Badboy

I don't think many people understand my point of view. I want us to have an established structure were we have a manager for a good 5-10 years at this club. Chelsea has had too much uncertainty in recent years and we need to give the manager the full reign while knowing he ain't going to get the sack if doesn't win the league or THE TEAM loses a few games. This merry go round of managers is damaging this club and I don't care how much money we've got we'll struggle and that's the reality. I don't believe that ALL the managers we've sacked in recent years have been lacking I just think it was because of other factors so we have to stop this culture of sacking managers when the going gets tough. Alex Ferguson had 5 years before he won a league title at United and in that 5 years he was able to establish the culture of bringing in young players and establishing his philosophy on the pitch. We don't have a culture at this club and that's because if a manager doesn't win the world cup then he's not good enough even though Chelsea can't compete in the world cup. Sometimes in life you have to sacrifice for a better tomorrow and this is the time we have to sacrifice so we can have a club philosophy !

Esk the truth is our youth academy and youth program has failed in recent years and I blame it on the constant changing of managers. We had high hopes for so many of them but none of them broke through and players like Tom Taiwo are playing for teams like Carlisle United now.

The Olympics is a once in 4 year experience and we can't deny them the opportunity to play in it. I think an Olympic medal is really important in sports and its under valued in football. David Luiz and Ramires will probably play for Brazil so good for them !

Yes but at the same time what indicators are there for you to see in a 13 year old boy that he could even be remotely good enough for the first team 10 years down the line. I'm not a fan of paying money for under 16's because they haven't even left school and its a big risk.

3 Million for a 13 year old is an odd bit of business !

LDN should get it because he's always around the forum and he's sensible too !

I know for a fact that he'll get sacked if he does not win one of the majors because he only got a 2 year deal. I feel that Pep has told them that he'll be ready next summer and for the club to start transition into possession style football. The thing is its very rare for a successful manager to get only a 2 year deal after bringing that much success, AVB even got a 4 year deal and it just shows that they don't really have full confidence in RDM so they've given him a token season. If they really believed that RDM was the man to reform our style then they would of backed him fully with a 4 year deal and full reign over the club.

I know when its bullshit and when its true because I know the patterns of the club when it comes down to these issues. No i do not have a crystal ball so don't waste your time being sarcastic but usually they bring out a statement killing all the speculation but they never because they clearly wanted Pep. This was the reason why Di Matteo only got a 2 year contract, they will give Di Matteo this season then they'll bring Pep in that's my opinion anyway !

We need Mikel because he gives us much needed stability in midfield. We really need a playmaker in midfield, someone like Montilivo would be perfect !

I think its absolutely disgusting the way this club has treated Di Mateo. The worst kept secret in football is they tried to get Pep in and they failed (Bastards) and they thought '' We might as well keep the European champion''. Pep will come out at about January time and he'll tell the world the desperate attempts of the Chelsea hierarchy to to get him and the horrible failure and it will derail our season. You know why they only gave him a 2 year contract ? Its because they believe he flooked it and they are trying to cover their bets. He won the European cup and he stabilized our team and he only got a 2 year deal.

If Hazard has a similar impact as Mata in his first season then i'll be over the moon. He's only 21 years of age and we have to be patient because at the end of the day the chances of him having an absolute blinder in his first season like Arjen Robben is probably unlikely even though it could happen. He's got brilliant touch, technique and awareness and he will along with Ramires offer us a counter attacking option which is absolutely vital.

I don't understand how we have so many members on this forum that know very little about football. A lot of members constantly comment on general issues and they try to derail football topics with general drivel too. We don't have that many members who understand tactics and the reasons why we lack certain tools when we are going through a bad patch. We need more members with tactical opinions and a general understanding of the game and less members who just come on this forum to have a laugh ! We also have a culture of members racing to add to their post count and this compromises the quality of the forum.

Yeah I was in Kenya and to be honest it was really nice to be away from this place for a bit. The problem is people become tired of the endless circus on this forum. I believe its the best Chelsea forum on the net but we have lost some amazing posters since 2007 and its annoying, we have gained some brilliant posters like Term and LDN but we have lost some brilliant posters.

Lets be honest now 11-12 was a shit season until we buckled our ideas up near the end. The best season was 04-05 because we looked unbeatable the whole season !

@strike RDM when back to basics and it worked. The same type of football will not be on show next season, i can't see many teams who will be able to dominate possession against us so he will be irrelevant for the vast majority of games.

Ok don't let the door hit you on the way out then !

Racist ??? WTF

Powerade it was like that for me ! As soon as i logged onto Talkchelsea it redirected me to another site. When i went on skysports for example it was fine ! Just get in contact with your service provider, it worked for me !

We can't and i'll explain why Tomo. Didier played with his back to goal and he brought players like Lampard and Robben into the game through holding the ball up. The whole team was concentrated on playing to Didier's strengths and it worked for us. Chelsea will be playing a total different brand of football next season, we have reduced the size of our team and we have gone with small nippy players. Our movements on the pitch will be totally different and Torres will have to get used to playing in a team that will most probably dominate possession in the ratio of 60/40. This is the key now, Torres is a counter attacking forward he has always played this way and he will struggle to find wide gaping open spaces to run into in our new style because players like Hazard and Mata do not appreciated fast football they want to build up attacks with precision.

I had a similar problem for about 2 weeks. The page used to redirect me to an internet provider webpage however the problem went away when i rang my internet provider. They will tell you to restart your router and open up your gateway so it can be altered. Steve hasn't planted this on you its your internet provider, Steve has no power over your IP adress and your connections.

Breaking news...... Polish football supporters have already started the monkey chant against the Dutch national team.

He looks very comfortable on the ball at that level but he should stay in Belgium until he plays for the first team for a season or 2.