Zatman Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Costa has to play a certain way though, he isnt very technical but he is type of player that you need in a fight to prove people wrong. No surprise that since Chelsea got a commanding lead in league last season teams became more negative and he has been restricted as for me he is perfect in a counter attack style like at Atleti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 A few papers today suggesting Mourinho has to win midweek against Porto to save his job. If you take a closer look at the club you wonder what on earth is going on. I think Baba Rahman is very suspect yet they sold Bertand and signed Rahman for double the price. They could've done with Lukaku over Falcao and Remy etc. I guess Mourinho would argue he won the league title so short term it worked for them but you do wonder if Abramovich is insisting on a long(er) approach with Ruben Luftus Cheek etc as again Mourinho doesn't really use youth. The obsession with Ivanovic is mind boggling especially dropping Azpilicueta in the process he isn't usually one to rotate so I'm not even sure he had Porto in mind when making this decision. Hazard hasn't even scored a goal yet this season in the Premier League. Jose himself looks lost on the sidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I think he wants to be sacked for some reason, its just bizarre what is going on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 It's crazy. I still think they will finish 4th though. They have been about as bad as possible with those players and are 12 points off. They could easily go on a 10 game win streak and be back up there. Whether or not it's with Jose though is a different matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 lukaku desperately wanted first team football didnt he? And he isnt good enough to be the main striker for chelsea so i think that was fine by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 3 hours ago, gharperr said: lukaku desperately wanted first team football didnt he? And he isnt good enough to be the main striker for chelsea so i think that was fine by them. but he probably was, he has 50 goals in last 3.5 seasons for a 22 year old and Chelsea never actually gave him a chance Dont have stats but in that time I would imagine just Aguero, Suarez and maybe Van Persie has as many league goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 And benteke had some impressive stats at some point..yet could only get a move to Liverpool (and a lot arnt convinced by him so far) And bony transfer isn't looking very good. All 3 similarish players (just different ages, lukaku prob most intelligent though). All 3 arnt good enough to be #1 striker for a top club. They also couldn't really afford to give lukaku #1 role at the time when they sold him and just hope he learns how to become world class striker. If lukaku was happy being a striker on the bench I imagine he would still be there. There's been many posts over his time at Everton at being so inconsistent. That isn't acceptable for Chelsea. Selling him was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 well since Mourinho came in Chelsea have lost De Bruyne, Lukaku, Mata and Schurrle plus Salah and Cuadrado because he didnt think they were good enough and none had even really hit their prime yet Mourinho has ruined this team himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) Lukaku is a lot better than what they have there now! Mourinho has sealed his own fate I think. Fancy going into a home against Bournemouth without a recognised striker. Its plain rediculous. Theres no chance they will make top 4, they will probaly need 50 pts from their remaining 23 games to achieve that. No chance! Loose to Porto he's a gonna. Edited December 7, 2015 by PaulC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Yeah I agree if not Porto Leicester over the weekend won't be easy for them either. Can't see him seeing out the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 and it will be a huge blow to people comparing him to greatest manager ever. 1st time he in any sort of trouble he makes a balls of it and looks like he has no answers except drop his striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 thing is with hazard and pedro he probably should be able to play without a recognised striker, however both are in poor form, pretty much every chelsea player is shit compared to last season, matic, hazard and ivanovic have been utter wank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 4 hours ago, Zatman said: well since Mourinho came in Chelsea have lost De Bruyne, Lukaku, Mata and Schurrle plus Salah and Cuadrado because he didnt think they were good enough and none had even really hit their prime yet Mourinho has ruined this team himself Who won the league last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 nobody cares about last season, look at Tim Sherwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I haven't watched them for a few weeks but this has to be some sort of mutiny from some players who dont want to play for him for whatever reason. I can guess a reason. Such things always ends with the manager gone. This is Mourinho and Chelsea though, who knows what will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 39 minutes ago, Zatman said: nobody cares about last season, look at Tim Sherwood Great answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: thing is with hazard and pedro he probably should be able to play without a recognised striker, however both are in poor form, pretty much every chelsea player is shit compared to last season, matic, hazard and ivanovic have been utter wank Yes I know but I think it sent a statement out to Bournemouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 40 minutes ago, Zatman said: nobody cares about last season, look at Tim Sherwood The point was, and I hope it didn't come across as flippant, is that the majority of those players you mentioned wouldn't have been good enough to get in Chelsea's team last year. De Bruyne probably but I'm surprised how good he is and perhaps Jose is too! As for the others. no, I don't think so. Costa was better than Lukaku and Hazard, Oscar, Fabregas better than the others mentioned (IMO). The established players playing like dog shit is the reason why Chelsea are struggling and the boss has to take the blame for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 1 point off Bottom 3. In December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 To be honest though they could just flip a switch tonight and mash Leicester 4-0. Their squad is very strong, they are just going through a baffling 1 in 100 years run of form (arguably Leicester too). The world will right itself before long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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