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FT :D

Sidwell on for SW-P

KALOU :D my throat hurts now...

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssss 2-1 : :D:D:D:D

1 MORE GOAL PLEASE

Sinclair on for Ballack

PHEW... Good defending by Belletti

Piza on for Joey

DANG Newcastle equalized

Half-time

Yeah, we're 1-0 up

ESSIEN!! 1-0

GOAL

Err, he only has 7 deflected goals.

Yes, true, but then Jose would never come to us if not for Roman.

And some people think Jose is more important to Chelsea than Roman...

So do I. Thanks.

Nice prediction there.

Good news. Keep them coming!

TBH, all our attacking players seem to be too mechanical and lack the creativity needed. Doesn't help that Essien, Drogba and Ballack are missing. Sheva still hasn't proven himself. AG definitely need to buy at least 2 creative attacking players next month if he wants to play the promised attacking football. How is he ruining the team if he has a good record so far? He would be ruining the team if we keep on losing, which we don't. Like some people predicted when he got the job. LOL @ 'we, Chelsea fans don't boo our own players' Some of us do. Drogba was booed. So was Sheva, if I'm correct. You know, all this slagging of AG reminds me when Drogba used to get it endlessly. Look at him now, he HAS proven all of his doubters wrong. Furthermore, only 3 of those are FACT, the others are assumptions/opinions. Those are: - state of the art training facilities - we have a very big team, - successful proven coaches (clark, ten cate) But it doesn't help when several of key players on a very big team are out missing. We're gonna go on and on so whatever. Let's just agree to disagree.

That is his solution, what do you suggest he do different? He would still be criticised if he does something different. For anything he does, in fact. Even a manager as good as Jose would find it really hard to keep on winning with the injuries. And It's not gonna be always like that. Every club have their own ups and downs. Look at Liverpool, no EPL trophy at all for almost 2 decades, etc. Too early to judge whether he can walk the talk, like you said, he has only been with us for 3 months. And do take the circumstances we have when talking about a positive difference.

Like I said, we were without DD, JT, Riccy & Essien and they were playing at their full strength at home. A 1-horse title race? Spoiled. The transfer window hasn't opened so it's not possible for AG to strengthen yet. Besides, it's hard to strengthen significantly in the winter. We won a lot of 1-0 under Jose. Matches we should've won easily but didn't. It's the same now, just with different manager.

Jose took over what Ranieri finished, too. It would be the same for any new manager anywhere. Cech, JT, Lamps & Robben were there before Jose arrived. True, but the circumstances should be taken into consideration as well. It's not fair to just put all the blame on the manager.

The players gave a good effort up until the last minute. We deserved a goal the way we played in the 2nd half yesterday, too bad we didn't get one. We drew 1-1 to Liverpool away, lost 2-0 to Aston Villa away this season under Jose. Or is that solely the players fault? TBH, AG has been consistent so far. 2 losses in 18 games is a good record, with all the injuries we've been having.

Hope he won't be out for too long...