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This thread should be closed and buried. We have quite few issues on hand than to even imagine the thought of Suarez joining us. He may be good in his play, but do we really someone like him. Hell NO!

Oh Gosh! Another AVB thread ... I know AVB has not able to live up to the expectations that everyone has but then how is sacking him a solution to everything. As fans we need to understand that we support the club on the whole and sacking him, getting another manager with his team of support staff will have nothing but financial implications for a club which has already made quite a loss. I know shedding out a few million pounds for Roman is not a big deal (I m sure he would keep letting out those pounds for Chelsea) but then it is high time that we dont keep depending on Roman for anything and everything. With the fair play coming, we need to get our finances right as well. Secondly and importantly, sacking coaches/managers season after season means there is no stability at the club and among the players. The players would always be confident that we would have someone else coming the next season. Stability is the key for any top club and unfortunately that is something missing at ours. I know that AVB has been adamant, one dimensional and at times i really wish that i could punch him on his face for his baffling decisions but as a fan i need to look at the bigger picture and support him as the manager of this club for stability. I hope and pray that whatever is the outcome of this season, AVB is there atleast till the end of his contract. It is not about believing in him at this point of time but believing in the club that we all love.

Well done, Fabio u finally did something right in your England tenure as coach. At least u stood by to what u though was right. This mite not be a good news to Spurs because Redknapp is the and was the fav to take over Capello ...

Can someone plz plz plz kill Malouda ... I swear he has become more than a liability for the club ...

I completely agree with lot of us that AVB has been really not living up to expectation. But then, Is sacking him a solution for us? can anyone guarantee the next coach would get us the wins/result/vision? ... We lose out loads of money for the new gaffer and then again a new philosophy and if that's not happening again the same old loop ... I was annoyed with the selection to start with and i never expected a win ( my predication was a 1-3 to United) but we were good in lot of areas and kept pressing despite being average. I m not giving AVB the credit but then we really dont have any option but to continue with him, like it or not .... If we sack AVB this season i dont see any good manager coming here for sure ...

Can someone please please please KILL Malouda for me .... i swear this guy has become more than a liability to the club

Yupieeeeee .... Bosingwa on the left .... .... United to win 1-3 ... though as always i would hope for a Miracle

What the bloody f***! Is this morphed by any chance?

Completly agree with the change in formation as per the team requirements. One thing which really bring down the confidence in AVB is that he is not ready to try anything else and is hell bent on a formation which needs pace and creativity combined. At time AVB comes across as Wenger who is stubborn with his policies. AVB is trying to play the same formation week in week out like he doesnt have anything else in his bag of tricks. For me thats is worrying. I completely agree on pairing Danny boy with Torres/Drogba/Lukaku because 1 he is one who has been getting goals (in form) and 2. He would fare well as a striker with an experienced hand beside him.

Great article. Nicely presented parts by parts. We all know that we can beat Napoli but will we? That is the biggest question. Their strenght lies in their offensive play our weakness is our defensive play (for now). It is more or else the same on the other side, our best department for now is our midfield and they are not known to be a defensive force. So more than relying on Drogba i would want Torres to find that exclusive goal before the start of the champion league which (i really hope) can open the floodgates for him and us. Chances for us winning this season would be close to a mircale but if our defence play like a strong unit and with less injuries i fancy we going till the semis.

Exactly .... Thats why i would love to use the resources that we have in hand and i think we have some real good talent with us. It is just a matter of using them appropiately. Roman has spend a lot, i think it is time that we repay him back and be self sufficent.

Completly agree with u.... We would keep waiting for the "right player" .... I would really not mind that provided we forget about winning the league/cups (have realistic goals for 2 seasons) and concentrate on our youth getting more and more gametime and experience.

Well let have the first signing done before we even think of the second. With the way things are going, come Feb 1 we would ruining the fact how we lost out getting new players and would have all our hopes focussed on the summer transfer.

Best dribbler in the last decade has to be Robben for me. Among the current lot Dan boy would get my vote because of the pace and finishing he bring to his dribbles.

The problem is that Torres is trying too hard to get a start in the team. Hence he is trying to be a Tevez like player so that he can show the manager his hard work but in turn his actual game is going for a toss. Torres is a striker with clinical finisher and a dangerous one, he is 27 and a little too late to have a new skill in his arsenal. All he need is confidence and the motivation from his gaffer and that lad can do wonder. Lets not hope that he turns into a AM.

Damn! Are we so scared that we need to have our first team playing the game against the Championship team. Come on! When are our youngsters gonna get a chance (will they aware get a chance?)

People have started reacting as if he is truely going to go over to the red side of Manchester. I m surprised on the ifs and buts, this is something not going to happen in your dreams as well. So stop crying! Lampard is finding things tough right now but he is among those few left who values the club he plays for. Even if he had to move out, it would never be for any premier league team for sure. We should read it and have a good laugh about it.

To be honest, it is matter of luck. We could have given the mantle to the assistance but we didnt just a matter of luck. There are so many assistant coaches out there who are really really good but still havent got a chance/luck to be the gaffer and then there are the lucky ones who had that opportunity. I do think Steve Clark had been exceptionally for Chelsea and i would have loved to have him back. But as far as his career progress goes he is still an assistant coach despite leaving Chelsea. And we as a club specially in the Roman's era are run by the men in the black coats sitting in the high-rise office who dont understand the ground reality and thats one reason why Steve never got the chance which he would have got in any mid level club in this scenario.

Oh Yaa! RVP to Chelsea! Not even in our dreams. He is so close to have his statue built at the Emirates, u think he want to have it destroyed even before they start building it. This is the best example of why we all are spoiled under the Roman era, An 29 yr old injury prone player has one amazing season and we would want to splash absurd amount of money to get him over.

Is it just me or did everyone notice the way we are playing, i dont remember we being so bad in our game play even when we were down. At times, we looked like school boys playing the game. When u look at this team it just doesnt gives u the confidence that they will keep a clean sheet / have domination on the other team (atleast on the weaker ones). We are so lucky that we won and all thanks to Cech for making that blinder save at the very end. If this is what we are going to showcase then it is trouble times ahead.

It is a very simple thing, mate. No one is bigger than the club there is no 2 ways about it but when someone is genuinely putting in the effort and still is overlooked for no logically reason whatsoever, wouldnt u critic that? Thats what i m doing. I praise my team, players in the blue jersey and the club when they do something good but then i would also critics them if they do something wrong. In this case i really think Torres has been wrongly treated so i m critical about it. And lets look at the bigger picture, if Torres would have carried on the good form which he started before being red carded all of us would had been signing praises abt him and importantly the team would have benefited from it. P.S: I have never been a Torres fan.

Every individual makes a team and a team makes a club, u don't get a set of player in the market to make a team. So if an individual is performing or not he would always be talked/cared/loved/hated about, I hope people understands that logic. Secondly and more importantly the man in discussion here is a player for whom we have broken all the transfer records at least in the premier league to render his services. And in all honesty we are not using that asset in the right way, so as a CHELSEA FAN it hurt not only for the club and team but also for the player. So just because someone is thinking about an individual within the team doesnt makes him less of a fan than anyone else. If that was the case why have discussion boards for individual player within the forum, does that mean we are not fans of the Blues.

I really hope that Torres puts in his transfer request and goes to play for some other club where he is valued more. Torres is an instinctive player who needs confidence and motivation to create those magic moments which he is getting none under AVB so far. What i liked abt him is that he is putting his 100% into whatever is asked of him which is clearly seen from him changing from a clinical finisher to a Tevez like player.

Ok we lost and we lost badly. Maybe we didnt end the year on a high, i hope that we start the year on a high and leave behind a bad 2011. Happy New Year to all of you, forget the past and welcome the future. Have a blast!

Torres again on the bench. damn!!! Come on, AVB give the lad a chance to built his confidence. Please dont leave it for late.