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Utter waste of 90 minutes, struggle to find a single positive from the game and suspect that Sarri's time may be up very very soon. It's a shame because by sacking him will simply cover up the mistakes of those who should be held accountable for the laughing stock that we've become.
Can somebody confirm to me who made the decision to sign Morata at £58M, Bakayoko at £40M, Drinkwater at £35M, Batshuayi at £33M, Baba Rahman £14M? There is £180,000,000 in signings over the past 3 seasons on players that are deemed not good enough to play for Chelsea. As we all know, Chelsea don't have football managers, they have a Head Coach, and it is not in their remit to sign players. So who is taking responsibility for that £180M loss? Who are the scouts that looked at them players? Are they still employed? Perhaps when Mourinho, Conte and Sarri all complain saying the club don't back them, they actually mean that transfers are made by unqualified, uneducated and incompetent individuals.
Do you honestly believe Guardiola doesn't dictate who is signed at Man City? Conte asks for a midfielder and the best the club could come up with was Danny Drinkwater and Ross Barkley. Perhaps the pundits should applaud Mourinho and Conte for their achievements, because in reality they won the league with bang average players.
Let's take Conte as an example, he came in in his first year and gave the players a chance to correct their horrendous season before by letting them start 433. As soon as he let them fail with that, he changed to his way. He played a system that caught the whole country by surprise and got the players so fit in training that we would run teams into the ground and overpower them. He protected the weak areas by playing 5 at the back, covered Alonso lack of pace by putting someone behind him, and we gathered momentum which saw us win the league. He knew that the everyone would adapt and set up differently against Chelsea the following season, so changes needed to be made. He knew the players we had were not good enough to kick on another level and therefore requested funds to buy better players. They gave him Morata and Bakayoko. Neither are world class, neither had enough history to suggest they could take us to the next level. Consequently he moans publicly saying we need better players, the weak individual we have turn on him and it becomes a shambles. We then sack him and within six months the two clowns we signed for him have been shipped out to other clubs! Looking like Conte was right.
There is clearly a fundamental issue within the club whereby there are individuals making decisions that they are not qualified to make. They are making mistake after mistake after mistake, and then you hear ludicrous comments like this is all the managers fault. What is Sarri possibly supposed to do with these players that are making constant individual errors. Did anyone see Azpi tonight, or this season in fact? Looks like someones dad playing right back, who has he got to put in to replace him? Who can he sign? Can he trust the club to sign a top draw player or will it be another Kenedy, Wallace, Baba, Luis, Zappacosta? 
I do agree that Sarri needs to adapt, doing the same things over and over again but expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity, but you have brought in an attacking, possession based manager and given him ageing, slow, defensive minded, weak players to do it with. A group that hasn't got a single leader in it. Oh and he's got 40 players on the wage bill that are on loan that will be returning to Chelsea when the loan system changes, which will inevitably hinder his future transfer budget as they are still on the wage bill!
I suspect he will be sacked but unless there are wholesale changes within the club this will continue year on year. You cannot buy success anymore, there are too many teams at the same level financially. You have to build a process, a process that has values and principles which give you an identity. Like we used to have with Mourinho, Cech, Terry, Cole, Lampard, Drogba. We remained successful regardless who was the manager because them boys maintained the "Chelsea way", the values and principles Jose instilled in them. There is none of that at the club now, and before anyone can build something they are discarded.
Those at the top of the club Roman Abramovich and Bruce Buck need to be held accountable. They are in charge of this football club, the results do not solely lay with Mr Sarri.

Don't even care about plans just give the opposition something to think about something different Higs up front fed off scraps..

I don't know where we go from here because we don't have anyone out there who can take over and most managers who have any sense who avoid us like the plague.

I really don't want him to be sack because I believe if given time he can get us to where we want to be but he really needs to see what is happening now and make adjustments to the system until he can get his players in. This is an absolute shadow of a team that started the season.

I don't care about Jorginho or plan A or Plan Z give the opposition something to think about.

What I saw tonight was the players actually trying but the system failing and even if we hadn't made defensive mistakes we still wouldn't have scored.

I guarantee the Chelsea fans will dominate atmosphere at old trafford ( deadest ground in uk) i predict a 3-1 win! c'mon chels!

that's good, I was beginning to think we had too many options.
 

Spuds for me
a) Stealing the brilliant James Peter Greaves from us via AC Milan.
b) 1967 FA Cup final
c) 1975 when our young inexperienced side was literally kicked into relegation at WHL.
You have to understand that I have a tendency to bear a grudge 

In the words of Didier Drogba It will be " A FUKCING DSGRACE " If we tie with this Lot. Conte hasnt beaten Le Voyeur in the past 3 games hence him resting Hazard Christenesen Fab and Baka. It is a six pointer in our battle for top 4

We have had a tough start to the season, but despite quantity, the fixture list  seems to have a lot of winnable games up to Xmas. We stand a good chance of catching united over this period. Hopefully we can add another attacker or two in January as I feel we are short of options there. 
Salah is an excellent player that Jose ruined for Chelsea, just like de Briuyne. He will cause problems against Alonso/Cahill. Elsewhere I feel more comfortable. If Moses is back we can attack down our left and with Baka fresh and drinkwater as a strong sub we have a lot going for us in midfield. As usual it will in part depend on whether Morata turns up on the day. 
All in all I’m hopeful, bit then I was against Roma and look what happened there  should be a good game  
 

STEVEN GERARD GERARD 
HE FELL ON HIS f**kING ARSE
HE GAVE IT TO DEMBA BA
STEVEN GERARD GERARD

Will be a very tough game. Need to be at our best, hopefully with the momentum at our side, we are able to get the win. Salah will be key as he will be against gc/alonso. If he gets to run behind them, then we will find it hard.
tibo
azpi ac gc
zc cesc kante baka alonso
morata hazard

Like most my initial feeling is "never going to happen"
 
That said... Crazier things have happened at Chelsea (like hiring back a second time for example!), and as stated by a few, if we are going to go through a complete REBUILD of the squad, then why not!! Him and Roman would need to go on a long weekend somewhere to resolve their issues and the backroom staff would need a reshuffle,. but it COULD be possible.
 
Jose = Manager
Drogba = Assistant
JT = Player/Coach
Eva = Team Doctor
 
Hehehe, That would be EPIC!

ACL injuries arent the death centence it used to be. Athmetes these days mostly come back 100% and after rehab many of them have knees that are not only stronger but more stabile then before the tear, simply due to the increased focus on strength training. The main problem usually has to do with the mental side of it. Ive had patients who (Im a physiotherapist) that score the highest mark on strength and stability tests, but still feel theres a problem with their. Physically they are fine, but mentally they are still "injured"

Never say Never.
 
But it's Never Gonna Happen.

I think this is a pure business decision. 
 
1) To increase the awareness of the club in the U.S. 
2) The club likely has convinced itself that they can groom him and sell him on. I agree with all the comments about our youth academy, but from a business perspective it makes sense I guess. I think he will be loaned out, and three things can happen I reckon. 
 
1) Loan him out and sell him on at a profit if he turns out to be quality, but not good enough for us. 
2) Loan him out and sell him at a loss if he turns out to be a fluke. 
3) Loan him out; he flourishes and we cash in our real option and bring him back into the first team squad. 
 
Even if it ends up being 2), the net loss will be minimal. 
 
The key risk, as many has pointed is indeed that our youth players lose motivation and leave because they feel they will never get the chance. But then again, PART of the reason to have a good youth academy from the club's point of view is exactly to have players to loan out, and then hope to sell them at a profit or re-integrated them. It's actually just balance sheet management in the end, like it or not. 
 
Of course, I hope he does well in the first team from the get go, but I struggle to see how that can happen.

Since we play Arsenal this weekend, here is one glorious picture here of a young fan being passed over the heads of the crowd to a better viewing position at the front of the terrace, during a match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in 1947...

I love this very rare piece of memorabilia, 
 
Official club car flag, would've loved to seen this flying on the bonnet of a club officials car.
 

Wonder if Jose will find a use for Mata at Man Utd

Funny i dont ever remember any Bates out campaigns...
 

Remember going to a pre season friendly in 1971, Fulham V Man Utd (yep, that's correct!). 1,000's of Stretford Enders turned out.
After the game we were in the front carriage of the Tube, of which most were filled with them. When we pulled into Charing Cross, there were around 100 Chelsea Skins (maybe DH & friends), on the other platform chanting Chelsea songs. 
Utd fans were going mental, but few seemed interested in getting off, and going round to say 'hello'!.
Also remember that although they had their share of Skins, a lot of them resembled 'Grebos' in their dress sense. (Older fans will know what i'm referring to).

This is a copper plate, sold around 1984, wish i was older enough to have bought one back then(sigh) i'd love to own one now.
 

LMAO! Something to smile about for once, about FT!
 

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Ha.

Fat Sam's finest moment, and the only time I ever left a match early. In fairness to myself, it wasn't my idea, but those couple of girls we were supposed to meet never turned up, which just goes to prove that Karma realluy is a bitch:
 
 

 
14 Oct 1978: Chelsea 4 Bolton Wanderers 3. Sam Allardyce of Bolton has just scored Chelsea's last minute winner with an own goal in a remarkable 4-3 comeback

Would be a backwards step. We need to move on from Drogba