bushman

Somehow, you deducted 10 big ones for mine.

One thing I must commend 19 with. He must have studied marketing, lately. Controversial topics always brought plenty of bombastic opinions here. When I said, Rafa is not a bad coach several months ago, I was attacked with vengeance. As for transition period, there was no need to wait this year & loan out so many players, I feel. So much talent out there, Chelsea could have done better with some of them.

We do agree. There is no issue here. Newspaper needs to sell idiotic stories. Luiz had gotten better at defending but still he is too unpredictable. Too much precipitance in his play, I feel.

Chelsea are expected to win CL, PL, FA...every year. Nothing less satisfies Roman. Transition year as you put it, could have gone much smoother had the management used their pea brains. The bottom line. The team is too thin.

Rafa is doing all he can or is capable but that´s still not good enough for this team. Chelsea should be cruising along 2nd, 3rd place by now. Mind you, it´s not all his fault.

Certainly, something is well written above. Just one thing, you forgot to add. Rafa´s appointment was never gonna work. There is too much hatred towards him. Therefore, it brought more pressure on the team, than anything else.

It represents the way he behaves, the way he is portrayed. His role on the pitch is to defend, most of the times, several times he has not fulfilled it as required. To me Luiz is not a role model for one of the biggest club around. I even see him as a hot-spur samba boy, most of the times.

Asking him to be careful ? Pretty hard to ask him that.

Not to me. Luiz acts childishly. See his twitter. Many goalies were captains before & still are.

If Chelsea were to win on Sunday, I believe they the team will win FA Cup again. Regardless of the outcome, let´s see a good game. I too feel, Frank should not be playing here. Even JT won´t.

One do not need to be vocal mouth to command authority. Where does it say one needs to shout ? These three you mentioned, only Cech seems appropriate for me. JT, Frank won´t be around much longer. Personally, I do not want to see Luiz as the team´s captain. Not mature enough, for me.

I do not believe, it´s anything major. I even said so. However, I believe Frank is not too happy about Luiz performances or him gobbling all those kicks. Frank stands aside, but certainly did not look too happy, then. As for Luiz being the captain of Chelsea, I disagree. I would rather see Mata taking over the captaincy. Much more suited for it.

My pick. Hit the road !

Next time pay attention when Frank & Luiz are around as to whom should take the kicks.

Are you trying to tell us that you do ?

Personally, I do not blame Frank. He must be getting tired to see Luiz playing so shitty. Even Frank is not very happy to see Luiz taking every free kick possible. Frank has been around for years & for him to see Luiz muscling his way around, trying to take over, I do not feel, he is ready & he should be allowed to.

Basel might be determined to win it. However, could Chelsea afford to lose with this team ? I would say. No way. Chelsea are just much better team. Being so far, the players will be motivated to win, I feel I said, several times here. PL top four much more important for the club. However, since the team is so close, I believe they won´t let this opportunity to win it all. Therefore, I predict nothing but beating Basel. That is going to happen.

Well, look at it this way. Chelsea wins EL, REAL wins CL & they meet for the Super Cup. However, Jose already as Chelsea´s manager against his old club. Who could ask for a better scenario ?

Chelsea vs Basel. Superb. Basel at home for the first game.

By the way, to see the Spurs out of EL, it´s not good for Chelsea, I feel. They can concentrate on PL now. I just hope, Chelsea can manage to play all those games.

Basel, played well, I agree. The Spurs without their key players are not good enough to compete. It´s like Chelsea without Mata, Hazard or Oscar.

If the Spurs had their top players, I doubt Basel would have won.

Just a friendly reminder. The Spurs played without their offensive line.

OK back on topic. Do you have any opinion or the latest news ?