Note to self: buy more booze, I will need it.

Really hope we put up a good performance just to calm this board down a little.

Oh boy this will be another f**ked up game for us...mane and tadic will exploit our f**ked up defence...sorry i dont hav3 a good feeling about this game...i can go with the following lin-up

Azpi zouma terry baba

Rameris matic

Willian oscar hazard

Remy (falcao has no confidence )

I hate Saturday evening kick offs, they never seem to go well for us ( that might be just my imagination though)

Urghh not looking forward to this at all.

JT set to start according to the mail. I would feel a bit more confident if that were true.

JT set to start according to the mail. I would feel a bit more confident if that were true.

 

If JT started and Ivanovic was dropped I would be happy regardless of the result because at least it shows that we're trying to address the defensive problems. 

2-0 Chelsea win.

 

Bego

 

Dave,  Zouma, JT, Baba,

 

Matic, Fab

 

Pedro, OScar, Hazard,

 

Remy

 

We'd all like RLC, Kenedy and Traore etc to get minutes but I don't see that as a realistic scenario at all.

We're going to dominate this, the team for me:

 

GK

 

Ivan -- Not Spanish -- Never played for Barca -- Never played for Arsenal

 

Left footed -- Blonde hair

 

Brazilian -- Not Cesc -- Belgian

 

Not Fabregas

 

Or:

 

Begovic

 

Ivan - Zouma/Cahill - JT - Azpi

 

Ramires - Matic - Oscar

 

Willian - Falcao - Hazard

 

If we start a run of 5 league wins (possible with our fixtures), we can be 2-3 points from the top with the games City and Utd have.

If Ivan is going to start then I need to put Mane in my fantasy team.

I dont think the problem is the back 4. I beleve its Matic. He is not protecting the back 4 as he did last season. Now he wants to be playmaker and shoot from god know where.

He needs to be the DM and gard that room.

Ivan can mabye have a trip on the bench but i dont see him as the problem

Taken from The Guardian's "10 things to look out for this weekend"

 

 

Don’t tell José Mourinho, but exasperating loyalty to under-performing players is a distinctly Arsène Wenger-esque trait. Actually, do tell Mourinho, as that may be the best way to convince him to drop Branislav Ivanovic this weekend. The Serb is one of the Premier League’s finest defenders of recent times and has given years of excellent service to Chelsea but he has been utterly hapless so far this season, much more so than the benched John Terry. It has been almost painful to watch a once-great defender be targeted by every opponent. Continually picking him does not appear to be doing him any favours and certainly isn’t helping the team. If Ivanovic plays this weekend, expect Sadio Mané and Dusan Tadic to take turns tormenting him, with the fit-again Ryan Bertrand raiding forward to join in the fun on a regular basis. The solution is not merely staring Mourinho in the face, it is grabbing him by the lapels and bawling “Cesar Azpilicueta on the right, Baba Rahman on the left” at the top of its voice. Mourinho’s refusal to pay heed is mystifying

At least I'll miss this one as will be on a plane to Dubai

Dreading turning the iPad on when I get there though

 

Ivan can mabye have a trip on the bench but i dont see him as the problem

 

 Ivan not the problem? 

From CFC twitter:

 

Jose says he has no doubt Ivanovic is his best right-back and no doubt he needs to improve his form

 

 

Edit: I'm sure Dave disagrees with that.

Edited October 2, 201510 yr by Zinc

Word on the street is that JT is back in the starting 11 this weekend. About time too!

For once I am going to say Jose is wrong, Apzi is miles ahead of Ivan and has been for sometime.

From CFC twitter:

 

Jose says he has no doubt Ivanovic is his best right-back and no doubt he needs to improve his form

 

 

Edit: I'm sure Dave disagrees with that.

 

Well I guess that means Ivanovic starts

 

Can't he just improve his form on the training ground rather than costing us crucial points in the league

Alright, here's Jose's press conference for this game.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJZdANzNx2o

Ryan Bertrand to score, nailed on.

So expect Ivanovic to start agian then.

 

If Rahmaan is not good enough to play at LB, then why did we buy him for £21m?

Edited October 2, 201510 yr by Zeta Orionis

So expect Ivanovic to start agian then.

 

If Rahmaan is not good enough to play at LB, then why did we buy him for £21m?

Exactly. Maybe it wasn't a José buy and he's being proud, that's the only reason I think.

Considering Baba's age his states for Bundesliga last season were impressive. I know they don't tell the whole story but surely hint at his ability.

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Only tactic they need to play!

I'm staying a little positive in this.

 

Going with a 2 - 2 draw.

 

Coco has already drawn where the 2 goals will come from.

If i see ivanovic in the starting lineup i wont watch the game.