coolhead23

Looks like someone's gonna explode once the contract ends! Would really want to know the other side of the story. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8494197/Chelsea-s-Florent-Malouda-ridicules-club-for-ongoing-exile-from-first-team

Completely agree on it .. like some said "Spot On" ... At 34 he is still a handy player if used well and his experience is vast but i believe there is more emotional values linked with his extension than anything else. My only worry or concern if Lampard doesnt get an extension is that he could very well end up at United which would be the biggest slap on our faces.

How can Modric not be on top after Augero (he just skipped out of the mind completely) ... Just imagine the current midfield with Mata, Hazard, Modric, Oscar, Ramiers,etc with a toss of Augero to it ......

Hands down, has to be Augero in the recent past. Everyone of us were so sure that we have him at the Bridge and then the U-turn, would love to know what actually happened. It really pains to see him playing at City, even painful when he tricks the defense and puts the ball in the net. Reminds u of what we got!

Just waiting to see what is the patience level of the owner and club management now ,, after all they appointed Rafa when no one wanted him to be at the realm ...

The question here would be has Mourinho changed and would he adapt to our philosophy? So far i havent recollect him giving youth (academy kids) a chance to shine in more or less his entire tenure. Dont get me wrong, i m a huge fan of Jose and always would be, i would dance with joy if he comes to the Bridge again but like i said before there is a part of me who wouldnt want him here because then we go back into the same loop from where we started the Roman era.

If considering that we got Oscar is a mistake then i believe having this thought in the first place is a mistake in itself. Oscar might not be a finished product but he is surely up there with the potentially good players. I think we have an unpolished gem which with proper care can go a long way. He bring another dimension in the team, someone who can play behind the striker or fall back deep into the CM position, quite versatile. One thing that he has in his arsenal when compared with Mata and Hazard is that he can defend better. Yes we paid a little bit over (thats what we always do) but then it is better to have a 20 yrs who cost us 20 something during transition than spending 40odd if/when he is a complete package. At the end of the day, it is an investment that has been made. Now how we nurture our investment depends completely on the club.

Rafa, why the f*** are destroying Ryan's career?

Seeing the below current contractual status, we do have decent team for the future. All we need is a decent manager and the patience of the owner. Petr Cech (30) - June 2016 Branislav Ivanovic (28) - June 2016 Ashley Cole (32) - June 2014 David Luiz (25) - June 2017 Oriol Romeu (21) - June 2015 Ramires (25) - June 2017 Frank Lampard (34) - June 2013 Fernando Torres (28) - June 2016 Juan Mata (24) - June 2016 Oscar (21) - June 2017 John Obi Mikel (25) - June 2017 Victor Moses (22) - June 2017 Florent Malouda (32) - June 2013 Eden Hazard (22) - June 2017 Paulo Ferreira (34) - June 2013 Marko Marin (23) - June 2017 Ross Turnbull (28) - June 2013 Gary Cahill (27) - June 2017 John Terry (32) - June 2014 Cesar Azpilicueta (23) - June 2017 Demba Ba (27) - June 2016 Yossi Benayoun (32) - June 2013 Ryan Bertrand (23) - June 2017 Henrique Hilario (37) - June 2013 Nathan Ake (17) - June 2015 Michael Essien (30) - June 2015 Kevin de Bruyne (21) - June 2017 Romelu Lukaku (19) - June 2016 Josh McEachran (19) - June 2016 Lucas Piazon (19) - June 2017 Thibaut Courtois (20) - June 2016 Nathaniel Chalobah (18) - June 2014 Tomas Kalas (19) - June 2014 Gael Kakuta (21) - June 2015 Jeffrey Bruma (20) - June 2014 Patrick van Aanholt (22) - June 2015 Kenneth Omeruo (19) - June 2017 Thorgan Hazard (19) - June 2016Article and Stats courtesy We aint got no history (http://www.weaintgotnohistory.com/2013/1/31/3936240/chelsea-fc-transfer-deadline-day-contract-status-signings-needed).

Now, Manchester United: Comeback Kings Chelsea : Giveaway Kings

So Mr Roman, What do u get when u employ Mr Rafa? .A big fat Spainsh waiter What do u get when u keep chopping managers? - Directionless, demotivated, headless chicken team.... Time for u to put on your thinking hat or rather remove it .....

.... SO HE CAN F*** (us)

i dont understand the logic of playing Bertrand in such a forward role instead of left back ... Why cant Marin start?

Good read! As u rightly pointed that the entire Pep fiasco was like a slap on Roman's face in front of the media ... I hope that it would be lessons learned for Roman and he really takes a leaf from it. For us to have a bright future, the club management has to give the time and power to the manager with least amount of expectation. because i believe a new manager is not the solution rather it is the cowboys who are sitting on top who need to keep their guns in the holster rather than drawing them every now and them. We need to understand that "Rome was not built in a day" ... not sure why Roman is in such a rush

Wasnt referring in that context ... Mistake as in the long list of them ...

He is gone, we made another mistake, lets get on with it .... no point pondering on it else it would hurt us even more ... He is striker and a finisher, so he is bound to score... End of topic!

Didnt i mention youth players coming out of the academy?

Ferez, Piazon, Josh, Chalohah, Ake, Kalas, to name a few ...

As much as i admire Jose and consider him one of the best, i would not want him back at Chelsea. 2 egoistic person at Chelsea would have the saga that we already when Jose was sacked and i m sure we dont want that to happen again. We have almost taken 4-5 season to have a new style of play from the Mourinho style. The most important thing is that Jose has not been that effective with the youth (i mite be wrong) and we have got some good youth players coming out of the academy. I would rather have someone who would use the resources at hand and take it forward ....

Have they mistaken him for Kaka .....

This has to be a win at all cost because it is Arsenal and i dont want them to win there favorite trophy this season ....However a got a bad feeling for this specially because of our home record off late ...

As much i hate Rafa and voted Yes purely for that ... however i dont want the club to sack him till end of the season. because the damage has already been done... Out of Champions league, out of the title race, out of the CWC, almost out of Captiol one, Pep who was one of the fav to come in went the other way..... Sacking Rafa at this point would mean that the team is yet again directionless, new strategy, more player power and importantly confirmation that Chelsea is not the place to come for those remaining few managers who mite give a shot at Chelsea .... We are already in deep s***, i hope the management doesn't piles it up further ...

Best moment has to be winning the Holy Grail (by default for all Chelsea fans), but i think the one that really made me emotional, happy and proud has to the CL semi final against Barca. Worst moments: Thrown out of CL along with the sacking of RDM. Summer Transfers has to be the highlight for Chelsea this year. On on hand we got Hazard & Oscar by shelling out money but at the same time we did some real smart and cheap buys in Moses & Azpilicueta. The down side was loaning of Essien to Madrid. The champions league rings distributed by Drogba as souvenirs has to be one of the highlights when it comes to off field stuff.

Super Frank! The name's enough... Not a good performance but 3 points any day ... first 30 mins it felt like headless chicken running all over Goodison park. But phew.... We had Frank to save us ...