Tomo

PSG have been running away with their league, meaning they haven't had many big or high pressured games for a while, there game vs Leveksen was over not long after it started. We on the other hand are in an intense title race and we have big clashes coming out off our ears domestically which naturally gives us more experience in close big games. Lyon had the same problem in the 00's were running away with their league came at a hindarance in Europe. If we can get to the hour mark within one goal of going through, then it could start to show.

If true, great news, i have been one off the biggest advocates to the change for some time now. I hope Cech gets a superb reception vs Norwich in his last game at The Bridge (as i assume he doesn't want to stick around on the bench), to say he deserves it would be a massive, massive understatement.

Ba hasn't been trusted even remotely by Jose from day 1 and his back is now clearly broken regarding Torres. If Lukaku stuck around to fight for his place, he would more than likely be rotating with Eto'o at a club challenging for top honours, while learning lots from Samuel himself, all at the age off 20. His loss.

Yes that is why Ashley Cole lost his place to Cesar Azpilicueta. Or are you basing it on the fact KDB couldn't dislodge Schurrle? a player a massive half a year his senior.

Lukaku would have had a chance to force his way in like Azpi did but decided to go out on loan.

The Cassilas that Ancelotti has also dropped, that one?

Sell 2 players who didn't fit the system for a combined 54m. Sign a player who fits our system to a T for 11m. Bravo Jose, Roman and the board.

If we had any other manager i would be worried, Jose doesn't pick players on reputation (Drogba/Sheva), if Lukaku is on better form than Costa, Jose will select him.

There was one exchange late on when David Luiz looked to spring his colleague clear. The pair were not on the same wavelength, Luiz protested, Torres shrugged his shoulders. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2598064/Torres-did-little-convince-future-Chelsea-looked-like-sullen-schoolboy-waiting-new-term-away-Stamford-Bridge.html#ixzz2y6R9gKwY ______________________________ Is this true?

the sun today claimed that Jose is losing it because he hasnt played Zouma and Van Ginkel much yet. Just when you think the media couldn't lower the bar.

The key to a succesful and stable club is continual evolution, replace before they "need" replacing, if that makes sense. We waited until Anelka and Malouda needed replacing instead off acting in advance, and look what happened there.

Just been thinking, if any other striker off ours the last two decades got the unconditional minutes Torres got for half off last season (before Demba got here), who would actually do worse?

Jose has already shown with Cole and (since we signed Matic) Lampard that sentiments are out off the window here. I think he will make the change, he possibly hinted about it after the Hull game in January.

I wasn't thinking exclusively last night, more his career with us as a whole.

Constant fuking up our counters, losing the ball when other's have made good run's into space, trips over himself, needi go on. Eto'o even when he has a poor game, can hold onto the ball, use his brain to bring other's into play, basically he gets the basic's right even on an off day. He is a big part off the problem when he plays, conceding goals may not be his doing, but effectively acting like a defender for the opposition, is all down to him.

It's all about looking at the context off thing's. If we were a squad in it's prime then 2nd/3rd and trophyless would be considered a failure. However the last 3 season's we have been riddled with an ageing, unbalanced squad, weak midfield even shite team's walked over and no real plan going forward. Jose has come in and done superbly in his first year, the problems off last few years won't go away overnight and there has been a few shocking on pitch displays, but we look a much more balanced and stable unit these days, on and off the pitch (Rui Faria or Zenden?). Missing out on a trophy won't be nice, but at the same time we have made great strides in terms off consistency and performance this term and a choice between that and Europey? no contest.

Has to be our worst striker in the last 2 decades. Sheva was average, Pizzaro was dreadful, Torres is anonymous.

He is our most important player till the end off the season.

Don't like the look off our bench atall.

Mou made the Cole-Azpi change in November vs Schalke, 10 games and nearly 2 months later Cole went to the Gooner party. So what point was he trying to make exactly?

Regarding trophies, the only one that should be used as a true barometar to how good as manager is, is the league. Every team wins atleast 10 games a season, 6 fall on FA Cup week and you have bagged yourself a cup. Even with the CL, did that trophy turn Robbie into Jose? If Moyes somehow wins it this season will he suddenly become a better manager? I like to look at consistency first and foremost to judge a manage work, and we have improved a lot in consistency and general performance overall imo.

It is, but we will see that used a lot as reasoning that Rafa did a better job, which just won't be true. Regardless of what happens now, Jose has done better than Rafa.

My camel's back broke in November 2011.

God if we don't win anything this season the tedious "well Rafa won the EL post's" will be cringeworthy.

Agree with all off that apart from i do think Eto'o will be a key player in the run in, but that's for another argument. I remember saying in the summer off 2012 when we let go off half the old guard and brought in Hazard, Oscar, Moses and Azpilicueta that it would take a while for them to bed in being so young. From then i said last season we weren't winning the title, this season was 50/50 and next will be the time thing's start coming together.