coolhead23

Just one question, given the current situation and the manner of our how we are presenting ourselves on the pitch ... Do you think we will get all 3 points on Sat?

Wasnt very sure when he came in ... was like 28yr, ... more of a techincal player wouldnt last in the PL, wouldnt cross in the box ... Willian wouldnt be benched ... blab blab ... But the first touch, run and delivery in that first 5 mins on debut ... was like WTF, we dont play this kind of game and the first 5 mins just cleared out every assumption I had/made ... Hazard and Willian takes too much time on the ball which at times settles down the tempo and momentum ... whereas Pedro is quick while releasing the ball into the box (guess that is part of the Barca DNA) I have always maintained that we too slow in distributing the ball ... we just like to keep the ball to ourselves and that becomes so distinct with Pedro is around. As you pointed, the only direct player we have right now. If we cut down our possession time in the final third by even 1 sec, feel that we will maintain the pacy tempo ... And with more shooting on the target we move up a level ... (Ifs and Buts)

This was coming ... Nothing surprising ... What I'm worried is going forward referees wouldnt believe into Costa's antics (not that they do now but he has managed to get quite a few in his favor) and when there is a 50-50 situation the decision would go against us which will instigate Costa further into during something stupid ...

Just dont want to get into the specifics today ... Hoped and prayed for a point got 3 instead ... I m a happy person today ...

Hope we find our mojo back and get something out of this game ... No expectation

Hey mate, Would want to now commit suicide after seeing the lineup?

After seeing the lineup ... I just lost all emotions, i seriously cannot emote right now ... everything's gone blank ...

then this is the perfect game to come back into form ... U have a player in front of u who cannot stop u so he can literally do up and down the flanks ... get the confidence back that too against the champions, in their own backyard ... what more can a player who is down on form ask

... and the joy of having Ivan out was so short lived!!!!

Fair enough ... I hate to see Zouma in the DM position myself he is not meant to be in there ... But the way we have played so far I would rather go for a draw right now because we just cannot afford to loss this one. Our confidence has not come back yet to go ahead and play aggressive attacking football from minute one. The reason I would put in Zouma-Matic in front is to crowd out the center and have the gaps covered between the defense & midfield which is going to be exploited by Walcott and Ozil with Cazolla moving in ... Zouma has pace and more importantly he doesnt leave his position so easily so it kind of becomes a good triangle of 3 defenders in front of the GK. And if we play with confidence and are disciplined then in the 60th min try to shake up the formation to have a go at them.

And why is that ... because u dont like the idea of having Ramiers playing as RB or Ivan as CB ... Thoughts? P.S. What is the point in u committing the suicide before the match ... Instead see this team get a point and then jump, atleast you wouldnt come back to haunt me

I dont think it is being mad ... more thoughtful ... Ramiers would be a better alternative temporarily if Jose doesnt believe in Baba ... Pace/can defend/can tackle/workrate ... One change in the back 4 if Jose is hell bend on playing Ivan put him instead of Terry ... Still feel Ivan can provide us lot of value as a CB rather than RB. Would go for a Park the bus approach in the first half as I mentioned earlier ... my team would be Begovic Ramires - Cahill - Terry - Azpilicueta Zouma - Matic Remy (Pedro if fit, Willian is a big loss) Hazard Oscar Costa Guess that is mad ...

I would hope we go back to "Park the Bus" in the first half ... get the disciple and the organisation right more important get into a zone which is very familiar for us ... based on the first half tackle the second half... Losing Willian would be a big blow for us at this stage ... We cannot afford to lose this game, no matter what ...

I think City has strengthen properly ... in Sterling/KDB and Silvia they have got pace, verstatility and creativity in the AM positions ... more important in Sterling they have got a good HOME GROWN players which they terribly lack in the squad. With Toure sticking around for a year or 2 they can always go after the likes of Pogba/Verratti after a season ... because there are very few teams around who can match the price they would come for ...

I m sorry ... your Fickle!!!! ... stand in line Well put up poster ...

today i m HOT Head... Frustrated Head ... Dumb Head .. i dont know which head ... Just royally PISSED!!!

Thanks

Jose played much better in the 11 outing ... I m sure you would atleast agree on that one. The point IS that we are playing bad ... mate, having possession of the football doesnt mean we dominate ... Last week United dominate Swansea but they still lost ... there is a goddamm net there where we need to put the ball in ... Everton done it 3 times, Palace twice, City has kicked in 3 times, Swansea twice ... With all the money and quality we arent been able to do the same ... Our players are not performing at all ... no one has been consistent with their performance ... I'm an optimist but what is happening right now is like how the Arsenal fans use to think ... We will win the PL again under Wenger ... is it going to happen... No it wouldnt!!!

I have always maintained that we cannot sack Jose no matter what because we already have a bad reputation when it comes to treatment of managers. But this is really getting embarrassing now ... all you have to do is see the line up and you know what the result is ... talk around with fans of other clubs (the ones who understand football) they have only one question ... Why does he keep playing Ivan? Today I m just finding it so hard to say lets keep Jose on!!! I m not kidding you, I went out the moment I saw the line up because I knew that my blood pressure would go up, things will break at my house ... Now when you come to such a moment how do you expect fans to react. Sorry but these are not fickle fans ... Jose has done great things for us but right now he is just being arrogant ... He is surely everything but he sure is no God!!!

I like the optimism .. honestly not being sarcastic! Could you please help me find how can I be optimist about the next game which is against Arsenal? (because we all know we are gonna get kicked royally against someone most of us hate) P.S. I'm sure everyone of us are behind our club no matter what ... but it is the STUPIDITY that is killing us ... specially when everyone is literally SCREAMING...

No one is prefect!!! No one can be ... It is not about just a job or a terrible job as you quoted specially when you are losing .... It is how you can out your job!!!! Failure are always part of success ... you need to have them to achieve/understanding success. Fans will always stand by their team or manager when the going is tough ... But I dont think they will ever support an arrogant person who is hell bent on hoping that a 30 yr old player who has way past his prime will improve at the next game not realizing that the team is being shit with every passing game...

Honestly right now, forget Chelsea quality ... we need a goddamn manager who can have common sense and know how to line up 11 players on the field ... f*** strategy/tactics/intelligence/motivator/etc/etc/etc ... keeping it simple would have got it into top 4 atleast. At this point of time even You or me or anyone from this forum would do a much decent job than whoever shit is in charge ... Fucking disgrace!!!

I hope we dont go after him now ... He clearly has the potential (also hyped at times) but also wants to go to Barca with every other club as secondary... So let Barca take him after paying a ridiculous amount as quoted by the Juve chairman ... We showed the intent by putting 60+m for him ... Now lets go after someone who would wants to come in without the chaos ... I m sure we dont want to look like fools going after someone who just wants to go else where and importantly he isnt the only player left ... A player is as good as his team!

I heard/read somewhere, In England teams cannot have Buy-out clause included into any players contract ... Something to do with the laws of the land ... Is that correct?

Now we shouldn't pursue our interests in him ... We did what we could and I m glad that we went out of the way to offer in excess of 60m for a good player... whether he is worth it or not is another debate but atleast we showed our intentions to everyone that we can and will put money if need be. But now I hope we don't go back raising the price tag and looking like fools. He wants to wait for Barca, I hope he joins them in Jan itself else this thread would erupt again ... I don't feel it will be our loss!!!