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People are bored with his incessant talking. It's getting boring seeing him saying the wrong thing over and over again.

I'm happy that one of your last words was 'retarded'.....it's like a little tradition.

Which is a big 'if'. I'd be surprised if his future isn't sorted in the next few months either with a transfer or a new contract. His problem is he's still saying all the wrong things.

And that's a problem. He either signs a new contract now or he's sold in my opinion. His value is probably at it's peak now and it only drops from now until summer 2016.

A common refrain. Are you saying the tabloids are lying? Did he not say all these things? Chelsea supporters know him pretty well and are beginning to bore of his incessant commenting. I can show you links to so many comments where he just says the wrong thing, yet you want to defend him in increasingly desperate ways. The fact is I've praised him for his commitment to wanting to be the best footballer he can be, but his mouth is stopping him. It's a shame but a lot of Chelsea supporters have gone from loving this kid to actually not being bothered if he stays or goes.

What a ridiculous post. Seriously. It's an embarrassment. He is free to say what he want, but that doesn't mean he's free to say what he wants without consequence. His problem is he talks....and talks....and talks.....and talks. It doesn't help that he says the wrong thing so often, making himself sound a lot 'bigger' than he actually is and making a rod for his own back. If he just shut his mouth then he would've been playing for Chelsea last season. If he shut his mouth then he wouldn't have lost a huge amount of goodwill from the Chelsea support. And quite honestly posts like your's don't make him any more sympathetic. If the only post defending him is your's then he just looks like a bigger problem in all honesty because your post was absolutely ridiculous, favouring hyperbole (barely cogent hyperbole) over reasoned discourse. Throwing in allusions to slavery and maybe even a hint of racism (either intended or not) is heavy-handed and adds absolutely nothing to the discussion. It's a strawman....and it's complete bollocks as well.

So HE hasn't decided where HE wants to play and what would be best for HIM??? Are you serious? You'd have thought after that World Cup he'd just keep his head down for a bit but he says the wrong thing EVERY time. He's even managed to reduce his transfer value with those performances. Is anyone else absolutely bored of him?

One of the differences between James and Hazard is that Columbia built that team around James to get the best out of him. Fuck know's what Wilmots tactics were half the time but Eden was often marginalised and pushed to the side so De Bruyne became the most important player. Still Eden does have a habit of looking a bit disinterested at times. We can all remember the games where he did decide to show up and run at his marker at every opportunity but those still aren't frequent enough. He HAS to do it in damn near every game next season and if he does he becomes one of the best players in the world. And Jose has laid down the challenge. He's given him a very privileged position in the team but he's also been critical of him - it's Eden's job now to respond and I think he will....hopefully.

Harsh, but at least he's stopped calling people 'retarded'. Oh wait....

Luiz isn't close to JT in terms of leadership. JT has NEVER bottled a challenge or put in the type of performance that Luiz did against Cardiff. There's a reason why Mourinho dropped him TWICE. There's a reason why Mourinho wouldn't pick him as defence. And there's sure as shit a reason why some people (not you) consistently question Mourinho's judgment whilst indirectly praising Laurent Fucking Blanc's transfer acumen in signing him.

Great performance and nice free kick. Shame he never could do it consistently for us because on his day he's a great defender who just has issues with his mentality.

His problem is that he's already established that he was too good for our bench last season and needs playing time. What exactly has changed? He's still seems as petulant and impulsive as ever.

Very, very rarely. You're suggesting that people read informed, articulate articles and make judgments accordingly based on reason. They don't. People tend to read newspapers to reconfirm their pre-existing biases. Sports journos tend to just write around narratives that are already out there so people will read their articles and nod along. Occasionally you get journos who write contrary pieces to be different and gain attention that way.

Not true actually. Reporters do pay attention to the general consensus and write accordingly.

I think this deal affects Illarramendi more than Isco. Apparently he's off to Porto on loan a year after moving for €30 million

Interesting aspect that he brings up is Costa's relentless and tenaciousness. Even in Spain's poor games, he still worked the channels well making intelligent runs that simply weren't picked up on by the midfielders most of the time. What typified Torres's decline, and even Sheva's, was that their heads' dropped. They'd look like shells of their former selves, almost like little boys at times. Hopefully Costa isn't like that. He doesn't look like the type of guy to lose that fire, although the worry is that he goes the other way and the frustration leads to him lashing out....a bit like Drogba could.

It's much tougher to step up from being an 18 year old 'star' in the youth team to the first team. The pressure to succeed each week is immense and matches are won in the minutiae....unfortunately young players will make mistakes as that is the nature of inexperience, but successful teams really can't afford one player out of eleven to make errors. What you need is an established team who are good enough to cover these deficiencies until the young player learns and contributes more. We don't have that. We've not had an established midfielder like Matic for a while for instance, but now we do we may well be able to accommodate youngsters like Chalobah, Van Ginkel or Loftus-Cheek. When Ray Wilkins came into the team, we had finished the last season in 12th place. That season we would finish 17th. The season after 21st. Contrary to popular belief (amongst some) Chelsea have not always been a top four club challenging for the title and the European Cup.

Because there's absolutely no logical reason not to have one.

Best Moment CL Final Going 3-0 up against Barcelona in the first 38 minutes in 2000. Going 3-0 up agianst Barcelona in the first 19 minutes in 2005 (still the most devastating performance I've seen). Di Matteo in 1997 cup final before we'd even sat down. Best Game CL Final in 2012. Twenty years after my first match. The Barcelona games, the Napoli game. Chelsea Liverpool 4-2 FA Cup 1997. Matt Harding Stand with the tv studio (Hansen, what's the score) in the corner between MH and West. Favourite Goal Impossible to answer. Worst Moment Rafa. Craig Burley's backpass at Villa Park.

I think you're placing far too much stock in the internet fans and the bs spouted on Twitter. Even on here most people are fair-minded about our players so I don't know where you get off comparing Chelsea supporters to Barcelona supporters.

Excited, but also realise he has doubters and plenty of stuff to prove. Hope he just comes in, does the business and we can have a bit of stability in that position.

Love him. I really think he'll be one of those players who will get important goals for us because he's just got that knack of making intelligent, unpredictable runs. Really excited to see him link up with Costa as the right-wing/second striker making runs beyond him much like he did in the Fulham away match. Fantastic attitude, amazing engine, good touch and finishes.

Nice one. Still a very capable keeper although it raises questions about Cech and Courtois if we're going to go into next season with three non-homegrown keepers. Glad he's staying though.

A guy in the prime of his career who has been utterly usurped by other signings and is still happy to say just seems totally unambitious to me - ironically that's what has defined his playing style here. The myth of this colossus of the Nigerian national team has surely been put to bed too with his recent showings. The likes of Van Ginkel and Chalobah need gametime and this guy needs to show the desire to be an important first-team member for a decent side rather than a bit-part player for us. We replaced him with Matic in January.

His penalty reminded me of Diana Ross in the 1994 World Cup Opening Ceremony.