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We're gonna concede from Iva's side aren't we...

He's a Barcelona man, managed Barca B before being promoted, so that doesn't count. Even then he took them to another level. Bayern is the only real example and it is not enough to make some kind of final judgement on his preferences. In fact he has only managed two clubs in his life, whatever way you look at it it is too small sample size to form any substantial conclusions. The fact he chose Bayern over us makes it sound like sour grapes more than anything.

This is sad, but true. We started rebuilding in 2012, but it all collapsed, now we are in even worse position. Just goes to show that rebuilding isn't that easy, there's more to it than just throwing money at people. In hindsight Jose might've been a mistake despite the title.

Its true. True, because...?

Where does this popular opinion that Guardiola takes only easy jobs comes from?

Top 4 is gone, best if you guys just accepted this.

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I am hoping this extension is for one of those reason: 1) Getting a transfer fee in the summer. 2) Lowering his wages and keeping him as back-up. The worst option is if we continue with him regularly next season as well.

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/11/chelsea-partners-with-carabao.html Carabao logo, some random company throwing money at us.

Oh Carlton Wasn't he supposed to be the next big thing for us too?

No he didn't. Btw my comments about Baba being shit are sarcastic, I just can't wrap my mind around his situation if he isn't injured. Doesn't Ivanovic at his age at this point of the season having played as much as he has, need a rest once in a while? Oh well, we won so can't complain much, but I just don't understand it. This is the greatest mystery ever for me.

This is now the second manager who does that. In some way our chances of winning must be greater with Ivanovic however implausible it sounds.

He can't get a minute against Scunthorpe at home, he's shit. I fail to see any other explanations.

When's the last time an academy player scored for us?

This guy must be beyond shit.

Azpi would play at a higher level on the right side imo. The time and tempo we lose when he shifts the ball to his right and passes back instead of breaking forward and doing something more dangerous with his favourite foot often breaks our momentum. He is one of our better crossers, but he doesn't get to display that often enough. Azpi and Baba would make us a lot more dangerous in attack, because Ivanovic is useless in that and the problem with Azpi playing on the left we all know.

Everybody did except for the blind one.

So I take it it's agreed over here that Jose accused Hazard of faking injury? I saw the post-match interview and didn't see it like that, didn't see any reason for Jose to go on a sarcastic rant over him so I didn't try to hear the opposite of what he was actually saying. Anyway, I don't think Jose accused him of anything and I don't think he's faking either. EDIT: Or do you guys mean the infamous season opener Eva incidident? Because yes, there Jose implied he was faking, but not in an accusing way.

How do I go to first unread post? The button is there in "unread content", but in regular forum view I can't see it.

A youtube player. You can take for example his game against Sunderland, extract the fancy stuff and slap it in a video, but what youtube scouts don't realize is that the next highlight is ~5-10 games later and the previous one was also much earlier. Too hot and cold, mostly cold. Verdict: get rid.

I see what you mean. I have thought for years that maybe, just maybe our coaching staff is not all that. I don't know if it's just me, but notice how most of the technical players we sign lose their ability over time. They become unrecognizable, while the butch tanks almost always flourish and improve here. Could be that they have this old school Mourinho-esque approach and don't really know what to do with all the flashy players. We are still trying to play like we always have, but it clearly isn't working because the profile of the players just doesn't suit. This, for me, is an indication of possible stagnation in coaching methods. This is just a far fetched theory of mine.

Sad thing is he probably is the closest thing we got after Terry.

Mata, Schürrle, Cuadrado, Salah and Pedro all tried, but failed. Willian has seen off some good players like Drogba did with the strikers who were supposed to replace/upgrade him.

He makes such perfectly timed last ditch tackles quite often. I don't think he's ever particularly failed in pulling them off. The ones on Agüero and Walcott pop to my mind first, but there have been more. He is an excellent ground tackler, that is his best attribute alongside aerial command and pace. If he improves his reading of the game, positioning (both come with experience) and technical ability (something I have doubts over with our coaching staff) he will be world class. I think he is already our best CB, but that doesn't say much.

Why not? If Mourinho goes there the chances increase, they have unlimited money to tempt him. I don't know why any truly world class player would want to stay in Chelsea beyond the summer. Maybe Simeone could convince him to stay if he really wants to leave.