The Swan

Agreed, high energy was evident even if at times we looked a tad incoherent as a team.

Very encouraged by this game. When it looked like we were 2.0 down I thought oh dear this could be embarrassing. But we came back into game and the second half we were the best team. Very attack minded and although we might concede goals this season we sure will score some too. Credit to Liverpool fans for showing respect to John Hollins but boy weren’t they quiet. I think we might surprise a few people this season.

Such a stylish kit.

Klopp The scousers would go into melt down and we would have a chance of this team reaching its potential.

Frank did well in his first season with us. He had to contend with the transfer ban, and we ended fourth. This season is a right off but having Frank back for a bit will bring some joy to what has been a joyless season. The pain we are feeling now will make the eventual joy of winning things again all the sweeter. We may have to wait for a bit but for FFS some of the posts on here are disproportionate to what has occurred. Yes, it’s been a poor season. But the potential of this team is immense. We should be thankful to Frank for stepping in. Yes, he has been a bit naïve as a coach, but people are too hard on him. His enthusiasm and energy might just give the players the motivation to make this season more pleasant and dare I say exciting in the final stages. At least we might get some passion!

Chelsea FC are without question a ruthless club and whilst many of us more romantic types might have liked a manager who stayed with some degree of longevity creating a distinct football culture …the trophies we have won backs up the ruthless approach even if some decisions made us feel uncomfortable as fans. However, the removal of TT does not appear to be a sound footballing decision. It stinks of incompetence and to be honest is embarrassing. Of all the suitors looking to buy the club I was never convinced about this bid. I want to be proved wrong but I worry the bloke is a rich idiot when it comes to football.

Different board, same old. So disappointing. CL winner, TT will remain a legend. He deserved better. I am an optimist by nature, but I hope this is not the start of a decline in which incompetence reigns supreme. I have long accepted the ruthless approach undertaken by the club…but the logic of this decision from a footballing perspective?

Liverpool on form and we know it but TT will make us hard to beat and as others have mentioned it's a final so anything can happen. More needs to be made of our underdog status, will make our players even more hungry to show what they can do. Dealing with the scousers gloating afterwards if they win will almost be unbearable. I guess they would say the same about us!

Might be a tougher game than some think. Burnley are hard to break down and I can see us dropping points against a lower placed team soon enough. My view is that this league will be won not necessarily how well the top 3 do against each other but how consistent they are in gaining points against the rest. So far so good but don't think this will be Norwich. It's also likely to be really cold. The Bournemouth game last season when we lost at home and I was frozen in the West Stand - please no.

As a Chelsea fan we do what we want surely?

Welcome Croatia.

Now you come to mention it...

We are obviously good but some media pundits have been getting carried away. I am not sure we are good enough to win the league but we should get close. Obviously I hope we do more than get close but I just don't think we are there yet.

I think on balance the idea that Spurs fans have better values than the scousers is probably correct. We all know that our rivalry with the Spids is intense but personally I dislike Liverpool as much or even more. I find Liverpool fans lacking any real class and the media bias towards them is unreal. Had Chelsea or any other team brought about the deaths of 36 people in Belgium which resulted in a five-year ban for English teams from Europe would we have benefited afterwards from such a romantic portrayal in the English media? I think not. On Saturday I took my youngest to the Bridge to watch us get outplayed by City. On Sunday for my sins I took my other son who supports Arsenal to their game v Spids. Spurs fans were truly pitiful. It felt like a derby for Arsenal but for the Spurs fans it was like they were playing against Carlisle or something. They were an absolute joke and I relished in their agony. My eldest supports Millwall which is an even greater source of irritation for me. I blame his mother!

Looking forward to this one. Managed to get tickets for me and my son and hoping we can avenge last season's defeat which apparently kick started their campaign only to be another false dawn for them once again. Have a feeling we will simply outclass them.