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Ok I chucked

I was thinking the same thing but I have faith he'll change. this Chelsea is his most attractive side but he's just not capable of teaching us how to play more proactively; he's a defensive coach after all. He needs to take a break and relearn his craft and change his mentality or he will be left behind.

He was never an attacking coach. His Madrid side were great at counterattacing but they weren't a proactive team. Proactive football is true attacking football and that's the thing he's not good at. In fact, I think this Chelsea is the most expansive team he's had but he still has a lot to learn.

The one that had the most expensively assembled squads in history. Yeah they were good at flat track bullying like we are but once they met a decent team in the semi-finals they were embarrassed! I'm not gonna even mention the season after that when they were exposed as one dimensional counterattacking team.

I think the game has passed him by tactically. Football has evolved but he hasn't.

Jesus Christ..... His Madrid side the same problems!

lol the owner might get rid of Jose before that happens.

He's gonna lose the faith of players like hazard.

Not only is he a coward but his team's are incapable of playing football against decent opposition. He will lose the dressing room if he's not careful.

The whole KDB saga really highlights Jose's lack of flexibility as a coach; Tactically he's 2nd to none but his teams are too machine like for my liking. If one part is missing then the machine breaks down( that's why we're so dependent on certain players) we can't circumvent problems like Matic's ban or Fabregas getting injured because he doesn't know how integrate lesser players into the system and still have it ticking albeit with less efficiency. When Jose was building his team he had a clear vision of the football he wanted to play and the pieces needed to execute it but his vision can only be realized with that ONE piece. If he's given a player with different qualities he will struggle to get the best out of said player. William isn't better than Sallah, Scurrle or KDB but he's more effective in the system. If those three players had failed because they were shite I wouldn't have been bothered but when you let go of talent because of a manager's inability to adapt it hurts more.

absolutely dire football but i'll take the goal.

We can't he just focus on the game? Always yapping away. Christ!

Aguero's close control is brilliant! Looking like prime iniesta out there.

as exciting as this game is, it's a perfect example of why premier leagues team don't do well in europe; so open defensively.

Told y'all. The refs are just atrocious.

I think he might struggle against Silva and Luiz....

I think this game Is going to be important for to two reasons: 1) We win and we improve our chances of winning this competition(duh) 2) We'll find out just how good this team truly this. Good game to test our abilities.

1) Matic 2) Cesc 3) Hazard 4) Costa In that order.

I don't believe there's a conspiracy against Chelsea. Mourinho loves to create a siege mentality in his teams wherever he goes. It's his method of operation and he's been doing it for years. Do you really believe that Mou thinks there's a conspiracy against us? Pleeeeeeaaaassse. Maybe cowardice and inconsistency on the part of the officials but a flat out conspiracy? Hell no! Refs are cowards and are afraid to make big calls these days. City were denied a penalty against Southampton and so were we; but they won and we didn't. They got screwed over by the refs again against Hull but it actually cost them that time. Is there a conspiracy against City? No, just shitty refereeing. And let's not not forget the match against Liverpool where we were lucky to come away with the win after the Cahill handball was "missed" by the ref. I watched the Newcastle vs Southampton match a couple weeks ago and in the dying minutes Newcastle were denied a penalty when a SH player handled in the box. The ref saw it but was too scared to make the call. No conspiracy just shameful officiating. People say "oh but look at what happened to Diego he got banned but Aguero didn't!" Was it unfair? Yea, but there's something called the Halo effect and sometimes punishments are dished out based on perception. Diego is a hardened roughhouser and Aguero is a saint by comparison. And it plays a part in everything, whether it's the media, fans or the officials.

Was Hart punished for this?

Left a bit late with the substitutions.

He needs to chill.

Matic was our best playet but Cech saved our asses. Decisions...decisions. EDIT: No MOTM vote?

Madrid should sell him(I'm serious). He doesn't want to defend. Can't dribble Hardly participates in the build up. Selfish. And he's 30. His short comings don't affect them that much because the team( especially the midfield) over compensates for it. But he's definitely holding the team back. He doesn't offer anything that any top forward can't.

Please let this be the match where we sort out our form! CL is back and we can't afford to be slacking or we'll be embarrassed.