SinineUltra

Regarding our squad depth. Why on earth are our youngsters so afraid on the pitch? Looking at da Silva brothers are always rearing to have a go and play their heart out, whereas the likes of Bertrand etc seem too shy and hesitant. Like he is going to cry, he can't be starstruck, can he?

Shit, looking back I made a typo.. What I meant to say is that Rafa is NOT only one to be blamed, sorry for confusion. He will need to take certain amount of stick but I find his subs logical and in the end of the day if players are shit, you can't get a result. Benitez hasn't been given a chance from the start by many fans and that kind of negativity is bringing the club down. That said, his formation isn't working, we are stuck in the last third like we used to be a few seasons ago.

As long as Spurs keep bottling as we do, I can't see them getting past us. With the results we are having, we are not making progression nor degression. Sitting ducks.. meaning that most probably our place in the table will not change drastically.

Yeah, Capoue has always struck me as a humble footballer, who's disciplined and very good at what he does.

Can't see us finishing below 4th, we can't ,we shouldn't.

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Good insightful post, not one of those knee jerk ones. Really like it and agree with you. Only thing I fail to see is why do people want to put KDB in the pivot role? Equivalent to Lamps in the pivot, Oscar on the wing and Bertrand LW. A bit out of position, don't you agree? Cavani/Ba/Lukaku would be a dream striking force for us when we stick to our 1 ST formation.

Agree with you here. Definitely brought flare and options to Liverpool's attack with keeping defenders on their toes constantly spotting him and marking him.

Preparing for the worst. The depth of their squad and quality is just impressive. Hopefully we can pick ourselves up after the draw that felt like a loss and show some desire. If Hazard's 3 match ban stays and isn't extended, it's his last game out, thank god.

Feel the same way. Defenders fucked up big time with both of the goals. Though Rafa plays boring football, the main reason he should be sacked is that if he doesn't have fans behind him, he will never get proper results, especially at home.

What a daft opinion to have. Most of the people who have voted no or are undecided most likely ponder if sacking him during the season would bring any positive effect at all. Nothing to do with being somehow Torres fanboy nor any other adjective from your educative vocabulary.

It's goal.com's description of his game, might be a bit harsh. Though, I had an eye on the game and he seemed wasteful to me. They were lucky that the ball bounced to Suarez after he shot straight at the GK. Also Suarez did a superb pass to him with curving the ball into the path of Sturridge with outside of his right foot, he failed to control it. These are only 2 examples. One thing is to be lively as a fireaspark but if you can't convert your chances as ST, it will leave a negative image on his performance. Look at Torres for example. He has 26 assists as a striker for us in his stay at Chelsea, takes part of the build up play but still gets abuse, why? - Because it's frustrating to see him play and squander chances.

What the fuck just happened? It was a known fact that Reading is like a wounded animal fighting against relegation. They have made comebacks before this season and especially through Le Fondre? Just like Southampton, we get the goals & doze off. I get the sub Mata vs Benayoun but Ba for Torres in the 91st minute? Really hope Hiddink / Mourinho rumors are true, because trying to stay neutral towards rafa isn't helping. Getting sick of us throwing away matches that are in our bag already. With all the negativity that comes with him brings down the club, the players, the results.. time to go for him I'm afraid. As much as I'd like some stability to us, he is powering this turmoil even more... Mata MOTM, shouts out to Azpilicueta. Positive that also Spurs and Arsenal lost points. These results mean that the 24th gameweek like has never happened, except Man Utd pulling away further.

'Handed a central role but was wasteful, had chances to score but failed to even find the target. Drifted completely out of the game in the second half and it was little surprised to see him replaced.' relating to his game vs Arsenal.

Good sub to take off Mata for Benayoun - Mata was limping, last thing we need is injury to him. Norwich 1-1 Spurs FT

Lampard from a corner.. woah

Would only argue that Azpilicueta has so far been as solid as ever this season

Good assist by Torres but with his finishing we will most likely catch the headlines again with assaulting the ball boys near the side of the pitch. Off topic: El Classico half time - no red cards, no cards at all.. that's a first one.

Mata you beauty

Off to watch the paint dry...

With Torres upfront and Bertrand weaving his magic on the wing... hard to stay positive against a club, who is finding their proper form. Hope for the best...

It's more likely than not that Benitez will be gone after the season. The real question is who'd replace him right away and do we really need a third manager in the same season with possibly fourth taking charge in the summer? Regarding RDM - he had the luxury of having a fresh squad, who he had been training to mold into his gameplay for months. Moreover, he had the support of the fans, which didn't hinder the team performances in Stamford Bridge. He was the man that brought us the long waited UCL, but let's not forget he got us out of the CL due to abysmal group stage performances, we lost two so called finals in the form of Community Shield and Super Cup. So it's not all sunshine and butterflies. Silly thing to question someone's allegiance just because you don't agree with their opinion.

Julio Cesar was brilliant.. MOTM

Stories visa versa when it comes to official media sources of respective clubs. Man City has beast of a homepage with great videos from training etc, seem much more dedicated than our Chelsea TV but I guess one can't have every good thing in life.

Noones disagreeing that he should be sacked -whatever the reason might be- but the timing will be wrong. He will go in the end of the season with us hopefully having enough resources to fund the new manager's hit-list.