kobematabryant

Best Article on the Paris Attack ------------------------------------------ The World, at Large — We are in mourning. Again. Indeed, Paris is in mourning, again. For the second time in less than a year, we are all de facto Parisians — with Facebook profiles, casinos, and whole buildings draped in the blue, white, and red of the French flag. Solidarity as sympathy, bien sûr — a most poignant message that humanity stands with Paris — and will act decisively to avenge the “carnage” unexpectedly wrought by those whose motives most will never fall victim to, much less comprehend. Most? Evidently, despite the accumulated knowledge of the entire planet at our disposal through the computer screen, solidarity has escaped some of us. And I am weary. Without question, I mourn for Paris’ recent victims and their families — and I would never claim knowledgeable firsthand experience of the same. But I refuse — despite my partial French heritage — to cloak myself in nationalism of any stripe or star, particularly not now. Because, besides victims in Paris, an incomprehensibly astronomic number of people have been grieving loss of the highest order for some time — in places whose names roll off our tongues as if it’s accepted that violence simply happens there — and a majority likely couldn’t guess the colors on these victims’ flags. You see, I also mourn for those killed mere hours before Paris crumbled into chaos, in strikingly similar attacks in Beirut. I mourn the hundreds of thousands displaced or killed in Syria, no matter their pledged allegiance. No matter their professed religion. No matter. I mourn for the millions killed in ongoing and renewed, illegal United States’ aggression in Iraq — and those facing a torturous demise from exposure to depleted uranium employed in violation of international and humanitarian law — for reasons far closer to ‘American’ and corporate hegemony than compassionate principle. I mourn the untold number killed in the United States’ insidious — and seemingly permanent — war in Afghanistan. And the countless children there who know nothing of peace, much less the feeling of safety it brings. And patients and staff recently targeted, bombed, and then shot while fleeing the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz — and the irony of that humanitarian organization’s French roots. I mourn those forced into human slavery or sex trafficking in Malaysia; and curse the scant hope they escape, now that the massive TPP has garnered U.S. government’s tacit approval of the abhorrence that is human trade. I mourn for Palestinians, whose land was usurped — and whose lives and infrastructure and families and sense of security and HOMES are under siege and occupation by an illegal and actively terrorist State. I mourn the patients and staff at the over 100 healthcare facilities in Yemen that have been BOMBED since March. And the apparently soulless who found an acceptable target in hospitals. I mourn for Yemen. I mourn for the victims of complicit government violence in Mexico, and 43 students and their families who lack answers. I mourn for Chinese men, women, and children working, quite literally, as slaves, so the West can be rude at dinner and take endless pictures — of its narcissistically apathetic self. I mourn rampant genocide — past and present — for the sake of manifest destiny. And empire. And imperialism. And inexplicable and unstated reasons. In fact, I mourn for all victims of terror, whether State or group sponsored, without conditions attached to my grief — no matter location, nor loyalty, nor arbitrary geopolitical happenstance of location of a victim’s birth. And I’m already grieving those soon to be terror’s next victims; since, as French President François Hollande jarringly warned, avenging Paris’ victims just birthed (yet another) “PITILESS” war. As if gentle were somehow a method to employ in waging war. Yes, I mourn for Paris. But I do so while weeping in shame at the deplorable supercilious judgment ensconced in Western reaction to it; for countless pitiable xenophobes and their endless vapid justifications; for arrogant commentary from politicians and their media mouthpieces with their embarrassing post-tragedy clamoring to exploit ignorant heartstrings for the appropriate victims; for the endless War of Terror — and the service members who somehow haven’t yet deduced that this would ALL END if they simply refused to ****ing fight. The fact is, grief on this scale is exhausting. And I’m very nearly out of tears. So keep these victims around the globe in mind — every, single man, woman and child who has, who is, and who will suffer the maiming, horror, torture, and death that’s as necessary to war as those who take up arms — when you next excuse a politician’s stance on war, because the rest of his or her platform seems really promising. Or, at least, seems the lesser of two evils. And shake that flag from your social media profile; and your home; and your thoughts. Because as long as you wear just one flag, your attempt to stand with victims of terror is a most embarrassingly hollow solidarity, indeed. - See more at: http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?234213-Shootings-reported-in-central-Paris/page5#sthash.n8UVwvmK.dpuf

90% of the terrorists are Muslims? It's a shame the media haven't labelled that Germanwings pilot a terrorist, or that Norwegian mass shooter. This terrorist label is reserved for muslims. Open your eyes.

What's actually happened to our players, even without the "man who is destroying our club", we are awful.

AVB is the best manager of Europe currently, only manager with 100% record so far in CL.

According to the betting odds, Frank De Boer and Leonid Slutsky are tied sixth favourites to succeed Mourinho at Stamford Bridge.

Was hearing we may get Slutsky or Conte. Interesting....

This man speaks the truth:

How about Ranieri?

Would people be happy if Chelsea appointed Claudio Ranieri again? The man is working wonders at Leicester.

There's something fundamentally wrong at Chelsea FC. It goes far far beyong the manager's role. Our entire back 4 needs to be replaced for starters. I am starting to lose faith now. If Mourinho can't get us to win, I honestly know who will. It's becoming increasingly worrying every week.

It's a privilege, to have the worlds best manager at our club. Some fans on here don't deserve Mourinho.

He has a pragmatic approach to games, so as Jason said, he is similar to Mourinho or AVB.

Right now at this current state, we shouldn't be going for managers without PL experience. The English league is such a hard league to adapt to and with our current state, it's even worse. This is why I disagree with getting Simeone, Pep or any other non PL managers. Just look at Klopp for example, he is struggling already at Liverpool. But if this was the start of the season, I wouldn't have an issue of getting a manager from a foreign league. Slutsky, on the other hand, is a very talented underrated manager. He has gotten the small club of CSKA to Quarters of CL twice, won CSKA the title many times with a squad not even worth the amount Hulk was bought for. Plus, he made Russia qualify for Euro 2016 from a very bad state Capello left them. With this being said, I wouldn't want someone with no PL experience at this moment of time. Though, I would like to see Slutsky in the PL one day.

Leonid Slutsky, the manager of CSKA and Russia, is a possible candidate to replace Mourinho if sacked. http://www.marca.com/2015/10/27/futbol/futbol_internacional/premier_league/1445935825.html

Lol it was Mourinho's fault for that Hazard's miss! If Pep was here, Hazard would've scored. Nah but seriously, Mourinho is the best Premier League manager out there. That man has won 3 trophies out of 4 full PL seasons. The thing with Mourinho, in my eyes, he has earnt his days here. He knows what he is doing. Majority of pundits believe Mourinho will turn this around. This man eats, sleeps, shits Chelsea, he is our man. There seems to be a lot of people on here living on a fantasy dream, believing Pep will change everything at Chelsea. Lol, Pep built his entire profile off outspending rivals with a far superior squad. Like the Barca or Bayern team he inherited. Let's not mentioning, also purchasing rival players like Lewandowski or Gotze. Anyone who has been watching the Premier League, fully knows Pep's football is not suited for EPL. His football just wouldn't work. Plus, along with Chelsea, there's City and United, who are huge spenders. Add to that, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham all have a good spending power. This man has never dealt with these. The closest thing he's had was having Real as his rivals and it was way before the resurgence of Atletico or Sevilla. Pep should just stay in leagues and teams, where everything is made for him. If he does ever leave Bayern, I'd presume he'd be off to PSG. Another easy job, with huge spending power over other teams in the league. Obviously Mourinho is the best for this league, however if he does get sacked some day this season, then I'd have Carlo as our manager. That man knows how the Premier League works. If not, Simeone doesn't sound bad.

Chelsea need more fans like you.

Honestly, words cant express how upset I am. Our players, especially Matic now, hazard, Fabregas have been so bad. All our outfield players have been woeful. I can't blame Mourinho for this. A manager does not have control over the players. We need to start from scratch either January or next summer, and start to change things. Mourinho, yes he is going down a downward spiral but honestly who is going to replace him at this current moment? There's nobody and frankly I have faith Mourinho will start changing things eventually.

Funnily enough Rubin Kazan are fighting relegation in Russian League.

Zouma as a LB?

Lol some actually believe Klopp is better than Mourinho?

There are no good managers to replace him with, if he gets sacked now. The best possible manager we could get now is Capello.

Mourinho getting the sack immediately wouldn't have been an issue but there's no decent managers in the market currently in the market to fill his role. At best, we'd be getting Capello.

Here's what I said in the Match thread and I stand by it. Awful. Clueless. I still do stand by the fact Jose does indeed deserve 1-2 more games to prove himself this season. Or at least the January transfer window. But as time goes, seems like his days at Chelsea are becoming numbered. It's sad but I seriously can't think of any other manager in this planet better than Mourinho, I seriously cannot. Anyways with Klopp away on a sabbatical, sacking Jose will be disastrous. No other managers in this world can fill his job or at least temporarily stabilise the team. Anyways, if this is Mourinho's last game, I have to say, it was a huge pleasure having the greatest manager in world managing us, winning us the double, reaching CL semis, etc but it's a huge fucking shame, it had to end this way. Wish it did end better, like SAF's reign at Man Utd. It's upsetting man.

Absolute tragic. Why the fuck was Matic taken off straight away? I have been a loyal supporter of Jose all this time but I'm starting to question whether he really is fit for us now. Still I'd give him few more games.

Interested to see how Russia perform.