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Flabbergasted that he took Remy off, not just because he was playing so well but with us struggling to break them down & needing a goal from somewhere you need your firepower on the pitch, when he introduced Drogba, their back 9/10 defenders started looking uncomfortable, 2 up top makes more sense to me when we need to score especially with the clock ticking down.

Loved the way José hugged all the players at the though, his man management skills are second to none, part of the reason it sets great managers apart from good ones.

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He made the Fabregas change as expected, but surprisingly he dropped Remy to introduce Drogba and not Ramires. Every other time we were chasing a late win we reverted into 442 with 2 strikers and played more crosses into the box. Today however he only made changes for the same positions and took less risks. It's funny because it's probably the only time we score a late winner this season.

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Flabbergasted that he took Remy off, not just because he was playing so well but with us struggling to break them down & needing a goal from somewhere you need your firepower on the pitch, when he introduced Drogba, their back 9/10 defenders started looking uncomfortable, 2 up top makes more sense to me when we need to score especially with the clock ticking down.

Loved the way José hugged all the players at the though, his man management skills are second to none, part of the reason it sets great managers apart from good ones.

If Costa had put in the same exact performance Remy did vs Everton, Mourinho would have played him alongside Drogba. It's already happened this season. Remy even got dropped after scoring and playing well vs Man City. Strikers need continuity and confidence to score goals. Remy is not getting that here. Tells you everything you need to know, sadly.

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Anyone still out there still in denial that there actually is a campaign against us? Usually i'm the last person to be all tinfoil hat claiming conspiracy or whatever but it's getting ridiculous now.

The Costa 'stamp', Ivanovic's 'headbutt', Mourinho criticizes referees (correctly), numerous blatant penalties not given.

vs

Nigel Pearson chokes a player, Wenger comes into Mou's touchline area and shoves Mourinho, numerous 50/50s going other team's way, Aguero's double foot stamp on Luiz, Man City & their FFP bullshit.

It's beyond a joke now. And it really is going to make us stronger. I will never forgive the FA for this.

Like Mourinho is trying to make it, it really is One vs All.

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As our friend @supporter says, we're behind Chelsea, and behind our leader Jose.

He'll bring us the title and we will hopefully hold onto it for many years yet.

Fuck BT, Fuck Sky, Fuck the FA, Fuck anyone who's not Chelsea.

KTBFFH

This post has me teary eyed. COME ON CHELSEA! FUCK THE WORLD
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This post has me teary eyed. COME ON CHELSEA! FUCK THE WORLD

I'm waiting for the epic impassioned response from the legend that is supporter tbh :P.

I'd follow that guy into war tbh with the passion he puts into what he says.

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Anyone still out there still in denial that there actually is a campaign against us? Usually i'm the last person to be all tinfoil hat claiming conspiracy or whatever but it's getting ridiculous now.

The Costa 'stamp', Ivanovic's 'headbutt', Mourinho criticizes referees (correctly), numerous blatant penalties not given.

vs

Nigel Pearson chokes a player, Wenger comes into Mou's touchline area and shoves Mourinho, numerous 50/50s going other team's way, Aguero's double foot stamp on Luiz, Man City & their FFP bullshit.

It's beyond a joke now. And it really is going to make us stronger. I will never forgive the FA for this.

Like Mourinho is trying to make it, it really is One vs All.

rise-against-the-odds.png

against-odds-1954623.jpg

As our friend @supporter says, we're behind Chelsea, and behind our leader Jose.

He'll bring us the title and we will hopefully hold onto it for many years yet.

Fuck BT, Fuck Sky, Fuck the FA, Fuck anyone who's not Chelsea.

KTBFFH

Welcome to Supporter's club :P

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because of Cesc imo. DD disrupted a few of our attack again imo.

But he gave us the immense aerial presence we lack. Remy is not an "aerial" striker, though he is not at all bad in the air. Drogba being in the box caused them all sorts of havoc from set-pieces. Look how Howard came scrambling out of the goal to punch away Zouma's flick on in the 89th minute. If Drogba wasn't there, either the defence clears it, or Howard comes and claims it. Instead he causes them a nightmare by backing into Jagielka, meaning that Howard has to come and punch. He does punch it - straight to Willian who scores the game-winning goal. Football is a game of small margins and I think you have to give Drogba's physicality some credit. Everton dealt well with set plays all evening until the minute he came on, and then when we went 1-0 up, he did his usual party piece of being arguably the best time-waster in world football by taking it into the corner, winning free-kicks, etc. etc. Yes Cesc gave us a bit more incisiveness in the final third - before he came on we were making a lot of sideways passes in and around the penalty area - but I think Drogba was crucial in unnerving and unsettling an Everton defence totally disorganised after Barry's sending off.

You can take your statement the complete other way and say Loic was well off his best tonight. I recall at least a couple of occasions where he had a quite simple pass out wide and he gave the ball away. Basically put, neither Remy or Drogba are Diego's level, but both have their qualities. In a tight, tactical game where one team is very happy for the 0-0, you need the bullish centre-forward who is going to outmuscle the opposition and win you free-kicks and cause disruption at the back for your opponent. Didier did they very well in his cameo. He was far better last night than he was at Villa and I think José deserves the credit for bringing him on at exactly the right time with a perfect battle plan.

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