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Seriously AVB! :yellow_card: Good to see Mikel sitting out but Drogba and Bosingwa as LB, not sure whats going in your head. Hope whatever it is, it helps us win so that we dont have to be on the gas.

Dos Santos's goal was

"AVB is a fantastic manager and most sorted out": I doubt it for now but i do believe that he is very talented and it is one of the intelligent gambles taken by us. He has definitely had his moments up till now, some good some not so good and but i believe he is doing the same things that all his predecessor have done, going for results wanting to show that he can pull off miracles. IMO he is just trying too much, i believe he has to rethink his strategy. Having said that i would hope he stays at Chelsea for more years to built his team because we all are tried of the chopping and changing that happens every season. Transition: It a word with different meaning at Chelsea i guess. At Chelsea, transition is all about getting a new manager because the actual meaning of it i.e. moving from old to new doesnt seem happening here. We should had been in this mode quite some time back but ..... I m not sure getting buying new players from outside season after season is going to serve our purpose then what abt our youth? We got some real good talent within, but no one wants to try them out because every manager who comes in is so dependent on Roman's money that they know he would shed out for them. It is just not the manager i guess we as fans are also dependent on Roman to get new players every season. I would rest the likes of Terry, Lampard, Cole, Drogba and get the kids come in every 2 games because thats how they are going to learn and thats how we are going to know what are they made of.

Well if you have noticed it, Terry's performance have been on a decline since last few seasons and it is just matter of time that the writing was on the wall because he still plays most of the games. And players like Terry, Lampard, Drogba infact even Cole have reached a point where they need to be treated wisely because they have acquired Legendary status at the club (i m sure no would see them go away and play for someone else). Play them couple of matches rest of the other few, this would help us get our youth into the system and in this way everyone are happy. We have never been able to make this transition at Chelsea and thats one of the major reasons why we are where we are.

Keep up the tempo now guys. Don't let it fall.

Good work, Mikel .. keep it up!

Just came home and saw 2 min of highlight, was like WHAT THE HELL R WE UP TO! Have to say good come back by Cech, he was a giant in front of the goal.

I believe Ramires is surely in that list, because he gets in a lot into the game. Not sure abt Romeu now but anyone other than Mikel gets my vote. Like our mate pointed out, the issue with Romeu is the buyback thing in his shitty clause, he has shown positive signs but i wouldnt get too much dependent on that because we dont know if remains a blue or not. Also the potential of having a Fab saga is written over it. For Sturridge, i believe he is fantastic talent but he needs to keep himself grounded and u can surely have a legend out of him.

I hope Essien gets back soon we so need him, tired to seeing Mikel backing him up but at the same time i hope we dont rush him into the game before he recovering fully. I agree he is being injury prone in the last few season but in his position there arent any one better. Utility and excellent team player, hope he returns fully fit in the blue jersey on the field kicking a**es.

Good pointers out there, loads of learning from the Arsenal game and the games before. We got loads of learning to be done but i want to see how much of these pointers actually get into action. We never had a good "Lesson learnt" attitude by our predecessors, i hope it is different this time and we come out strongly.

Great stats, but it doesnt completely reflect what he bring into the game. Luiz for me is a very instinctive player, We r bound to get the card from him and free kicks in & around the box but at the same time he can come in and do the bicycle in the opponents box (how many CB have u seen doing it). He gets involved in all the aspects of the game which is good for us because he brings more dynamics into our play. I was amazed with his play against QPR, yes he made a kiddish mistake but in the last 15 mins i thought it was just only Luiz on the field. Having said this, i hope AVB doesnt tie him down and cuts off his instinctive play as it would make him just an ordinary player, he should be given more chances if not CB (which is the ideal position) then play him DM. He would learn more and more as he get more game time. We have been playing with like minded CB since last year and that is not good for a top team, u need 2 different characters to compliment each other i.e. Terry/Ivan/Alex one set and Luiz the other. Another stats, not sure if u all have noticed it or not. Our defensive quality has gone down after Carvalho left the club. because we had 2 different characters, Carvalho (the street smart) and Terry (the passionate one) compliment each other to the core which got the best out of us in the defense.

Maybe u mite be correct or have a better understanding of the DM position. But with all due request, i still think Mikel doesnt bring any value add to the team which could easily be provided by Romeu and/or Luiz.

We werent in the game in the second half and more importantly Arsenal learned from their mistake that they made in the first half. They were more aggressive, defended well and the urge was much much more. It needed a brilliant goal by Mata to make it 3-3 otherwise they shot in 2 since the start of the second. What happened later was just carnage.

Got no issues with the outcome, we were totally outclassed. However i fail to understand game in game out, WHY MIKEL!!!! He doesnt bring anything into the game. If we are so obsessed with having a DM, play Luiz. Anyways he wouldnt get a chance or less chance in the big game. And he is the kind of player who u want on the field, he bring so much into the game someone full of character. I mite be wrong but i strongly believe Mikel doesnt deserve a start.

Gutted! Story of 2 half's, Strong comeback by Arsenal and well sketched out tactics to outclass Chelsea. Well Played, u deserved the 3 points.

This is really a moment to treasure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsqgulOy51U

Liked Josh (guess he stood out among everyone else) and Romeu, though he mite need a few games to show his true colors but he played with some authority which was good. Rest were just fine, but have to say Lukaku disappointed me (maybe these are just early days)

1. AVB great manager in the making, no doubt on that. The part i liked is that he is ready to chop the player if he is not performing no matter who he is. But i didnt think his strategy was any different than the ones that we have seen till now. Yes it was more of a free flowing football but then understand that we played into Fergerson's plan. Allowing us to come to them and then counter. 2. Completely agree with u on the Lampard 3. The thing with Torres would now be that everyone would remember the miss and make him a laughing stock but no one would remember the goal he scored which i thought was classy 4. Our Defense has been in shambles this season, the confidence of one of the best defense has gone for a real toss. I agree that we needed Luiz today, why? because he is the street smart kind of a player who can help u in the offense (lot of similarity in what Phil Jones did for United). Seriously i would not mind him playing as the CDM (in case we need one) as he can bring lot of dynamics in our midfield. Maybe it is time to bench Terry in a few games now. 5. Ramires: Too good. I would really want Josh to start in the 11 going forward. because if he is our future let's throw him into pool of sharks, no point in saying he is young and not ready.

I completely agree with u and i m a firm believer that though it is a loss u need to take it up in a good way and move ahead. But i guess going down again and again and again to the same team really leaves u frustrated. And the biggest thing is that we are not working on the positives against them. Yes this is not a decider but why give it to them, why dont we have the upper hand. I dont have any doubt that we would make a comeback but to stamp your authority which i think we should we doing now we need to win such games. I honestly felt the anguish of a Arsenal fan who just watched his team go down to Chelsea ONCE again. Probably very furstated today

What positives to take, we lost thats the bottom line. We have been taking positives since last season nothing happens with the so called positives. We lost because of defensive errors and also because we failed to take our finishing boots with us. United has been clearly having an upper hand on us since the last 5 games now. Last season despite having one of their worst team they still had the upper hand and we were left with only positives. Why the hell cant our team have that mentality to go out and get nothing but a win, why should we keep failing at such moment, why cant we have the mentality like that of United to kill the game when it is wanted. Damn, it is really frustrating!

Well it turn out brilliant for us right , we won because of it. And yes i would say a bad game, because we didnt even match the levels we played the last time around at the same ground and a better team.

Though we won it was a bad game by our standard. Good start for Mata and good to see Sturridge carry on the form with the goal. If this is the way we are going to play, get ready to be bashed up next week. Sunderland is a team that is really lacking in all the departments and yet we only managed a couple. One moment of brilliance from them caught us completely hence missing on the clean sheet yet again. I hope AVB has a better plan sketched out for the season. because this is not the way free flowing football is played, this is more of the Mourinho style

I think anyone saying Frank doesnt demand respect cannot be termed as a True Blue. All of us understand and recognizes what he has done at the club, he is not called Mr Chelsea for no reason. He is an icon, a legend, i mean there arent many central midfielder who can boast 20+ goals consistently for 5-6 season. But i think Lampard is no Drogba and he has started showing the fatigue and tiredness. In this situation we should use him every 3rd -4th game hence keeping him fit and also allowing new players to be ready to play in his position.

well what should be the expression after hearing that we got Meireles, Calm/Disappointed/excited? cant tell. He mite be a real handy one for us, who knows. But with these kind of business arent we taking a step behind? Look at our rivals, i thought most of them have done amazing piece of business. AVB had got all the time in the world to access the team and knows the gaps. Agreed that we didnt get Modric but then shouldnt there be a backup plan well in place (if the back up is to play Josh consistently then i really dont mind). We end up sending a 31 yr on loan and azquire a 28 yr old, cant see the logic. Would love to be wrong here. Now it is to be seen how does AVB uses him in his plans. Who goes out and who stay.