Hysteria

I really don't understand people who are saying Petr is a traitor!
Clearly anyone with a little empathy knows that a man of his status should not be sitting on a bench!!
Imagine how confronting it is for him to be behind Tibo in the picking order... a GK that is far younger than you... at YOUR homeclub! though nut to crack!
The fact that he chooses Arsenal? Guys... you tend to forget he's been living in London for the biggest part of his career. Staying in London (family wise) would always be his 1st choice.
Don't forget that Petr didn't force his way out of the club... it was more or less a statement... "we have younger & better now... so stay if you want, but go if you should"!
We can only take a bow for the amazing career & moments Petr had with us!! Also the way he dealt with Tibo taking his place... deserve a lot of respect!
Petr you've always been a loyal man and a great value of the club. Time goes by... It's now our turn to show you our loyalty to the PERSON you are... and not the Colours you are wearing!!
Fare the well!

I would like to know who is responsible for posts in talk chelsea facebook page.
The page in recent weeks became a Hazard fan page, posting pictures of his ass 7 days in a week, and while posting Drogba is poor League one quality striker.
I think the man that gave this club a UCL deserved a lot more respect.

Mourinho has to say Torres is going to be with us next season, we're trying to sell him for a decent amount, why would we jeopardise that but confirming he has no future with the club? it doesn't make sense.

A lot of money from our bench. The deal is good for both parties.
Don't get me wrong, I love Mata but he wants to play.

What are you talking about? Have you ever take a penalty? Didier just sent Neur to one side, and the ball to the other side. There are many ways to take a penalty, and that one is the perfect penalty, and even if Neuer had gotten it right, there is no way that the ball would end up in a place different than the net.
That penalty was perfect. The movement, the balls speed, everything. Lukakus penalty was really poor, any keeper in the world would get that one. Penalties are not like you are suggesting: GK choose one side, player choose one side, and then we see what happens, its not like that all the time. When we were watching, it was clear from his movement that he was going to send the ball in that way, and it was clear that Neuer was getting that one.

Big words from Drog.

Torres leaving is the best for everyone.

if Mikel had made one of those mistakes .....BUT if he had made BOTH ,,,,the forum would still be in melt down ....imo Luiz gets much more criticism than he deserves

Absolutely agree with you. I neither did like the boos - they weren't loud enough.

1996: West Ham fan tells Harry Redknapp and Frank Lampard that Scott Canaham is a better player.

Must watch.

Chelsea really knows how to waste talents.

Hazard plays better when Lampard is in the team, in my opinion. Not exactly sure why, but we can definitely point to our worst games this season are when Frank has been absent. He has a calming influence and I think his experience is to the benefit of the youngsters like Oscar and Eden.

I made a little translation, sorry for my english:
Juan Mata: I think Spanish football is popular since the first European Cup, when we play outside Spain people appreciate us more than ever. I say this because I live this; people ask me how Spain has so many good players? What Spain do? How you got good results? Today people believe in the Spanish footballer.
JM: My colleague said that it is the Spanish mafia –laughs-, but Is always good to have someone how understand your language in the lockers like Fernando, Oriol, Cesar, Eva Carneiro. We can remember our food and stuff.
JM: People talk about the rivalry between Madrid and Barcelona, but I think we must not mix politics and football, is illogic for me and in the end El Clasico is just a match, is football after all.
JM: I think he is a great manager, he knows all the players, and also he knew the Barcelona players who are playing very well. He could be a great mananger for any club or national team. Juan Mata: I think Spanish football is popular since the first European Cup, when we play outside Spain people appreciate us more than ever. I say this because I live this; people ask me how Spain has so many good players? What Spain do? How you got good results? Today people believe in the Spanish footballer.
JM: My colleague said that it is the Spanish mafia –laughs-, but Is always good to have someone how understand your language in the lockers like Fernando, Oriol, Cesar, Eva Carneiro. We can remember our food and stuff.
JM: People talk about the rivalry between Madrid and Barcelona, but I think we must not mix politics and football, is illogic for me and in the end El Clasico is just a match, is football after all.
JM: I think he is a great manager, he knows all the players, and also he knew the Barcelona players who are playing very well. He could be a great mananger for any club or national team.
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In the last one they didnt mention the mananger, but is pretty obvious that he was talking about Guardiola.

The three last games show how much wrong was the decision to sack our manager, how much wrong was the choice of personel, and especially how much the timing was wrong.
Roberto Di Matteo was sacked when we was entering the busiest period of the season. A run of 11 games in 35 days was coming, which makes roughly a game every three days. And we had to play three games in only one week. Even though, the board decided to appoint some block who had never worked with our players before, excepted for the ladyboy.
In this kind of situation, what was the best thing to do ? Sticking with the man who has worked with the players for the last year and a half, the man who knew our players, knew their strengths and weakness ? Or a guy who did not fuck all of them ?
Roman might have been misled by the fact that all the past mid-season sackings didn't hit us back, and at the contrary, they allowed us to bounce back. The question is, why did these sacking were "successful" ?
First off, Avram Grant situation. This season, we reached the Champions League final and we weren't far away of winning this competition. One might think that the sacking was beneficial (in the short-term). However, as I said in one of my previous post, at that time, we had true leaderS on the pitch. Furthermore, Steve Clarck remained the coach assistant, a job he had done for the three previous seasons. Therefore, all in all, we didn't fail back then, because some guys in the managerial staff were used to the team ; and players were carrying the team (at a mental level, and at a result level).
Now, Hiddink case. Once again, the managerial merry-go round turned out to be beneficial, since we were one decent ref away of the Champions League final, we won the FA Cup and had a good end of season. And once again, we had our core of players to carry the team. And in addition, the manager appointed was a great manager and a great man as well. A man who imposes respect by his aura and his C.V. A man who inspires his teams. Furthermore, he was (and still is) a close friend of our owner, and he was more or less one of Roman advisor ; thus had some knowledge about the squad.
Then, Di Matteo case. I get the feeling I am repeating myself, though sacking André Villas-Boas appeared to be the right choice at a short term level : we won the CL and the FA Cup. Once again, we had the team core to carry the team (they were a fewer than in the past, but still we had Didier, Petr, Frank and Terry). And once again, the manager appointed knew the team since he was André's assistant. He was also a respectful and inspiring man, since he was a club legend, and had some good relationship with players (especially with our captain).
I'd like to add that in the two previous cases, it was the players who get their managers out. They had at these moments something to redeem for. They had to prove they were right. This fact adds even more motivation and hunger to do well.
Finaly, the current situation. Where is the core of the team to carry us when things are tough ? The core isn't what it was. Some of these players are gone, some other are too old to carry the team week in week out, and some other are struggling with injuries. Also, players seemed to be quite affected by Di Matteo dismissal. We only have a few players with a winning mentality - the most of them are young and unexperienced boys. Therefore it isn't surprising to do not see this "fighting-back" spirit.
And where's the inspiring and respectful manager to lead the team ? Nowhere to bee seen. The guy appointed didn't know the team nor the players. This guy represents, for some of them (Terry, Cech, Lampard, Cole, Mikel, Ivanovic), someone who was their rival, someone who said bad things about the club, about us. For some other players, this guy represents a laughing stock, a guy who couldn't even make Inter - the european champion back then - a half decent team, a guy who was unemployed for two years.
Finally, the fat spaniard waiter was appointed as an interim coach. I am puting the emphasis on "interim". Players know he is a passenger, they know that he won't be here after the summer, while them, they will still be here long after. What kind of credibility this fatty has towards players ? And don't come with your "oh but they should fight for the team / for their huge wages". This is a fact, it is pretty hard to find motivation when you are are sad about losing a manager you liked/loved and then having a man who means nothing to your eyes, a man who has less "power" than you.
And was this spaniard waiter the good choice ? Not in my opinion. For the last four months, our players were shaped on purpose to play an fanciful football, an attacking football and then you throw in someone who makes them playing a negative, defensive football - this guy asks them to radically change their style of football. Such things don't happen overnight. Considering their inexperience, they must be lost, they must not know what to do. Beside, our squad isn't really suited to play to play that kind of football. Which one of our fowards has good defensive ability ? Mata ? Hazard ? Marin ? Laydyboy ? Sturridge ? Oscar ? Moses ? The only one of them with decent defensive abilities is Moses.
Considering the block appointed as our new manager, the squad at our disposal and our games schedul, it was a given, into my eyes, to have an awful run of games. I am even suprised we have two points right now, if I want to be honest. From now on we might be stuck in a vicious circle : no win, therefore there is a drop of motivation which makes us not winning, et cetera...
Sacking Roberto Di Matteo for this guy at that moment was an ill-advised decision. I hope Roman sees the big fail he has provoked, so he can think twice next time before taking such a decision.

I have to say there is a bad atmosphere. Sacking RDM, and now the racism thing. Its just depressing, months after winning the PL, perhaps the worst week in recent years. Thats chaos. Its really sad when you open the sites and Chelsea is everywhere, but its not about football, its about how the owner is mad, about how the Chelsea almost destroyed a poor referees life. I dont like this, I hope we just win against City and then we stop talking about this kind of thing.
I really feel sorry for RDM, but imo he is the reason we have so many problems right now. RDM never had the same power the previous managers had, the board never saw him as the right man. He was given the job because no other top manager would aceept this job when the world knows the club is waiting for Guardiola. Even AVB had more power, lets remember that he told Alex and Anelka to leave during the season.
We were left with a small squad, full of weakness, this board is doing a really stupid job when they keep buying players like De Bruyne, Lukaku, Marin and Aziplicueta. A club like Chelsea needs a manager like Guardiola, Mourinho, Hiddink...or Benitez. RDM was not ready yet. Working in a club like Chelsea means the manager has to build a relationship with the people that have the power, you need to be a politician.
There is a lot more in RDM sacking than just a couple of bad results.