Closed Porto v Chelsea

[BlueSunshine 672]

Big big call from Mourinho, which i really like. He left out: Matic, Hazard, Oscar, Falcao and Remy.

Let's hope he won't receive an even bigger call from Roman after the match.

[zolayes 14,489]

@choulou I would rather have JT at RB than Iva

[CHOULO19 24,332]

has not convinced? what matches were you watching. he had a couple of poor moments but he was quite good. in attack he was brilliant. with no hazard he would get more cover and would be more protected. i am sorry, but its not about baba, it is about iva or rather jose's stubborness or rather idioticnes.

No offense, but I think you're blinded by hope.

sorry, but the sheer volume of people saying the other thing should be proof enough

Sorry but the selections of the manager should be proof to the contrary.

So we're not able to drop Ivanovic because we don't have a suitable replacement. Funny because the player replacing Hazard isn't fit to lace his boots.

Willian? Willian has been consistently better than or at least on par with Hazard since April. You're also comparing an experienced highly rated player with a LB from the German league with no experience in Europe.

[didierforever 7,349]

He dropped half of last season's starting XI, how about we see how it works out before you re-board the Mourinho out train.

and yet the biggest culprits stay in the team.

why dont u stop being a jose fan boy and look at things objectively.

[quickpassnmove 924]

Play 4-3-3 or at least change formation. Stupid 4-2-3-1 has never worked for anyone and certanily wont work for us

worked for Ancelotti's AC Milan, but not for Chelsea. after all those millions spent, there was never a great front 4 for that 4231 at Chelsea.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Still Iva is the regular starter and Baba has done nothing to displace him yet. It's not about IVa, it's about Baba.

He has however had a couple of chances against weaker teams and hasn't convinced. Ideally you'd wait for him to settle in a bit more and hopefully do better against weaker teams before he is given a chance against a decent team.

Last year it was Luís who couldn't defend, this year Baba isn't ready.... All I know is that after spending nearly 40M euros (!!!) on left-backs who apparently aren't good enough, our right side keeps getting penetrated harder than a pornstar.

[didierforever 7,349]

Sorry but the selections of the manager should be proof to the contrary.

sorry, but our recent results should be proof of how wrong our manager has been.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

@choulou I would rather have JT at RB than Iva

I understand the sentiment. I want Iva out of the team as well. I've been saying that for THREE full years now. But I also understand that practically we can't do that at the moment in any important match. As much as I love JT who is my all-time favorite Chelsea player, he would be A LOT worse than Iva at RB as he'd be beaten for pace every single time.

[zolayes 14,489]

I understand the sentiment. I want Iva out of the team as well. I've been saying that for THREE full years now. But I also understand that practically we can't do that at the moment in any important match. As much as I love JT who is my all-time favorite Chelsea player, he would be A LOT worse than Iva at RB as he'd be beaten for pace every single time.

Terry would nt stand and watch and he is a LEADER ,, something BRANA ISNT

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

and yet the biggest culprits stay in the team.

why dont u stop being a jose fan boy and look at things objectively.

"the biggest culprits" you mean Ivanovic - I agree. But Baba doesn't seem ready, he looked dodgy defensively against Tel Aviv and Porto are 5x the team they are.

Oh because you're being so objective, if being intensely miserable for months on end is being objective then I'll fuck that idea off thanks very much.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Last year it was Luís who couldn't defend, this year Baba isn't ready.... All I know is that after spending nearly 40M euros (!!!) on left-backs who apparently aren't good enough, our right side keeps getting penetrated harder than a pornstar.

I completely agree. And I was against both deals from the start. Our board and Jose have royally fucked up in addressing this issue in the transfer market and hold complete responsibility for the disastrous situation, but right now the window is closed and we only have the players on our rooster.

sorry, but our recent results should be proof of how wrong our manager has been.

It's the same selections that won us the league comfortable last season. The issue is clearly well beyond that and cannot be laid entirely on Jose and certainly not simplified to team selections of the RB position.

[Adnane 1,101]

JT in the center and Zouma at right back, surely can't do worse than Iva.

Sorry but nothing justifies selecting Iva and benching Hazard Matic.

This is bullshit.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Terry would nt stand and watch and he is a LEADER ,, something BRANA ISNT

He is but that's not enough. He needs to have the physical and technical attributes to play the position and he simply does not. Cech was a leader but I wouldn't play him as a striker...

[bluephoenix 1,126]

Skip forward, if Ivan is benched and Hazard plays this weekend because of today's decisions I'm thinking most will be pleased.

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You do realize that's not going to happen right ? If it does yes maybe depending on the result I just hope these things don't add up to hazard considering other options outside of Chelsea

[didierforever 7,349]

I completely agree. And I was against both deals from the start. Our board and Jose have royally fucked up in addressing this issue in the transfer market and hold complete responsibility for the disastrous situation, but right now the window is closed and we only have the players on our rooster.

It's the same selections that won us the league comfortable last season. The issue is clearly well beyond that and cannot be laid entirely on Jose and certainly not simplified to team selections of the RB position.

so then why drop matic and hazard? hazard was our main man in the team that won the league comfortably, right?

there is something called "form". you are not making any sense dude

[Milan 17,854]

Ivanovic better perform like never before to shut these crying moaners up or make such an awful mistake that would cost him his spot.

[didierforever 7,349]

"the biggest culprits" you mean Ivanovic - I agree. But Baba doesn't seem ready, he looked dodgy defensively against Tel Aviv and Porto are 5x the team they are.

Oh because you're being so objective, if being intensely miserable for months on end is being objective then I'll fuck that idea off thanks very much.

yes, we conceded 1 goal in 180 minutes and apparently he looked dodgy.

so since he looked dodgy, we should continue going with the shitier option, right?

cool. then u can keep being ignorant as fuck. best of luck with that.

[stroey 2,525]

I miss Filipe