Baba Rahman

[didierforever 7,349]

  On 16/01/2016 at 19:51, OhForAGreavsie said:

Jose has a bias in favour of the players he thinks are best able to contribute good performances for his team.

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not a surprise that he got fired considering he thought iva is the best able to contribute good performances for the team.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,916]

  On 16/01/2016 at 19:58, didierforever said:

not a surprise that he got fired considering he thought iva is the best able to contribute good performances for the team.

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A decision with which Guss clearly concurs. You don't agree with the decision but it is not based on bias. We must remember that Jose did, and Guss does, see Baba playing everyday.

[Special Juan 27,622]

Mourinho lost touch with football to be honest, this club will take 3 season to pick up the pieces from his shit outlook. Not only that but the board slipped into his way of thinking and that's why we are where we are.

 

[didierforever 7,349]

  On 16/01/2016 at 20:00, OhForAGreavsie said:

A decision with which Guss clearly concurs. You don't agree with the decision but it is not based on bias.

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probably the reason we cant string 2 PL wins together and that we have conceded 5 goals at home against teams that are in the bottom half of the table. while we are in a relegation battle.

[lucio 5,418]

  On 16/01/2016 at 20:00, OhForAGreavsie said:

A decision with which Guss clearly concurs. You don't agree with the decision but it is not based on bias. We must remember that Jose did, and Guss does, see Baba playing everyday.

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and what do we have to show for it? other than sloppy goals and dropped points

[manpe 10,861]

  On 16/01/2016 at 19:35, OhForAGreavsie said:

I have a long standing suspicion about Brana which dates back to the Swansea semi-final three years back. If correct it would offer an explanation for his often bizarre performances. I've no evidence to support my guess however and it's the sort of thing one shouldn't say without evidence.

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You think he's being bribed to perform shit?

[OhForAGreavsie 5,916]

  On 16/01/2016 at 20:06, lucio said:

and what do we have to show for it? other than sloppy goals and dropped points

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  On 16/01/2016 at 20:03, didierforever said:

probably the reason we cant string 2 PL wins together and that we have conceded 5 goals at home against teams that are in the bottom half of the table. while we are in a relegation battle.

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Exactly. Given Brana's form and the team's results it is obvious that both managers would choose the alternative if given  the slightest encouragement and i do mean the slightest. Many are reluctant to accept this statement of the obvious but, it is a very sound guess to think that Baba has not offered even so small a level of encouragement.

[didierforever 7,349]

  On 16/01/2016 at 20:22, OhForAGreavsie said:

Exactly. Given Brana's form and the team's results it is obvious that both managers would choose the alternative if given  the slightest encouragement and i do mean the slightest. Many are reluctant to accept this statement of the obvious but, it is a very sound guess to think that Baba has not offered even so small a level of encouragement.

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remy played and did give not just the slightest but a whole lot more encouragement than costa during the first 4 months.

same goes for RLC in place of either of Oscar or cesc. and yet these players played 95% of the game time.

we as fans don't get any pleasures saying these things. but sometimes u have to say it as it is. there was no other logical explanation of the continued inclusion of all the underperformers (iva, costa, cesc, Oscar) than jose's "favouritism" towards his "undroppables". and that has cost us massively. also, comparing baba's performances vs iva's performances this season, its literally a no brainer that baba would have been a better option. the fact that he would have got the required experience instead of wasting all that game time on a 31 year old past it player is just an added bonus.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,916]

  On 16/01/2016 at 20:32, didierforever said:

sometimes

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!!!

Our conversation is going around in circles now so I'll dip out here.

[Henrique 9,133]

Wrong topic.

[didierforever 7,349]

  On 16/01/2016 at 20:36, OhForAGreavsie said:

!!!

Our conversation is going around in circles now so I'll dip out here.

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out of the whole paragraph I wrote, all u coul find was "sometimes". great,

[OhForAGreavsie 5,916]

  On 17/01/2016 at 04:22, didierforever said:

out of the whole paragraph I wrote, all u coul find was "sometimes". great,

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No. It's simply that that grossly inaccurate claim is all I wanted to comment on.

[Tomo 21,741]

  On 16/01/2016 at 20:32, didierforever said:

remy played and did give not just the slightest but a whole lot more encouragement than costa during the first 4 months.

same goes for RLC in place of either of Oscar or cesc. and yet these players played 95% of the game time.

we as fans don't get any pleasures saying these things. but sometimes u have to say it as it is. there was no other logical explanation of the continued inclusion of all the underperformers (iva, costa, cesc, Oscar) than jose's "favouritism" towards his "undroppables". and that has cost us massively. also, comparing baba's performances vs iva's performances this season, its literally a no brainer that baba would have been a better option. the fact that he would have got the required experience instead of wasting all that game time on a 31 year old past it player is just an added bonus.

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Which game exactly did Remy show more encouragement? 

[Parky 739]

So looks like Baba is going to end up as our other LB's Luis and Bertrand. Poor kid deserves better than to sit in the stands marginalised and ignored..

[Tomo 21,741]

  On 17/01/2016 at 20:19, Parky said:

So looks like Baba is going to end up as our other LB's Luis and Bertrand. Poor kid deserves better than to sit in the stands marginalised and ignored..

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Its Amelia and Blackman I feel sorry for, were conceding loads of goals with Courtois and Begovic and neither are getting a chance, I mean who signs a world cup wimner and doesn't play them?

[DYC. 7,542]

Sell him. What's the point of having a player in the team that can not be trusted to do his actual job, which is performing on the pitch.

But then again, Ake wasn't good enough to play either. Now he's playing for Watford in the same league. But that must mean he simply wasn't good enough for Chelsea.

Neither were Bertrand and Luis. So get someone new again. Or no? Maybe sign a RB and switch him to the left as well.

Chelsea seems to have very special demands overall, especially at LB. Not so much at RB. Wish those high standards showed on the pitch.

Right-footed Azpilicueta or bust apparently. Bodes well for the future. I'm confused.

[Tomo 21,741]

  On 17/01/2016 at 21:56, DYC. said:

Sell him. What's the point of having a player in the team that can not be trusted to do his actual job, which is performing on the pitch.

But then again, Ake wasn't good enough to play either. Now he's playing for Watford in the same league. But that must mean he simply wasn't good enough for Chelsea.

Neither were Bertrand and Luis. So get someone new again. Or no? Maybe sign a RB and switch him to the left as well.

Chelsea seems to have very special demands overall, especially at LB. Not so much at RB. Wish those high standards showed on the pitch.

Right-footed Azpilicueta or bust apparently. Bodes well for the future. I'm confused.

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Thing is with Bertrand is go to about page 30 on his thread when he was getting regular game time and it was dawning on many that he was quite ordinary, decent but that's it, it's only since he's been gone his reputation has gone up but that is often the case here, I'm convinced its not long until someone suggests Cuadrado will be the answer to all our prayers, after all, a couple of people were saying Torres would make this team better during the Leicester thread

[DYC. 7,542]

  On 17/01/2016 at 22:08, Tomo said:

Thing is with Bertrand is go to about page 30 on his thread when he was getting regular game time and it was dawning on many that he was quite ordinary, decent but that's it, it's only since he's been gone his reputation has gone up but that is often the case here, I'm convinced its not long until someone suggests Cuadrado will be the answer to all our prayers, after all, a couple of people were saying Torres would make this team better during the Leicester thread

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I don't disagree with you. I just find it amazing how Chelsea manages to find all these incompetent players.

Kind of like the man who blames everyone but himself for his troubles. Maybe the players aren't the problem. Something just doesn't make sense to me. Why do (so many) players look (so much) worse here?