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BREAKING NEWS: Abou Diaby just handed a transfer request to Chelsea after hearing about our new doctor!

Don't you think we should look within the club and instead solve the problem I highlighted by playing Loftus Cheek? Very well written post and thank you for taking the time to highlight some of the issues. FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS!

I'm not really angry at Ivanovic, angry at Mourinho. He's just not fit to play in the RB position yet Mourinho sold a proper LB (Filipe Luis) bought another (Baba Rahman) and still seems to think playing an RB out of positon and a CB at RB is the sensible thing to do. I don't think it is fair to criticse a player for performing poorly when he's playing out of position. What's incredible is we've paid big money for these LBs so they can warm our bench while we play a CB at RB..... That is like purchasing a giant LED TV only to keep it in its box while you continue to use your old tiny CRT TV set. Meanwhile you complain that your current TV's display sharpness is poor.

haha Partinez sounds good because it will be PARTY-Nez once they've crushed us... It will most probably be the usual, we'll sit around for 70-80 minutes failing to create a single chance while the opposition dissects our defence like a surgeon on the operation table. Then we'll finally wake up for 10-20 minutes - it'll be the usual "Too little too late"

I agree with the last paragraph. It baffles me why Jose thought Willian would do a better job as a no.10 on Saturday than Hazard. On the odd occasions he has played as a no.10 for us, he's done incredibly well. We are wasting him by playing him out wide. We keep talking about that 'big tough' CM we need to partner Matic in big games, why do we overlook Ruben in that conversation?

Willian would.

And for how long will we keep using that as an excuse to defend how atrocious he is going forward? We might as well just buy a track and field athlete and stick him there.

To give some recent examples KDB, Mata and Sturridge. What's ironic is that the same people who defended their sales are now against selling them.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! We'll get crushed out wide in the PL with only 1 wide player on each flank! No need to change formation, just put the right pieces into it! One of the most important aspects of football is the full back bombing forward on the overlap and there is no way that can happen with this formation. We need to add more width to our game and going with 3 centre backs would be a disaster!

Now when things are going rubbish it's incredible how the things most people loved about him are now what they hate the most ;p. A year ago arguing and fighting for every decision with the referee was toughness and showing great team spirit. A year later arguing and fighting for every decision with the referee is childishness. Some people honestly change their colours faster than a chameleon ;p

Yea I often feel that too, they often don't make the right sort of off the ball movement thus it becomes easy to mark them and they thus easily lose the ball once they get it or you can force them easily to the side you want to.

Slap? More like medieval torture....

Never though I'd say this but: Mayweather's last fight will be more interesting than an away game to Everton.... Thank you, that will definitely make me look forward to the game more. Just kiddin'

haha 2nd season fatigue right? When things were going sweet - we loved that, now when 'Rome is collapsing' we hate it

You can also always rough up some of the more skillful/smaller players. I dunno maybe we're just thinking in an archaic manner..... (not that I'm saying Costa is better than Aguero!)

I'm not really angry at Ivanovic, angry at Mourinho. He's just not fit to play in the RB position yet Mourinho sold a proper LB (Filipe Luis) bought another (Baba Rahman) and still seems to think playing an RB out of positon and a CB at RB is the sensible thing to do. I don't think it is fair to criticse a player for performing poorly when he's playing out of position. What's incredible is we've paid big money for these LBs so they can warm our bench while we play a CB at RB..... That is like purchasing a giant LED TV only to keep it in its box while you continue to use your old tiny CRT TV set. Meanwhile you complain that your current TV's display sharpness is poor.

I'm not really angry at Ivanovic, angry at Mourinho. He's just not fit to play in the RB position yet Mourinho sold a proper LB (Filipe Luis) bought another (Baba Rahman) and still seems to think playing an RB out of positon and a CB at RB is the sensible thing to do. I don't think it is fair to criticse a player for performing poorly when he's playing out of position. What's incredible is we've paid big money for these LBs so they can warm our bench while we play a CB at RB..... That is like purchasing a giant LED TV only to keep it in its box while you continue to use your old tiny CRT TV set. Meanwhile you complain that your current TV's display sharpness is poor.

And good memory compared to most other managers. Many people associated with the sport, can hardly remember a thing lol

A friend and I have been wondering for a while why Coentrao stays at Madrid? Since we're talking about full backs, could he not have been an option to sign (not saying we shouldn't have signed Rahman)? He's a good player who hardly receives as much playing time as he deserves and could be at any other good club in the world. Also he's Portugese and is it not true that Mourinho likes him a lot?

Haha, you could say a straight line has 2 points. Which is much more than us right now ;p

Thank you for your response! Indeed. I personally was surprised (including a few British friends I have) about why Mourinho wasn't playing Filipe Luis at LB and Azpi at RB? Surely it would have been a far more sensible thing to do? Although I love Ivanovic!! Yes Ivanovic does an excellent job at CB and a role as a veteran CB is one he'd flourish in. What do you think about promoting our younger players who play in those positions you believe we need to strengthen? Many are calling for a robust CDM to partner Matic but we don't need to look further than Loftus Cheek tbh. 42 Million pounds does seem a lot for Isco but if we can get him for 35, then not too bad I guess as he has great positional versatility. Yes some late transfer window pressure can often cause teams to panic and make rash decisions. Do you think a guy like Moutinho might demand a move too soon? I know he's out for a month but once fit - how much do you value him at?

Do you no think we should be playing Azpi at RB and Baba Rahman at LB? Also how much do you estimate Isco would cost? Cheers.

Welcome to TalkChelsea! I support all the teams from Dallas although I struggle to find time to watch much baseball or hockey. So Mavericks, Cowboys, Rangers, Stars and I have a lot of respect for Brady and the Patriots (doubt you've heard that much throughout this deflate gate saga )

Ah sorry mate sounded like that. Internet is really terrible when it comes to judging tone..... To be frank it's based on what you hear from people who are there and also the television screen and also the fans' behaviour in the crowd. The Pats fans aren't as loud as Seahawks fans, Seattle's fans are mental! I'd recommend having a look at some YouTube videos of the atmosphere there. I know the television isn't the best indicator but it's fairly obvious that BVB fans are louder than Arsenal fans for example and as I mentioned earlier that Warriors fans are much louder than the silent observers in Brooklyn. It's also fairly obvious, I assume, for you - from your television screen to guess that Apoel fans here are much louder than Chelsea fans (something which my peers never fail to remind me.... as well as constantly reminding me that Apoel drew 2-2 at Stamford Bridge and how their fans are much more passionate). I'm a big basketball fan too and watch the NBA all year round (because I missed most of the Playoffs during the Exams I've been watching the Playoffs on recording during the summer), and I play basketball as well. Yes, I agree that TV isn't the best indicator. I have an American football in my home but no one knows how to play it here so there's no way I can play football. but regarding the top post, it's pretty obvious that the crowd is much louder during a Playoff game at 3rd and long than on 1st down during a regular season game.

We could have as a matter of fact.