Chelsea thread 2018/19

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I'm not that old mate :) The worst Chelsea have been in my lifetime were the mid-to-late 90's (I was 10-11 years old) and that team was pretty good, so I've had it good thankfully.

I was more on about the toxic atmosphere amongst Chelsea fans - we've been embroiled in a civil war since just before Mourinho was sacked in 2015, and it has exploded into outright abuse and daily racist, xenophobic arguments etc this season. Fans were chanting "f*** Sarriball" in the United game, and last night Jorginho was booed as he came off the bench, his only crime being associated with Sarri.

I've also realised that the root cause of what ails Chelsea is actually the board and as much as pains me to say, the owner. At this point, close to 100% of Chelsea fans want Sarri out. They're done with him, but firing him would just be, imo, the club abdicating on their own responsibilities and refusing to acknowledge and address their own shortcomings. If you're hiring/firing managers with none of them able to achieve any sustained success, the problem isn't whoever happens to be the manager, it's how the club is run we need to take a close look at. I can guarantee you that if we fire Sarri, we'll be back here at some point next season mulling over the fate of the next Chelsea coach. Rinse, repeat.

Apologies, that turned into a bit of a rant, but the club is a mess and firing/not firing the coach is the least of our problems.
And according to Pep, THE reason he would never go to Chelsea

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...ver-taken-Chelsea-job-short-term-outlook.html
 
"In my first year never the club doubted me,' Guardiola said. 'It was never in the media that I'd be sacked if we lose this game."

Good thing he's not in the habit of coming on here.

:)

Its true what he says though, Sarri should be given a chance to build his own team, Theyre touting Zidanne now, I mean why would he go to Chelsea, to be sacked after 6 fucking months ?
 
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Its true what he says though, Sarri should be given a chance to build his own team, Theyre touting Zidanne now, I mean why would he go to Chelsea, to be sacked after 6 fucking months ?
Absolutely. Especially given the drastic change in style.
But more than anything else, they need a good director of football to actually set a style and sign players to suit it and to bring in the right managers and smooth transition.
 
I'm not that old mate :) The worst Chelsea have been in my lifetime were the mid-to-late 90's (I was 10-11 years old) and that team was pretty good, so I've had it good thankfully.

I was more on about the toxic atmosphere amongst Chelsea fans - we've been embroiled in a civil war since just before Mourinho was sacked in 2015, and it has exploded into outright abuse and daily racist, xenophobic arguments etc this season. Fans were chanting "f*** Sarriball" in the United game, and last night Jorginho was booed as he came off the bench, his only crime being associated with Sarri.

I've also realised that the root cause of what ails Chelsea is actually the board and as much as pains me to say, the owner. At this point, close to 100% of Chelsea fans want Sarri out. They're done with him, but firing him would just be, imo, the club abdicating on their own responsibilities and refusing to acknowledge and address their own shortcomings. If you're hiring/firing managers with none of them able to achieve any sustained success, the problem isn't whoever happens to be the manager, it's how the club is run we need to take a close look at. I can guarantee you that if we fire Sarri, we'll be back here at some point next season mulling over the fate of the next Chelsea coach. Rinse, repeat.

Apologies, that turned into a bit of a rant, but the club is a mess and firing/not firing the coach is the least of our problems.
I actually think sacking Sarri would be a bad move, and set you back further, I don't think he's that far from getting it right, it started off far better than it looks right now I agree, but its only 2 months since you were the first team to beat us, and only you and liverpool have prevented us scoring this season. We should have had the game sewn up at HT, but we couldn't break through, and you were much the better team in the second half. I can understand the fans frustration with him, he does seem a little too stubborn with certain players/positions, but if he gets things right you'll be a very good side.
 
I actually think sacking Sarri would be a bad move, and set you back further, I don't think he's that far from getting it right, it started off far better than it looks right now I agree, but its only 2 months since you were the first team to beat us, and only you and liverpool have prevented us scoring this season. We should have had the game sewn up at HT, but we couldn't break through, and you were much the better team in the second half. I can understand the fans frustration with him, he does seem a little too stubborn with certain players/positions, but if he gets things right you'll be a very good side.
I think that is a fair appraisal. Sadly, boards of the bigger clubs seem to need instant success on the pitch and fail to hold a "bigger picture"
 
First goal is so so important Sunday.....

We need to not give them a sniff earlydoors

For me the 2 key players are the obvious one in Hazard - he is a cut above any other player they have.

The other is not so obvious- but there is something not right with Azpilicueta at moment - he is their captain - their Kompany.....if Sarri has ‘lost’ him he has lost the team.
He's a better person than that.

He's a big strong lad, but in the league game, he struggled against Raheem physically which I think shocked him to the core.

Confidence looks shot, as that continued into the United game
 
He's a better person than that.

He's a big strong lad, but in the league game, he struggled against Raheem physically which I think shocked him to the core.

Confidence looks shot, as that continued into the United game

Get Sané at him from the off tomorrow, turn him inside out, if he goes the rest of their back 4 will too.
Sane AND Sterling tomorrow for me.
 
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