coolhead23

Well written article in the heat of the moment I guess we are all aware of this: worst sacking, getting a manager who just wanted to revive his career, bad decisions, bad management, bad tactics, etc, etc, etc .... Someone rightly pointed out in the Live match thread that the problem doesnt begin or stops at Rafa (yes we all know goes to the club management as well) but it goes deep into the players as well and i completely agree. For me the players are completely to be blamed maybe more than the manager. Arent the players being too complacent of their positions in the team or rather should I use the term "Player Power" here. One entire generation has thrived on it after Roman's takeover, the scaring thing that we can imagine is "Is it passing on to our new generation". Take Scolari's incident, Ray Wilkins sacking incident: we went into a period of mourning, AVB's incident, now the entire Rafa's fiasco. It seems the players have taken things for granted (blame goes to the club management completely), they could just say Damn it! We would have a new manager next season. Yes i agree Managers play a very important part but once your on the field the 11 men are on their own, they should be self motivated to perform on the field (after all they get payed insane amount of money). Where is the heart in these recent performances? It is not that we cant do it, we very well can ... remember Champions league campaigns run to the final at Moscow, champions last season. The argument is why we cant do it on a regular basis. When a half baked United team can keep winning titles season after season, we got a better team on paper until last season. Why cant we even put up a decent performance. I mite be on a completely wrong track here and ready to take the stick but then that what i have been feeling for some time now. Honestly i have stopped watching matches (it was suppose to be a sabbatical until Rafa is in charge), not because my love for my team has gone down or i dont support the Blues but it hurts/pains to see this team who won are the current European Champions doing a complete U turn on their performances ... like the one last nite. I hope and sincerely hope that the club management has learned lessons with the incidents which has happened this season. And they get in a manager who is given time to settle down and plan out his strategies which is strong enough to take the Blues to the next level. Importantly give him the full control. Enough said already

If this is how we are going to play, why dont we give the players from the youth team or reserves a chance. Atleast there would be some life in the game.

Seriously WTF! Are we the European Champions or just a clone of the team who won it last May.

Switch on the TV and surprise, surprise ....same old same old

Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry ©, Bertrand; Mikel, Lampard; Benayoun, Oscar, Hazard; Torres Subs: Turnbull, Cole, Ferreira, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Marin, Mata

Outcome from this match: 3 points which is right now worth in gold and more importantly Rafa still around unlike his predecessors who got sacked after the last 2 West Brom games :banghead:

Check with Emenalo for that the same Every one has hidden talents which are not visible from the outside, guess he has made the best use of his!

Honestly I would really love and wish that we retain the title but i dont think we are up for it. We are playing far too many games in and out every week which is really taking the toll on the players, i m sure it is very much visible in their performances now. (Cahill mentioning that the players are tired) I read somewhere yest that if the match against Boro is a draw then it is going to be difficult squeezing in the second match as the schedule is so god damn tight. I think we need to be realistic towards our goals for what is left in the season. I would want the club to prioritize their goals and the FA is surely not on the top rather shouldn't be on the top. Field in all the reserves players for the FA and give rest to our 11. We should try and focus our energy in getting to the top 4 which should be the most important thing for this messed up season and in the Europa if possible (i wouldnt mind if we let that go as well). For this season I feel satisfied if we are in the top 4 without any trophies/titles than playing in the Europa again next year which is seriously a disgrace for a club like Chelsea who has achieved a lot. P.S: It would surely make me jump in joy if we can be in the top 4 and clinch the FA or the Europa but that is next to impossible right now.

I completely agree with u, i would do the same had we not been in the mess which is there already .... At the start when we were acquiring points for fun, i was all of the fact that Lampard should not be given an extension but after the entire Rafa thing plus the mess which we are in i would be among the first to say that Lampard should be here for another season. Same applies to Terry for now.

Fair enough! I respect your opinion but i dont think i m wrong in any way .. possibly sentimental!

I didnt say anything about buying 2 young players, did I? I m just referring to the fact that we need good experience and leadership especially when we are in transition. Once the transition is done and we have the players to fill in the void then we can start getting rid of the dead woods ...

Point taken... And my bad that I should have added that we need to channelize their leadership and experience. However i tend to also look at the positives and all the contribution provided by them, yes they have made terrible mistakes but who doesnt. And at the time when we are still to have a steady manager, there is no one to guide the young guns who are coming (i know u mite counter it by saying that the experience guys are responsible for the exit of the manager, then it would be the board to be blamed for giving so much leverage). Do we really have a leader on the field who can replace Terry or come close to him or players more passionate than these 2. United are the best example where the manager has been able to channelize the experience of the older players to good effect despite the injuries, that is something which needs to be done. Thats my opinion!

I hope and sincerely hope that the board/owner has learned their lesson from this season. Like: Sacking a manager who has given u the holy grail and replacing with a manager who is out of job & clearly someone who is not the fan's favoriteRunning behind someone like Pep who was suppose to be an expert in the tik-tak policies thinking that we can offer him money and power... clearly didnt work instead it was a slap on the face of ChelseaPersisting with Torres when we had cheaper and better options available in the marketUnderstanding that success cannot be like instant noodles, it takes time when in transitionThese are just a few which if strengthen by the board would set a blueprint for some real good future ...

a very good read ... the author has really a gift of playing with his words... agree to most of it. But Roman to sell the club? Honestly how many us were supporting Chelsea in the pre-Roman era? He has really taken this club to heights which no one expected. I agree his idea or rather the board's idea is all like the instant noodles but we cant overwrite the fact what he has done. Yes there is a immediate shift needed in the personals who advising Roman or are a part of the club's advisory committee at this point of time. We can just hope and pray that it happens at the earliest.

Every team is reliant on someone or the other to be honest ... "Had we" "If" and "But" dont really count and if everyone starts using it then everyone would be on the top today ... And to alter to what u said, it is surely their inconsistency which has placed us 3rd so far else we would had been struggling at 5th or 6th (damn the had beens) After looking our performance all season specially under Rafa, there is a big gap of where we should look to finish and where we would end up... It would be a miracle supported by the other chasing teams if we even get 4th this season. Honestly i dont give a damn about where Spurs ends up but i like to credit the deserving ones ..

Till when would we keep hoping for that .... I think Spurs deserves the 3rd place to be honest, they are trying to make a good team slowly and steady and that credit has to be given to them. I m worried about Arsenal more ... they are the ones who are putting some bad display but the worrying factor is that we are putting up an even bad one ...

As much as i agree that Terry and Lampard have very much past their best and not worth the 300k/week wages however they are ones who represents stability within the club (both can very well be tagged as Mr Chelsea in today's era) and importantly brings in the experience that is so very much needed at the time when the team is transition. We just cant have a young team without good experience and leadership (Arsenal is the biggest example who were fools not to capitalize on the invisible season) and for me these 2 are the front runners when it comes to experience & leadership.

Pathetic would be a better word in reference to our performance today ... Except for Cahill i thought no one was interested in playing the game, we were falling like 9 pins out there ... Yes the manager is biggest s*** but the players have to take the blame equally, we could have put in a team of school boys and there would had been more heart in that game ... Disgusting!

And so the slide begins! Knew that we wouldn't finish top 4 just want to see how much we drop off .... If we manage it in the top 4 this season it would be largely due to the support of the other teams ...

Come on mate, we have already broken the bank one too many times (got used to it now) ... I m disappointed as well but atleast we got in a striker which was very very important ... Going forward i dont think we would be spending the same way we have done in the past ...

I know but still .. they mite be just saving it for the best (yet to come) ... Atleast an Interim manager doesnt have a say in the signings!

Guess we didnt go for any more signing in Jan comes down to the fact that the club doesnt feel that Rafa should continue beyond this season... so no point showing Rafa "the Money"

You Bet! I know my mate who is a United fan and he kept telling me Rafa would come to Chelsea and destroy us like he did to Liverpool (he is United agent), i use laugh at him stating that we are a sensible team ... until Rafa got selected from that day till today and till Rafa is there I havent been able to tell him anything .... His new theory is that Rafa goes to Madrid, Jose to City and Manchini to come to Chelsea ... After Rafa's incident i really dread our management to do something as laughable as Rafa ... i really dont trust I swear i will take a sabbatical from football till such fools are there at the helm ....

Please for God sake, No Manchini ... he is another Rafa .... Currently the only thing bad in City is Manchini .... he is a headless chicken .. I dont want my worst fears to come true just as it happened with Rafa ...

Good and honest opinion which is pretty true! Best thing of us to happen was an ambitious owner but then that ambitious is probably bringing the downfall too ... Solution of the entire chaos is that the Board gets in a new manager which needs to be given power rather used as puppet, the new manager needs to be given time and not target to met ... give him a free run for a season and let him built a squad which is unbeatable .... And then sky is the limit!