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I'm still calling you out. Don't pretend you aren't sad. I need some company here

Nah-uh.

Blasphemy.

Pep isn't going to happen, he wants a proper break. A couple of months isn't going to content him, I think he said in his last press conference he wants a whole season off.

I really liked that.

There's a great quote. I'm posting that in the hall of fame thread!

No, Essien should leave. If we get two new midfielders, then we can think about Meireles.

Does that not, then, remove Guardiola's greatest strength?

Now that's a debunking. Beats my Heathrow efforts

It's all Emenalo. Gourlay and Buck are still despicable idiots who need to be shown the door, fast.

Possible, but not likely unless we're playing Wigan or something.

Kalou's gone now. We could do with another winger. Sign him up, Roman.

I denounce nothing! Though I won't deny the declaration

Oi, you! Check your PMs!

At least if he goes to Schalke I can pretend I'm watching him play in a Chelsea shirt

No there isn't Bah, I am over the rep limit.

He's not a bird to be set free

Fucking hell. :cry: :cry:

That attitude that a manager must be proven in order to be worthy of the Chelsea job is ridiculous. I am doubting him because thats what people want on this thread, they want immediate restructuring and Pep's not the guy for that. Forget tiki-taka or sexy football at all, 4-3-3 Mourinho style and its variants have been instrumental in the success of this club and there is no need at all to change it. As the proverb goes, if it isn't broken, don't try to fix it. Walcott?

The second sentence may be fair enough but calling him a disgrace when people like Barack Obama and his cronies roam freely without being hauled in for war crimes isn't fair. If he is a disgrace, what are those that actually commit crimes?

He's far from a revolutionary! All credit due, he's a fine manager, and Barcelona wouldn't have had this success had they retained Rijkaard. A revolution by definition is a complete overthrow of the previous system in place. The 'Ancien Regime' of Barcelona was remarkably similar to what he did. It's not like Barcelona played like Stoke City before he took over. Yes, there were differences between him and Rijkaard but in my opinion there weren't enough of them to warrant him being labelled a revolutionary.

But what did Pep even do to earn all this praise? It's not like he converted an 'ugly' side to play like that. He took a side that had always been playing with that ethos and tweaked a couple of things around, and hey presto, you've got 6 trophies in a season. I don't think he's the right man for a complete philosophical restructuring, because he didn't prove that at Barcelona. We need to play somewhat similar to Barcelona first before Pep can come in and make those famous tweaks.

59 guests viewing. WHS, where are you? Winning ugly is extremely subjective. I for one thoroughly enjoyed the second leg in Barcelona, it was enthralling stuff; perhaps more heart racing than any other match we've played all season excluding Munich.

Surely a high line necessitates quick players. Ramires showed their weakness in pace (they may have stopped that goal had Puyol been about 5 years younger/Pique still been on the pitch). There are faster players than Ramires in the Premiership.

No, he won't. If he was incapable of changing the slightest at Barcelona and it brought him so much success, why would he bother with it here? He's the classic ideologue. Wonderful in perhaps the business world or ethical involvements but stick him in politics or sport and he'll be out of favour faster than you can say "Leon Davidovich Trotsky".