How would you manage the current situation?

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

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[the wes 7,212]

For me there isn't a 'Situation' we lost, fair and square, Jose has lost before, Chelsea have lost before.....

We have the best manager in the world and he will react and so will the players. Of course switching things may happen, players dropped etc but it's far from a crisis some think it is, it's one fucking loss.

Could be worse, could be Arsenal.

snap!!!! mate your 100% rite

[manpe 10,861]

what would you say to the players to motivate them? Or stimulate them?

I would say if playing for the title is not enough motivation for you and you need extra pampering, then the exit is that way. However I don't think that would be necessary, as I see nobody not giving their all.

will you drop anyone for Luis?

No. Bran and Dave is working, they are regular starters until they give reason not to be. However I would play Luis more in certain games, and who knows, with increased fitness, confidence and adaptation he could dethrone one of them eventually.

when everyone is fit again, including Ramires, would you give him a starting spot?

No, where? By dropping Fabregas, Matic? No. By dropping Willian and playing him at RW? No.

When Mourinho first signed, everybody and their mother was afraid that Ramires would be one of his untouchables. Now that's proven not to be the case, I'm seeing increased calls to play him. Yes, he could and maybe should play more, but not as a starter anymore, those days are gone.

how to replace Cesc for the Hull game?

Ramires.

which players would you give more minutes? (e.g Remy, Schurrle, Salah)

Luis, Schürrle, Remy, Ramires, Cech.

try another formation in away games (4-3-3)

Away or home, the formation and strategy in general should depend on the opposition, what you want to achieve and players available. Formation alone is probably the most insignifcant part of tactics - it's how you make the players play and understand their roles in whatever formation. Actually in modern football with creative free roles, the concept of formation as such is losing its relevance more and more, as players from each position are expected to contribute in every part of play more, thus often breaking the structured boundaries of the formations you see on paper.

What I want to change in certain games is our use of width. That's the main thing. We have a fantastic weapon in Luis on the left to provide width and crosses, use him. And also playing with two strikers up front a bit more. We have that in our arsenal, our midfield is extremely hard-working and adaptable to manage with one less man against bussy sides. I suspect playing with two strikers would catch a lot of teams unguarded, so we'd have the element of surprise on our side, because all the teams now prepare to play against one central striker, using two would mess their plans up.

do you want to see other players in the starting line up instead of others?

No not really. Our starting line-up has earned their places and it's paying dividends.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

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Sure lets play the reserve and see how good the young lads are

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

Sure lets play the reserve and see how good the young lads are

Right. That's exactly what I meant instead of the glaring obvious that we have a hectic schedule and out of form/fatigued players continue to start instead of rotating them with fresh first team players who have been purchased on a hefty some...

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Is it Armaggedon already?

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

No reason to panic but i'd like to see us rotate the squad a bit more.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Hope for the best until we sign Messi in january.