Barrettinator

We can't keep blaming our youngsters for their supposed bad attitude or lack of hardwork or whatever the new narrative is with each new kid. At this point, Musonda deserves to be ahead of Willian in the pecking order without a shadow of doubt. Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and trust these youngsters whatever the outcome might be. Apart from players like Messi or young Rooney, you'll hardly find ready made youngsters whom you'll have no doubts about when you throw them in the fire. Personally think it's utterly disgusting how we treat them and at this point, I hope Charly finds a good club to play for regularly even if it means a permanent transfer. Look how much Chalobah is benefiting from that. RLC really should have left 2 years ago as well but better late than never. Harry Kane wasn't really convincing when he went out on loan for Spurs either. Like I said, sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith and trust these players, especially when you can see the undeniable talent. Ousmane Dembele and Jeremy Boga were once playing for the same Rennes team about 2 years ago. Look at the starkly different paths their careers have taken. One goes for a record transfer to Barcelona 2 years later while the other is on loan once again in the Championship. The difference is, one of them had someone who put faith in him and the other didn't.

Right. Sure. While you conveniently ignore the Telegraph and London Evening Standard sources as well. Quick question: What's your opinion on the way Bates ran the club?

I don't understand how you hit a one man wall from a free kick. That was truly astonishing.

He needs to f**k off if he doesn't want to be here.

Oh it was most definitely different. They weren't defended to this degree at all. But I reserve my comments.

Because you're making a fool of yourself now and I can't help but laugh I tried to show you some respect and be civil with the debate but you've truly proven yourself to be an idiot. Don't worry, I'm putting you on my ignore list after this post so you can reply with some more foolishness but luckily, I won't lose any more brain cells reading them. Enjoy your day!

As I've said before, I'd rather have Musonda playing ahead of him right now.

As I've said before, I'd rather have Musonda playing ahead of him right now.

Right. And you're incredibly smart and the custodian of all things Chelsea. Can you do one now?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2719791-the-inside-track-on-chelseas-transfer-guru-marina-granovskaia http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/meet-marina-granovskaia-chelseas-transfer-5103558 https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2014/10/22/7039001/chelsea-marina-granovskaia-most-powerful-woman-in-football-ceo http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/10833362/Marina-Granovskaia-Chelseas-fixer-and-the-most-powerful-woman-in-world-football.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11656790/Chelsea-Iron-Lady-Marina-Granovskaia-lays-down-law-on-transfers.html http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/who-are-michael-emenalo-marina-granovskaia-the-chelsea/1iuzgb9qg6le51skpv626uicwx http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2804864/The-powerful-woman-football-mysterious-Russian-risen-Roman-Abramovich-s-closest-adviser-set-Chelsea-boss.html

For someone so boring, you seem to have taken quite a lot of interests in my posts. Not sure if I should be flattered or worried.

Can't quite read what you've written. I need a few more exclamation marks to see it properly.

Because they lack pace. If Alonso had any sort of pace, he'd have punished Delph severely for that. Didn't help that we kept easily giving up possession as soon as we won it back either.

Well, if you're going to keep replying with stupid posts, I have no choice but to respond. Unlike you, I can't see something that's ridiculous and not point it out. First of all, Marina had nothing to do with acquiring Ivanovic. Players like Courtois, Azpi, Moses etc were Emenalo signings in 2011 and 2012 (along with Mata, De Bruyne, Lukaku) and he deserves massive credit for those. That's his job and he does it brilliantly. I hardly ever criticise Emenalo. But he's part of "the board" and so "the board" deserve credit. But when there are problems with negotiations and all of that, "the board" also deserve criticism. That isn't Emenalo's job, that's Marina's. The Chelsea board isn't one monolith. There are different people with different roles. You know, like almost any other football club (in case you're clueless about that). Since you don't understand the point of that post, I'll help you. It's possible to actually give the board credit when things go right while pointing out when they've f**ked things up. If you still don't get this at all then I'm afraid you're the one who's intellectually challenged.

Do you have a problem with comprehension? How's that contradicting myself? Did you bother to even read that paragraph much less the entire post? Christ.

I'd be on the streets protesting with banners if we were being run like Arsenal, Newcastle and co. Notice how I've not slagged off Roman one bit? Not once. Apart from all he has done for us (which should go without saying), he isn't the one making the decisions on what players to buy, when to buy, negotiations, etc. He just writes the cheques. I pointed out yesterday how Zappacosta was an underwhelming signing and we should have gotten a RWB capable of benching Moses but others in this thread said I was moaning. You only have to look at Conte's decision to play Azpi at RWB today rather than Zappacosta. It certainly wasn't because Moses couldn't defend because he's very capable defensively, a lot more than Alonso. Shut out Carrasco on Wednesday. But Conte didn't trust Zappa to play there in a big game like this. So did we actually improve in that position even though it was clear at the end of last season that we needed clear upgrades in both wingback positions? No. I actually don't mind Drinkwater tbh. I think he can do a decent job for us. Prefer his signing to a Ross Barkley. Plus we don't need to sign a 5th CM. That's what youth players are for. We also have Luiz who can step into midfield for us if needed. We're covered there imo. I don't blame Emenalo for youth progression either. That's the manager's decision. Emenalo has done all he can. He brings in talented youth players. It's up to the manager whether those players play or not and we've criticised decisions to force players on our managers in the past so it would be silly to do it now. I have absolutely no problems with our transfer outgoings. I've always maintained that that's where Marina really really shines. She can sell a brick off Cobham for half a million pounds tbf. Her buying tactics however don't seem to be nearly as effective. But that's another discussion.

Right, because it must have been an absolute delight to watch Chelsea have an absolute disaster of a season. People like me just looovveeee when Chelsea lose and are in crisis, ehy?

That's fine. That's your opinion. I call it as I see it.

Where was all this defending when fans were having a go at players like Mikel and Kalou for years and years? I wonder why it was almost non existent.

I prefer to have good lungs mate

I hope Conte can turn it around but don't expect to see any 13 game win streak. If we're still in the title race in January and not more than 2-4 points behind, I'll actually be impressed. We have a lot of work to do.

That and the rest of your post but especially THAT counts as moaning on here. It's not allowed anywhere near this forum. We don't tolerate objectivity here.

Where did I single him out as THE problem? Where did I say he's THE reason we lost? You're making up things that don't exist now. You really haven't got a clue. Go a few pages back or even click my profile to see my post history and you'll see that I blamed this on Conte and I pointed out other problems we had today. WHERE in this thread have I singled out Cahill and pointed to him as THE problem? Stop letting your blindfold prevent you from using logic and objectivity for f**ks sake! At this point, I don't even see the point in responding to you any further. Have a nice day.

This should be our starting back 3 tbh. Wonder how long it'll take Conte to realise that.

Reckon we should go after Mario Gomez tbh. Conte clearly doesn't trust Michy. Gomez has everything Conte wanted in Llorente and he's actually a much better player.