bluephoenix

I rephrase that to Yes we can finally hope to win this game now

yes

do we reallly care ? we got an equalizer alas !!!

Traore replacing Ramires

just remind me why the f*** are we shooting from outside the box.

come chelsea !!! go blues goo ... somebody anybody just score !!!! KTBFFH

come on God please my wish in my earlier post should come true. Hazard equalizer and Kennedy winner *fingers crossed* come on Chelsea KTBFFH !!!

i take the team is looking clueless judging by the lack of comments about our performance ? A Hazard equalizer and a kennedy winner would be awesome.

please don't

OMG just when i thought I would stay up in hopes of ... *sighs*

so glad to see people posting that wee are playing good football.

As long as we are not in a 2-0 lead I am not concerned about whether the gooners win or lose.

Forget that Kenedy is there in our team. Would love to see him play full 90 minutes.

I know I don't care top 4 this season atleast. I would also take path to recovery in terms of seeing youngsters and new tactics/formation ahead of top 4. Besides I for one believe only if we change our formation/tactics and start to concentrate on good football will even be able to reach top 5. A wise man once said "insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results" same thing applies to us. It would be insane if Mourinho continues to do whatever he think he is doing right now and expect that we would come out on top. Also for starters Mourinho needs to keep his mouth sealed. No bad mouthing the players or team or the medical staff or opposition managers or the referees or himself for that matter. Results first then have a go at the media

I would have succumbed to that had the players that were bought had performed better than those players for the said reasons which unfortunately isn't the case. in my opinion Schurrle could have been revived but not that mad about his sale. Mata is way better than the options we have right now ( I think he would have had a good impact on the team, if my memory serves me right he had a good linkup with Hazard). I wasn't suggesting Lukaku was better than Costa but could/would have been a much better alternative than Falcao or Remy. Makes little sense to get Thorgan back for more money when he was already a Chelsea player(but then if selling him is what takes the team to take him seriously and play him as regular then I am ok with it) Good managers should bring the best in players / mould players to perform at their best.

But then the whole Brazil team was awful against Germany

We had a very good team until Mourinho decided to eff it all up. Luiz, Mata, Schurrle, KDB,Salah, Thorgan Hazard,Lukaku. Why fix if ain't broken ? Our club did exactly the opposite and is bitting us hard. I wouldn't be fussing about the players sold if only the players Mourinho and club bought in fit his style of play which is also not the case.

My starting 11 for this game: ---------Begovic---------- --Azpi----Cahill---Zouma---Baba--- ---Ramires--Oscar---RLC----- --Willian---Remy/Costa---Hazard---

If he leaves/ we fire him right now, trust me wouldn't want him for a third time. Because if he leaves us now it is the worst possible situation that he would have left us in. Everytime I convince myself to back him and say eff head support your manager, Mourinho does the same stupid thing on the match day and shows no signs that he is capable of changing his tactics and can bring about brilliance. But then I have mixed feelings. And sincerely hope we can come out of this strong and deep inside me I want Mourinho to show that he is one of the best managers. Really hope he can make us play good football and brings about tactical brilliance.

really sad. I sincerely hope Mourinho fixes the situation, silences my skepticism that he is not capable of making us play good football. And seriously the media *fill in bad word* should e**ing leave us alone. It seems the fans and club are being run by the idiotic media. We need to have our own contention when it comes to our club, shouldn't care about the media. Follow media when they praise us because that wouldn't cause any damage to us.

food for thought, he sold Luiz to PSG. Will he again sell him if he goes to PSG ?

As a concerned Chelsea fan I am kind of really wondering what it would take for us to turn the season around ? I am ashamed to say that I have lost interest in watching Chelsea matches (no it's not results that I stopped watching its because of how poorly we have been playing) history repeating itself, once we start losing everyone start to hopelessly desperate and in the process we are unable to go back to fundamentals and do that properly. Manager looking clueless, players looking clueless, etc. What I am hoping for is analysis on the matches played and course of action you guys think (please be more informative than just "sack Mourinho", "stop playing Fab/Iva", basically don't point the obvious) what our priorities should be(I know recent run of results would warrant just staying away from relegation zone) I think our first and foremost priority should be defense, try to avoid defeats at all cost( happy with one point to begin with for the next couple of matches) while we work that out slowly develop good football. Clearly result oriented mindset and approach isn't taking us anywhere period. Personally focus only on premier league, use rest of the cup competitions to develop the young players and try different tactics, basically use that as a training ground to play better football while focusing on PL. At this point silverware is not something I care for, obviously good results would be welcomed in that competition but not at the cost of not playing good football/team football (I would take defeats/draws all day long in other competitions to see us improve our play and tactics). Use this season as much as possible to build the long term team, because short fix won't win us the league, so pretty much pointless) figure out kind of players we need or kind of players from our loan list who can fit in, tactics that would exploit the best of everyone we have in our team sheet right now(this part is so try and salvage the way we play in the league). I am keeping sacking Mourinho out of this thread because that is well taken care of in the Mourinho Thread[http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/20662-the-mourinho-thread/]. We are currently 15th on the table, what is the most realistic position that you guys think we would/could/should end up/aim for at the end of season( on that note, it is pretty clear Mourinho can't be aimless and be like we will concentrate one match at a time. He needs to set goal, and work towards it). ponder on the following and post your response: 1. What formation or tactics do you think we should adopt going forward? 2. What do you think should be our priority going forward? 3. What position do you want to see Chelsea be at the end of season? 4. January transfer window (who should we buy, how will they fit in the grand scheme of things)? 5. Who should play, who shouldn't? 6. What kind of tactics do you think will get us out of this slump? As a bonus, how did we go from Premier league to staying clear of relegation ? (quiet frankly I knew we weren't good enough to defend title the way we played last season, but this?) Sorry if this repeat I tried to see if there were any other threads but couldn't find one so thought I would create one. PS: Keep this thread as informative as possible please, if you like someone's opinion hit like button(I know that I have been guilty of being the guy who quotes and just types "+1" for response) . In fact I don't even want this to be a discussion thread, I just want it to be opinion thread(one post per member of the forum ) As always mods if you think this thread is useless, feel free to delete/lock/merge it.

Looks like Fergie kind of manager will never happen for us.

These kind of news no longer excites Chelsea fans, we all know they are never going to get into the starting 11. Couple of loans to useless teams in useless leagues and then the eventually get sold on the basis that they didn't prove on their loan spells (FFS). These kind of news just adds more frustration and irritation if any. We will never make/get some on e as United's Martial( I know its to early for that kid too but still he is showing promise).

the team is playing so bad that I have lost all hope. Even if we do end up wining by some freak show chance wee need consistency. Till we win for a month straight I am not going to have high hopes.