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Indeed. Just like Graziano Pelle was terrible anywhere he played and became the best and most scoring striker in the Dutch league (although that isn't the most competitive in Europe haha) with Feyenoord, and now is doing pretty well in Southampton. I really believe in Van Ginkel, so it could be a great chance for him. Hopefully Koeman thinks the same.

Maybe Southampton next year? Koeman is a Dutch manager who knows him well from the Eredivisie and will probably give him chances. If Schneiderlin or Wanyama goes he could be an option for them.

I don't really understand how you're getting concerned after today exactly. Hazard, Costa, Willian, Ivanovic, Courtois, Terry and Fabregas didn't start as well and that all together makes us weaker. I agree we rely on Matic, but he is not the only important player of our squad.

He does now indeed, that's what I meant. :)

I don't think we lack leaders: Cech and Drogba played today and are leaders too (Drogba lacks quality though, in comparison to Costa). Fabregas is a leader if he plays and with his usual quality on the field Matic plays like a leader as well. Need to agree with your comment about our second string: if they all are playing at one time (like today) we aren't strong enough. Mentally, but also with regard to their footballing capacities. If we look at Bayern, Barca and Real Madrid, they probably have a bit more real top players on the bench. With that in mind we may have to go for players like Pogba and Varane, who we can rotate with Cahill and Matic/Fabregas. Chelsea's active in a lot of competitions and if we really want to go for them all, maybe we have to improve our squad depth. Nevertheless: I consider it a bit of a mistake of José that he hasn't rotated earlier in the season. If we had brought Ramires, Schürrle, Salah, Zouma etc. a bit more in the first team in the Premier League, we probably could play with more than 3 first team regulars in the FA Cup.

Good luck with your season, great victory for your club :)

Are we overrated because of one bad fixture? And City, are they overrated too? I think it's a bit opportunistic to say we're not good enough suddenly.

Well, despite of this dreadful result I still think we have some great players on the bench normally . Zouma has been great this season, Drogba has been important for us, Schürrle is a good attacker, Ramires has already shown he can be a good addition to our team..

Lol... The FA Cup is a beautiful competition and should be a priority just as the league and the CL. I'm curious if you would say this if we were just winning.

Well... Unexpected.

Judas?

Bamfordinho!

Great for Cahill, hopefully this gives his confidence a boost.

I've tried. :) 1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011) 2. Lou Reed - Berlin (1973) 3. Pixies - Doolittle (1989) 4. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994) 5. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) 6. Sigur Rós - () (2002) 7. The National - Trouble Will Find Me(2013) 8. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005) 9. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) 10. Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) 11. The Cure - Disintegration (1989) 12. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988) 13. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986) 14. The Antlers - Hospice (2009) 15. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) 16. The Replacements - Let It Be (1984) 17. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1996) 18. Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise (2010) 19. Neil Young - After The Goldrush (1970) 20. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)

I think it's a result of the comments of Mourinho about our and Liverpool's crowds.

Manchester apparently is very popular in Fijnaart, with approximately 5500 inhabitants. Same goes for City.

Seems like there is quite a bunch of Chelsea-fans that want him to come to Chelsea. I just don't see him as such an upgrade to what we already have for the right wing with Willian and Schürrle. Okay, his statistics are fine with 4 goals and 4 assists this season, and that's more than Willian has got (1+1, in comparable minutes played), but the Serie A is a different league. Who says he's going to be able to provide us the same amount of goals and assists, especially when he probably needs to accomodate to the Premier League and a new team, since he's only played in Colombia and Italy? He ages to 27 in may also: I don't think he's really going to improve his game substantially in the upcoming years anymore and if your name is Fabregas that's fine, but this player doesn't seem to be a top player, which is what we need if we want to better our team. Is he worth risking the whole FFP-thing, is he worth 25-30 million pounds? I prefer giving Schürrle more chances and rotate Willian and Schürrle more, or buying a real top player like Reus - even for less money - if he wants to come to our club of course.

Maybe City-fans are paranoid, but I have seen very many complaints on here too about MOTD coverage and media bias against us. I agree with Daniel Taylor that it is just a big club thing. I don't believe that the media are against anyone, they are just keen to bring the news that's going to be the most sensational and controversial. And indeed, Mourinho-story is going to stir more up than a story of Pellegrini.

Awful performance today, but hey, a 1-0 win at the Bridge can bring us in the final! :p

f**k

Ivanovic and Costa aren't playing well in my opinion.

hahaa, great!

Carefree! Come on Chelsea, show them how it's done. :D

The time has come!

Getting excited about this one. I've seen the documentary Blue Revolution on Youtube yesterday and there our rivalry with Liverpool was pointed out, with all those matches in different cups. Makes me want to win more and more, just as the talks on that RAWK-topic.