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and Rio escapes any desciplinary action frmo FA as he plays for United if that was Terry or any other Chelsea player there would have been a suspension.. i.e ivanovic vs wigan last season unseen by officials and subsequently banned by FA #bunchoftwats

Cech has a year 2 at most remaining at top level his body and injuries like his elbow surgery in the summer are taking their toll on him.. and you can see it in his confidence with air balls.. Petr Cech will always be chelsea legend but we can't risk losing possibily the next great world keeper to keep an ailing Cech happy

also to point out Ramires has often popped up in important games to score a big goal... that is something that so far with his career here has been invaluable..

and if we are being critical suffers from a lot of errors like Luiz as well..

I dunno about that but I did think he made the right call with Hazard on the bench after Hazard looked so tired on thursday come on fresh and totally took over the game with Mata.. fair play to Rafa for that

LIke I was stating before in romania Hazard looked tired and sluggish.. 60th minute appearance today could turn match on its head if still close...

to be honest hazard in the last game looked very fatigued so I understand the sitting him to start.. he'll be fresher with a more tired united back line could cause lot more damage.. but no terry for a game so important is madness I really hope this works!

yet you bash bertrand...why do you think both PVA and L.S look so good.. they have match sharpness from playing every week ashley cole may be small but he casts a very large shadow

plays week in week out for a team mid to bottom of the table not the high spending easy to replace former champions of europe less pressure for his development

completely agree with you if you check what i had posted in Ryan's thread he needs more games more than just cups and cause thats not what is going to develop him into england number 1 left back that is why shaw looks so great he plays week in week out vs some of the fastest wingers in the world...

did a job on the possibly the best RB in the world in Lahm.. can't completely denounce him as a footballer

to be fair all those players minus romeu and bertrand I completely agree but the two i have mentioned when getting extended game time have shown to be more than capable especially romeu..its just unfortunate he got injured because he is that ball winning ball playing dm that we have been missing

yes rafa out but the players have been playing with no desire since the starting 8 games of PL... manager be damned they need to do better for us as supporters...

something that we are sorely missing within the squad currently

we say things like this but when we have these things and things are still not going the way we thought or expected it becomes the managers fault or the markee signings fault... football is a team game everyone is responsible.. who's fault is it when supporters all calling for us to play a weakened side the manager obliges and we lose then blame him for playing the weak side.. it will never stop we need to get a grip.. and start putting the responsibility back on the players because they are the ones on the pitch who have to execute... which is what Spuds are doing currently cause AVB has been making some questionable calls in his line ups but the players are still finding ways to pull out the wins and thats why they are ahead of us.. DESIRE ONLY!

when looking at the team they have assembled their team was PL ready from first kick not a whole lot of adaptation required for their players.. right now they are a more PL ready side and are firing on all cylinders I still believe we have a better team

i never bought into the getting rid of AVB to begin with yes it brought us champions league glory but at what price... cause he still seems to be one of the best young coaches around and he has a team filled with guys who do not believe they are bigger than the club.... not saying that is whats going on at chelsea but if we look at the top managers we have brought in BAR Rafa.. reports of unrest in the locker room always popped up that can't always just be the managers fault can it?

was poor today but i guess we could chalk that up to fatigue he looked like he had no gas in his tank to get past players and his legs looked really heavy... he needs to rest up cause we are really going to need him this weekend vs united

if this match shows us anything its that we are in dire need of a player like moutinho/modric/cabaye/benat because we can not dictate the tempo of a game with mikel and lamps.. as well the passing from mid to attack is soo utterly sloppy I can not believe this is the same team that started out the PL undeafeated in 8 matches... For me our mistake was letting meireles go as everyone claimed he was sloppy in his passing but his technique and distribution forward were far more underrated than anything... now we have to rely on what we have to hope we can secure top 4 and play in CL next season.. 10 games left in the PL and lots of work to do

rested ashley in a game " we didn't really need him" and bertrand is the cuplrit of ball watching and silly foul... i know hes only 23 but at that age ashley cole was a much better option.. anyone else thinking ryan may not make it here a chelsea's number 1 left back.. may seem like a knee jerk but look at his opposite in azpi who is of same age and currently miles ahead in development to ryan... great lad but if ryan is going to be the guy for us in the future starting next season he has to be number 1 or hes pretty much done at chelsea cause only playing cups is not enough gametime to keep match sharp.. and that was evident today

Did not want to start a new topic but I do have a question to pose to the forum... Is the lack of consistency and winning mentality the true reason behind the teams spiral for the last two seasons? To me us as supporters seem very eager to blame the man in charge where as on most occasions they are picking the players we wanna see on the pitch but the players are not showing up..

few things bertrand will not make it here we do not create enough chaces whether its ba or torres thats not the strikers fault whomever it is and 3 when did our passing get so sloppy.. everyone says ramires can't pass but it seems like everyone...

but it ok for your beloved club to make banners about john terry and wives when the facts of the situation was that the lady was separated(divorced) from her husband at the time... if your club was as big as you claim they wouldn't need to make such banners you are to leave that kind of stuff to the supporters that is unprofessional

for everyone who says hes only good at harrying the ball to whom many prefer moutinho has a better tackle per match averaged( 2.7) modric(1.1) but less far less ball interceptions moutinho(0.4)- (1.3)and more fouls moutinho(1.7) than modric(0.6).. i know everyone in the board hates stats but sometimes they do help.. on a side note luka has played 18 games for madrid this season so far for a player like him who needs week in and week out football that is disrespectful and considering what they paid for him a flop... hes not 21 years old being bled into the first team he is a starter for his country and needs more game time which we can supply.. would love him here at a discount of course

taking this as Modric's first season some may call it a flop and if we are saying yes it is a flop real would not get the 33m asking price they paid 25m-30m is reasonable to take with someone they say is a flop.. a player like Modric who you said is on another level in terms of what he brings to the table wants to play week in and week out as well as win trophies which is possible at Madrid the trophies part but currently is not playing majority of the games he requires at least 60games a year something we can offer him in our pivot.. again this is all taking into account his current standing in the side.. not factoring in the departure of Alonso or the need to rest Ozil solely on Modric and his current status within Madrid