OneMoSalah

Messi and Ronaldo made their debuts for Man United and Barcelona in games they were quite comfortable in and winning if I remember rightly. The point is if you throw 18 year olds in and we keep losing, keep getting out performed its just going to put their confidence down, I am all for seeing us use kids but like when Rafa threw on Lucas Piazon against Villa, we were like 5-0 up. There is a time and place to use young guys. Not going to complain about a point, they smashed us really, Pedro, Azpi and Matic had clear chances but fucked them. A lot of work is needed.

Personally I dont think he will come back to be in our squad, I think if he cannot get a game ahead of Chamakh and Dwight Gayle he has no right to even get a game here but if he is included it will be the odd 10-20 minutes every now and then. I mean if Remy and Falcao can't get in the match day squad what chances does he have?

Don't know about that, don't think it will be like Lampard when he went to City, that was really a judas moment.

Hopefully he doesn't become a left back at all. He has all the skill set to be a pretty good winger I feel, like a younger Arjen Robben maybe, hes direct, skillful and most importantly a very hardworking player. Maybe his decisions still need to improve but hes 19 and is just learning about European football this season.

Its just the thing though, is he willing to do it? He only came out of retirement to manage Holland I'm pretty sure and it was just because it was Holland. Would he stay on for Chelsea? Who knows, I mean I am still skeptical how he will do a second time round, the team we had in his first spell was arguably the finest Chelsea team we've had.. also I am a big believer in you should never return where you have had past glories, like Jose did 2 years ago.

Hopefully Hiddink doesn't restrict our team playing a RB as LB and either sticks with Ivanovic as right back or plays Azpi as right back with Baba on the other side because despite the success Azpi has had at LB his attacking input has been frighteningly poor (which cant be helped we all know he isn't Maicon or Roberto Carlos but still) as a natural LB could help Eden out big time.

He is like 68 or 69 years old, he is not going to manage again after the end of this season I would imagine. He is just doing this for the fact it is Chelsea and it is a 6 months contract.

Makes no sense, how is he going to get the likes of Ronaldo, Ramos and Pepe back onside when he fractured his relationships with them in his last spell there? Is he stupid? If Ronaldo has threatened to leave which might make Perez react and sack Benitez what will happen when Jose goes back... I don't know why he didn't go to Roma, he obviously sees himself as too big or too good for them but Real Madrid is going to be a nightmare for him if he still has strained relationships with Ronaldo and co.

Yes which goes to show 22 goals in the Ukrainian league is not exactly impressive. Its the Ukrainian league... hes not even as good as Willian was before Anzhi got him, hes beyond average and hes not even a striker, no need for him, if we want a number 10 we need to go and sign someone who is better than Oscar which I doubt Teixeira is. His 3 CL goals, one came against Malmo and two against Madrid in that 4-3 game when they were terribly inconsistent defensively, fair enough still Real Madrid but doesn't mean anything when you saw how sloppy they were. Our strikers aren't doing much but still do you want us to go and sign Jamie Vardy then or Leigh Griffiths who has 15+ goals in Scotland or?

So in 11 other games he has scored 4 goals. Big fish, small pond. Not good enough.

Regardless of who picks the philosophy or whatever, the next manager has to be the right one that fits whatever direction the club want to go. Ideally it would be Pep but again I don't think Pep will come here, I feel his style has also gotten to the point where even at Bayern they are starting to regress slightly which has me worrying. Mourinho was never going to have us playing brilliant attacking football, even with the squad we have, anyone who thought we'd be able to maintain the style from the first 12 games of last season has to be serious it was Jose in charge, it wouldn't last. The last few years the recruitment has been good, Emenalo has been a big part of that, obviously they had a bigger picture for Chelsea regarding the style and philosophy but Mourinho was never going to have his team playing that overly expansive football week in week out, its just not his forte, they wouldn't be exactly on the same page.

Bielsa is not a good option. We need a long term option. Bielsa has had mixed success on the international level but I think his achievements at club level have been poor. He seems to last a year or two then quit/resign/get sacked. No point going for him or even Sampaoli, who speaks no English and has very little success at club level too. The next move has got to be 100% right, no more AVBs or Di Matteos.

A new technical director? Fuck sake are people really taking Mourinho's sacking this badly? I think people need to remember its Chelsea FC and not Mourinho FC. We were 16th.... And also to anyone saying we should follow 'City's blueprint for success' are you fucking serious? I'd prefer we followed what we were doing the last few years than aspire to do what City have done....for a start they replaced Mancini because he finished second. Then they have always bought poorly in terms of age for squad building. They throw money at things, they aren't following a long term plan, they aren't bringing young players through. We might not be taking young players through but you look at what we've bought since 2010 in terms of age for building a squad (although not all of them are here now) and its guys like David Luiz, Oscar, Hazard, Piazon, Romeu, Baba, Courtois, De Bruyne, Schurrle, Azpi, Zouma, etc... under 25 years old, who can have resale value as well as the chance to give us 7-10 years worth of continuity in the squad.

To be fair last season he was the best player in the Premier League by a mile. Who cares if hes not Messi, Ronaldo or Neymar. They are probably 3 of the best 5 players in the world.

I think he would be an excellent option in our squad, when hes played regularly he has always delivered with goals. His movement is exceptional, as well he seemed to always score against us even with his face...

I cant see us getting him. I was listening to BBC 5 Live and that Spanish football expert Graham Hunter was saying that Pep was very close to signing for Man United during his playing days and having gone to Old Trafford to manage teams playing against United, he feels United would be very much the ideal club for him to go to. He also said that Pep wants to manage Brazil at the World Cup in Qatar. I generally do think he sees Man Utd as his perfect club, as they are (lets be honest) similar to Barcelona and Bayern with their world wide reputation as a super club, the history all three clubs have and also the traditions they have regarding good football and the use of their academies. If we got him though I would be delighted but I think that ship has sailed.

Sacking him was the right thing to do, he has absolutely destroyed moral in the dressing room, it was so obvious to see. You cant do that and expect to remain in the job, no matter who you are even if you are Jose Mourinho, the most successful manager in the clubs history or a rookie. I've seen several tweets from fans complaining about the antics of Costa, Matic, Hazard and Fabregas in particular and talk of player power again but Mourinho caused all the problems. Hes always seemed to push at Hazard a lot and it worked in the first two seasons and improved him but he has a tendency where he eventually manages to fracture relationships with high profile players, I mean look at what happened with Ronaldo, Ramos, Pepe and Casillas at Real Madrid in his last year. Its more than evident that has happened here with guys like Eden, Costa, JT, Ivanovic all for different reasons. Its no coincidence that we looked 10000 times better in 45 minutes yesterday than we have in about 4 months under Mourinho.

Hazard played better than him while operating in the false 9 role, still needs to grow at Spurs before he would be good enough for ourselves or Utd/City.

Left footed, poorer version of Ramires... No thanks

Think he will start banging them in now, was a matter of scoring the first goal, he is a goalscorer and I would certainly have him here if it was possible.

I was intrigued Mourinho kept him especially after people on here were saying he was like Hulk sort of, being very one footed, holds the ball too long, looks to shoot a lot and selfish but he's been a bit of a wild card for us, he is unpredictable, a very much unknown quality and so far he has looked decent despite the limit minutes. I remember Mourinho making comments about Benfica picking up Anderson Talisca last summer and hinting that he'd be in England if it weren't for a work permit (apparently we tried signing him and wanted to loan him to Vitesse) so maybe he sees Kenedy as a similar sort of buy, very much unknown, relatively cheap but with a bit of potential.

People saying hes gone after playing for the under 21s? Ridiculous. He was probably just playing for match fitness more than anything and the fact he is a very good player and eligible to play as well. He wouldn't have gotten a squad place and not loaned out if he was going to play for the u21s really. Hes the best talent we have along with Boga and Musonda in my eyes, although hes played much more first team football than them in a higher division, I think he has a better chance of making it than those 2 as well.

Ffs not Hulk again. The most overrated footballer that has probably been linked to Chelsea for god knows how many years.

Are Chelsea fans honestly saying they hope he gets a 5 match ban and that? Lol

Think if he didn't go to Spurs and went to Liverpool or someone else he'd be on loan in the Championship. The same with Ryan Mason and Alex Pritchard or whatever his name is. Interesting to see Pochettino use guys who played League 1 and Championship in his side.