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Honestly though. I blame Jose and the fans mostly. Jose for encouraging him and the fans for cheering him on at the bridge. Look at the ovation he received when he was subbed and the cheers he got after the incident with koscienly and gabriel. Clearly they endorse his thuggish behaviour. How is he suppose to change when he realizes he's more popular with the fans more than ever inspire of his antics.

I'm an ideal world the one that cane off the bench should be the one starting. At the very least he would give us some level of dignity.

As oppose to Costa and falcao who have been in blistering form?

I don't get why anyone would give credit to mourinho for playing him when he should have been challenging Costa for the striker role this season and we all know he's only started seeing some game time due to falcao's injury. Once the Colombian returns, he will go back to bench warming.

I just want a reliable goalscorer with decent technical ability who concentrates only on playing football rather being a **** . Is that too much to ask for?. Personally I'm sick and tired of the dramas and controversies surrounding the club thanks to Costa and mourinho.

What exactly is "class" about encouraging disgraceful behaviours?

Don't waste your breathe on "these guys"

As predicted the usual suspects are here condoning and encouraging Costa's embarrassing and unacceptable behaviour/antics. He should have seen red for the incident with Koscienly alone but the ref missed it.

Even against 9 men we are still struggling for control of the match. This team is just pathetic.

Pedro is ruining every attack

If we lose today I hope Jose get's fired. yes I said it.

Surprise surprise. He picks ivanovic again. Why does anyone still act surprised at this point?

By physically I'm hoping he's referring to his fitness which I agree could be better and tactically he's obviously not the finished product yet however he was arguably MOTM in our last game and the other options in midfield have been so bad this season that it wouldn't hurt to start him against Arsenal. I certainly would start him ahead of Cesc " Houdini the mr invisible" Fabregas and Mikel who doesn't really offer us much these days. Matic has been terrible as well but he's still our best option in CM. So I will be very disappointed if Jose reverts to the same old same old. Things are so bad right now with the regular starters that I wouldn't even consider giving him a start here risky.

We are not in the 90's and early 2000 anymore. Neymar and Tiago silva are the only world class players brazil has managed to produce in the last 6 years or so.

Since when has that ever mattered? Rlc can play like Xavi that's possessed with the stamina and workrate spirit of lothar matthaus and Fabregas will still get the nod ahead of him against arsenal. guaranteed. You should know mourinho by now.

Meh. It will only be impressive if he drops them against a proper team like arsenal. I fully expect Ivanovic, costa and fabregas to start that game and i predict they will perform poorly again. I also find it shameful that it's taken our worst start to a season in years (maybe even decades, haven't verified it) to trigger squad rotation. No other manager in the world would wait this long to bench grossly out of form players

I don't think it's an exaggeration to claim he's the worst player in the EPL this season based on form.

He hasnt addressed the poor performance issue that has plagued this team since january and that in itself is a huge cause for concern. so whatever the feck he and his coaching staff are doing about it (thats assuming hes actually doing anything about it) clearly isn't working.

Our performance hasn't been good either yet he fails to acknowledge it. How do we expect to improve and bounce back with an attitude like that.

Its ridiculous isn't it. Whats the point of having a squad at all if we are only going to use it in the case of injury or suspension. We haven't even consider the demoralising effect lack of rotation has on players who are bursting their assess on the training ground but never get a look in even when the regular starters are grossly out of form and the senior players have no motivation to fight for their places either in the absence of healthy competition.

I'm sure mourinho shares the same mentality and line of reasoning as you and that's precisely why we are in this mess. Continue to play out of form, Demotivated and under performing players. Brilliant idea. Do the same things over and over and expect different result is just sheer genius.

That's the definition of insanity according to Einstein.

Here's a scary thought. What if Jose genuinely believes the crap he's been saying in his post match interviews that we have been playing well and creating chances but just unlucky. It's also possible that he doesn't think the performances of some key players is as bad as most people do. For there to be a possibility of a turn around, the manager, first, has to concede that we have been absolutely dogshite and seek to identify the reason behind it. To me its either he recognises how bad we have been but too stubborn and clueless on How to fix it or he's completely delusional. Either way we are fucked.

So are people prepared to swallow their pride and apologise to barcelona fans that called this guy a fraud?

His stint at madrid was an indication that the old Mourinho was a thing of the past and his performance in his second tenure at Chelsea further strenghtens that theory. In a way, this might be Jose's last chance at reparing his repuation after madrid and he's failing miserably at it. what top club would want him if he gets fired or decides to leave? You can point to his winning record but the rest of the elite teams demand more than just winning. they want to win with style,dignity and respect. they want a continuation of the long standing philosophy and identity at their respective clubs, they also want a drama free atmosphere. all of which jose is incapable of providing.