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Yeah I thought because Bernardo Silva only slightly touched the ball it would not matter, but it seems it does

Watching some refs on TV, it seems it was 100% the right call at the offside.

Great result as it now keeps them fully focused on the league title. But that was not an offside IMHO. Bet they'll destroy Spurs on Saturday.

Fucking hell what is the point of Pedro, Alonso, Kovacic?

IMHO we won't get into top 4, nor win the Europa League. Sure we'll get past Prague and maybe the semi final, but the final, I don't know, I simply don't feel these lot have it in them to win it, it's the softest Chelsea ever with two maybe three players tops ready to fight for the badge and a predictable manager. What I hope for is at least we play a big part in the title race and fuck the scousers yet again at Anfield and end their title hopes. I'd call it a decent season afterall.

I like what he did in terms of possession stuff, the build from the back approach etc. but it is all too boring if nothing is done in the final third as well and I was hoping and hoping and hoping something would change. Yesterday we were in COMPLETE control YET AGAIN, we go one goal down and look clueless after. If it was not for that linesman fuck up we'd AGAIN fail to even score after going one behind against crap opposition. You think someone would just mix things up when they are one nil down, maybe a 442 with both Giroud & Higuain, or a 4231 with Eden as a 10 and Hudson Odoi on the wings etc. but there is no flexibility. You watch our matches and you see this team SCREAMS for a direct winger. Willian and Pedro would pass the ball and do their shit stuff for an eternity, no way you unlock defences with those wingers and midfielders like Kovacic and Barkley. Well nevermind this, but who is the most direct winger at the club now? Hudson Odoi!!! Oozes class and always ready to take on defenders, but rots on the fucking bench...

I wanted this to work because of his methods at Napoli and the atmosphere he created around that club, but I must give up on him now unfortunately. Week after week after week after week I hoped he'd at least change some things, show a bit of flexibility, bench the underperforming players... What is the point of Marcos Alonso not only for Chelsea, but for this sport really? Same goes for Willian, Kovacic, the two stupid centre backs (by the way Rudiger is one of the dumbest footballers in Europe imo). Why the man for man subs when we're trailing the game? Where the fuck is Hudson Odoi??? One of world's top prospects behind Willian and Pedro in the pecking order for Christ's sake!!!!! Any other club with the same set of wingers as ours (similar to Willian and Pedro) and Callum would already be a definite starter. The way I see it and it is my view only, I don't think we'll get Champions League next season, nor decent transfers. I'd rather we give the job to Super Frank if you ask me at least he'd bring some of the Chelsea spirit back and work with the youth. This lot does not have any fight in them, today's game at Cardiff was a disgrace and really I feel sorry for them they gor robbed big time.

David Luiz - such an idiot. He's so good on the ball, but a ticking bomb as a defender. Wolves 2 v 4 on the counter and Luiz takes himself out with the most useless tackle you will ever see... We're toothless up front have to admit it, but this season has been all about poor positioning at the back and brain dead defenders, it's where we've lost the majority of the points. Wolves home & away, Leicester at home, Bournemouth away - Matches we were simply controlling, going for the win, but for some reason defence got bored and fucked everything up. That's just 11 points lost out of pure stupidity and rash decisions from some low IQ footballers. This season has been all about certain players switching off at the wrong fucking time...

Yeah, I don't understand either... This is not a normal season anymore and it's been a total circus for the past months. Still we've been the better side v City in the Cup Final and now beat Spurs after 120+ minutes of football just three days ago and a heartbreaking penalty shootout. Plus all the negativity surrounding the club after the Kepa incident. Not a lot of shots of target, but did not concede either against one of Europe's best teams atm and a very good Spurs side. You can't expect everything to be ok at the club when it is not. Normal people lose their interest in their job as soon as their bosses raise their voice a bit, now imagine football players in this toxic environment at Chelsea for the past months... Hope we're on the right path again and build on these last two performances.

What difference does it make??? We've not had a proper transfer window since 14/15, what makes you think we'd have been in for top players suddenly? There is rumours of Sarri going to Roma - clearly with this ban he cannot build his own squad here. Think he'll leave by himself, rather than get the sack. Bring Frank it then, give him a three year project and let him rebuild around CHO, Mount, Sterling and all the other talented CFC youth.

Ok so he is going to get the sack. And then miraculously the players 'find' their form back. And Sarri would then be the 3rd manager in such a short space of time that had to go at the hand of players power. At this point to me it looks that Sarri could come up with the most revolutionary tactics and training methods, the players simply have gone into holiday mood already. Three seasons in five years they tanked even before January...

Malmo I think they are poor and did not play competitive matches in a long time, but it is not about this though it is about us reacting to a humiliating defeat and if they can't find the motivation to do this no matter it is Malmo, a League Two side or Madrid then I don't know what to think anymore. A beef with Sarri or not it does not matter, players must do it mainly for the club and fans.

If you think this through his wife's been doing this for months to get him a bumper contract which Inter is yet to offer and deems it absurd. Icardi is currently on Everton kind of money there at 4.3M p/y and wants double, which if you ask me is pretty decent given the money thrown around these days in football. Ramsey is going to be on 400k p/y at Juventus while Icardi is asking for roughly 180k p/y, which again I am saying is decent for a player of his calibre. He really is a top striker with a natural instinct for goal.

Tuchel is a brilliant manager as long as results go his way and the board does not fuck with his brains in the transfer market. This winter I think he was just a couple of days off before losing his shit because of the Paredes mini saga. But Paris do look good tactically and schooled United last night even w/o Neymar, Cavani, a half fit Verratti and Marquinhos & Alves played out of position. It is why I wanted United at home in the Cup - they nowhere near as good as painted by the lousy media. The honeymoon is over, we're a fucking mess but we'll dump them out. They only beat dross since OGS came in. And Arsenal. Spurs win was a miracle and had nothing to do with football, tactics etc. De Gea simply put another monster performance.

There is two ways about modern football - you either buy the top dogs in the game and challenge instantly, or you promote/buy top talent and have lots of patience. What is in between it does not work and it is called mediocrity aka Chelsea FC of 2019. Been busy a lot for the last days, but I read somewhere that Roman has instructed his people to find potential buyers. Think it was an article in The Guardian the next day after the 6 nil loss? Well nevermind, but something has to change, there must pe some plan at least, a Director of Football, some people to come with fresh ideas. If we keep buying/keeping the Alonsos, Willians, Pedros et all then everything is wrong.

For me this is a very simple situation and a deciding summer coming up. The board back Sarri after a very, very, very poor season by Chelsea's standards - shows there is signs of improvement in the most concerning area and that is the supposed 'players' power' one (which personally I think it exists). The board sack Sarri and keep the likes of Willian, Alonso etc. Well I think there is no coming back then, we will only attract managers that think this club is easy money, first you get your season wages in full, and starting 2nd season why would you care, they eat managers alive, you get the sack and leave with the money for the remainder of the contract. You either have players ready to die for the manager or players ready to die for the club, regardless who is in charge. Nothing of this happens at Chelsea at the moment and the situation we find ourselves in it's a normal one given all this. Sad.

Our main targets from Madrid should be Isco and Asensio. Don't know how much Madrid value them at, but we MUST include them in the Hazard deal. But going back to reality I am afraid we're going to waste 100M on some PL overpriced fellas like Doucoure and Richarlison.

Those saying they don't care if Liverpool wins the league clearly have never met or dealt with their fanbase, hence they have no idea what Liverpool winning the league means. No matter they are English, Irish, Romanian, French, Russian, Italian fans, they are all the same, arrogant bastards with delusions of grandeur. Used to meet some people from time to time because of my work, all among the founding members of the Liverpool FC Romanian fan club. I remember first time I told them I support Chelsea they gave me the dog's abuse. These low life bastards deserve nothing but constant failure and I wish once again we crush their dreams at Anfield in April. They truly are the scum of this Earth, deluded, inbred knob heads.

Drogba and Aguero - these two are in a league of their own when it comes to big match strikers.

You would be totally right if this was an unknown manager trying things for the first time to see if it works or not. But this guy has made Napoli play some great football with no superstars in his team. It is why Chelsea hired him and the hope is not that we would like him to turn out to be like Klopp or Pep, but to replicate the football Napoli played. Was Napoli that boring as this Chelsea? Never. Were they clueless in the final third? No way. I am saying it again - Napoli never played like Chelsea play these days, that team was different in all aspects. And you would expect Sarri to bring the same methods he used there and I am 100% he did that, but why it is not working? It's either because the players are not good enough or simply don't want to pick up his methods, I guess Hazard would rather dribble past 10 players and cut inside just to pass it to Azpilicueta, or Willian would take 100 touches before doing something stupid like he does all the time. Our wingers no matter who plays there simply take stupid decisions instead of doing the exact same things Insigne, Callejon, Mertens used to do. Of course you are going to have tons of possession if all three midfielders are happy to just pass the ball and your wingers don't shoot, or run in behind, or try some quick one twos. Nobody in this team takes any risks, of course everything is boring as fuck. Does Sarri instruct them to? Not in a million years, I don't believe this for a moment.

If we are to compare anything it is the situations of these managers and not their playing style. Two have had at least five or six full transfer windows to rebuild and were given big funds, whereas the other is being crucified after half a season and one outfield player to suit his tactics. Now two, with Higuain. What is funny is that Klopp could end his fourth season there trophyless and would probably still be backed by the fans. Things must change drastically at the end of the season and frankly I'd rather we stick to Sarri and rebuild around Jorginho and Higuain, players that would fight for the manager, rather than keep the current underperforming/unhappy ones. Time to move on from Hazard, Willian, Pedro, Cahill, Luiz and others that have a (toxic) influence in the locker room. If it was me in charge I'd shift Azpilicueta, too, at the very first offer. No need for Kovacic also so give the funds to Sarri and let him rebuild with players he trusts.

This is getting borderline ridiculous now. I hate Mourinho with a passion and I loved Conte, they made mistakes and had to leave, but you can't help but feel the players had some part in those sackings, too. It is impossible for me to be the only once noticing a very important aspect with this group of players and it happened with both Mourinho and Conte; now with Sarri, too - as soon as the squad feels they are out of the title race, not matter they are 6 or 10 points behind, they down tools and simply refuse to play anymore. As soon as City and Liverpool got themselves a couple of wins ahead, this season has turned upside down. There is no fight in them, I did not feel for a moment this squad was ready to put all the draws and losses behind and try to catch City and Liverpool, I simply did not. Sarri is stubborn and apparently picked a fight with Eden - well I'm asking this - his wingers at Napoli played a TOTALLY different game that the ones at Chelsea - if he's that stubborn don't you think he'd try the same things that worked at Napoli? Our wingers I don't understand what they are trying to do, always cutting inside, passing sideways, making it so easy for the opposing defence. Whereas Napoli's were always cutting inside, playing one-twos etc. I don't believe for a single moment that Sarri instructs the attacking players to look that lethargic. I am absolutely sure he uses the same methods he used and Napoli and that team was a different animal in the final third. Sorry lads but this is on the squad I am afraid. They simply don't want to pick up on what the manager instructs them to do IMHO.

Those were leaders and world class footballers, too. Nowadays I see articles on how Azpilicueta confronted Sarri after his presser at the Emirates. Well I get that he sticks to his mates but what about he puts a shift or two at right back also and shuts his mouth? He is fucking useless this season, if you are about to open your mouth at least make sure you are one of the top performers, not a fucking joke. I think James Milner at right back looks like Cafu compared to Azpilicueta.

I get what you say and Sarri is to blame, too, I agree, but my personal opinion is that this set of players (not all of them of course, but I'd say 70% of them) are not good enough for this tactics. Sarri's Napoli in the final third was a totally different animal than Sarri's Chelsea, it is like watching a cheap, fake Sarri copycat. But the thing is there is no copycat and it's the same manager in charge. Napoli could adapt to his tactics, but Chelsea can't... Well for me it's clear who's fault it is to be honest.

You are just wasting your time mate thinking somebody is going to listen to you or me saying this is not 100% on the manager. Baffles me the way fans react knowing actually that this group of players are an average bunch. Let's be honest here this is a world class club among top 10 on this planet but with a poor generation of players that needs a refresh. It is dumb watching football matches blaming the manager solely when things don't work. Look at the bigger picture - Azpilicueta is simply a poor right back, Luiz a calimity, both left backs are average, Pedro, Willian what is the point of them these days really? A midfield that adds nothing and a Hazard in cruising mode. As much as I love Eden, he simply does not give two fucks anymore, Madrid can start selling tshirts of him it would not make any difference if it's now or August, I've never been more sure of a transfer than this one. Kante has the easiest of goals in his boot but flukes the chance and Luiz chooses the dumbest choice and gifts Bournemouth the second goal. Don't know what Sarri has to do with any of these to be fair...