Blue-in-me-Veins

TBH now that we've progressed into the Round of 16, The league is just filler at this point. If we win, great, if we lose, it's no longer a shock after last week. All the focus has got to go into FA Cup and UCL... Dare to dream lads...

Ha! Our and JM's #10 not getting subbed off at HT is the bar of success now for Oscar. Sad really..

Nah fam, New Jersey lmaoooo And family from Kenya lol..

Priorities done right.

Wrong mate. Thats Marina Granov-whatever. Ew.

6AM? Fuck off..

Thank you chelsea! Didn't think we could pull it out..

Ivanovic got steam-rolled in Portugal in the lasr tie, not that it's anything new. No doubt he'll start tonight though, because we need a Leader. Cannot go into a match like this without our Captain and Vice-Captain. And I know damn well that's Mourinho's mindset as well. Ivan= Captain. Leader. Legend. More like, Crap. Liability. & Lackluster

Cant wait for him to go into hiding later today..

In Italy i like Inter. Kovacic was supposed to be the poster boy for Inter's revival, along with Icardi. I took a liking to his style of football. He's a complete midfielder; delivers beautiful through balls, isn't afraid to put in a tackle, and when on song plays with a great deal of fearlessness. And ever since THAT game vs Lazio, my fandom has gone into maximum overdrive. Unfortunately under Roberto Mancini, he was placed in numerous positions across midfield, and never had the full backing of the manager. Although he's been terrific every time he's come on for RM, (didn't get to see him today however, just saw he scored). And that midfield three of Rakitic, Kovacic, and Modric for Croatia in the Euros will be something to behold. He'll turn into one of the worlds better midfielders me thinks. Just you watch.

My boy in my Ava scored his first goal for Real Madrid aswell. Happy for him. You happy for PSV? Or do you support a different dutch club?

PSV WINNING!

Insane game!!

is that any different from expecting a new potential manager to specifically win the Europa league? I dont think it is, im going to assume you do. It basically boils down to, do I/you think turning around league form or winning the Europa league are of the same difficulty. I think it is, considering this squad ismore talented than the one that won Europa in 2013, and were champions of the PL just last season. And you can throw in our great success with interim managers as well.

Draxler, wtf was that?!

Same could have been said with Rafa, RDM, Hiddink, etc.. I think chelsea fans have the right to entertain such thoughts.

Because most likely we'll be under a different manager. Thats why people have this confidence of winning the Europa league. And I can understand that thought process as well too.

No doubt I see those same errors too. I came away with the same thoughts after their away match at the Etihad, but like i mentioned earlier, all managers have their faults. Pellegrino only coaches one side of the ball, and is incredibly naive when it comes to approaching European matches. There aren't many managers who are pragmatic across Europe, or even at the other top clubs. Carlo, Pellers, Wenger, Pep, Luis Garcia, all die with their philosophy till the bitter end, and hope their players are better than yours on that given day and que sera sera. I'm personally not a fan of that approach, but a shift in ideology is definitely needed at Chelsea. And if it means witnessing more 3-3 draws, and 3-2 losses, than we are accustomed to witnessing as Chelsea fans, so be it. Too much attacking talent, is being wasted right now. A lot of our players technical ability is regressing. We need to give the expansive approach a proper go, (AVB's try was sabotaged and doesn't really count imo). A style of football that plays to the strengths of Hazard/Cesc and our tremendous talent in the youth ranks is needed. Hiring a Sampaoli/Simeone type is not too different from the JM school of football. Obviously they have been more successful than the latter in recent years, and have been very effective in properly implementing their style, but the pragmatism is still very much there. And tbh, we will continue to be poor defensively until we properly revamp our defense. Azpi and Zouma are the only players capable of winning 1v1 duels on a consistent basis, which is needed for all great defenses. JT/Ivan/Cahill just do not cut it. That's the way I see it. Who would be you ideal choice to succeed JM?

Unai Emery. I'm putting all my faith that he should be the man to take-over at Chelsea in the summer of 2016. Sevilla play real football, and he knows how to win in European competitions (obviously this season hasn't been the case, but still). The fact that he knows how to approach European matches should not go unnoticed, just look at Mr. Pelligrino. If you gave Emery better players, most notably Eden Hazard, i'm sure he'll have us back to the status quo, while not abandoning the team's offensive play. No future replacement is perfect, all managers have their flaws, but I think Emery should be our guy. Think he'd be able to get the most out of our current squad and the youngster's as constituted, seeing as how we most likely won't be adding many or any top WC players in the summer.

One of the worst displays I've ever seen.. He looked like he was in a maze that entire first half.

Hollywood FC! Who's writing this script?

Fuck off.. The lot of them.

Not really, we ran away with the PL title with less talent last season. This team SHOULD be running away with it. Their performing worse than last season but have more talent. This is what I HATE about Man City. Because they'll get away with underporforming because they make it "exciting". When they win the PL title (which they still will) it'll be romanticized and nobody will criticize them at all for anything because it plays into the narrative of making the Premier League, "the most exciting league in the world". So infuriating to watch them get away with it year after year again. And when they fuck it up in Europe like they always do, it's just an after thought. Fuck. Off.

Just realized we can only climb one spot in the table if things go our way. Wow! This is going to be a very long process indeed.