Johnnyeye

Explain to me how did Mourinho fail with Robben, Johnson, Joe Cole and Mikel again? they all enjoyed a successful period with Mourinho, Joe Cole turned in to a world beater thanks to Mou, he worked his ass off for the team, Robben was injured a lot and even played some great football with Mourinho when healthy, he was allowed to express himself, Johnson wanted more playing time so he left the club, i never really rated him that high, see his record in Liverpool, Mikel is a top professional and a class player, never complains and is always there when the team needs him, one of the players i respect most, he was turned into a defensive midfielder by Mou, when many people complained he had the qualities to be a offensive midfielder, so what? is Mikel ruined because of that? i don´t think so, he contibuted a lot to the team during the years and is an important member of the squad. Hazard is a lazy punk and needs to man up, a lot to learn and grow some huge balls first to even be mentioned in the same breath and class as Robben, Duff, Joe Cole, Zola, Flo, etc who all have played their hearts out for the club, no matter what. Mou clearly got the best out of his players, it´s not his fault that this current lot lack balls, respect, mentality, passion, desire, fight and hunger.

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If Robben had been lucky with injuries you can bet he would have better stats than Hazard by a mile. He was that good back then and got even better with age, just like wine. Cheers ;)

Damn, that team most certainly would have won the treble or quadruple ;) it would have been a dream to watch, just awesome :)

Ok, thanks for the heads up :) Cheers

Our possible opponents next round: Gent, Roma, Juventus, PSV, PSG, Benfica. do Arsenal count too? Dynamo can´t because we were in the same group. What do you guys think?

Come on Chelsea!!!!, we´ve done it mates, i´m a very happy man today, KTBFFH :)

Oscar great performance, MOTM :) Overall, good performance from the team, they did the job :)

Believe me, i´m from Portugal and Porto is a very tough team to beat, we all know that from previous meetings, Porto will be up for it, it´s a do or die game and anything can happen, it´s going to be hell, so we must do our job and make sure we qualify and i hope Stamford Bridge is roaring later, and the team is up for it and gives Porto hell. We need to make Stamford Bridge feared again for opponents. Cheers

the Europa League has become so much harder since we won it, many quality teams, but i hope we win today and qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League. Cheers

I truly hope that the team shows up for this one and makes a big statement of intent, i remember our past do or die games, the character, passion, belief and never say die attitude that the players used to show in these type of games to get the job done, we had different types of characters in the team and dressing room back then and that´s what playing for Chelsea is all about, that for me is our true identity and what defined us and gave us so much success for many years, we seem lost at the moment and it´s a shame. Let´s all hope for the best, that the players give their all and try to win for the manager, fans and the club they represent, then kick on from here. Cheers to all and KTBFFH

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Welcome my friend, all the best : )

Welcome my friend, all the best : )

Great post :) i agree that Mou must be given a proper window to fix this mess and a vote of confidence from the board is all he needs, i trust he can turn things around, but he needs players with character and passion like he had before when Drogba, Lampard, Makelele and co were around, the only one remaining from his warriors is Terry and he´s reaching his last days unfortunately ( i´m talking about the spine of 2004-2007 in his first stint ). This current team lacks urgency, fight and desire like the Mourinho teams of old and it´s sad what a group of champions from last season have become. Let´s hope it all changes for the better, starting with Porto in a game we must win, who knows what wonders can it do to our confidence and the rest of the season if we win and go trough to the last 16? Cheers