I need some positivity here folks. I'm trying but coming up blank. I hate feeling like this...

Well, this is absolutely appalling. We haven't played and we're very fortunate not to be behind. Our keeper's been our best player. Theirs has been a spectator.

 

I have absolutely no sympathy with Jose over the selection of Ivanovic. It's a sickening decision and it sends a very worrying message to the rest of the squad. It tells them there are favourites who will play no matter how badly they perform. Ivanovic was mindless when he pulled that guy back in the penalty area. It was as blatant as they come. Absolutely nailed-on pen and we can be thankful the ref has been so lenient.

 

RLC should be in this team. Our real problem is midfield, I've been saying it since the new year. Fabregas is a passenger, Oscar is overrated. We need more control than Ramires can provide. 

 

A fortunate free-kick from Willian in my view, and apart from that, have we really threatened? Falcao's movement is good, I don't attach any blame to him, but we just don't have an attacking edge nor do we have a midfield to speak of and the right side of our defence, with Ivanovic and Cahill, is very weak indeed.

 

One thing that would give us more attacking edge is Dave on the right and Baba on the left but we know it ain't going happen, overlapping full-backs that can put in decent balls. We saw Bertrand get in in the first-half and nearly score. That's what attacking full-backs give you.

 

Edit: Jose needs to ring the changes immediately in my view. This is really not good enough.

Edited October 3, 201510 yr by Davey Baby

Lucky Jose isn't with a lot of todays posters in the trenches...1-1 halftime and he's being slaughtered for every decision and every stray pass a player makes.

 

I'm hoping the best manager in the business does enough in the next fifteen minutes to get us the three points rather than plotting his dismissal.

no initiative, no desire, no balls, this is not the play of Champions....its been rotten since pre-season and now it seems Roman is looking at this shower for himself and I doubt he can believe how bad things have gotten.

  

Dreadful, f**king dreadful football.

  

We lack so much creativity, we only score from set pieces.

Glad people are finally cottoning up to Jose's style of football

Really would like to see us win but even then we are papering over the cracks

It reminds me a little of when we won the title and then Moyes took over. Teams didn't fear us anymore and basically had a go everytime they visited Old Trafford.

Now, I am not comparing Moyes to Mourinho but things are not looking too good at the moment. Maybe your lads will come out firing second half but everyone needs to step up their game, the manager included.

Someone call the late 90's team, they may still fit in their kits.

I would do a HT swap of Fabregas for Matic. And tell Hazard to go down at the slightest touch when he's less than 30yds from goal. We got to get Willian as many of those free kicks as we can.

Would have liked Matic and RLC in there as the two in midfield. Lucky to score. At least it's only 1-1.

Just when the first 20 mins made me ever so slightly optimistic....

Matic is on!

Changes!!

Boom

How much do you want to bet no changes at HT

We are not playing any kind of football.

Hope things will change in the second half

Matic on for Ramires, I understand.

Matic on for ramires

How much do you want to bet no changes at HT

1 million dollars!

Cahill bums the ball. Brought a smile to my grim face.

I need some positivity here folks. I'm trying but coming up blank. I hate feeling like this...

Here's a bit of positivity for you, Ramires hasn't been sent off - yet.

How much do you want to bet no changes at HT

 

I've got thirty quid on the win so if you want to bet that it'll cover my stake

It has been real hard to watch Chelsea this season.

 

We never look like scoring, the sides we play against look like they can score almost every attack (and quite often do).

 

When we needed to change things last season during games where we were struggling, Jose almost always transformed the team. Now we're playing the same terrible football between games with very little changing.

Matic and Fabregas, that's something new that may work.

Lucky Jose isn't with a lot of todays posters in the trenches...1-1 halftime and he's being slaughtered for every decision and every stray pass a player makes.

I'm hoping the best manager in the business does enough in the next fifteen minutes to get us the three points rather than plotting his dismissal.

Hes not getting slated for every decision. Hes getting slated, and rightly so, for keeping Fabregas and Ivan on the pitch despite being our worst players time and time again

I disagree with Hazard. He's been good this game. Maybe not brilliant, but definitely good.

Fabregas with arguably his best game this season attackingwise, but he offers no defensive cover.

But does he look like he did last season? For me no he may have been decent but that's not good enough right now