coolhead23

Great 3 points ... (Honestly, wasnt expecting this) The positive thing for me other than the 3 points is how physical we were in the game, didnt matter who ... big guy or the small one ... we hit them and HIT THEM HARD not only on the score board but also on the field. We didnt let them bully us which is like the first I feel I have seen this season. Not sure what would be the outcome from the coming games but there are few things we can do no matter what the outcome and playing the way we did today (keeping it simple) will take us a long way ahead ... On a side note, had we turned up like this from the start ... United fans wouldnt have chatted "Jose Mourinho!!!" in the last couple of games ...

Wishing the entire family of TalkChelsea and all the fans around the world a very Happy 2016. Hope all our dreams comes true !!!

We played without a striker against United ... And we have "a" striker available to us!!! He isn't in the plan of the gaffer ... seriously WTF!!! Atleast now give him a chance, goddamn it!!! Someone mentioned it above that we have become the team to breed young players ... so plz keep to the tradition!!!

Why do we need to go back to the same person who kind of humiliated us in public (it was needed but thats a different story) ... Is he the only manager left? I hope we dont start the old one sided love story again with him.

Seriously!!! Gone are the days when players use to take Roman yacht for a joy ride ... Journalists/Media outlets would write anything to sell their stuff ... Plain stupid! And if the players are so worried about they need to pull their socks up first and show quality in their performance rather than been worried about the manager's ... They are equally to be blamed for the current situation.

Not that I'm debating on what you mentioned (which is very correct) but just trying to see the other side as well. Just a Food of thought!!! We had been bad in the past when it came down to stability with Managers ... We been pretty trigger happy and I guess that is one of the reasons why we lost out on Pep who basically had a red carpet laid for him. "I" believe that the board and the owner has evolved over period of time and really want to take Chelsea on the top. This means we need a team which is winning every season and need stability on the manager level so that we dont get our face blacken when we approach the next top manager. The board might have thought that we wouldnt end up top 4 or 5 or even top 7 anyways so lets stick with the manager and show that we do believe in stability, score some brownie points with the Manager's community and then in the summer do a re-shuffle. Thats my bit of Conspiracy theory.

Alrighty ... then I believe I m truly getting old ... Memory fading!!!

Fair point but what we're forgetting that Lukaku already had a stint with West Brom where he had a decent season then Everton where again he had a decent one ... Now that warranties atleast a chance for him, some faith from the Manager, a decent run ... which wasnt there. Martial was a newbie to the PL and there was faith shown on him, he did click in the initial part after which LVG started playing him off position to accommodate Rooney in front. You say "If" Lukaku hadn't started scoring ... So what "if" he had, United would be leading the race... The important thing is that I was pointing out is that you need to give an opportunity and put the trust & faith in the player with potential. LVG got in Martial and got rid of RVP whereas we got in E'to and didnt want to place our hopes in Lukaku. Everyone is not going to turn up a Messi or Ronaldo but atleast we can invest in a potential and take the risk.

I think we did, there were always been discussion on the Lukakus, the Matas, the KDB and the others (If not, my apologies because i think everyone did had a good discussion even last yr) ... As i said, when the going is bad we tend to take a trip down memory lane more than ever... From a manager we expect vision and from someone like Jose we expect more because he is among the elite or among the best if not the best ... If any players who has been left go off, goes out and does well ... the blame is bound to come back on the manager and specially with the situation that we are in, the manager is going to be part of the blame game ...

Thats a little harsh I guess ... Over the last 3 games, atleast he has shown more determination than anyone else (not talking abt his performance, thats been bad) ... different story that the output hasnt being what we want ... But he looked as if he wants to make a statement, if he could had continued he would have I believe ...

I would like to see it in a different way ... Put Lukaku in the current United or Arsenal or Chelsea team and surely he would be part of a team which will have a better standing ... Same goes with all the other players who have had a mention ... All these players werent superstars but I believe they were those key ones who can possibly make other look like superstars. Squad players who bind the team. Someone mentioned that we are only bringing this up this season ... I dont think so, this was discussed even last season ... any player that has potential and he does good for the other team, he will always be talked by the fans in good times or in bad times (more during the bad times)

True ... because they would have already thrown off Jose through Roman way before for this to happen

One perfect comment that just heard from one of the pundits: We have been saying this is the week that Chelsea will turn it around ... this is the week that Chelsea will turn it around ... but now we have reach the stage where it should be "Can Chelsea turn it around!"

Honestly, we are becoming a joke!!! This is plain pathetic! In the last game, same team they were looking like a unit, was more urgency, more pressure, more determination .... Not sure what happened in 5 days time. We were just not a TEAM!!! 11 headless chickens out there. There are couple of things which is beyond me: - Why do we keep the ball at our feet for so long ... and if you want to why f**king pass the ball behind - Where has all the physicality gone, looks like we are scared to be physical. - Do we even try penetration while training? Corner kick?

We will Draw!!!!!!

Come on ... Much better, wake up, lazy bumps!!! ... Get in, work off their defense, hit some shots on goals, hit them hard so that they dont stand up ... do something, god damnit!!!

Here you go ... this is where u blame the manager ... U rightly want 3 defenders and u take off Terry who has the experience to lead it. Zouma and Azpi both look bad today but still we have Iva, Zouma and Azpi in the 3 there ... Thats where it comes to the manager to make the right changes ... And still no Remy!

Season old issue ... We just like to keep the ball at our feet and then pass behind ... move forward, hold on to the ball then pass it behind or loss it ... same routine ... We have managed to spoil Pedro as well who was good with one touch passing and look at him now, keeps running with the ball ... possession is not gonna win us anything

... And the urgency is gone back from where ever it had come from

Yupieeeee ... Payback time, PSG!!!

Liked the urgency in the game ... everyone knew for the FIRST time this season what is at stake and they were driven towards it ... I thought we might just draw the game by being defensive but we really went for the kill and EARNED the win in the end. Hoping we keep that intensity and tempo up and Top 5 can be a possibility ....

We r playing Spurs at the wrong time ... they are high on confidence specially with Kane finding form and we are still trying to rise up ... Hoping to see the same intensity, drive & determination that we had/shown against Norwich last weekend and we mite take away something from WHL ...

Dont see him coming back specially with the current scenario on integrating the young cubs ... I feel he will stay for another season at Borrusia to achieve the same level of performance as this season and then would be bought by a better club ... while we will spend like 45m odd on John Stones to partner Zouma

We are at a stage where we will take 3 points over anything, that's precisely what we managed. There was that urgency & determination from the team (not one or 2 players but everyone) to go out and give it all ... That's what I saw and liked it ... When you play like this, the output at time takes a back seat because you see that the hard work was put in ... Having said that there surely are criticism but today I m just happy that everyone tried to come on the field and showed respect to the jersey they worn.

Disappointing yet again ... Thought we started great, was decent while holding fort and then not sure what happened...