Old Shaggy

Have to admit, I won't shed a tear if/when Eden leaves. Great player on his day. Far too many off days for a truly great player though.

@mwblue10 Just for your info. Out of his 3 goals this season, one was a free kick, one was a penalty and the other was from about a yard outside the box. So you're going to have to work hard to convince me of your claim.

No, the conversation is fine here. I don't think discussing his ability here is derailing the thread.

Ok, lets put to the side for now that his goals scored stat is poor. Please show me what it is that you have seen that proves he's good at "shooting" from outside the box. And please don't point me towards that video, because it shows no such thing.

Hold on...... what?! Assists yes, but goals! For someone who has only scored 3 goals in 27 matches, in a league far inferior to the Premier League, yes I do think that proves he is sh*te at scoring from out side the box! Please show me what proof you have that he would be the best shooter outside the box.

I'm glad you agree, but I don't agree with your "best shooter outside the box" comment. The goals scored and assist stats are a pretty good way of disproving that fact!

Played 27 - Scored 3 - Assists 3

There is, as they say, no smoke without fire. If the kid wants to leave, so be it. It's his life and he should be free to choose how he lives it, regardless of how we feel. However, I'm sick of hearing from the media, pundits and former players of rival teams telling us that he should leave the club for the benefit of his career. He's 18 ffs! Since when did 18 year olds all of a sudden get regular first team football in their first season in the first team?! Ferdinand wouldn't be saying this if CHO was at United and not getting the playing time, so he should keep his f**king nose out!

I saw nothing in that video that suggests he will be any better than what we already have. It's easy to pass it about when there is no pressure from oppo players. It's completely different when your being pressed to death, as Jorginho has found out.

How some of you are watching this match I will never know. I couldn't think of anything worse than watching Liverpool play on Scouse TV!

Switched off now. Not the football I want to watch.

I'm actually starting to get frustrated with Willian now. Would rather have Lofty on.

We've gone all Arsenal

One thing I have noticed about the gutter press over the past couple of days, is how conflicted they are over this incident. On the one hand, they really seem to want to keep highlighting this issue as the 'Chelsea racism against Sterling' story. But on the other hand, they know that if they keep this news at the forefront, they are also keeping the spotlight on themselves! I work in this industry, and watching this lot squirm is amusing!

I had a whole post ready to type, but honestly, I just can't be arsed! Some people posting in this thread need to get some perspective!

WTF has his wages got to do with anything?

I'm sorry, but you don't think alleged racist abuse should be investigated?

Racism is a vile part of our culture, even in this day and age. And unfortunately still a massive problem in football, no matter how much you want to pretend it's not. I'm married to a mixed race woman and have two wonderful mixed race children, and even people I know and who know my family still come out with racist remarks without a second thought. I know there are some in here that want to believe that what happened on Saturday might have been a misunderstanding, and indeed it may. But until the investigation by the Police and the Club has been concluded, it's probably best we keep and open mind and remember that until this vile abuse of players at games (not just racism) is stamped out, there is always going to be this focus on abusive fans! Just to add though, this is a common occurrence at all football grounds in this country, not just ours, no matter how much oppo fans and pundits may like to believe it's just a select few.

Lol, I had a feeling you'd be the first to quote my post Yorkley. I have never professed to being a die-hard supporter! I learnt a long time ago not to let football rule my emotions, so my enjoyment of football comes purely from being entertained. Something that Chelsea rarely do at the moment.

I haven't got a scooby how well we will do against City. It may suit our game to have a team coming at us rather than sitting off us hitting us on the break. However, I do believe that no-one in our team has a backbone so don't expect our players to be up for it like theirs will be.

Well, that was the first game I've watched for a while, and turned it straight off as soon as they equalised. Won't be tuning in for City either after that sh*t showing. I'm unfortunate falling out of love with football (for many reasons, not just our poor showing this season), and watching us get pulled from pillar to post by City does not strike me as entertainment.

Just catching up with the thread and saw this. If you didn't see this defeat coming, then you really haven't been watching us for the past few weeks! We have been piss poor lately and a defeat like this was coming. I'm just hoping that Sarri sees what went wrong and fixes it soon!

Waited until it had calmed down on here before I looked in. But ouch! There is only three teams that I care about losing to in the League, Arsenal, Liverpool and f**king Tottenham! Got to admit, our first loss of the season being to that lot stings a bit. Onward and upward though. Lets aim for top 4 and see where we end up.

Seems that Arsenal and City are fighting over him. Not much news of us being after him.