Melanicus

Antonio: 'Chelsea, you can Conte on me!'

No problem in my eyes, really. Sell the cunt to Real or some other club that pays big money. Begovic was better this season anyway and I can see him being top 3 goalkeepers in England if he plays week and week out. Begovic is fantastic goalkeeper and actually has a brain (he's really intelligent just watch some of his interviews) unlike some cunts. Why the fuck are Belgian players so fucking dumb? Just look at his quote: “The level of training is higher among Devils,” he said. “There are only world-class players (here), while at Chelsea, there are some players a little less rated and we often train with youngsters as well.” How fucking dumb do you have to be to say this? Even though it's probably true, but still, don't you have a little bit of brain? Conte will have a tough job getting rid of all primadonnas and weak characters ala Courtois, Hazard, Remy etc...

Love Cesc's passion. It may be unpopular opinion but I think he should get the armband if Terry leaves. He's out there playing for the badge, i'll take lesser defending if I get this level out of him every match.

My short-list if I were to become Chelsea manager this summer: Bonucci Laporte Ricardo Rodriguez Nainggolan Icardi

What a fucking disgrace. This team has no spine. No willpower, no hunger, no passion. Sums up our season completely. This team neads complete rebuilding and I hope Conte or whoever else will be given free hands in rebuilding this mess. Most of the players are deadwood that needs to be get rid off Oh, and fuck Lukaku.

Michael Owen, is that you?

I miss the times when defence was the best part of our game.

What are you going on about mate? Was it not for Courtois, we would concede more than 1 goal today... He has been excellent today.

Call me mad, but I'd go for Scott Dann in the summer. He has been having excellent performances for quite some time now.

What a fantastically shit performance... A win is a win tho! Come on Chelsea!

I'm honestly too excited about this. Conte is the perfect manager for the situation we are in. If we let him do his thing and give him resources to build his team, I can see Chelsea dominating English football for a long time.

That's not my post. Just copied from another forum from a Juve fan to start a discussion.

Conte is first and foremost a man manager. He'll send every single one of his players repeatedly through purgatory until they develop an iron will, or decide that it can't be done and dump them. He values discipline, stamina, willpower and hunger and isn't above using the less illustrous option more often if it means that they can run their freaking asses off. He seems to favour his brand of 3-5-2, which is defensively strong but can result in the attack being isolated from the midfield if the latter doesn't pull their weight, Strengths: Doesn't take shit from anyone, he's always the boss Pretty much turns his players spartanic Has a strong core strategy and ideology that provides for steady performances Weaknesses: Can get too assertive and is not above clashing heads with club management. With Abramovich as top dog we might as well just bring out the popcorn right away. The players that aren't mentally up to his standards are discarded without much of a second thought, perhaps too easily He's not very tactically adaptable. Even if he chooses to play another formation it'll pretty much be the same thing going on on the pitch, and Conte's brand of football is not very creative or exciting. So yeah, every one of his strengths can pretty much be a double-edged sword.

He scores when he wants... JOHN OBI MIKEL!!!

Here's what Ancelotti had to say about Terry: "John Terry is the captain of all team captains, he was born with the captain's armband on his arm. Even without the band, it's as if he wears it anyway, and that's how it ought to be. He's different from all the others, Chelsea is his home, it always has been, ever since the youth squad. One word from him, and the locker room holds its breath. He's the first one to sit down at meals, the first one to stand up. Being part of this club is his mission, that's how he was made. He pays close attention to the performances of the youth team, he keeps up, he knows all the scores, he misses nothing (although he often loses at ping-pong in the dining room - and when that happens, watch out). He works twice as hard as everyone else, he has the sense of responsibility of someone who runs a company, a people, a philosophy that above all has to win. There is no room for second place; there can only be room for us."

To be honest, I think Emenalo is the true puppet here in the hands of someone else (Granovskaya?). He gets all the blame and all the fingers are pointed at him, while I doubt he's responsible for all the decisions.

I don't know why some of you are bringing the personal issues in here, we're talking about Terry as a football player, not as a person (I doubt any of you know him personally anyway). Yes, he doesn't seem like the most pleasant guy if you take into the count some of his "scandals". But... For us, he is a football player, a captain - leader of our beloved team. If you show passion, play your heart out every game, leave your blood, sweat and tears on the pitch every single game, then you can even be an average player and most of the fans will love you. But Terry is not average. He's the greatest central back in the history of the PL, best English defender of all times and best Chelsea captain ever. He's 35, but last season was still easily the best defenders. He bleeds blue and loves this club, he is Chelsea. We're not the biggest of clubs in terms of history, but we're creating in it right now and Terry will be regarded as our biggest legend. So - you can be the biggest cunt ever in real life for all I care. It doesn't matter. It is a disgrace the way the board are treating him in this situation. A fucking disgrace. Even if he was shit this season - the new contract shouldn't even be a question. And the biggest hypocrisy is that they try to make him a villain because he announced this to the fans. Those cunts in our board are afraid of the fan uproar, because fans make football clubs run. They are now scared and are saying that it's up to the new manager, putting unnecessary pressure at the new guy. Why did they then extend Ivanovic's contract then? You may call me a sentimental idiot. Maybe, I'm delusional, but I still believe in honor and passion in the game.

The cunt on your avatar is to blame.

Such a good looking guy. #fullhomo

As far as I know both Musonda & Kenedy are midfielders, not strikers like Pato, so I can't see your logic here. He's just a direct replacement for Remy. Don't see why people are so mad about this signing. It's a low risk high reward business. 30k per week for a club like Chelsea is nothing.

He played 3-1-4-2 in Serie A. They played from the back because they had amazing passers in Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli and Pirlo. Those four would for a diamond to pass around opponents’ press. If they weren’t pressed Chiellini in particular would carry the ball forward (like a leftback but narrower). His two strikers were very mobile (although he didn't have the same quality in attack that Juve has today), they ran in the channels or dropped deep continually which opened space for the two box-to-box midfielders to get into the box. The wingbacks were heavily involved. Either the striker or midfielder (and even defender at times) on their side moved to support them or Pirlo could find them with on of his trademarked long passes. They frequently got into the final third, providing both crosses and a scoring threat. Though the 3-1-4-2 formation was completely exposed against any team that played with wingers so he decided to buy wingers next season in order for him to make the change in formation to 4-3-3. When the board failed to bring in his targets, he quit. One thing I can guarantee, he isn't going to use 4-2-3-1.

He will be good here. Mark my words.

Amazing servant for the club, never complained, always gave his best. That goal against Barca will forever live in my memory. What you lacked in technical ability you've more than made up with your heart, passion and work-rate. Thank you Rami!