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On 2/7/2016 at 7:13 AM, Henrique said:

Considering the team had 9 defeats out of 16 games before he was appointed, I think its more than "slightly" better. Still far from good enough, but definitely way better than before. I think its really strange when people say nothing changes after he was appointed, of course the team is still mediocre, but before it was worst than mediocre.

 

23 hours ago, BlueLion said:

In the PL under Hiddink we've picked up 16 points from 9 games.

We had 15 points in 16 games under José.

If you can't see the improvement based on that alone, frankly, you're blind.

Not happy that we're drawing too many matches but thought this might be interesting...

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Longest unbeaten run produced by each team this season. We've produced the third longest unbeaten streak, behind only the top 2 sides in Leicester and Spurs.

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30 minutes ago, chelseafan26 said:

Playing 2 DMs is understandable if we have something to play for. If the match against united was a FA cup tie or a CL tie, his decision to play mikel-matic would be understandable. But right now, we have nothing to play for in the league. Top 4 as well as Top 6 is gone. Then what are we waiting for? To actually reach the magical 40 point mark which would ensure our survival in PL for the next season?

He probably doesn't want the players heads to drop by starting to lose again. Jose said that those players collapse when the first negative thing happens, so I think first and foremost he wants to minimize the risk of losing - something we have done plenty already this season. Thankfully we have recovered some of the fighting spirit, so maybe as soon as it's deemed safe for Hazard to begin starting games again, we will see Fabregas-Mikel/Matic pivot more often.

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1 hour ago, Jason said:

You could argue that we're taking these league games now as some sort of tactical exercise to try out certain things in preparation for the cup games. At least then, we wouldn't be "ambushed" by uncertainties when those key cup ties come around. And for the record, the Top 4 may be gone but not the Top 6. We're only 9 points behind West Ham in sixth and that's hardly an insurmountable gap.

Fair enough. But this is not a normal chelsea season. we have 3 wins in the last 9 matches despite being undefeated. Also, there are 7 teams between chelsea and the 6th spot. So its safe to say that TOP6 is gone.

Chelsea as a club would never get a better oppurtunity to blend in some youth than this season. Like most of the fans on here, I am sure most of the coaching staff and the board memeber must be aware that the likes of oscar, pedro, ivanovic have no future with the club if we want to be challenging for PL in the coming years. I am not asking for kenedy to pplay ahead of hazard or traore ahead of costa. Baba and RLC over mikel/matic and ivanovic is not only a move in the right direction considering the future but also would be making the current team better. 

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5 minutes ago, chelseafan26 said:

Fair enough. But this is not a normal chelsea season. we have 3 wins in the last 9 matches despite being undefeated. Also, there are 7 teams between chelsea and the 6th spot. So its safe to say that TOP6 is gone.

No disrespect but that's a silly way to look at it. So, what if there are 7 teams between us and that 6th spot? It's only a 9-point gap after all and as if we have seen this season, nobody with the exception of Leicester and Spurs are consistent. The 5 teams directly above us - Palace, Stoke, Watford, Liverpool and Everton - have been very wobbly in recent weeks to say the least. IF we can put together some form of winning run, we can definitely get into those Europa League spots.

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5 minutes ago, Jason said:

No disrespect but that's a silly way to look at it. So, what if there are 7 teams between us and that 6th spot? It's only a 9-point gap after all and as if we have seen this season, nobody with the exception of Leicester and Spurs are consistent. The 5 teams directly above us - Palace, Stoke, Watford, Liverpool and Everton - have been very wobbly in recent weeks to say the least. IF we can put together some form of winning run, we can definitely get into those Europa League spots.

Honestly, I cant see us putting together any winning run. Forget a winning run, we have not won 2 games back to back. What makes you think we can go on a winning run. If the 5 teams directly above us have been wobbly, we have been downright horrendous all throughout the season. IF you were to bet on this, would you bet? As fans we will always be optimistic, but we should also be realistic. 

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15 minutes ago, chelseafan26 said:

Honestly, I cant see us putting together any winning run. Forget a winning run, we have not won 2 games back to back. What makes you think we can go on a winning run. If the 5 teams directly above us have been wobbly, we have been downright horrendous all throughout the season. IF you were to bet on this, would you bet? As fans we will always be optimistic, but we should also be realistic. 

If people were cheeky enough to put bets on Leicester to win the title before the start of the season, why not?

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4 minutes ago, Peace. said:

So basically, we are in 2016 and our back four is Ivanovic - Cahill - Terry - Azpilicueta... The end of the tunnel is not in sight.

But don't forget we tried for Stones, and then when that failed we got Djiliboji, he's now on loan and we have a fucked Zouma.

Yes there is no end to the tunnel.

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15 minutes ago, Peace. said:

So basically, we are in 2016 and our back four is Ivanovic - Cahill - Terry - Azpilicueta... The end of the tunnel is not in sight.

They all play in their correct positions as well 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOT! 

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I still maintain that Hiddink is one of the best interims we can have at this point. We can be frustrated with some of his decisions and I admit I have been and called him a coward, but when you look at our squad and what's been happening, more so now that Ramires has left and Hazard's injuries, he has done well. The supposedly best coach in the world did 10x worse with this lot. Calling him a senile old man on regular basis is just disrespectful.

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8 hours ago, Peace. said:

So basically, we are in 2016 and our back four is Ivanovic - Cahill - Terry - Azpilicueta... The end of the tunnel is not in sight.

Yeah, but we have Brad Migaza (or smthng) and he's gonna be the future of the club! :D 

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