alan'82

We'll be okay, we will claim the third spot because despite recent results to the contrary, we are much better than either the arse or spuds. The dippers in the cup will be a tough one but we seam to play a more fluid game against true quality opponents so as we owe them for the League Cup and they will probably be in the CL final, I reckon we'll claim that trophy as well.

I'm calling it right now...…..... the truth is your real identity is cousin Giacomo's pet donkey Cristina and I claim my five pounds. I'd take a box of matches for Willian though.....

Because he reminds me of an Italian version of Chelsea manager of yesteryear John Neal, perhaps with less hair ………… I'd give him another year That gives my age away!.

I like the guy, he strikes me as a real thinker, a guy who studies football down to a finite level in an attempt to make his players perform to their best. I suspect that approach comes from being the coach of mostly average sides in Italy. For a chap new to England our football culture and language, he fronts up to press interviews even though those b*stards try to set him up because of his lack of English skills. He did the same on Sunday even though Kepa made him look like a mug. That takes character and they way he dealt with the situation I feel is a mark of the man himself. Truth is, there is to few goals and to little clean sheets in this team to win much at the level we live at. We are not going to out spend everyone else and we can't offer Champions League football either. If there is player power going on at Chelsea, Sarris approach may be the perfect long time answer. I couldn't imaging Jose/Antonio putting up with what happened at Wembley without blowing a gasket. Agreed, for him to succeed long term, he does need to be more flexible in his tactics and team selection as the games require but remember he's only been here five minutes. Give him to the end of the season, see where we are and what has changed and then think about it some more before making a decision.

I miss Andre Villas-Boas inspirational press conferences. I rate Steven Gerrard on and off the pitch and think he would have been a very good fit for Chelsea. And before the pills wear off...... I just don't get how folks give England players dogs abuse when they play for their clubs then expect them to pull up stumps when they play for their country. The first sentence was a joke. The second sentence doesn't excuse most scousers of being total melts. The third sentence has had me perplexed for years to tell you the truth.

On the other hand, he just might be looking for the ball after an attempted cross into the box by Jesper Gronkjaer's grandfather.

It truly is a 'funny old game', roll on 70 odd years & it's the West Ham fans that now need the binoculars. Great pictures by the way.

I wish David all the best 'cos he's now a Chelsea player (err..again) but with his transfer fee first time from Benfica plus Matic, who we eventually brought back for 21 million, I can't help but think he's Chelsea's most expensive player ever. Or in other words, the player who has cost the club the most money to date. Wondering if his time in France has improved his defensive abilities I took a butchers at the 2015-16 French League season. PSG won it with a 31 point gap over the second club and with a rather tight goal difference of plus 83. Oh shirt! . I really do hope that this transfer somehow works out but I can't help but think on seeing this news, in Spain Nando is brushing the dust of his Zorro mask and is looking forward to January.

In the drivel I posted above I forgot to name two other teams/results that I feel need a mention. For any true Chelsea fan...... any negative result against the No 1 enemy............ Tottenham Hotspur. For family reasons and for someone born in Dagenham, ( sh*t happens!) .....any result that isn't a crushing beating against, 'World cup winners' (w**k) West Ham United. I have never seen so many replica shirts around here before until those plums moved into the London Taxpayers Arena!. Ironic really when you think most of these numbskulls have never stood in the North Bank at the Boleyn ground and seen players like Frank Lampard Snr, Billy Bonds, Trevor Brooking and Phil Parks play for them. Yet I have and I don't even support them.

Chelsea vs Sunderland Milk cup semi final 1985......really believed that our name was on the cup that year.... Clive Walker killed us in the second leg and after his goal at Bolton kept the club alive 2 years earlier!... who would have thought it?. 2005 Champions League semi final second leg v Liverpool, that was never a goal no matter how many bias media tossers say the Kop 'sucked' the ball into the net. Fecking bellends, yes Cech may have be sent off and a penalty awarded to those deluded half wits but that still doesn't count as a goal does it. I'm slowly getting over it but Clive's 1985 mullet is taking some time by jingo.

I know Willian is a great talent,but even I didn't think he could be on the pitch & in the stands at the same time.

Can't be quite sure if I heard it correctly but I'm pretty certain on the t.v. highlights the fella mentioned that everyone's favourite underpants salesman Ronaldo has just scored his 334th goal in his 320th game for Madrid. That can't be correct surely?.

Great effort from the lads tonight and we'll done to them.A well deserved & comfortable win in the end. Special praise for Jose though who made the right team selection while under massive pressure. Well done sir.

Agree about Matic, but Zuma was very solid also.Willian as reliable as always.....where would we be without him this season?. Chuffed to see Oscar show a return to form.

Good points jk and much wisdom from the old fella chippy (as always).Nice to have a debate instead of a slagging match. Jose can turn it around no question but,I have major doubts if the scale of investment many belive Roman will spend on team rebuilding will actually materialize. If he is to have a long term future here, I belive it will depend on him getting a tune out of this present lot. And I think he need's that to happen tonight to be honest with you.