Special Juan

I have written it off after the Arsenal game. I thought after no CL football we would canter along lovely this season, not so much winning the league but being solid, grinding out wins and still playing good football. We are an absolute bunch of weak minded pussies.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3815536/Chelsea-goalkeeper-Thibaut-Courtois-worst-Premier-League-save-percentage-Claudio-Bravo-Hugo-Lloris-best.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3815407/Chelsea-owner-Roman-Abramovich-ready-Antonio-Conte-January-transfer-window.html If true this is fucking typical us....backing him in the wrong window when the players are limited and the right players are not available. This club is just fucking backwards at times it really is.

Transition is constant for us because of the amount of managerial changes we make. We will not be stable until a manager is allowed to implement their ideas and structure.

Cahill and Luiz again then, if not Ivanovic and Luiz with Azpi at RB and Alonso LB.

He hasn't been immense but he's playing at a level that some others should be at.

You would have to be blind not to see under-performing players in this team....They stick out like a sore thumb.

If Terry is fit then it has to be him and Luiz with Azpi RB and Alonso LB. If Ivanovic and Cahill start them I'm fucking done with this season, like fucking seriously.

Wasn't tall enough was he?

That Celtic game was fucking brilliant. What an effort from another so called non star studded side. Work ethic was sublime, but fuck me the crowd was immense.

Guardiola went to City and was immediately given an open book and identified the players needed and the players who needed chopping. From the point of signing, and the deal being closed the homework will of started, the comings, the goings, the football philosophy and the direction he was taking the club. This blue print and outlook everyone has to buy into, that includes the board, staff, players and by doing this the manager can lay the structure. People are moaning at the likes of Ivanovic, Oscar and Cahill that they aren't good enough, of course they aren't, the three of them haven't been good enough for 2/3 seasons but yet have been allowed to continue because the forward planning every season before summer transfer window has been truly pathetic. Take for example the previous summer.......Rahman, Djiliboji and Miazga, this alongside players like Falcao and Pato on loan.....That for me is nothing short of fucking idiotic business for a club of this size, stature and what we want to achieve. I could see, and a lot of others could see, these players, plus the other three were never going to be the ones to take us to the next level, but the board and manager did, couple that with deadwood in Oscar, Ivanovic, Matic, Pedro, Cahill, Moses and the list goes on..... Other teams are moving forward by either buying out and out quality, our ex players who were moved on because their face didn't fit or aren't panic buying like the tossers behind the scenes here.

We need to start making players realise that if they do not pull their weight they are dropped, no matter who they are. I've had enough of all this rinse and repeat selections, and then that followed up by the same individual shit performances from the same faces. Work hard, do your job or if not, dropped for someone else.

I think it's only right we wish best wishes on his birthday. @Jim Does an incredible amount of work that people do not see and without that we wouldn't have this forum. I also think a lot of people appreciate what you have done Jim, so from myself and I am sure many others...Have a great day. KTBFFH

What fabulous news...Do it. Happy Birthday Jim.

Yeah and Leicester.

Some team Dortmund. Proving work ethic and desire over millions of pounds worth of big games.

Lose one more and we might get Allardyce.

What a game of football this Dortmund game is....1-0 Real Ronaldo.

Donald Duck is more likely to get it

Ladies and gents this is English football typified in one day

I have but could claim I haven't....The amount of time I have hid behind the sofa when the back 4 get it

Stung ya big fat bastard

Dortmund v Real Madrid will be the only game on in my house tonight

Such an intelligent man and a very good manager.

Makes too much sense that's why. If we are looking at Keane we should also be looking at Ben Gibson, Ben is a very under rated defender.