Closed Man City 3-0 Chelsea

[chopchop 68]

If you're not moving forward, you're going backward. Other big teams make big purchases and we expect to get by with taking Falcao on loan. We needed a really big summer signing like a Pogba, Bale, or Griezmann to really catapult ourselves into Europe's elite. Instead we've remained stagnant and are seriosuly risking getting caught domestically. There's no reason to feel good about our current situation. Headed in the wrong direction.

[HRiver 1,512]

Much better in the second half but boy was that first half shocking. The bad transfer window is truly worrying, Mourinho's tactics lately have been even more worrying... and I'm one of his biggest supporters. I think we've been found out for good, you just can't expect a team to struggle even if we park the bus anymore. Basically, when you're playing ultra defensive and you're still predictable, you have the perfect recipe for disaster. The fact that we had zero shots on target until like the 70th minute is actually quite an impressive feat. I just can't see this team progressing like this.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Man City only signed 1 player in their starting XI. The difference between us and them is in the quality of football produced, not in new signings. The excuse about a lack of signings is wearing thin. That's the lesser problem.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Jose just said that the 3-0 result is fake. Lol.

[Blue Gino 377]

Jose Mourinho addressed taking Terry off. he said there was no injury and it was HE who gave Terry his chance. Ivanovic gets armband and plays full match and lazily contributed to two goals. jose picks on medical staff and now Terry. this is going to go back real fast

[The Mak 4,459]

Stones and Rahman will not help our lethargic attacking or lessen the amount of space Cesc gives to top quality opposition. Though playing a higher line with Zouma certainly helped, the likes of Cuadrado and Falcao do the opposite of helping.

I think only a Koké or Griezmann type signing has the potential to really change our dynamics. Hell, even if we got Schneiderlin to replace Ramires in the bigger games it would've made a big difference - we could've easily snipped him from United. Everyone thinks we've missed the bus this transfer window and it looks like that is exactly what has happened.

[Jase 43,479]

Jose just said that the 3-0 result is fake. Lol.

Could have been worse. That's probably what he meant...

[sapper245 40]

Another absolute piss poor performance where we have whimpered like a new born dog in the corner.

Ivanovic with an absolute shocking display, and as I predicted this was coming, to end a quite laughable week for this football club. Not one positive, not any sign of anything changing soon...

the problem we have is that if we drop Ivan we have to put Aza to right back as we have no other right back... that leaves us no one to play left back as we sold Bertrand and van Arnolt Ake can play there but for me he is not a left back rather a midfielder.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Stones and Rahman will not help our lethargic attacking or lessen the amount of space Cesc gives to top quality opposition.

But it will stop a humiliating result like we've witnessed today!!

[boshman 1,073]

FUCK just realised that last city goal cost me a perfect prediction

I feel your pain.... I had 2-0 City as well.

[cosmicway 1,333]

Look some of today's players are ok, namely the two goalkeepers and Eden.
Some more could also prove useful such as Matic
But to rebuild such teams you need to buy everything you can lay your hands on. Also introduce players from the youth squads if good enough.
That's the only possible future.
Let's all consider this as the established fact of the present situation.
We need moral and determination.
Suppose something else. Suppose we are relegated this season and come back in the next. Everybody here will be happy - that's for certain.
That proves something. It proves when we work we can face up to all challenges.
The enemy is moan and grumble and also statements to the effect "I 'm going to win the champions league with this team of boer war veterans I have". It does n't work that way - only brings disorientation.

[FabHazard 655]

Ivanovic and ramires should not be anywhere near the starting eleven

We need a midfielder who can play the david luiz role in the midfield...big strong powerful player with decent passing range..

also a CB who can cope with highline.

Costa was awful...

Surprisingly we had 50.7% possession...Attacking positions of our players is not good. team became complacent...we need to practise organised attacks

Talking about sacking of mourinho is immature...every manager makes mistakes..hopefully he and the team learn from this and try to improve..

[Diceflix 207]

Already had a bad feeling before this match.

We let the whole BPL Teams learn us A LOT from last season already without making tactic and player adjustment (read: fresh blood!), yet we can't show them a Champion's mentality as well. This is our biggest loophole at the moment.

Very... very poor first half performance, get better in 2nd half but we were really out of lucky... and ideas.

Being active in Transfer windows will not ruins our squad balance, we need an element of surprise for our rivals. Something they never saw from us last season. This is how we managed to rule last season.

[chrismada9 1,948]

One question I'm dying to ask...

Who's bright idea was it, to give Juan 'Fraudrado' the legendary number 11 shirt??

[cosmicway 1,333]

Usually if we lost to fucking citeh by 3 goals I would be furious, but I'm calm as fuck because I knew we would've been humiliated, especially watching the first half, that's just how bad we are at the moment.

We lost to spurs 5-3 last season but that was against the run of play.

Now it's one more proof that the team is in need of renewal. That has to be the prevailing logic now.

[CMS 382]

The one & only silver lining about this terrible start is there's still more than enough time for improvement. Despite conceding 2 in the 2nd half I thought it was a much improved performance from the 1st. Getting battered in embarrassing fashion should trigger some panic buying in the closing weeks of this month.

Awful start to the season but with some much need signings & as players improve their fitness after a ridiculous late start to the season should give us more than enough time to recuperate.

Tell you what, I wouldn't want to be in Mourinho's shoes right about now. He's going to get absolutely battered by the press after today & he only has himself to blame.

Battered by press is going to worry Jose. Lol. That's a laugh. I have never seen such a pessimistic bunch. Relax guys. The next five games are ours to improve on.

[MichaelDance 552]

Let's not forget we also have a -3 goal difference. I can't remember a time we were below 0 in goal difference.

Can't remember the last time we was this low in the table...

[chrismada9 1,948]

Can't remember the last time we was this low in the table...

I've forbidden myself to even look at the table until we win!

[Laylabelle 9,539]

We lost to spurs 5-3 last season but that was against the run of play.

Now it's one more proof that the team is in need of renewal. That has to be the prevailing logic now.

feels weird to loose so early.Arsenal even have more then us :-(.Man u have had crap starts before and gone onto win but we are dire.crap pre season.crap start of season

[Special Juan 28,187]

If JM is willing to have the balls to drop JT to the bench after 45 minutes then he should drop Ivan for the next game, full stop. This team needs a fucking shake up big time, this is not an OTT reaction, this is a reaction based on how stale and predictable things have come since the last half of last season, and what has spilt into this one.