Branislav Ivanovic

[Jype 6,398]

1 hour ago, milan.cech said:

I am not angry at him anymore. He is what he is. It is the manager who plays him every single week. It is his choice and decision and we are paying the price every single week. Not to mention he is given the armband...

Kind of agree. It's not exactly his fault that he's useless and in the end it's the manager that decides to play him but it really has gotten to the point where he should man the fuck up and tell the club he doesn't feel he's up for it anymore. It's not an easy thing to admit you're over the hill but if he cares about the club and his legacy here even a little bit he should do it. Gary Neville did it for Manchester United and retired mid-season when he saw that he was so obviously holding the club back. Ferguson wanted him to continue but the man just said enough is enough and hung up his boots. Pretty sure Ivanovic cares more about the paycheck to do that tho. 

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Matt Dickinson (Times): "Cahill’s head seems to have gone, but Ivanovic was worse which is saying something.“ [Sunday Supplement]

Matt Dickinson (Times): "How Ivanovic is still in the #Chelsea team just shows this is a squad with a big problem.“ [Sunday Supplement]

Matt Dickinson (Times): "Ivanovic is still in the team after the 18 months he’s had… they must have a kid who’s better.“ [Sunday Supplement]

[Fernando 6,484]

Well that is what I was saying before, If Ivanavic is still playing ahead of our youth, then the academy sucks bad. 

Or like I keep saying for a while but the board stupidity continues, they hire managers that are not good with youth. 

[Tomo 21,733]

Mourinho has benched Rooney within two months but didn't bench Ivan in two and a half years.

Maybe he actually is better than the alternatives, frightening thought but hey.

[AWorriedChelseaFan 151]

Anyone saw the build up of the third goal for Arsenal ? Fucking Ivanovic is just jogging back without a single care in the world and lets Ozil ran through on goal to score.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I think he is still the presence in the squad. You know the guy who you dont fuck with. The guy who trains hard etc.

Thats why he is getting selected over and over. Because he is professional. Its not that he doesnt give a fuck or anything. He probably still has hunger and desire to play and shows it more than Aina and others.

However he is way past it and it shows on the pitch.

[The Chels 2,502]

If Ivanovic starts the next match then at least we'll know where we stand with Conte. I fear this will be the case and we'll have been lumbered with yet another manager who comes from the school of thought that prioritises "balls, attitude, fighters" and other such overly emotional nonsense instead of developing a technically and tactically strong eleven. I hope I'm wrong.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

If conte starts with him once more...

[lucio 5,418]

It's like Sunday league. When the worst player gets a spot at rb, because he's the manager's son.

He is close to Roman, only thing keeping him in the xi. Unless all the managers drink petrol

[Darogba 112]

I don't really buy this rubbish about Roman keeping a player in the team because he's a favourite of his. The only thing he cares about is results and I seriously doubt he'd encourage a player who's costing us a place in the champions league and therefore money to be allowed to keep playing simply because he likes him. The managers have a free reign on who they pick. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Come on guys, have you thought how Iva would feel if he read this thread?

No, you only think about yourself.

[LAM09 6,777]

I'm getting the feeling he can't be dropped at this point. Not sure what his and Roman's relationship is.

[Darogba 112]

26 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

Come on guys, have you thought how Iva would feel if he read this thread?

No, you only think about yourself.

I think he and his millions in his bank account will be fine.

[MichaelDance 552]

21 hours ago, The Chels said:

If Ivanovic starts the next match then at least we'll know where we stand with Conte. I fear this will be the case and we'll have been lumbered with yet another manager who comes from the school of thought that prioritises "balls, attitude, fighters" and other such overly emotional nonsense instead of developing a technically and tactically strong eleven. I hope I'm wrong.

I agree but I bet any money on it, the board tell him he has to start.

[MichaelDance 552]

25 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

I'm getting the feeling he can't be dropped at this point. Not sure what his and Roman's relationship is.

He gives Roman his arse and Roman gives him a job on the pitch even if he gets a red card and 5 own goals he'd still start. It really is getting pathetic.

[Miki-Liki 405]

22 hours ago, The Chels said:

I fear this will be the case and we'll have been lumbered with yet another manager who comes from the school of thought that prioritises "balls, attitude, fighters" and other such overly emotional nonsense

That would be pretty ironic. Wanting your team to "have balls", yet being afraid of dropping underperforming players.

[DYC. 7,542]

On 9/25/2016 at 6:37 PM, Tomo said:

Mourinho has benched Rooney within two months but didn't bench Ivan in two and a half years.

Maybe he actually is better than the alternatives, frightening thought but hey.

Would only confirm the utter lack of vision of those in charge and the horrible management of the squad. Rarely seen such an obvious liability in a top team. Along with his sidekick Stimpy Cahill.

Edit: Bellerin wasn't a better player than Debuchy when he started playing. But he surprised and started to develop rapidly after getting regular game time. We'll never see that at Chelsea because young, raw players never get that chance. It doesn't always work of course but that's part of the game.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

I'm getting the feeling he can't be dropped at this point. Not sure what his and Roman's relationship is.

He knows his dirty stuff and is demanding his place or Roman's shit is getting viral.