Is the season f*cked?

[Corner 456]

by definition transition means a smooth and gradual change ,,,,this is our second season where the changes are anything but smooth

Definition of transition: Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another.

It doesn't have to be 'smooth'. No club could just decide to change it's whole philosophy and style of play and expect it to go smoothly. Only Abramovich seems to believe this. He wants to transition from one style to another, but expects to win trophies as well, and that's jus ridiculous.

[nachikethas 1,154]

the non football issues involving this club is more than any season before and is really embarrassing..interms of that i would definitely says YES.

[The only place to be 11,313]

This isn't a transition season anymore - this is a survival season.

If we can may it to the end of the season in the top four then that's a success now. Anything else is a bonus.

We have players out on loan getting good experience.They come back in the summer, we get a new manager and we start again. Clean slates for everyone and EVERY position is up for grabs.

Finishing fourth might not be that bad because it means more competitive games in pre-season to start building something new. Of course it has ramifications further down the line, but I'm trying to be optimistic.

This isn't going to be a fun season.

[Muzchap 8,966]

I do agree with RB that our players lack fitness - they always look fucked and blowing out their arse - compared to teams like Swansea / Norwich - who can chase the game for 90+ minutes... It's embarrasing...

So hope they get the rocket they need - anybody saying they're tired after 1/3rd of a season is taking the piss - these fuckers are paid MASSIVE sums to be fit and ready for work each week... Anything else and they should be fined or dropped IMHO... We need to start getting tough, we're an easy touch at the min - SAF wouldn't put up with this shit - why should we...

As for RB - 2 draws is expected - GOALS WIN GAMES - where the goals are coming from - I have no idea... Torres is dire, our midfielders couldn't score in a Brothel... Ramires has more chance of winning the lottery, than hitting the target...

So our season is pretty much on hold until Jan - when we need a new Striker... Sturridge being injured is a huge fucking blow...

[SeB 1,281]

It depends what you mean. We were never going to win the league or the CL but we could finish top-4, get into the next round of the CL and maybe win one of the cups. I think the fast start gave people unrealistic expectations. We didn't the proper depth or balance in the squad from day one.

Yes, that's exactly how I think it will happen. Top 4, maybe a Cup, that was what I expected right from the start considering we had nor the proper manager nor the sufficient squad.

But that's up to the sporting policy, how many seasons did we fuck up since Grant left and when we had Sheva, Pizarro, Anelka, Drogba ; SWP, Joe Cole, Malouda etc... ?

Up to now, there's

2008/2009 with knackered players

2009/2010 small squad, we almost missed out the title in march

2010/2011: small squad, knackered players, forced to bring on the emergency squad players we needed, panic buys

2011/2012: lack of organisation with AVB costed us a lot of energy

2012/2013: Same old story, small squad, knackered players. We'll be forced to sign panic buy players to ensure top 4

[Ollie 4,400]

If Man Utd and Man City were amazing and fucking everyone right left and centre i'd've accepted this but after the game we done Tottenham, i genuinely thought we were the best team in the league. Man Utd and Man City are not that special this season and we've blown a very big chance i believe.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Did we sacrifice our defensive solidity for attractive open expansive football? Yes we did. It was costing us under Robbie. Our season would have been more fucked if he was allowed to continue with that open style of play where the three don't actually have positions. He was rightly dismissed due to the fact we were playing good football but conceding easy goals. Rafa is going for a more defensive tactic but would you rather 2 clean sheets and 2 points rather than 0 clean sheets, 5 goals for and 14 against or something? Remember under Jose Chelsea were a solid defensively, aggressive counter attacking team basically. We scored lots of goals but rarely conceded.

Remember under AVB, we conceded goals for fun... sacked him and replaced him with Robbie who played a defensive system just like Rafa.. look what we won, why is everyone complaining about this defensive tactics when we won the CL and FA cup with it... honestly everyone who says "We want our Chelsea back" because we are playing defensive football needs a long hard look at themselves, we are getting our Chelsea back. The older Chelsea. Before all this bullshit where people were spunking themselves over Pep Guardiola's tiki taka. If that cunt had never come along and produced that sort of football everyone would be happy with a bit of negative football...

Our seasons not fucked, Rafa's just going back to basics like what Robbie did but he seems to be getting stick for it.. I honestly expect him to win the Club World Cup and Capital One Cup and then leave, Pep come in and everyone will start gurning like fuck when he gets sacked for some crazy tiki taka bullshit failing. Just don't see how you can play possession based football every week for a full season in a league that is so end to end... maybe in Spain, Portugal or Italy were the games are slow as fuck but not in any league in Britain.

[Blue Traveler 256]

All evidences indicate so!

In spite of some people here i don't look at WBA which we caught at 3rd place and be delighted, i look at Manc's which we are now 7 points adrift of in the league.

[The only place to be 11,313]

If Man Utd and Man City were amazing and fucking everyone right left and centre i'd've accepted this but after the game we done Tottenham, i genuinely thought we were the best team in the league. Man Utd and Man City are not that special this season and we've blown a very big chance i believe.

I agree with this. We were better than United until Torres's red card and Man City looked good, but not unbeatable.

This season was wide open for someone to take it but we're simply not good enough. Fortunately teams like Everton and Arsenal have dropped points but Spurs could be a danger to us now.

[DH1988 1,346]

hahahaha!! Season f*cked? Can't be serious.

I think people got a bit too carried away with the start of the season and the EPL defenders/midfield that had not seen Hazard, Oscar yet. Now they have adapted to them and know how to play against us people are like "OMG WE ARE NOT SCORING, ROBBIE JUST GOT SACKED! NOW RAFA IS HERE WE ALWAYS DRAW" Its two games, Fulham are a notorious team for us over the past few seasons, draw @ Man city, not bad results at all and not bad after 5 training sessions.

People forget we finished 6th and 25 points off the top last season, and for good reason, we were not good enough. Give it time.

I'd take 4th spot right now because thats what we all thought/expected at the start of the season? Don't forget that.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

We should stop playing 3 att mid if everyone knows we are only goin thru the middle and fulbacks wide.

Only two of mazacar should be used with a winger like marin or moses.

We havnt scored with mazacar in two games so we hav notin to lose. This is EPL, we need crosses in the box or marin to shoot from outside. I cant remember any team that uses 3 att midfielders anyways.

Moses mata hazard/oscar

torres

OR

mata oscar/hazad marin

torres/moses

[DH1988 1,346]

Agreed with above people are just too used to our team and formation we need to change it up they just go narrow in the final third and wait for one of our passes to go astray or get a block in then we are always open for the counter attack.

I'd actually like to see something like

Cech

Cesar bran Luiz cole

Ramires

Oscar oriol

Moses torres Marin

But perhaps not against west ham this weekend. The idea is that mata and hazard both have had a few bad games and this may work well giving them a bench for 60 minutes or so. It's setup with energy blanketing our back four then releasing our wingers for the counter attack in Marin and Moses.

Why have I put oriol there? He can pass 5-10+ whereas rameris is honestly one of the most frustrating players to watch when it comes to passing

[Buffalo talks Blue 85]

There's still some time left. Keep calm and support the Blues

[BlueLion. 21,491]

We're effectively out of the title race with this negative moron in charge, though considering we don't even have a striker at the club I think we were kidding ourselves to ever consider the club as being contenders this season. We need a miracle to progress in the Champions League, also.

However if we get a top three finish and win at least one out of the FA Cup, Club World Cup, League Cup and Europa League I won't fucking complain.

[Hutcho 8,443]

The season is not fucked. We MUST get top 4, champions league looks unlikely but shakhtar at home is hard and if willian has a beast game then you never know... We need to be winning the league cup, hopefully the club world cup, and do well in europa and fa cup.