Hybrid Angel

Play him alongside Matic against Arsenal. He will give the defensive quality Fabregas can't provide and the attacking quality Mikel/Ramires can't. We have too many players who can do this but can't do that. Ruben is built to do everything. He is only 19. He is the jewel of our club.

Best game of Ivanovic's season so far.

I want RLC as a b2b midfielder, not as a 6 or a 10.

I wouldn't mind finishing in the top 4 and only reaching the top 16 if we gave kids like Loftus-Cheek a real go, drop Ivanovic for Baba and put Zouma in our starting 11. I would be disgusted if we finish the season like that AND we kept playing the same shite and play with the same tactics.

He really is stubborn. Him playing basically the exact same line-up week in week out is ridiculous. I remember last season after that horrible game against Psg he basically played the exact same team the game after. He claimed he was showing his 'trust' in his players. I thought last season that what keeps Jose going is the trophies he wins, hoping that the Premier League would be enough to somehow get the old, ruthless Mourinho back. But maybe I was wrong, and the Premier League trophy only made him more arrogant, in a bad way. Some part of me still wants this to turn around and not have the managerial merry-go again, but as we all know, Jose is a captain of ships that are travelling steadily, not a captain of those that need to be steadied.

Baba starts, but Azpi will be dropped instead of him just like last year with Filipe Luis. Jose will never drop Ivanovic. I'll be glad to be proven wrong though.

It's quite telling about Football fans to be honest and how short-sighted we can be. From January to the end of the season we played rubbish Football, Cesc was atrocious, Ivanovic was at blame for plenty of goals and we had horrible tactics for plenty of important games, like Psg at home. Now, nothing has changed, except the results. Most of our fanbase keeps on talking about long-term plans and such, but even we are a problem in this crisis.

Apparantly they are a team that fight and defend till the last second. They also beat Basel. They've got fast forwards too. I expect us to win, but a defeat against a side with this profile given our form wouldn't be surprising.

Replace a short-term manager with another short-term manager in Ancelotti? No thanks. If there is anyone, it's Klopp.

Ivanocic at fault again but then proceeds to point everywhere when the game starts again. Smh.

Are people really surprised about Ivanovic starting?

It would also mean we will be playing with 10 men.

As #11 and wearing blue. Just like old times.

Why all of a sudden are people not including Terry in their lineup? Imo he is still an outstanding defender and obviously an unmatchable Captain. I think he was having a solid game against West Brom until that dive by Rondon. Against City it was Cahill who was being tore By Aguero not him. Don't let the media decieve you by all their talk of him being past it. Let's not forget he was the best defender in the league last season and one of the best in the world. Not only he was great in the games we played a low line, he was great in the games we pressed high up the pitch. It was Cahill and Ivanovic who struggled against a high line not him. Starting papy instead of him would be madness.

Look, I've never been a big Oscar fan, but after all the debates regarding his consistency and lack of a pre-season, I think it's just best to wait till the end of the season and if he manages to perform consistently throughout the year then no problem. If he doesn't, it's fair to say Oscar wasted his last chance and desrves to be sold.

Not really. Out of every player in the world I think the one most similar to him is Ribery.About RLC, he has to start the next game. Play Oscar or if he is injured Fabregas beside him in a 2-man central midfield.

Why the fuck would psg sell him for that amount when they bought him for 32m? I know Chelsea love a good old low-ball offer but fuck me that's ridiculous.

With this signing now I am 95% sure we won't get relegated.

What's more shocking is how some really sound pundits like Gary Neville picked him in their team of the season. I'll give it to Iva though, he has a great ability of convincing people, even ones like Gary, that he is some rock at defending. I predict a 90th minute winner after 2 times being at fault for goals conceded against Everton, yet he will still get the praise. Smh.

I've got a fellow Chelsea fan who claims we should support Ivanovic because of the 'fantastic' season he has had in 2014/15. But I remember him being at fault for many goals and getting away with a lot of mistakes as well. I remember some games like City at home and also Hull at the end of last season. Can somebody care to list all of his mistakes against specific players and also him being terrible in a match in general?

Deadline Day rule #1: Fax Machine has to be plugged in and ready.

There are reports saying that "the option to buy" is very very high.

An absolue joke of a captain. It truly disgusts me. Constantly pointing at other players and telling them what to do... How about you do your fucking job first Branislav? The man is a bigger liability than ever. He was so scared today that he didn't even want to get close to Zaha/Bolasie. Even Kurt had to fill in for him on the second goal! How can a player like that be our vice-captain? Just like the guy said in that video, Ivanovic cant do shit now. He is useless in defence, useless in attack, and a joke of a leader. Though what he probably can do is hide his external hard drive with Mourinho's sex tapes on it.

It's because it takes effort to be this shit.

Scenes when they reject the offer!