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Why is Ivanovic not rested? And why Lampard again? De Bruyne has left Chelsea already? Do we get lost when we get into the opponent's final third, we look so clueless up front ... going round and round and round without any penetration

What's up with our Defense ... And what's wrong with Cech .. at times he looks lost ... These lost points are going to hurt us in the end ...

What the hell, Eto!

Great second half performance ... Like Jose said Southampton didnt expected us to come out they way we did ...i guess most of the Chelsea fans didnt expect it specially after the way we played in the first half. Good performance against a tight defensive unit. Had the match gone on for little longer I m sure Ivanovic would had murdered the opposition player.

It is a mistake, Courtois should have saved it ... It is a tricky ball yes but you dont let these go in your net.

Mourinho offered an explanation for his side's poor performance... 'I can only find one aspect. From the first minute I was getting signs of that. My team was tired. 'They paid the price today for the international week. I was afraid of the reaction in the game against West Ham. Maybe because the game was of an outstanding importance for us the team focused and everybody gave a great individual performance and a great collective performance. 'Today we made mistakes defensively, we made mistakes with the ball, we lost easy passes, we lost every second ball, people were thinking late and making late decisions, and we finished with a ridiculous goal.' Tired! Why play the same team that played on Saturday. Doesnt make any sense. Are we lacking bench strength? Mourinho described his pre-game dilemma... 'Maybe I could make more changes from the game on Saturday for today but when the players play so well there's a big temptation to keep the team and the players that played so well. 'I spoke with all of them individually and of course all of them told me they were perfect to play. Some were so-so but others were really in trouble today. I could see many signs of fatigue, but I don't want to take the credit away from the opponent because they were better than us.' Why didnt we play with same team that played against Arsenal on the following weekend .. wasnt there any temptation then? Plus you acknowledge that the players are tired and you still play them... Come on, Jose!

Precisely what i feared with Jose ... Guess from what has happened so far ... Under Jose, we would win a trophy or two under Jose but once he is gone we would be back to square one ... still trying to seek out a philosophy from where we can create a legacy and quite a few talents moving out of Chelsea ....

Surprised with the result? Not at all. Thought it was coming... With such idiotic team selection followed by poor performance ... José pushed his luck too much with the selection. Now it is becoming very confusing to understand what is the manager trying to achieve and where r we heading to. It had been 6 months since Jose took over and he still is not sure who is his 11. With such a big team there should have been proper rotation which is not happening. Consistency had always being Jose's strong points, totally lacking with us. Youth players, let's not talk abt it. I hope we fill in the gaps as soon as possible ....

Probably in the pre-season!

Come on, Jose! Seriously! Is this what you call Rotation?

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Apart from the double pivot we lacked penetration up front. We played the game ahead of the West Brom defense, didnt made an effort to penetrate inside the defense, drop in the ball in between the goalie and the defender .. make a run! Too much possession without much outcome. I guess our attackers have to be direct at times and start exploiting gaps ... I like what Jose is trying to do but we need that penetration inside the box to gain advantage of the system we are playing.

Reality check! Hope José understands pivot aren't working. ....

With the kind of midfield we have we should be controlling all games but we don't specially against the big teams. I would want us to do that but I don't see that happening (hoping to be proven wrong)

This is going to be similar to the United game. ... sit deep and try to counter if possible. ...

It looked bad when it happened ... brought back memories of my injury ... I just hope and pray it is not a rupture ... Get well, Marco!

Match up between the Master and the Apprentice. Sounds interesting but i see a rather boring game. A draw or a win for Spurs in the last quarter is with i feel. We would be playing very much like we did at United .. sitting deep with our defensive line with the double pivot only involved to assist the defense (crowding it out at the back) ... Trying to play long balls for counter and see if we can make something out of it (I hope and pray that i m wrong). The possible line up: Torres Hazard --- Oscar ---- Schurrle Lampard ---- Mikel Cole --- Terry --- Luiz --- Ivanovic Cech

Now please please please Jose dont go on the defensive ....

Just came in .... Ohhhh okies, seems i havent missed anything much ...

Nopes ... The squad selected clearly determines that the best manager is doing basic mistake and maybe his ego is clouding everything. I know ppl will say rotation but this is Eto's 3rd game already time for change? Mata doesnt deserve to be out of the squad ... When u didnt want De Bruyne,why keep him in the squad better off to loan him ... Giving Hazard start today is not the right move, that boy clearly is out of ideas right now .. give him a break we have players who can come in...

Ok ... now i m beginning to be worry ...

With Jose's saying Oscar is his no 10 and Mata to move as wide player ... I guess there is no debate and assumption left Is this Jose's way of telling Mata that he needs to put down his transfer request?

http://www.weaintgotnohistory.com/2013/9/19/4747260/this-is-your-brain-on-egg-puns

For starter, Hazard need to be rested for a few games ... not sure if it is confidence which has fallen or he is doing too much on the field ... Oscar was clearly the best player on the field, guess we should start using him or De Bruyne in the pivot along side Ramiers with Mata or De Bruyne in the no 10 role. Reduce the striker's role to just a striker, drop in the ball to him and let him finish it ... most of our strikers are whoever is playing is found everywhere but in the center .... I believe Jose would have to rethink his strategy because whatever he is trying is not working more important there is no more co-ordination among players... i mean same team by the end of the season were playing good one touch with almost the same set of players and now suddenly the pass are not getting completed, positioning is wayward. I know it is early but i guess in all the games that we played we already have found the gaps so i hope Jose doesnt waste time.

Bad link up play, poor finishing, trying too much to play rather than keeping it simple, bad substitution in Willian, a bad Hazard, poor defending, no team play .... excellent Oscar! Guess it sums up the match! Not sure if Jose is to be blamed or the players, for me it is collectively pathetic performance yet again!