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My player of the season.... Sure Hazard will likely get it - but Azpi has been immense - what did he cost - £9 million? Few more of those transfers please Board

Lol gotta love this place, we win 3-0 - few comments saying well done. We lose and literally hundreds of posts complaining about everything Normal server load resumed then Ahh that silence is deafening

Hang on - isn't this the player who last week.. A) had no vision and could never be a number 10 couldn't score if his life depended on it He had an amazing game. Exactly what a number 10 should do. Bossed and was involved in everything! Like this guy in that position. As someone else said: Hazard. Willian. Salah Is a scary prospect for defences If we had Shaw (LB) and Azpi (RB) overlapping too - just wow Matic also had a blinder

Played very well and a bit more composure and it would have been unbelievable Very good signing on what I have seen so far - very encouraging. Also pleased for the lad, he was told next season and he said, I want to fight for this season and he has been rewarded. We haven't had a smile like that since Makelele or the Bison - probably need it on the pitch and in the dressing room

He's gone - end of story, nothing more to say - except lets never repeat this buying performance again!!!

Not sure tbh... Looks a bit 'Championship' rather then 'Premiership' But - will I still buy one - probably, or might look at away strip and third strip instead... I know I will buy something

Indeed but it makes headlines

It's burn out - the guy needs a break.... Think back to the Oscar first 15-20 games of the season and now look at him... It's nothing but our gruelling hardcore schedule. He will come good and learn to pace himself physically and mentally. A summer in Rio is just what he needs!!!

Dude - seriously - how many managers have we had in 3 years? - AVB - DiMatteo - Benitez - Jose How is anything supposed to transition with that amount of managerial turnover? Transition is going from a stable set-up, adding elements of change, and finally returning to stability. We are a massive way off that yet.

Getting beaten by one of the most expensive squads ever assembled? Think you need to chill out mate - go have a wank or something and calm down... T.T. Has some great material in the NSFW thread

Going a bit far? Mata hardly doing great for Man U? It happens - we were beaten... Lets all man up... (Woman up too) Summer will see changes and next season to see a proper Chelsea team However, don't count out a 2-0 win at the bridge... Away goal was crucial

All part of the rebuilding process... Ship out those that can't, bring in those that can

I like your passion on this - my only slight disagreement - is with the respective expectations on Everton and Chelsea? I don't think many expected the instant success Martinez is having - and certainly Everton (a good, honest club) weren't expected to win anything this year. So that does make it easier to bring youth through, whereas we always have a higher expectation Therein lies the problem - if we could have a grace period of 2 years and all fans, players bought into this philosophy - ten it might just work, but the realist in me doesn't see that happening...

Mate have to disagree - The only place to be is right here - Mourinho needs consistency and leadership. Prime example Utd last night - dropped Januzzi (spelling?) arguably their best player this season, but not experienced enough, so he didnt play and Utd could have won that game... Same with our players. You only have to read the matchday threads and listen to the uproar of losing at Palace - now what would it be like if he had selected youngsters with little or no experience? I have said for the past 3-4 seasons, we no longer have a style of play. Jose is trying to build this - then younger players can step in and play, guided by the more experienced players. We have too much to lose - gambling on these players... I know you don't buy that - but as a Director, responsible for lots of moving parts in a multi-national, multi billion dollar business - I would never drop somebody into a critical situation without ensuring proper grounding - it's just irresponsible. Jose is doing just that. Is Chalobah ready? Not yet in my opinion Is Kalas ready? Again not yet Lukaku? Drifts in and out for Everton, is he the answer to Chelsea's problems? Maybe - but he needs to accept 2nd place for a while and learn, can we afford that learning curve? Not really... So it's never an easy decision - balancing opportunity with risk and I think Jose has done well. I mean seriously nobody called Azpi as potentially the best LB in the league - except Mourinho...

Hi, Anybody that requested to add me as a friend - I seemed to have deleted you all instead of accepting I know I'm an idiot on an IPad and couldn't figure it out If somebody can tell me how to do it on an iPad and resend that would be great Or maybe @Jim can un delete what I just deleted - lol Mods - if this needs moving please move

Here's players that have played for Chelsea recently that define Guts: - Terry - Lampard - Drogba - Essien (pre-injury) - Ballack - Zola - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (spelling? Been a long time since I wrote that) - Cech - Ed de Goey (spelling - see jimmy comment) - Wise - Le Saux - Vialli - Flo (massively underrated) - Poyet - Makalele (Legend!) - Ferrer (Albert) - Dan Petrescu - DiMatteo - Gudjohnsen (90% last season here he tailed off a bit) That's enough for now... These players gave everything the minute they stepped across the white line, until the Final Whistle... We used to have some amazing Strikers - who gave everything fr the club - now I'm struggling to find one! Even with summer signings, we need a 'worker'. As @The only place to be suggested - Peps teams work hard to create space - we don't at the moment and that WILL change... We need some dead wood shipped out in the summer and some strategic investments and we will be good for 14/15 Title

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Yeah but what's a Strikers main role - making runs in behind te defence, creating space - for people to move into... We have a donkey leading our line... Hence no space, no movement and long shots... Honestly. Striker is such an important role in the team - we so badly lack... Sure our midfielders can score - but not all of the time...

Ok shots / chances - then it's the players fault? Why are they taking unrealistic shots? Or did Mourinho tell them to do that too? Look - Mourinho makes mistakes, all humans do - I'm not saying he is infallible. He's working with the players he has - and they simply aren't good enough to 'do if on a warm afternoon in crystal palace' I don't know why that is - it pisses me off considerably, but I know it pisses Mourinho off more! So that's why I'm expecting CL qualification, summer re-org and title champions next season. Anybody critical of Mourinho - answer me this... If we had Suarez up front - would Palace have beaten us? The answer as we all know - is 'No' There's the issue a massive lack of a striker. Occam's razor - simplest explanation is usually the correct one.... Not aimed at you Strike, and apologies to The Skipper if you felt I was being personal - I'm not, just stating my opinion I just hope, come next season I am right. Feel free to quote me if not - and I will apologise.

I normally agree with you mate - but you are asking for the impossible here Our team was shipping in goals faster than Spuds last few seasons. Jose has addressed this - knowing we don't have a quality strikeforce. To return to open football - will likely see us get the pastings that Spuds have. We can't have everything at the moment and losing by the odd goal in a game we should have won is fine by me - knowing the limitations that we have. 20+ attempts on target and NO GOAL - is that really Jose's fault? Seriously? If we had of created 2 or 3 chances - sure I could levy some blame at the manager. But 20+ chances is a lot not to convert even 1 of them! We have to be realistic. 1st season back for Mourinho - we are challenging in the league and in Europe (CL not Micky mouse stuff) - if we can't be happy with that progress then it's a sad day. We are a Ferrari body with the engine out of a 1.1 Fiat - looks good, but does fuck all when it counts. This will be rectified in the summer - of that I have absolute faith

Man I'm going to avoid these forums until the summer... Jose said himself - we are a long way from being Champions. We have no Striker at Chelsea and this will cost us, as it has cost us since the arrival of Torres... Sure you can get lucky in Cup competition- but over 38 games the best team will always Win. Please face reality - we are not the best 'Team' - sure we have great players, but it's not a 'Team' yet. To expect Jose to fix this in 1 season, which has been undone over the past 3-4 seasons is crazy talk We need a summer, a striker and then lets see the real Chelsea step forward. I'm happy with the progress to date and this childish bashing of the manager and players is just crazy. Last week 99% of you were this is brilliant blah, now 99% of you are 'we are shit, everything is shit' - it's almost bordering on a psychotic mentality. Please be more realistic and appreciate the steps forward. Look at Pool under Rodgers - he needed 2 seasons before they started looking better... Moyes and Mourinho should be judged together. I know which manager I would rather have, and which manager has done the better job in his first season... Mou can perform miracles. But the impossible takes a little longer.

Oscar is creative and will be a for e to be reckoned with The only issue here is that he is maturing and adapting at a different speed to other players around him. Impatience of keyboard warriors is the only real issue here. The lad gives 100% every match. As a fan, I can ask no more. Those doubting his creativity will see in the National team - how important he is. Jose has tightened up our defence at the expense of attacking football - likely due to the need we can win by a single goal as we do struggle to score (usually) - last few games have proven this, nothing against Villa and 6 against Arsenal...

A deal with Southampton for Shaw and Bertrand + cash going the other way makes a lot of sense

Ipswich - wow I'm always there at the Salthouse Hotel or Frankie & Bennys eat all you can breakfast for 3.99 The 'Tractor Boys' loved Sir Bobby - so many things named after him around the City

Indeed - at the end of 38 games, the best team wins... I think we have showed some brilliance, but are a long way from a finished product - next season with a striker (how many years have I said this?) things will improve again Just wish we had got 1 point against Villa - can see City dropping points - but 4 - that's unlikely - maybe 2 points, getting a draw at Anfield..