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As bad as Jose is with youth, a new manager is not going to actually change much. We need results and the interim knows what his job will be till the end of the season and that will be results like stated and that probably means playing with the experienced lot as it is already. It will be interesting to see whether the new interim will continue with Azpi at LB because Mourinho is really the only manager who played that way. I have no doubt that the midfield to attack will be Matic partnered with Fabregas with Pedro, Willian and Hazard (assuming fit) behind Costa.

Bertrand would be the best LB available for us. Even better than Azpi. Bertrand can defend and attack and is from our academy.

Mourinho lost the dressing room tbh. Too muxh of a toxic atmosphere. Not enough rapport and the manager's ideas are not conencting with players. His decisions/choices he has made on/off the pitch probably has added to it as well. Humilating Matic like that. Criticizing Hazard publicly. Causing the Carneiro case thing who was probably very popular with the players and Hazard may have felt guilty about that. An accumulation of things has contributed to a bad season and poor performances on the pitch. Hopefully the new interim can get his ideas across, be on side with all players and we should see some happy days again, I hope.

It literally will. I don't want to rub it in with Jose, but it got to a point where I new we were going to be watching the same drivel week in, week out with him in charge. I think we might actually start producing now and it is about time because us fans have been watching dogshit all season.

If only football could be used as court cases when the manager is sacked and we could go to claim back the likes of KDB, Lukaku and Bertrand as part of losses and damages to our team that Mourinho caused.

I see your point but that is how football is. Often when managers get sacked and a new manager comes in, it is often the case that you see a complete difference in form. It is almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy that the players have and can't change the terrible situation they are in. Look at Gladbach for example. They started of awful. I don't think the players said to themselves: "fuck it, I won't play for Favre any more". This was a manager who played great football and guided them to 3rd spot last season however it just was not working and the tactics were not getting anywhere. They get a new manager from within the club the suddenly they have been terrific. Is that down to choice or tactics and the breath of fresh air of having a new manager? It is the latter. It is same with us. Although he did fall out with players probably, they all go out to play, but have been poor at it, not intentionally but it has got to a point where Mourinho's ideas and tactics were not working. After a while with many clubs it just happens that the team and manager lose the connection they once had and you see indifferences on the field. It is a shame but that is how it goes. I don't think all our players chose to play shit, did they? Come on.

If you are being serious, you are obviously not Chelsea FC but Mourinho FC. I support our club, not an individual. I was angry when Lukaku and KDB went but I won't go supporting Everton and City for that notion. We will always be bigger than an individual. Just remember that.

So you would rather us not turn up and drop points then? As Skipper said, the players came out several times, declaring their support for Mourinho but bottom line is that it was not working and something needed to change.

Sad and weird day as he has been a huge figure. Guided us to 3 PL wins and will go down in Chelsea history but the right decision has been made. 16th in the table. Football has been awful. All our players bar Willian seem to be regressing under him. Hazard no goals. Our top scorer in the league with only 3 is still Costa and OG which is ridiculous at this stage of the season and ultimately Mourinho has been given a lot more time compared to other managers despite him doing much worse than them. Like I said it is a sad and weird day but this is Chelsea FC not Mourinho FC and the club will always be bigger than a single individual. I hope we will actually see a difference now because our performances so far this season has been so awful to watch.

Everton have and will continue to play hard ball with Stones. Why would they be any different with Coleman when he has 4 years left on his contract. Don't believe the rumours. He is not going anywhere. That being said, he is a quality RB and the sort of a player a club like us (who had aspirations of fighting for major trophies) should have in our team. Actual naturally attacking FB.

Well that is not true is it? After our 3-1 loss to Everton, Mourinho dropped Terry for the Maccabi Tel Aviv game. He then was also left on the bench in our 2-0 victory over Arsenal. We then had a game against Walsall where he was reinstated in to the team because he had been dropped from our main 11 and that was a game for the 'backup' players. After the Walsall game, he then went back on to the bench for successive games against Newcastle and Porto and assuming Mourinho is in charge by Saturday, it would not surprise me to see him start Cahill and Zouma. Such an excellent poster. Wish you would post more.

Down to both but that is the point. He is not getting the best out of our players and as bad as it is when the manager loses the players, there should only be 1 outcome. 16th you know and Mourinho is still in the job. We can't defend, don't know how to attack and the club is a mess. What on earth are the board doing in thinking Jose? It is to save money and I am sure of it.

Fabregas was dropped against Leicester but when he came on he was actually good. Controlled the game and made an excellent assist which Costa should have converted.

With all respect to Azpi, these pundits think Azpi can do no wrong. He is a very good player but they need to understand that him playing at LB, limits us and limits him. He got destroyed for one of the first times ever like that defensively but what is bad is if we had a player like Bertrand who was getting ripped apart by Mahrez, on the other hand he can also provide something going forward. Yesterday because Azpi is a right footed player playing on the left, Mahrez did not have to worry about us overlapping on the left because of Azpi playing there and that is why he had the constant energy to torment Azpi time and time again.

OK. So let's think back to Arsenal's game a couple weeks ago against Norwich. Cazorla had a knee injury and was hurt. He went back on the pitch despite him being 'hurt' but at the time looked nothing serious. He then went on to play the whole game and to his and Wenger's naivety, it turned out after the game he had ligament damange in the knees and now will be out for 3-4 months. Moral of the story: Don't force yourself to play if you have an injury. Like I said, when Hazard is injured, he is injured. I think everyone should appreciate that. Why of all times yesterday would he have called to be subbed off when he could have all season when he has taken worse challenges. Come on. Be serious.

Well, that is harsh. Lukaku has been excellent and it is not as if Everton are far from 4th spot. They are only 6 points of it. 1 win could bring them all the way to 5th on Saturday. And let's be honest, I think Lukaku would be doing much better than Costa has been doing this season,

Matuidi offers alot going forward. He has a powerful shot, excellent energy and is known for his frequent runs into the box. Reminds me of Aaron Ramsey. Both are good on the ball, both are very goof box to box mifdielders but Matuidi is a better defender. But I see what you are saying if we are playing with 2 DM. He would do a good role there but we would see the best of him in a 4-3-3. Matuidi already has 5 goals for PSG this season and 2 for France I think. I was watching him this season and last season and he has scored some crackers too. Quality player but would he want to come here right now? Doubt it.

Yes, the players have been awful but in football when results go wrong, the manager goes. These were the same players that guided us to a title win last season so when it is the majority of the team playing bad, only 1 person has to go and that is Mourinho. We can't terminate all the players contracts and say you have not been good enough but I really think the club needs to go in a new direction because something is truly wrong here because these players have not turned 10 years older overnight nor have they turned in to trash overnight.

For me it is not just the fact that we are 16th. It is the fact that we look awful when we play and there is no identity. That is why I want him gone. I am sick of watching the negative drivel we display every week and there is just too much wrong with the team, the rapport between manager and players and that is why I think he needs to go.

Before yesterday, Terry has actually been quite good in the recent matches even though he has had a poor season but if we are talking about moving on, I think it is time we start going with Cahill and Zouma. I see Savage has reiginited his fued with Terry but he is right in saying that we looked much better when he came off. He ducked away from the ball for Vardy's goal and I don't why. Someone as experienced as him should have known to go head first. Not that much people have even picked up on it but he was at fault for the first goal completely. He is 35 and I don't think he should be playing every game. I would like to see Cahill and Zouma on Saturday tbh. They were fine against Spurs and next season unless we buy a new CB we probably will see more of them and while top 4 looks untenable maybe we should see more of these two.

Samuel, he already has done that and the third season has turned out to be a disaster. He has had his short term success. But let him overhaul the squad? That has happened and look who we lost... KDB, Lukaku, Bertrand, Luis, Mata and now look who we are left with and look at our unconventional way of playing Ivanovic and Azpi as our FB. How can we progress as a club if that is Jose's mentality? Bertrand should have been our no.1 LB for years to come. Then we had Luis and he should have been our permanent LB but also sold. Azpi had a torrid time yesterday but he is generally consistent but from his side as a team looking to win trophies we need natural attacking players like Bertrand and Luis from the left which Azpi can not provide naturally. All of this sets us back. We are the only major club who plays this way and it needs to stop and once again all comes down to Jose.

KDB must have been laughing to himself senseless when Mourinho placed faith in Oscar as his no.10 and forced KDB out the team. Just beyond ludicrousy. This manager has ruined our club and all our players are regressing under him. It is actually sad.

I would do option 2 in a heartbeat. But to option 1, Kiwomya is awful and only has pace. His ceiling is L1 level. Colkett is interesting but is not ready for the first team although he starred for the youth last season, he would not handle the pace of the PL. DaSilva too is fantastic but he needs more time with the youth first as he is very dimunitive and would be very difficult for him imo. JCS is another good prospect but not ready to be playing in the PL. I know Mourinho is not good with youth but tbf to him and I have give him tons of criticisms, no other manager would bring those lot through right now because they are not ready. Imagine if we did play those youngsters then they started to play awful, that would have an adverse effect on the youngsters potentially. Is Aina potentially ready for a role right now? Maybe. Musonda, I say certainly so. RLC, yes and has played some games but for some reason been completely marginalised and Traore I don't understand why we brought him back in the first place if we were never going to play him. Should have sent him on loan to a more advanced team than Vitesse because he has the ability. My final thing in defence with Mourinho which is rare, if we did bring in a new manager I don't think we actually will see a change in the youth. RLC might get more sub appearances but I don't think he would be actually trusted with starts unless it is against dead rubber oppositions.

Actually embarrassing that some people are questioning Hazard. Even if he does turn out to be fit for Saturday which I hope he is, then so what? He is one player who leads the most fouled charts in the league every season and probably every week yet still continues to play and is rarely injured. He has taken far worse challenges and contined to play. He deserves respect and loyalty rather than people thinking he chose the easy route yesterday. He tried to come back on and then he obviously knew he was not in condition to do so and risk further injury. Simple as that.