Jonty

Can't say whether our players will react as positively to the hairdryer treatment as the Juve players in those pictures. Based off what we saw last season, its safe to say the majority of them have no spine or no loyalty, or both. Hope to be proven wrong.

Jose is in that tier, Petr isn't.

Glad we're bringing in someone with a record for being very tough on players, nothing less than they need or deserve.

In my view we need a fullback (doesn't matter which side as Dave can play either) and a reserve striker (assuming Remy/Falcao/Pato are all leaving) at the very least. After that it depends on how much faith Conte will put in players like Matic, Fabregas, Hazard and Oscar to pull their fingers out and perform. Really all four need to be replaced if they are going to continue playing how they have over the last season and a half, if they get their collective act together then none need to be replaced. Other than that this is still a title winning squad and shouldn't need too much overhaul, in theory. I sure miss Ryan Bertrand though.

This is the first time i've posted since the immediate aftermath of Mourinho being sacked, just to say that if we lose to Spurs and then take points of Leicester, and in the process hand the title to Spurs, then this truly is the biggest sh*thole of a season in my lifetime.

Has this become a parody thread or do people actually want to see Mikel play for us?

Remember Grant Holt's sterling run of form? Michu? Papiss Cisse? Danny Graham? Danny Ings? Charlie Austin? No thanks.

I think it was better and shows the ongoing improvements in our performances. But Cahill should no longer be starting over Zouma in any match and for the love of god I hope we haven't taken a backwards step and will start actually thinking Mikel is useful again.

They aren't remotely similar and Jose won the league a few months ago. In conclusion, what a sh*t topic.

Simeone.

Fabregas (and Dave) are the only players who have bothered to come out and publicly thank Jose since its happened, it would be odd if he actually were the ringleader.

There's no going back now, Jose will never be back after he's been humiliated by his own players here, it's over. Player power reigns supreme now and it looks like it always will.

Not wanting Jose to stay is equivalent to not supporting Chelsea, or just having no f**king idea about football. Because he's so plainly better than any other managerial alternative it really is that simple.

Hopefully he puts Kennedy and RLC in the first team, and boots Fabregas, Ivanovic, Costa and Hazard to the bench so they can see what it looks like when players actually give a f**k.

Great post, accurately sums up my feelings towards all of this.

Will be very interesting to hear what his role in all this is, I suspect we won't find out for quite some time.

If you think Hazard came to Chelsea because Emenalo asked him too and not because we'd just won the Champions League then yes I suppose it would be an achievement.

I support Chelsea FC and Jose Mourinho is the best manager in the world and one of the greatest of all time. By not being arsed to show up and play properly they have gotten him the sack and now some numpty like Juande Ramos is coming in instead. Their actions have directly f**ked up the club and if they prove they have been doing it intentionally all along they can do one.

I expect there is no chance that Jose Mourinho chants don't ring around the stadium for most of the game.

He should be our starting striker, wish Jose had given him more opportunity this season.

You mean the guy nearly every big club in Europe was interested in? What a genius. Now go back and look at all the sh*te we've signed since he's arrived and you wonder why he is impervious from blame, 23 million for Cuadrado? He has absolutely no right to be talking the bollocks he is when he can't do his own job well enough.

The players are spineless. I wonder if this would have happened if Drogba, Lamps and Cech were still in the dressing room. I've lost a lot of respect for pretty much every player in our starting XI other than Willian and Courtois. Get paid 200 grand a week and can't be bothered to show up. I wouldn't be upset if half of them got sold in a fortnight.

If the players put in their performance of the season to date, I hope they are booed off the pitch.

If anyone other than Diego Simeone is being prepared to take over then what a total f**k-up this is. Well either way its a total f**k-up but if Juande Ramos or someone of that ilk is coming in then it is totally unfathomable.