JM1

Jose confirmed that it's not. Since the start of last season there was a change in approach to Ivan's game and I think that it was probably an instruction from Jose. When he was asked to defend he was excellent and can still do it, there just needs to be a balance to his game and an acceptance that physically he might not be able to burn that flank up and down for 50-55 games like he did in the last few years. Let's not forget he was also the only one that played every minute of pre season. Give the guy the rest that he needs and if he starts on Saturday, support him as always. He's not in the same form but watch his performance in the same game last year, completely destroyed Sanchez like no full back has done last season and get some encouragement.

I'm officially going on a hunger strike until poor Jon Fearn is reinstated. In addition to that, I'm going to sue the daily mail for sexism in their coverage. We can't let this injustice continue.....Yeah, let's pretend that we care like they do...

First thing that comes to mind when you see the teams for the game without Ivan and especially JT is how much we're missing characters, mentally strong leaders who can carry the rest of the group along with them and thrive under pressure. It doesn't help that just a few years ago we've had some of the best there has ever been all at the same time so we were probably extremely spoiled and took it for granted. Looking at the teams right now, we're far too nice, almost Arsenal nice and naive. That's not where we want to be.

Begovic Azpi - Cahill - Terry - Baba Mikel/RLC - Matic Willian - Oscar - Hazard Remy Give Ivan the rest he desperately needs so he can come back stronger later in the season. Good opportunity for Remy to impress Jose after his dreadful performance in the CS against Arsenal and Baba can show what he can do on both sides of the pitch against this type of opponent. Terry and Matic aren't playing at their best, not even close, but there's no way they're "dropped", if you "drop" them you're basically playing with 2 players in the first team. I can accept Jose resting them for Saturday, that's another story. Hopefully, if Fabregas starts here that means he's not playing against Arsenal. Comfortable game - 3/4-0

Jose isn't going anywhere. If people wanted a relaxed working environment they have no idea what Mourinho is about. He's a cold, ruthless winner that demands the best in any situation, Jose is that, Fergie was that. What the club need to do is what Utd did, adapt to his personality and support the manager because they knew what we know now, there's no one better for the job. The board/owner failed to do it in the summer, the organization wasn't there and we ended up trying to get months of negotiation in a week, but even with that the team and the manager that walked the league 3 months ago are still good enough to do it. We had an unlucky set of events and the ball was rolling from there, we'll sort it out soon, no doubt about it. The biggest problem in the team for me is Fabregas, not only now, last season, first/second half and the moment he was signed. Not good enough defensively and tactically to play as a deep CM, doesn't have the energy to play BTB and not productive enough to build the team around as a number 10. He's simply not worth the sacrifice and that was the key player we needed to replace imo. Roman experienced two managers in 2007, he's not stupid and he now knows that he has the best in the world who is also proper Chelsea. Hopefully, Mourinho is going to be here for a long, long time and we're his last club job or at all. As for the "Eva incident", personally I like to look at things from different perspectives, in this case the media and what a joke of a week that was in the sports newspapers/websites, but I can't blame them if people now see it as an "Eva incident", job done for them I guess. Reality is there's not an Eva incident, it was a medical team and could have been anyone else from staff to players. Could have been handled better? Sure, but we know who he is, we know his passion and pride in his work. The moment things changed is when she decided to put herself above the rest of the group and present herself in public as a poor worker being bullied by her evil boss. Unacceptable in any working environment and especially to a man who by all accounts (and that doesnt mean some imaginary Diego Torres garbage) prioritizes loyalty above all. She did a good job, but if it's now impossible to fix, we'll find someone better and move on. I can't believe that any player with pride in his profession will dare to even suggest that this situation had any effect on team performances, and if that player exist, hopefully he plays at Arsenal with the rest of their mentally soft club. Win tomorrow, win on Saturday, at all cost, 1-0s, 10 behind the ball, anything just to get that confidence and we'll be back.