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Today's line up.... Well last time we play the mazacar trio was at Newcastle and was dired. Let's see what they can do today.

Good then I would like to see a bit of Mata and KDB. This period of December is the time for someone to make a name for himself. Hopefully one of these two or both produce good that might change the momentum of their career and the team in general.

Well Mourinho said he came here to give stability to the younger players and play good futbol. Which is something we really need to bring some younger players into the team Up to now I am a bit disappointed since we have not seen much, but I honestly did not expect much the first season. Mourinho will really need to prove he's up to the task second season. He would have one full season and enough time to evaluate what is going on. So let's not get all despair because it does not look good right now. This season was always going to be the hardest. Too much transitional parts going about. But if Mourinho is really the man to lead us for long term, then we should see some progress in this department come next season.

I can't blame the guy. And I'm happy that Mourinho and Chelsea gave him the option to leave. We could have really used him, but as Romelu said it was better for his development. As I also believe next year he should be ready to be our main striker if he keeps up his form and improving.

The bashing of emanolo is silly. He has done a wonderful job following the mandate of the owner. Roman wants sexy fútbol, and youthful exuberance. But the structure he wants to build at the moment does not go hand in hand with Mourinho philosophy. So it's not Mourinho fault or emanolo but the man who made the appointment.

Just read that atlético Madrid are in for him.

I don't think Roman really cares about the fans feeling and all that shit. Plus Chelsea fans have no guile to stand up to Roman.

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Very fair point. However being how Roman is, I'm not sure he will take it too kindly with Mata leaving and us playing like shit and counter attacking futbol.

The only fuss is that mata was the best player last two season. And when you play shit like yesterday people will ask why mata is not playing?

Well the Mata situation could be the biggest mistake out of all. Ever since Roman has been at the club it seems he values players more then managers. If Mata leaves the club that might trigger a chain reaction in Romans crazy old head!

I think a manager must only stay for long term if he brings a good philosophy to the club. Close to December and the only philosophy that Mourinho has shown me is that of defense and counter attacking futbol. It's okay right now, but in the long term this philosophy does not go hand in hand with what Roman wants. I think it's silly to say sack a manager after a couple of months. We should evaluate after a season. If he merits a second season then he gets it. But after the second season if the philosophy is not clear with the mandates of the club then someone will go.

I said it the team is very inconsistent. We play good one game and then play horrible the next. This is why I said let's wait till December is over before passing judgment on the manager overall progress.

A center forward? When we have Lukaku banging them in for fun? Does not makes sense. When is this club going to stand up and gamble on youth?

Is best to wait till the end of December to see if he has understand it. But he did really good in this game by adjusting to the opponent something Mourinho said. "I think we identify well the qualities of our opponent, we cope well with the difficulties they could leave us, and after that the team was very solid." See that's what I'm talking about. That's what a top coach, a top staff should suppose to see. I been saying it for quite a while that when we have very tough tackling, physical teams, smaller players like Mata tend to get lost. This is what happened last season when we played West ham, we where on fire and as soon as they started pressing us with their aggressiveness our team fell apart. But Mourinho was smart to put in Mikel to help with this side, something he also alluded to: "I tried to bring some stability to the midfield by playing Mikel. I think Frank was happy with that as it gave him more freedom." Still the midfield problem is something everyone and their mama knew about before coming to the new season. So it was weird that Mourinho did not chose to address this before the season started. It will be interesting if for Mourinho, Mikel will be the solution to all his problems or he will need to do something this January. It was a good game but it seems consistency is not our thing yet. Cause we might look brilliant one game and total dog shit the next. So let's net get carried away yet.

Don't understand why. This is West Ham, a Sam team and they play ugly like stoke. Against such teams we must also go physical like we did for this game. It was pretty ugly for us as well till we scored the penalty. Even at 2 to 0, if West Ham had scored that goal that went by the post it would have changed the whole feel to the game. Now if we put the same line up say against South Hampton then we will look bad. Mourinho should play the right line up according to the opponent. And that's what he did here. It payed of good results.

As long we are still winning, such players are dispensable. Chelsea is a big club and players will come and go. Look at how Mata was the best in the last two seasons, but now with a new manager and an improved player in Oscar, Mata has been put to the bench. If he is not good enough for us, then he will leave simple as that. But the club will still move on.

Think he was smart in starting Mikel, Ramires and Lampard in the mid. West Ham are a very physical side, so we needed also strong bodies in our team. I thought Ba would have also been a better starter for this game then Eto. But overall when playing against West Ham you expect a very ugly tough tackles game.

Keep doing what you doing. And it's getting boring hearing the same bitch and moaning from people that he's at Everton and not at Chelsea. What's done is done. At least we loan him then selling him like we did with Sturridge. So he still has a chance to come back next season in better condition.

Very true and I agree. But still does not deflect that we where dog shit and got lucky. People just like to create controversy instead of focusing what is really going on. I wish I was a reporter so can I ask smarter question then what these guys ask.

What a shit. Just because he was at the game to watch Hazard and KDB it doesn't means his chasing this guy. He just move to Monaco and we got Lukaku.

The answer is to use a load of vuvuzelas!

I don't think this is a point. For me it's the identity and philosophy the manager wants to bring to the club. Mourinho when he came he said he was all about youth and playing good futbol. But after a couple of months I'm scratching my head. I still think it's too soon, so is best to wait till the season finish. But I will say this, if come the end of the season we are still a counter attacking team that can't do shit against team that park the bus then he is clearly the wrong man for the job. You can't be a passive team for like 60 minutes of the game and then pick it up when things go against you. The identity that the club wants is that of an attacking team, and I'm sure Mourinho was well aware of that when he sign on.

So when we win Mourinho is a genius but when we lose its not his fault? You win collectively and lose collectively. We praise players when they do good and criticize when they do bad. No one should have a double standard measure.

He's a good defender but not the best for attack. All his crosses seems to be a waste. The manager should take notice of this. So either work on his crosses or change him to cb where his defensive skills will be better complemented.