6 hours ago, DaRick said:

Ivanovic was so bad last season I would have still gambled on Baba TBH. 

Agreed. I believe Ivanovic's standing with the owner put him as an undroppable

That just sounds like tabloid conspiracy.

He was 'undroppable' because his backup option was sh*te or none existent. And Felipe Luis was here was Ivanovic wasn't performing poorly.

I still can't believe that we have Mikel at the club. I mean, what's he doing here? I don't have a problem with Mikel but he's not playing. We should have sold him in the summer. 

Its situations like that why the squad has gone stale. 

21 minutes ago, Stim said:

That just sounds like tabloid conspiracy.

He was 'undroppable' because his backup option was sh*te or none existent. And Felipe Luis was here was Ivanovic wasn't performing poorly.

Ivanovic displayed poor form in the latter half of the 2014-15 season yet he was still an ever present.  Also, Baba at left back would still be a better option than Ivanovic at RB.

I mean yeah, if you forgot every previous time Baba played.

Same goes for Ivanovic.

1 hour ago, lchk said:

Someone else beat me to it but Luis was an inferior option? Lol

Yes because Luis was at the club at the time of question.

Edited October 3, 20169 yr by Argo

1 hour ago, lchk said:

Ivanovic displayed poor form in the latter half of the 2014-15 season yet he was still an ever present.  Also, Baba at left back would still be a better option than Ivanovic at RB.

Apart from Hazard and Courtois, the whole squad was off form, performance wise.

1 hour ago, Stim said:

That just sounds like tabloid conspiracy.

He was 'undroppable' because his backup option was sh*te or none existent. And Felipe Luis was here was Ivanovic wasn't performing poorly.

Ivanovic wasn't fantastic during our title winning season either. He was clearly worse at RB than Luis at LB, Mourinho just liked him for tactical reasons. Lets not forget that we also let Bertrand go. Mourinho messed up our fullback situation because he liked having Ivanovic's steel in the side.

34 minutes ago, Samdwich said:

Ivanovic wasn't fantastic during our title winning season either. 

... He made PFA PL team of the year

10 minutes ago, Stim said:

... He made PFA PL team of the year

That bloody Roman must have bribed everyone to vote for his beloved Ivan....

2 hours ago, Stim said:

... He made PFA PL team of the year

So did Coutinho based on a roughly 10 game stretch. Neither he or Ivan had no business being in that team.

4 hours ago, Samdwich said:

Ivanovic wasn't fantastic during our title winning season either. He was clearly worse at RB than Luis at LB, Mourinho just liked him for tactical reasons. Lets not forget that we also let Bertrand go. Mourinho messed up our fullback situation because he liked having Ivanovic's steel in the side.

I hear this every week, about Mourinho screwing up one thing or another, be it KDB, Lukaku, Mata, now the fullback situation.

The manager's job is to win, and he did that handily, and when that happened I didn't hear any of the whining that I do now. It's only now, after the fact, that people want to play revisionist history and blame all of our problems on Mourinho.

It should be quite obvious at this point with the longer sample size that Mourinho got more out of this side that it should have delivered, as the majority of the same players have turned in the same/worse form for two different managers now not named Jose Mourinho.

If anyone deserves the majority of blame regarding personnel decisions, look at the technical director and the board members, none of whom have changed in recent seasons while a variety of managers with different styles and preferences have inhabited the managerial (now first team head coach) role. They are the stewards that should be looking after the long-term future of the club - does anyone seriously rate them doing so?

 

 

good times...

Finally a manager who dares to drop Ivanovic, got to give Conte some credit for that. Work in progress, I think the International break will actually help Conte with JT/Zouma getting fit and adjusting to the new system.

looks like Don Antonio is getting the sack, according to this bit of news from Channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA

26 minutes ago, robdog said:

looks like Don Antonio is getting the sack, according to this bit of news from Channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA

Even the f**king dog couldn't beleive it 

Just now, DonAntonio said:

Even the f**king dog couldn't beleive it 

see us dumb mericans believe that Swansea...Chelsea are the same thing :facepalm:

Just now, robdog said:

see us dumb mericans believe that Swansea...Chelsea are the same thing :facepalm:

It's alright mate won't hold it against you  My sisters an American citizen and I lived in the States I've been the recipricent of worse. 

2 minutes ago, DonAntonio said:

It's alright mate won't hold it against you  My sisters an American citizen and I lived in the States I've been the recipient of worse. 

well if Trump become Pres, it might get worse

Edited October 3, 20169 yr by robdog

Just now, robdog said:

well if Trumps become Pres, it might the worse

Hilary isn't much better, pick which c**t you hate less because democracy. One of the many reasons why I like football and not politics 

Just now, DonAntonio said:

Hilary isn't much better, pick which c**t you hate less because democracy. One of the many reasons why I like football and not politics 

 

Just like what Colin Kaepernick said the other day to the media, 'Choosing the Lesser of Two Evils' - of course he was crucified for that statement

1 minute ago, robdog said:

 

Just like what Colin Kaepernick said the other day to the media, 'Choosing the Lesser of Two Evils' - of course he was crucified for that statement

Spot on though I think, like being asked to choose between Rafa or Wenga 

6 hours ago, DonAntonio said:

Spot on though I think, like being asked to choose between Rafa or Wenga 

What a dilemma that would be. 

15 hours ago, DonAntonio said:

Spot on though I think, like being asked to choose between Rafa or Wenga 

Easy! Wenga, no wait Rafa, no wait Wenga, no wait, hell just stay as we are, no wait.