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He has improved his overall game this season...but he just seems too laid back to become a first team player under Mourinho McEachran's best chance of making it at Chelsea was under Ancelotti...he could potentially be a bench warmer for Mourinho (as a way of filling the homegrown quota)

Everton were only in contention for the last UCL place because Arsenal choked mid-way through the season (due to injuries, mental fragility) Nice post btw

Never said I disliked the club....just not a fan of parking the bus tactics.

The only improvements this season have been Matic in midfield and Azpi/Cahill in their respective positions. I know this season hasn't been bad...it's just frustrating that we got so close to the title yet we will most likely fall 1 win short! Hopefully Mourinho can improve our goalscoring chances and turn us into a ruthless team in the coming seasons

I think the negativity is based around the whole season, not just the Atletico game...

Fair enough, I guess it takes more than a year for the squad of players to learn how to park the bus & win games

Yes, we could...it would just mean we would concede a few more goals throughout the season Parking the bus isn't the only option Jose seems more concerned about conceding goals than scoring freely...

Stick around the forum...nice first post!

As a squad option, you might as well keep Mikel. At least Mikel thrives in park the bus situations!

Don't Liverpool/Citeh generally play the 'beautiful' game...? One of them is gonna win the PL this season

If the midfield is rubbish, the strikers can only do so much...

Hopefully one of the youngsters gets to play (e.g Baker, Van Ginkel) We should play for fun now...cause the title race is over

Congrats to Atletico, they deserved to be in the CL final

This will be the first time in a while Mourinho has gone trophyless in a season...

Hull must be delighted with the Arsenal win against Newcastle... They're going to be in the Europa League next season

Luiz would be a loss but Lampard -- Mikel isn't a bad midfield combination The bigger loss would be Willian...if he misses the final, we would have NO attacking midfielders on the bench

If any of the Arsenal defenders made the Team of the Year...it would be a complete mockery. They have conceded too many goals against the top clubs to be considered...

I'll take back what I said in previous posts He ain't that bad. Should be interesting to see who gets the 3rd CB role next year Zouma or Kalas..

Go to RAWK: http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/?board=2.0 Not mixed fans but at least you can have a laugh at Liverpool fans :D

Mourinho the legend Solid debut for Kalas and a strong performance from Demba Ba!

It's going to be a long day for Kalas and Ivanovic Hoping we can nick a draw

I'm still a massive fan of Lukaku...but he just reminds me of Carlton Cole in terms of height, build 12 years ago, Carlton Cole was a pretty good prospect....and his career fizzled away at West Ham http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/2390945.stm Lukaku won't be much more than an impact sub at Chelsea right now....he may develop into a starter in the long term but will Mourinho wait that long?

I feel the same way...but if he was to be sold, then Vidal is a PERFECT replacement

Wouldn't Vidal be Ramires replacement....as they play the same position?

It would not be the worst deal I'd be happy to see Oscar go to Juve as part of any Vidal deal