misschief

Isnt that his wife's party trick?

Yeah, yeah, typical male response.

Cant come to the Bridge like that, this is Chelsea ffs, he'll have to get a haircut first.

Preferred Life on Mars, but Im just biased because Jon Simm was in it.

Thats ok then, because they didnt.

Good point. Close though.

Bloody hell, if I thought he was fit before its nothing compared to now. How I meant to concentrate on his football after that though?

At the risk of being labelled racist here - although tbh Im well and truly past caring - what the fuck are they trying to turn us into? Is it not bad enough we've got one clueless nobody kissing Roman's arse and doing very little else in terms of his actual job, now they want to bring in more. What's next? Stewards in skull caps and a Rabbi on every gate?

Cheers FB, excellent timing there, made me LMAO. I find it seriously insulting Grant's still in the job and these displays of support really aint helping me calm down much. Then again, Cech's hardly going to be allowed to come out and say "honest to god, the blokes a complete fuckwit. Care in the community is alive and well at Stamford Bridge" is he?

Forget Kaka, he's just committed himself to Milan til about 2012 aint he?

Takes the bigger man to admit he was wrong and you were by no means on your own anyway. :thumbsup:

Totally agree with all that. Feel completely ambivalent about the rest of the season now, losing our home record will just about finish me off altogether though.

My worry is we'll struggle to sign the players we really want because of the mess we're in. Given a choice between the other big clubs in Europe and a laughing stock, which one would an ambitious player choose?

Yep, Ive tortured myself watching it since Saturday night as well.

Are the staff there mad? She went into hospital and they actually let her out alive again? Poor show.

Good point.

Its not even a case of us having to hope we dont win anything because the fact is, we just wont. As for the media, do they feel sorry for Grant? are they worried they'll get done for abuse of geriatrics? has his missus threatened to visit them? just don't get it really. Maybe the difference is Jose had a personality, he made the headlines every time he opened his mouth, Grant just makes a puddle of saliva when he opens his. What is there for them to write about? Grant's useless - thats hardly news is it? He'll get the sack - again, not exactly ground breaking is it? I can see the media going on the attack with some of our players instead though, lets face it, they're Jose's.

Of course players like Ben Haim, Sidwell, Pizarro have to go. Sadly Sheva just didnt get either the support or the luck and it aint gonna happen for him now so he's another. SWP has never been good enough imo, Jose worked his arse off to get him to fulfil his potential but he's inconsistent and downright sloppy on a bad day. Malouda, I dunno, looked good when Jose was around but for a player to lose his motivation as dramatically as him begs the question 'how much does he really care?' Just looks a complete pussy to me, talking of which.....Kalou. Just not strong enough and about as consistent as SWP, which really dont bode well. Ballack? think he's been a different player this season although looked a lot better before Lampard came back. One dreadful performance against Barnsley wouldnt change my mind. Would imagine Lampard and Drogba will do the off as well, so could be a 'new look' Chelsea next season. But first to go has to be The Clueless One, at least we're all agreed on that now.

Absolutely, Jose did something very special - faults and all he remains the best manager we've ever had - sadly Grant's slowly dismantled all the hard work Jose put in and thats reflected not only in recent poor form and embarrassing results but also in the players faces and body language. The 'team' who never knew when they were beaten, now look a shadow of their former selves. Whether that 'team' still exists and can be resurrected will be down to Roman. Either he appoints someone who knows how to really manage a squad in our position or we'll be losing a lot more than just the odd FA cup tie.

Are you kidding me? limited transfer fee? How much money did he spend before Roman tightened the purse strings?

Cant have it both ways. Roman was slated for not handing over money in January so he cant be slated when he sanctions transfers as well. Fact is, Jose was not a master in the transfer market, bought us some talent, no question there, but my god he bought us a lot of shit in his time as well. Was it just Roman who put his foot down over Alves or was that agreed? they were trying to take the right royal piss out of us over him and we had to have a cut off point. Belletti was by no means Jose's worst decision. Someone said to me the other day that Jose inherited a much better squad than Grant and I think Id have to agree with that overall, but the fact is, it doesnt really matter - Grant is not good enough. FACT. As for Roman, it would seem he wouldnt know a good manager if he was bitten on the arse by one.

Agree with most of that, but to be fair it isnt just about what happened to Chelsea is it? that was football all over really. Thatcher did everything possible to take the passion out of the game and without the passion, you lose the hardcore fans. Yeah ok, the crowd trouble wasnt to her taste, but thats because supporters used to give a shit - take that out of the equation and what does it leave us with? Bland, sanitised grounds full of bland, unemotional fuckwits.

Tbh, it'd take a very brave man to tell Keane what to do, lol. Seriously though, Im not gonna get all romantic about Jose - he wasnt perfect, particularly in the transfer market, but then in comparison to a few of the better managers he was relatively new to it and has time to perfect that. In terms of motivation and man management though, he was up there with the best of them. We need that again, we need a manager with those skills and we need him to be left alone to do his job. Roman needs to step back and remember he's the owner, nothing more, and if he hasnt sussed yet that his money doesnt qualify him to do anything else but own the club, then he never will and we better get used to what we're feeling right now.

I'll never despise Chelsea but I really dont like what we seem to stand for right now. For all the good Roman's money has done us, things have never been the same and they just seem to keep getting worse.

Why the fuck has he not been sacked yet? Are we really expected to suffer the indignity of that twat dragging us down even further before Roman rectifies the howler most of us knew he was making at the time? I dont expect us to replace him straight away (although I hear the tea lady's up for it), lets just leave Clarke and Ten Cate to salvage whatever they can for now and appoint someone worthy of managing the squad in the summer.