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Awful game so far. The Madrid players just aren't suited to the game Mourinho wants to play. That said this Barcelona team would spank anybody.

I actually agree with a few of your points.

That was very good.

This is a Chelsea forum so everything has to be pro Chelsea. You know, that's why people make silly claims like Kakuta is better than Neymar.

:lol:

Everybody is entitled to an opinion.

If the kids are not serious alternatives then why did we go into the season with such a small squad? Somebody must have thought these kids were adequate cover. That somebody clearly isn't Carlo as he wouldn't touch them with a bargepole. He has no faith in them whatsoever.

The sad thing is Roman is doing everything right but we're just not getting the results. All that money spunked on the youth system and their training facilities yet we don't have one that can step in and cover for an injured player or is good enough to swap with an underperforming senior. I really feel sorry for us as a club at the moment. Things can only get better eh?

I prefered it before Roman came to be honest. I was a lot happier because I didn't have such high expectations lol.

I prefered it before Roman came to be honest. I

Tell you what we could actually do with a few Stoke players. Fuller over Kalou for starters. A few of their first team players would make out bench no problem. Did you see our bench today? Full of players Carlo simply doesn't want to play. We may as well not have had a bench and just went there with the first 11. Since we're cost cutting we may have saved some money on plane tickets for those 7 players. We're not Stoke but we do not have a sufficient squad. We have the smallest squad in the league and are expected to compete with a Utd team that have about 30+ players. It's simply not possible. We have a striker with malaria that can't get a rest. We have a centre back that needs an operation urgently but has to wait until we patch up the other centre back with a serious nerve problem in his leeg. This 1-1 is not suprising despite what you think.

It's not about what I wanted it's about what is achievable with the current squad. A 1-1 draw with Newcastle is not surpising. Not sure if you remember but we were battered at home 3-0 by Sunderland just a few weeks ago. This is a step in the right direction. We actually scored a goal for one.

We dominated today and got a result. This is a normal period. With such a thin squad I doubt any other team would be able to manage better.

Huh?

Newcastle sat back in the second half, no wonder Ramires looked a lot better. He had the freedom of St James Park. Technically he is a poor player; his passing, positioning and awareness are all lacking. You expect a £18m midfielder to be able to control the ball and make forward thinking passes. I don't expect him to be Frank but I expect him to be as good as the Newcastle midfielders at the very least. He may come good and I hope he does but at the moment he is woefully inept and out of his depth.

If Ramires couldn't run fast he wouldn't have a single redeeming quality.

Tiote who ran the show for Newcaslte cost £3m. He is about 10x the player Ramires is. Whoever scouts for Chelsea is stealing a living.

He has malaria if you hadn't noticed. He probably shouldn't even be on the pitch but being the man that he is is doing his best. What was Anelka doing?

Our off the ball movement is easily the worst of all the big clubs in Europe. We’re like the geriatric version of Barcelona. Making the same passes but slower than required for it be anywhere close to being effective. Ramires is shocking. Genuinely one of the worst players I have ever seen seen in a Chelsea shirt. Even De Lucas was better than him.

I don't buy the whole new challenge thing either. It suggests he has actually done something of note when we know that is not true.

Great! That part of the world is actually producing some very good young players so hopefully we might get lucky with one or two young players.

Yeah you're right. Those are things that are clearly beyond an Arnesen led youth system. He is probably running away because the money has dried up.

They really weren't. Guardiola had fallen out with Eto'o and wanted him gone...at any cost. They effectively let him walk and bought Ibrahimvoci for £46m. Guardiola later had a falling out with Ibra and now he's also gone at a huge loss. Guardiola is also the one who instigated the Hleb and Chygrinski deals.

He can't be any worse than Arnesen and probably won't be earning as much.

All thanks to Roman actually. Arnesen had the easiest job in the world; find out who the latest hyped up kid is and barge in with Roman's money. It was that simple. No skill required on Arnesen's part. Anybody could do it. Kalou was bought for about £8m. They obviously had very high hopes for him which he has not lived up to.