Branislav Ivanovic

[herzogian 148]

Its since hes started losing his hair, lost his mojo like Samson

Don't know if I like the comparison. In the end Samson grew some of his hair back, took down a temple and got himself killed and buried under the falling stones. Chelsea obviously being the temple in this story it doesn't sound very optimistic.

[Reddish-Blue 2,493]

Sell him in January

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

Don't know if I like the comparison. In the end Samson grew some of his hair back, took down a temple and got himself killed and buried under the falling stones. Chelsea obviously being the temple in this story it doesn't sound very optimistic.

Yup hes going to bring the whole Abramovich babylonion empire down hes got the photos of Mourinho and Eva, Buck with Emanalo, and Abramovich with the tea lady.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

If you'd let him play in the u21 with the kids, he'd let the kids down, that's how bad he is

[zolayes 14,489]

the kid has just said "Im coming on against you at HT ,, be afraid VERY AFRAID .. its gonna easy peasy "

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

If you'd let him play in the u21 with the kids, he'd let the kids down, that's how bad he is

His crossing is abysmal, whats he like crossing the road, must hit the first car every time.

[LeonDavis23 371]

anybody remember why he switched from cb to rb in the 1st place?

[DYC. 7,542]

I love it when people call him a leader.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

I love it when people call him a leader.

Apart from this season, he was always one of the leaders in our team.

I actually feel sorry for him, he'd probably be better off moving to Italy. Yes he declined and is not up to the level needed to play at Chelsea, but the abuse he is getting is ridiculous and undeserved. This guy should be remembered as a Chelsea great, and not based just on this season.

Mourinho playing him every single game, and making him captain aswell, is purely a managerial decision. I'm sure Ivanovic is trying, but its not good enough for Chelsea anymore and his manager is paid to see and react if such things happen.

[manpe 10,861]

It's hard for me to point the finger at Ivanovic when it's the manager who had the perfect full-back last season in Filipe Luis. He had a season of PL under his belt and would have been even more useful this season, but no, for some reason our "genius" decided to mistreat him and now we are stuck with "out of form" Baba (out of form meaning Jose doesn't like him, just like Luis).

For all his faults, we have no replacement for him. Sure we have Baba, but he will meet the same fate as Luis did. It's pretty obvious considering he hasn't had a sniff despite Ivan's beyond awful form, except for the times our special one decided to rest either Ivanovic or Azpi against sub-par opposition. That is the one and only function of Baba - to play the odd game against shit opposition so that our untouchables can rest once every quarter. Luis was too good for that, he knew that, so I guess Mou hopes that Baba has low enough self-esteem to accept bit-part role.

Mourinho's fault for playing him too much, Mourinho's fault for being too stubborn with more than capable replacement in Luis (and soon to be Baba), Mourinho's fault for not dropping him when the time came already last season. Now it's too late, even if he does it at some point, it will still be too late - the league is lost.

For me, it's getting harder and harder to blame the players when the faults of our manager are becoming more and more glaring.

[DYC. 7,542]

Apart from this season, he was always one of the leaders in our team.

I actually feel sorry for him, he'd probably be better off moving to Italy. Yes he declined and is not up to the level needed to play at Chelsea, but the abuse he is getting is ridiculous and undeserved. This guy should be remembered as a Chelsea great, and not based just on this season.

Mourinho playing him every single game, and making him captain aswell, is purely a managerial decision. I'm sure Ivanovic is trying, but its not good enough for Chelsea anymore and his manager is paid to see and react if such things happen.

I disagree. Ivanovic was a very good player for Chelsea but never a leader imo. I don't understand what makes him a leader. Terry is a leader, Drogba in his later years a leader. But not Ivanovic. He's kind of die-hard but not a leader.

[LeonDavis23 371]

i guess because he's old and old people are leaders

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Only a matter of time before barca and real come with a bid.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

i guess because he's old and old people are leaders

Look at Costa

[Jase 43,479]

It would have been tolerable if Ivanovic has been contributing goals going forward - scoring or assisting - like he did in previous seasons. But the fact that he hasn't done that really makes him an absolute liability in the team (one that is obvious to everyone except a certain Portuguese). The number of simple/easy headers that he's squandered, when he should have scored, this season is a joke!