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is there any chance that Roman might finally ditch the FSW if we get dumped out of the cup tomorrow?? probaby not but it'd be worth it imo

If we are not in the CL we can forget it. I reckon Rafa will target a cup win for his CV and think "to hell with CL next season I'll not be here anyway" - we are getting shafted by the FSW big time

We were the only team in the top 7 to drop points this weekend. What does it say about the club's priorities? Surely CL has to be the one thing we are really focused on, the cups are both just a nice distraction. Too late to get rid of Rafa now, the damage is done - with a bit of luck the players can dig deep and get us over the line but we need to play our strongest 11 in every Premier League game not piss about like yesterday

mata down - oh no

oh no..... fernando

WARNING - CONTROVERSIAL POST: i take it all back rafa bringing mikel on was a masterstroke

rafa is dertermined that frank doesn't get the all-time goals record. FSW

yeah - sorry about that to any lurking Fulham fans

we aren't really performing like a side that can hold on to 4th place. very hard to see where goals are coming from at the minute. in all honesty i think we are on a par with the likes of Fulham, i would just love to know what roman really thinks

i think that#s because united are in two minds between really sticking it to us or just coasting to the finish line - we're not really threatening when we do have the ball

at least Howard Webb hasn't had to play yet...

if united want it they could win this by 6 or more - i think you've to go back to the mid-90s to find a poorer Chelsea team than what we have now. Roll-on next season.

No - I've had enough of us buying players who are past their best. Our policy seems to be to go after players who are already "household names" - often they're past it or at least on a decline (Shevchenko? Torres?) - we need a scouting team that can actually pick rising stars

some Chinese or Russian club will take him if only for the shirt sales

how will Rafa cope? the Mancs will be on his back and let's face it he hasn't many fans here - i still fear this could be the worst result of the season

if roman leaves....if roman leaves he will be looking to sell the club for around £5-£600 million quid. at that rate the only potential buyers are middle-eastern or another russian billionaire; the days of returning the club back to what it was in the 1970s and 80s are gone forever

FSW line up ------Turnbull (it's a cup game and Petr could do with a rest) Azplilcueta---Cahill---Luiz---Cole (JT can't play twice in 3 days, don't be daft!) Ramires---Mikel (Lamps - can't have him getting to 203 goals, he'll be more popular than FSW for goodness sake) Moses---Mata---Hazard (even FSW can't think how to screw this trio up) Torres (enough said) Result 3 - 0 United ; now we can focus our attention on achieving 4th place; afterall Wenger's made a career out of being 4th....

we need Rafa out, we need Jose or someone credible in and we need the Board to run the corporate affairs of the club and leave the selection and development of the playing staff to the manager and his team of professionals.

actually I've just realised FSW is modelling us on Inter Milan.....

it'll not be pretty, they're flying, full of confidence and they'll want it way more than our guys

the rest of the season is going to be ugly, painful and full of despair starting Sunday - RAFA OUT NOW

at least there would be some sense of order and some sense of purpose - Capello's club sides were always formidable and successful. As for FSW he and Torres are draining the life-blood out of the team, they both have to go and the sooner the better. If we had Lukaku on tonight he'd have been able to hold the ball up, challenge their centre-backs and create opportunities for people coming on from midfield - without a target up front we are completely directionless

to be fair we've played a lot of matches this season, more than anyone else. but i am beginning to feel this "squad management" of the FSW's is rubbing off on the team - they look like they don't beleive they can give 2 really commited performances in 3 days - such a drop from this time last year when Robbie came in and the whole thing lifted - 1-0 - we can still beat this lot but a performance like that next week and we are going out. a performance like that on Sunday and we'll be embarrassed - after going out to Jose, United will be really up for us.

the real problems start with Torres. he can't hold the ball up, he can't beat a defender, he can't win a header, he can't read the game, he doesn't make the right runs, his first touch is always awful and he can't score