Strike 7,492 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 It is not such a bad idea to sell Essien. He has nothing left, I think. It is very sad that his knee has stopped him. If he did not have these injuries, even today, he would be one of the best midfielders in the world.But now, he is not so good and he is earning a big contract. It is not smart to keep him. Somebody on 100,000 weekly, he is not keeping as the backup player. He should be playing every week. But Essien is not good enough to do this anymore.Yeah. He has a contract till 2015 too unlike Terry, Cole etc and doesn't seem to have a big role in the squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Under some circumstances surely the club can pay off the players contract and release them.I love Essien and all that, but his best days are well behind him and we could do with opening up a foreign spot, in my honest opinion it's something the club should consider doing in the summer, we can move on with a midfielder approaching/in his prime and Essien can find a club were he will play regularly for his twilight season;s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Atleast when Adam Le Fondre made it 2-2 in the last minute for Reading these anti Mourinho's could atleast go home and say we were playing free flowing football On a serious note, i wasn't even anti Rafa i thought he did a good job under the circumstances, but there seems to be this myth creeping in that things were all great under the Spaniard, which couldn't be further from the truth.What's also conveniently ignored is Rafa himself was beyond cautious at times with Liverpool, if he got to put together his own team with us, i can bet every penny i have we would not be playing like Brazil.People seem to have fond memories of Benitez here because of the unbeaten run we had towards the back end of last season. And people also have the tendency to reminisce of the good old days - which was then - when they are in bad times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Jase 43,479 Posted November 22, 2013 Popular Post! Share Posted November 22, 2013 Mourinho spotted with a shaved haircut at his presser today.He's ready for war... Pacquiao, The_Flash, Blue Traveler and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 He must be freezing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Mourinho spotted with a shaved haircut at his presser today.He's ready for war...Or he is just copying me! Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Or he is just coping me! You mean 'copYing'? Rmpr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 You mean 'copYing'? What did you say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosnian Blue 2,471 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Fantastic comments on Riley's apology to West Brom. Just what I was thinking..http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9036188/premier-league-chelsea-boss-mourinho-intrigued-by-rileys-apology-to-west-brom remains of the day, Thendo, Rmpr and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remains of the day 564 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Fantastic comments on Riley's apology to West Brom. Just what I was thinking..http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9036188/premier-league-chelsea-boss-mourinho-intrigued-by-rileys-apology-to-west-bromTipping my hat to Jose for making those comments. Interestingly enough the last manager to have received an apology from Mike Riley was Roberto Martinez at Wigan. Guess who the opposition was? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17666840The funny thing is that we've suffered from being on the receiving end of some really dodgy and incompetent refereeing , one of our defenders was freaking bitten by an opposition player who still remained on the pitch to score an equalizer without so much of an apology given. But heavens forbid if a soft penalty is awarded in our favour! Barbara, The_Flash, pHaRaOn and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Jase 43,479 Posted November 22, 2013 Popular Post! Share Posted November 22, 2013 Tipping my hat to Jose for making those comments. Interestingly enough the last manager to have received an apology from Mike Riley was Roberto Martinez at Wigan. Guess who the opposition was? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17666840The funny thing is that we've suffered from being on the receiving end of some really dodgy and incompetent referring, one of our defenders was freaking beaten by an opposition player who still remained on the pitch to score an equalizer without so much of an apology given. But heaven's forbid if a soft penalty is awarded in our favour! The one that springs to mind immediately is that Clattenburg fiasco at the Bridge against United last season...Torres wrongly sent off and then, that CLEAR offside winning goal!And hell, where was the apology for that Chris Foy debacle against QPR?! remains of the day, Barbara, Rmpr and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remains of the day 564 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 The one that springs to mind immediately is that Clattenburg fiasco at the Bridge against United last season...Torres wrongly sent off and then, that CLEAR offside winning goal!And hell, where was the apology for that Chris Foy debacle against QPR?!Or when Drogba was booked for basically being assaulted by Johnny Evans? The hell was our apology for that! The frustrating part is how some Arsenal fans were enraged that we got helped by the ref, are you kidding me? Have they forgotten about the Cazorla dive that earned them two dodgy penalties when they played West Brom last season? How convenient that West Brom weren't called with an apology then, clearly these things only matter when it's a match against Chelsea. Jase and Barbara 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Tipping my hat to Jose for making those comments. Interestingly enough the last manager to have received an apology from Mike Riley was Roberto Martinez at Wigan. Guess who the opposition was? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17666840The funny thing is that we've suffered from being on the receiving end of some really dodgy and incompetent refereeing , one of our defenders was freaking bitten by an opposition player who still remained on the pitch to score an equalizer without so much of an apology given. But heavens forbid if a soft penalty is awarded in our favour!It has and always will be one rule for us and another for everyone else. Over the years we have been on the **** end of some terrible decisions with us NOT getting so many deserved penalties, our players get injured as the refs constantly allow bad tackles over and over on our players. We have had so many players sent off for non existent offences and it does get tiring.So we got a soft penalty, that is just ******** Tough. ChelseasMessiah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edetarod 2,155 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Hey, West Brom...Ramires kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,536 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Can understand why West Brom were pissed off..never a penalty but if you start apologizing for mistakes then you need to do it every time and from every referee,whatever the team not just one.not just for penalties..red cards that never were...goals that werent that were and the other way round.Where would you draw the line? The only place to be and Green Lantern18 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Fantastic comments on Riley's apology to West Brom. Just what I was thinking..http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9036188/premier-league-chelsea-boss-mourinho-intrigued-by-rileys-apology-to-west-bromVery true and I agree. But still does not deflect that we where dog shit and got lucky. People just like to create controversy instead of focusing what is really going on.I wish I was a reporter so can I ask smarter question then what these guys ask. Bosnian Blue and Sheva. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 If reporters had any brains they would ask a lot questions to alot of people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 If reporters had any brains they would ask a lot questions to alot of peopleif they had brains they wouldnt be reporters they would be do-ers edenhazard17 and zyzz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haranr 485 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 PLEASE START MATAAA IN THE CENTRE. Hazard on the left and Willian on the right. Mikel and Rami at the back. Mikel holds Rami goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Fantastic comments on Riley's apology to West Brom. Just what I was thinking..http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9036188/premier-league-chelsea-boss-mourinho-intrigued-by-rileys-apology-to-west-bromAnd Steve Clarke has bitten back..http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/444613/West-Brom-manager-Steve-Clarke-bites-back-old-friend-Jose-Mourinho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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