The only place to be

I'm not sure if you're being serious or not, but maybe it'd be best for you to sit in a dark room and collect your thoughts and relax a little bit, ok my little chum.

Unless you're planning on topping yourself in the near future (which judging by your hysterical reaction isn't unlikely) I'm going to have to disagree with you. But if you think this club is so shit, why don't you take your advice and fuck off?

Where are the people saying that Lampard would bring this? A lot of people want him to stay, but I'm not sure why.

Sorry, but the two players who put pressure on him and closed down space today were Lampard and Torres. That engine room didn't work well today and people are blaming Mata?? Fucks sake....some people need to watch the game and see where the problems lied. He's a legend, but Lamps can't play that role.

I disagree with your assessment of Mata. I think he does exactly what Silva and Cazorla do, except I think he's in much better form than both of those. Oscar may become better than him in the future but that would require building the team around him as it is at national level and I don't think we're in a position to do that right now.

I don't think they're Mata fanboys, but Chelsea supporters not being hysterical little girls. But let's look at the Spurs and Arsenal games where he stepped up this season. He isn't the problem, it's the guys behind him.

Mourinho actually already has a job. Rafa is here until summer. There's no other options. He got the team selection wrong today with Lampard and Ramires, but on Thursday many of us were praising him for the decision regarding Luiz and the 'increased stability'. People just need to support the team through clenched teeth until summer.

Ah, but you're missing out on one thing. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT WHAT THE REST OF EUROPE THINKS. I support Chelsea, not Europe.

How much of a role does Gourlay have in that type of decision, and how much does Emenalo? Yeah, sack the board despite them actually performing well in the roles they were hired to do especially regarding the club's finances. Sack the tealady too

Oscar has the potential to be, but we'd have to build the team around him and that needs a long-term manager and time. Right now, we have to go with what wins games right now and that is with Mata. People willing to write off top-four and start acting like Liverpool fans (surprised no-one has posted a picture of their shirt in flames yet) really need to take a step back. We knew the problems at the start of the season, and they still exist. We can make it to summer in top four and then we can start to rebuild hopefully.

Mata has been our best player this season. In future, maybe Oscar will step-up and take that role but the amount of 'fans' willing to throw this club, it's achievements and some of it's best players under the bus after a few bad results is fucking sickening. Some people need to get a fucking grip and remember (or learn) how to support a football club.

So a few months ago it was good enough, but a few tough times and you shit on the club? That's not how you support a club.

So you're saying a guy came in to the English game and struggled at times in his first season. Mata's not a playmaker.

Why are you so willing to shit on this club's biggest achievement and one of the happiest moments for it's fans?

But we are Champions of Europe. Some people's reactions on here are a little on the hysterical side. The team that won the Champions League has been dismantled and we're building something new. Anyone who thought that would be painless was kidding themselves, but you have to stick by the team whilst we're doing that. Shitting on the achievements of our club is a low thing to do.

I think the idea that we bought shame to Europe is pathetic.

He's good enough to be one of the 3 best players on a team. The problem is the sub-standard players in key positions on the pitch. The striker isn't good enough and the players in the midfield two weren't good enough today. That means that Mata has less space in which to operate and less options when he has the ball.

Exactly.

That Champions League win came as the culmination of Mourinho's team of 2005. Of course we were going to struggle to move on from that but the people calling us the 'worst winners ever' or a 'disgrace to Europe' have to get a grip and realise that the only people whose opinions count are your fellow Chelsea fans. Fuck whatever anyone else wants to say about our team - only give a shit about what the Chelsea family thinks. I didn't give a fuck what rival supporters thought in May, I don't give a fuck now.

Do one mate.

Shame we didn't win, but it will mean more in a few years time when we will be the best team in the world. :blue scalf:

Bertrand needs a run of games in the league. Cole is off, so we have to assess what we have before we go into the transfer market. And the midfield just doesn't offer enough. Luiz needs to be given another go there and I think we have to spend in January to get another one. Dare I say it, we may have missed a bit of what Mikel offers today.

Cole is not the same player he was. He's simply not consistant and really had a shocker today. You can put some of that on Hazard but it's becoming a recurring thing. And Lamps - love the guy but he really doesn't seem to offer anything to this team now. Where was the leadership? A lot of our problems stemmed from midfield linking attack and defence and he simply wasn't very good today. Sad to say but every player has to move on eventually.

Doesn't have a place in this team. Absolute legend but there comes a point where you have to move on.