gets better. Think Arsenal have sewn up 3rd, we can catch Spurs cold at home and then it's between which of the two fares better in the other games.

Can't accuse Emenalo of not doing his job.

Rat-faced Suarez in first to jump off sinking ship shocker.

Mikel must play. Raul mustn't.

'Superb' might be stretching it, though he grew into the game as it passed. Definitely unlucky with that vollley that hit the crossbar. The free header early on should have gone in. Love the guy, has to be considered as a core member of the team for the next 4-5 years or so.

St. Lampard ain't down with that shit.

Which only serves as an admission that he got it wrong initially. I can understand taking him off after we're comfortable, but to leave him out when breaking Stoke down was always going to be the biggest issue didn't smack of ingenuity.

Llorente, anyone?

Don't like the Mikel sub. Our passing and retention was atrocious after the goal, Mikel would have kept things ticking over with his composure. Kalou should have been the one going off for Sturridge.

Of course he would play well now

lmao love how everytime he scores, it's a massive ''fuck you'' to the board. Too bad the grinches will be counting money from the latest merchandise sale figures and won't even notice.

Agree with the 'papering over cracks' sentiment. Horrible timing nevertheless.

At the outset, happy with the result. But only that. RDM's team selection hinged on the negative. Leaving out two of our biggest threats going forward when we're struggling for goals and inspiration upfront was baffling. Trying to match Stoke with like-for-like physical players is something I don't agree with. Space was going to be everything so to have players who can manipulate and utilize it should have been been the emphasis. Hopefully the Mata pass that led to the goal will serve as an eye-opener. Performance wise, more of the same. Lack of invention, any meaningful pace or tempo. Would have been naive to expect instant changes but even so, what was on offer wasn't too encouraging. Confidence matters nevertheless, let's hope this gives us the impetus to try and make a match of it against Napoli. I couldn't help but notice how every player who's openly supported AVB before and since the sacking was left out - Mata, Sturridge, Meireles (substituted 35 or so mins in) while the established set-up survived 90 mins.

Mata ... nearly. Second time this season after Sunderland away?

Pure circus out there.

Fucking 10 men Stoke are dominating possession. We're awful.