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I hate it when we go to Asia on pre-season! Players always complain they are tired etc.

Hope not, Neymar = Robinho.

Its not confidence or getting confused with Benitez's training, Cahill has had the same problem since last year which discounts both of those theories - I just can't believe that he hasn't corrected it. Brana is also guilty of this but to a lesser extent.

I was actually thinking its probably something to do with Jose you know.. sort of like a 'show me your serious about me taking the job back, I want Lampard to stay'

Cahill (and Brana) have been shocking these last few weeks, I'm not going to include Terry as his lack of match practice but Cahill gets done time and time again by the same runs in behind. I've also noticed he struggles to pass the ball over 15-20 yards along the floor its always too powerful or something the receiving player struggles to control it

I think its more he's asked to be far far far more aware defensively in the EPL for us, whereas for Brazil he just looked focused on making things happen going forward not worrying about defensive side of things. Still think he's in the wrong league

Klopp would need time, 2-3 years just like AVB wanted/should have got

Great great great internationals so boring get back to EPL please.

Thats not true at all, we were linked with Wilshere sometime before his Arsenal debut, we offered him (apparently) £100,000 a year to come to us when he was 16! I really dont agree with the Wilshere hype, he's a good player but he's not everything Arsenal has built him up to be, I do enjoy his passion for his club and he definitely is more physical than Josh.

No, def Luiz.

Completely true, totally agree @YouNameIt - if he wasn't from our youth academy would we be linked with Josh? No, I don't deny he's good on the ball but he's not a class talent for me, I hope he proves me wrong and becomes a starter for us I just can't see it though.

Zero chance and hopefully a ploy to get an improved contract from Chelsea which is absolutely fine by me, double his money and make him sign until 2018!

C'mon now the board were just waiting to pounce on anything they could sack RDM for, ANYTHING. My point directed toward those that feel RDM would of done a better job, or are blaming Rafa for the current plight of Chelsea, its a collective effort thats brought us to where we are. Finally it looks as if Michael Emenalo is getting some flack and deservedly so letting us enter a season with such a pitifully low squad, this happened to us after the 2009 season, we simply let too many players go. Rafa is working with what he has, and to me, yes his subs are terrible but it is the PLAYERS that should have the experience to close out the last 5-10 minutes of a game and not collapse, Rafa cannot do much about the decisions of each individual player. I must say also as a quick note, Cahill has been WOEFUL, and its not harsh by any stretch as he was my stand out performer last season.

Players looked totally lost with RDM and yet people refuse to blame him... oh... right....

because of this guy? Wow... more like due to lack of squad depth in certain positions, small squad anyway, we've played a massive amount of games, he's had to come into a mess already. Rafa isn't blameless but its not solely his fault if we don't reach top 4, perhaps go watch tennis if you can't understand why its not totally his fault.

I think we bought for the future, but he had a few really good performances at the start of the season, especially in the CL then people learnt to get in his face and he's faded since then. I think its the wrong league but people built him up too much after his early performances, hopefully he knows this aswell and will accept he's a talent for the future but a starter every single game.

Ok anyone else think that for the 2nd goal cech shouldn't have parried it in that direction? If it was de gea we would be ripping him apart

Quick note, we paid 13m for him not 18m the rest is based on add ins should he do such and such

I honestly do not think we will, we haven't got the players to do so.

News is saying he's off to Anzi for £29m!

Sorry not sure how he blew it, nobody played well on that rugby potato field, don't be a fool.

The problem with waiting is that we may drop out of the champions league places if we do not sign a Dm/cm

Lol sack him and get who? Doesn't cover the SQUAD problems that we have

Totally agree, I was thinking earlier that this may do hazard a world of good when he comes back he may think he has a point to prove

Wow Marca is really going for it, never seen anything like that