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Not even close. Emile had strength and pace about him (early in his career at least). It's hard to believe what a pussy he is on the ball.

Pace and power. Cech Ivanovic Terry Couldn't give a Fuck Azpi Ramires Couldn't give a fuck but erring towards Lamps Schurrle Willian Hazard Useless cunt 1, 2 or 3 Ideally I'd like to see a front four of Schurrle, Oscar (to drop deeper), Hazard and Willian and let them run at the Arsenal defence. This should be a game we dominate because of Arsenal's style of play but we're lacking the players to properly do the job we need them to so it's going to be a tricky one.

I'd like to see us return to the dominating, speedy system of yesteryear and I think we have players that it suits. We're just lacking the midfield to do it. I also think that system is completely wrong for Mata, but perfect for players like Hazard, Schurrle, Willian and Oscar. I'd like us to also invest in defenders who are stoppers and just get the ball to the next level....and then we need that next level. Rami can drive the ball out of defence with pace and so could Guarin potentially. If you look at our academy, we have players who are powerful and speedy so why not just make that our ethos? We seem perfectly set up to play that style effectively for the next decade.

The plural of succubus.

It says something when an average performance where Mikel does the bare minimum is lauded as 'very good' by a very tiny minority. I imagine his performance last night will be trumpeted by this tiny minority in much the same way Hazard's performance against Sunderland a few weeks was. When Mikel does leave, it would be mighty nice of him to take this minority with him.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - Eto'o represents everything wrong with this club over the last decade, and the terrifying thing is that he might be a Jose signing and not an Emenalo one. Our acquisitions seem to be either young players who need time to grow in the side or over the hill succubi.

Summed up his Chelsea career last night. Unplayable against Sunderland one week, completely ineffectual the next. This kid (and I'll call him that despite him being a man) has everything to be one of the best players in the world but he needs to find some consistency. He's been given every chance by Jose so far.

Because all that extraneous shit is about building a brand. The hair, the thumbs-up, the stupid Miley Cyrus tongue thing he does.....it's all bullshit that needs to come after the football, yet it helps because people like his 'character'. The guy needs to start being a fucking rock in defence and a leader on the pitch. Yes he's a laugh but we don't need that. We need a no-nonsense shit-kicker like Kompany or Vidic who we can rely on not to make boneheaded mistakes.

I don't particularly like De Bruyne. He plays with his head down a lot, whereas Willian, Schurrle, Hazard and Oscar are positively barrel-chested in comparison. I don't think he rates his character that highly. People say he needs confidence but he really seems to struggle when the pressure is on. Maybe I'm being unfair, but I can see why Jose has left him out. What's the point in playing expressive football if you can't rely on your strikers to score? He's got a point, although he is part of the problem's making.

Loaning him out was the dumbest decision. Some might say they he'll come back a better player, but we needed him this season. He'd be getting starts in this team.

But that's the thing - he doesn't. We're bemoaned the lack of a midfielder for years now, yet we go and buy Willian. We need a striker, so we loan our best one and sign a guy out of the Russian leagues. I think Jose should be using the academy players more than he has been but we have 6 players for 3 spots in midfield. That's absurd squad building and a waste of resources.

It felt like a Benitez game, where you could see we were going to concede a goal in the last few minutes of the game. No urgency, no passion, no cutting edge.

This just isn't a Jose team. These aren't Jose players. We've got so many average players running through the spine of the team that this transition is going to take a while to complete. We've spent £70 million on a striker who can't score goals, and David Luiz. We spent another £20 million on De Bruyne who can't really help this team and Lukaku who we chose to loan out. We spent £30 million on Willian who doesn't address a single need that our £18 million Schurrle couldn't probably cover alongside Hazard. There's just no spine to this team at the moment. That means there's no structure to anything that happens on the pitch and it won't be solved overnight. There is something rotten at the heart of this club and it's the reason we're struggling now. People like Emenalo are failing to build a proper team and the results are for everyone to see.

Cahill and Luiz in defence together is a recipe for disaster. At this level, they both need a proper defender like John Terry to keep them in check.

We signed this guy, and then loaned out Romelu Lukaku a couple of days later. We're fucking ridiculous.

Our strikers are utter shit. Eto'o is a 32 year old who was playing in Russia and Demba Ba is just so weak. Loaning Lukaku was a stupid fucking decision.

We're in transition remember.

Great work by Lampard, unlucky by KDB.

Is it unlucky for a striker to not be able to place a ball in the corner of the goal? Isn't that just called not being very good?

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Whereas you're just direspectful, hateful and ignorant towards Chelsea supporters, and you do it all the time. You're a nasty piece of work. Buck up your ideas.

Not really his fault. No midfield protection because Mikel was 30 yards upfield.

If you read the forum you'll see a wide range of views about him. The strongest feeling seems to be that he's inconsistent. Although I think you're overlooking the opinion of Choulo's friend who is the biggest Inter fan in Lebanon (akin to being the tallest guy in a dwarf talent show).

So your Turkish team doesn't provide your recommended daily dose of football supporting? You need to find another team to top up the levels? That's the beauty of Chelsea Football Club - they provide all you need in a football club so you don't have to go looking for another abroad. It's very convenient.

Choulo doesn't rate him, but constantly bigs up Mikel. Should be a definite purchase then.