Chelsea are 1 point above the relegation zone
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Too many key players not performing is a big part of the problem.
They're still a long way from clicking -
- Hazard and Costa aren't near their form from last year
- Fabregas has decided that instead of 2nd half swoons, he'll do full season swoons
- The back 4 haven't been themselves - Mourinho has said they're performing the worst as compared to last year
- I still have no idea what has happened to their Cesar - the guy is so good
Absolutely , theres 2 explanations for me:
1. The squad hates Mourinho and have given up.
2. Chelsea are so scared stiff by Dr. Eva leaving and potentially reporting what they've been doing that they've had to stop their doping programme.
They looked very average against Swansea already (before Dr. Eva left) ... Is this your gut speaking? Or something that has been discussed?
It's clearly his gut (Ross does have an impressive gut after all!).
However to not accept the possibility that doping/blood spinning/etc are commonplace in football considering the whole Spanish doctor debacle & blatant subsequent cover up (with the implicit help of the authorities, in public!) is nuts.
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I believe it's quite well known that Chelsea use blood spinning. I'm not sure if that makes it easier to add and remove illegal substances. Tottenham as well use blood spinning in player recovery, which I read can speed recovery by 5 times.
We should be doing it, if it's legal and useful. Probably works better than munching down endless horse placentas. Poor Danny Ings must be dreading dinner time!
We should be doing it, if it's legal and useful. Probably works better than munching down endless horse placentas. Poor Danny Ings must be dreading dinner time!
Agreed. They're just playing rubbish and have lost a bit (a lot?) of motivation and desire. There's loads of reasons why this can happen, but what's important is that it is happening. To Chelsea!
Although it is a bit annoying from an LFC perspective because this looks like a season in which even Arsenal could win the league
They'll still finish above us.
While that would be great, they were still doing shit when she was there. I'd say it's a combination of your first point and poor form, as well as too many players past their peak.
Which again leads to Mourinho & his massive, massive, flaw.
He can't seem to rebuild a side successfully. He seems to be capable to completing sides to a peak performance, & motivating them whilst doing so, but when key players age or drop out if form he's been incapable of replacing them well or developing younger players to replace them.
I don't know enough about Porto to know if he did it there though tbf.
I read some wit saying earlier in the season that this is the first time Mourinho's ever managed a post-Mourinho team. People like Marcotti have been saying for years that he tends to extract everything he can from teams and leaves them exhausted etc.
I guess it's a theory.
I guess it's a theory.
He takes a team on an upward swing and usually leaves before the downward side is my take on that .
Its fair to say Terry and Ivanovic are of an age where its not terribly surprising that they've declined considerably. Falcao has been done for a while.
Fabregas might the latest example of a player who burst on the scene at 17 running out of steam in his late 20's
But Hazard, Oscar, Costa and Matic's form is curious.
It seems like the transfer decisions they've made for the last few years are costing them now.
Or Mourinho lost his magic wand
Its fair to say Terry and Ivanovic are of an age where its not terribly surprising that they've declined considerably. Falcao has been done for a while.
Fabregas might the latest example of a player who burst on the scene at 17 running out of steam in his late 20's
But Hazard, Oscar, Costa and Matic's form is curious.
It seems like the transfer decisions they've made for the last few years are costing them now.
Or Mourinho lost his magic wand
It's the transfers, deffo. I don't genuinely know what say Mourinho has, but it seems pretty clear some are very much endorsed by him, and some clearly aren't. And I'm not sure that's really changed much (Shevchenko). Emenalo clearly has a very big remit.
Mourinho's shipped out players like Cuadadro, Schurrle, De Bruyne, Mata, Luiz, but there doesn't seem to have been enough quality brought in. Yeah, they tried very hard for Stones who is a fantastic player, but they ended up with Bodolijji (that's not his name, but I don't care) for about £3m, and also Baba Rahman, who he hasn't played much. And the dismal Falcao.
So he's left with essentially exactly the same players he had last season. Very risky.
Yeah, those two are super players. I'd prefer it if they didn't play for City and Everton too
And Salah and Cuadrado - and all those kids out on loan. Surely they could've used some of that energy and enthusiasm right now.
And Mata. Those three could have made a decent contribution for this season.
Everyone seemed to have forgotten Pedro. He seems to be under the radar quite abit. No one blames him for anything! He's been pretty shite and gutless in his plays.
So, Chelsea comeback begins tonight? Newcastle have already turned their season around, Arsenal top after blowing the chance 2-3 times over, Spurs failing to break into the top 4.. an unlikely comeback to for us to get a point. .. The omens definitely looking good for Chelsea from now on..
This seems to be the common theme.
I've watched a fair bit of them and they have been massively unlucky in a lot of games.
Once they get a couple of wins they will shoot up the table. They have a superb set of players.
I want Chelsea to lose tonight, Vardy and co will fall away after xmas or have their players bought in Jan.
Chelsea haven't been unlucky! They've been mostly Shite every time I see em (and I watch them a lot). Slow ponderous play, wasteful in possession, and an inability to communicate defensively.
It's the fact their form is so consistently bad is what's surreal
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