Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016

Essien

I reckon if he's not gone in the morning he'll be here for a good while.

Even before the game I thought this might be his last.

tayto lover

Can't understand Chelsea's bad run at all. Hard to reason what's happening but obviously the damage is not only on the field.
How do you go from being right up there for years to only having 11 points from a possible 36?

tombliboo83

I'm sickened with the situation but again I say if we want to change the culture of changing manager every 8-18 months then we back Jose and remove the rotten apples in the squad next summer. I doubt he will get the time though

redman85

Essien wrote: »

Even before the game I thought this might be his last.

I think Mourinho did too, why else did would he get pretty emotional with the support for him the other night.

NomadicGray

tombliboo83 wrote: »

I'm sickened with the situation but again I say if we want to change the culture of changing manager every 8-18 months then we back Jose and remove the rotten apples in the squad next summer. I doubt he will get the time though

Do you not think theres a chance that Mou is the biggest rotten apple in Chelsea?
His attitude outside of the games is foul at times

Crackle

SSN saying a Stoke steward has made an allegation of assault against Diego Costa. They then show a video of the "incident" that shows Costa running off the pitch and picking the ball up. Costa may have brushed off him but otherwise did absolutely nothing.

Assuming of course that SSN have shown the correct clip.

Crackle

The clip in question https://twitter.com/SwearingSport/status/663087830210621440

kev1.3s

If that's it the Stewart needs a good slap to show him what it's like.

That_Guy

Absolutely nothing in that clip. If anything, the attempted assault is the other way around.

It's easy to point fingers at Costa because of the rep he's made for himself but I would be truly amazed if anything at all came from this going by that clip.

JustTheOne

I think someone is on a wind up. Probably to do with the Gabriel incident.

tayto lover

Crackle wrote: »

SSN saying a Stoke steward has made an allegation of assault against Diego Costa. They then show a video of the "incident" that shows Costa running off the pitch and picking the ball up. Costa may have brushed off him but otherwise did absolutely nothing.

Assuming of course that SSN have shown the correct clip.

Did Costa stand on his foot?

MD1990

Looks like he stood on the stewart. This could get pretty serious for Costa.

Lukker-

Wouldn't surprise me if the FA tried to have him executed.

StringerBell

Doesn't look like he stood on his foot at all actually

tombliboo83

NomadicGray wrote:

Do you not think theres a chance that Mou is the biggest rotten apple in Chelsea?
His attitude outside of the games is foul at times

He's a man in turmoil all right but a man who Roman brought back. He wasn't backed in the transfer market and the pre season was a joke. If there's 3-5 lads in that dressing room who've stopped playing for him then I say get rid of the players.
Alternatively sack him and realise that we will be changing manager every year. In fact we ll only have a head coach really and not a manager as the players are thus proven to be boss

NomadicGray

tombliboo83 wrote: »

He's a man in turmoil all right but a man who Roman brought back. He wasn't backed in the transfer market and the pre season was a joke. If there's 3-5 lads in that dressing room who've stopped playing for him then I say get rid of the players.
Alternatively sack him and realise that we will be changing manager every year. In fact we ll only have a head coach really and not a manager as the players are thus proven to be boss

Yeahs its hard to know, I guess have to choose to sack him & hope you can get the players back in line, or get rid of the players in question & hope he regains control of it all.
Not straight forward either way

Garzorico

deaddonkey15 wrote: »

The fact that he wasn't there should probably count against him. He still would have picked the team and a game plan. Chelsea did look better today though. There will be plenty of big sides that will drop points away to Stoke this year.

No, they won't. Stoke are muck - we are muck-er

Johner

Assault? Christ.

Lukker-

Looking for a pay out. Pathetic . Wouldn't expect any less from them though.

Garzorico

Please please please let Mourinho be gone in the morning. We will be relegated if he doesn't go at this rate.

I see some saying we are getting no luck recently. Well Newcaslte, Norwich, Bournemouth et al must be desperately unlucky too. Load a horse sh*t. We are rubbish. The only way this is changing is changing manager. We are on 15th place with 7 losses so far this season. 7.

That said there's a few 'players' I'd rather not see playing for us again. Costa, Terry, Fabregas being three. They offer nothing these days. Id love to know what's going on but I fear it's nothing more than Mourinho losing the plot.

Cantona's Collars

https://twitter.com/SkySportsNewsHQ/status/663104302123106305

Augme

StringerBell wrote: »

Doesn't look like he stood on his foot at all actually

I'd find it very odd if the steward just decide to completely make it up.

Garzorico

Johner wrote: »

Assault? Christ.

Looks like Costa moved towards the steward and attempted/did something. Costa can get lost with that kind of messing. He should concentrate on scoring a few goals for us rather than petty feuds with staff.

Lukker-

Garzorico wrote: »

Looks like Costa moved towards the steward and attempted/did something. Costa can get lost with that kind of messing. He should concentrate on scoring a few goals for us rather than petty feuds with staff.

I agree about concentrating to score goals but there was absolutely nothing in that, if anything the steward should have threw the ball out instead of making Costa wade through a group of guards.

Lukker-

Augme wrote: »

I'd find it very odd if the steward just decide to completely make it up.

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He probably didn't realise it was all on film and he had no case though.

Leroy42

While Mourinho is certainly struggling, this isn't exactly the 1st time that the players have stopped playing for a manager (albeit this time is much worse than before).

Getting rid of Mour is pretty academic at this point. I think he wants out. RA has gone back to meddling like the previous time, something I presume was agreed wouldn't be done for Mour to come back. He sold Cech to Arsenal, clearly against his wishes. Pedro wasn't a Mour buy and none of the targets he asked for were delivered

JT also has a lot to answer. He has always been the main voice in the dressing room so if their was a mutiny then he is the man leading it, or at best not stopping it.

The Costa incident. OK, nothing in it really, but why even get involved? Chelsea just seem a team more intent of proving that everyone is against them rather than just getting on with winning matches.

Garzorico

Leroy42 wrote: »

While Mourinho is certainly struggling, this isn't exactly the 1st time that the players have stopped playing for a manager (albeit this time is much worse than before).

Getting rid of Mour is pretty academic at this point. I think he wants out. RA has gone back to meddling like the previous time, something I presume was agreed wouldn't be done for Mour to come back. He sold Cech to Arsenal, clearly against his wishes. Pedro wasn't a Mour buy and none of the targets he asked for were delivered

JT also has a lot to answer. He has always been the main voice in the dressing room so if their was a mutiny then he is the man leading it, or at best not stopping it.

The Costa incident. OK, nothing in it really, but why even get involved? Chelsea just seem a team more intent of proving that everyone is against them rather than just getting on with winning matches.

I believe you may be right, he just wants out. Give BRog a chance.

StringerBell

Augme wrote: »

I'd find it very odd if the steward just decide to completely make it up.

Seriously?

Watch the clip, do you see any evidence of Costa doing anything other then going over, bending down and picking up the ball? His left foot does not stamp, it does not deviate from a normal step, he didn't even acknowledge the steward.

There are so many genuine opportunities to have a pop at Costa, but ffs

Turtwig

Thing is Chelsea didn't play that bad. On another day they'd likely have won that game.

AgileMyth

Lukker- wrote: »

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He probably didn't realise it was all on film and he had no case though.

At the side of the pitch? No one is stupid enough to not know there are cameras there.

cowboyBuilder

MD1990 wrote: »

Looks like he stood on the stewart. This could get pretty serious for Costa.

Garzorico wrote: »

Looks like Costa moved towards the steward and attempted/did something. Costa can get lost with that kind of messing. He should concentrate on scoring a few goals for us rather than petty feuds with staff.

What video were you lads watching ?

Costa did nothing, watch it again.

kev1.3s

AgileMyth wrote: »

At the side of the pitch? No one is stupid enough to not know there are cameras there.

Well he seems to be stupid enough to deem that an assault. In fairness anyone who comes in here claiming that to be an assault is only in to troll.

Lukker-

AgileMyth wrote: »

At the side of the pitch? No one is stupid enough to not know there are cameras there.

I think you are underestimating the Stoke fan base.

hots

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

What video were you lads watching ?

Costa did nothing, watch it again.

He picked up the ball right? For ask the **** things going on with Chelsea tonight and lately this is bottom of the pile.

StringerBell

One should never underestimate how bitter and twisted the people of Stoke are/can be

Horrible, horrible place

kev1.3s

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/10060557/accusation-on-diego-costa-branded-as-utter-nonsense-by-chelsea

McDave

Sorry folks, but that's it. There's no way past the loss rate at this point. No team with our array of talent can justify shipping so many defeats. Either a clutch of underperformers goes with a commitment to replace them, or we're utterly wasting our time with Jose. We can't even string a win and a draw together now. Our win over Kiev was paltry and flukey. There's no spine anymore. This squad is bust. No more room for error.

Personally, I think Jose is now a goner. Sad but true. Not good for CFC.

StringerBell

Oddly Chelsea have looked better lately and played pretty well tonight.

NomadicGray

kev1.3s wrote: »

anyone who comes in here claiming that to be an assault is only in to troll.

Well if you deem it so then it must be true

Crann na Beatha

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theteal

Just saw the highlights there. That has to be a penalty for Remi

SureYWouldntYa

We were probably the better side, losses like this will happen any side at any stage

I'm dreading that yellow ticker on ssn tomorrow, if Jose goes then who in the hell comes in ? If he goes it will be all sense of a long term plan for the team gone.

4th place is still a possibility, we're not too far off a real push, without Jose I can't see us doing anything this season whatsoever

Vincent Vega

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfwu2KzZjzo

credit reddit /u/KingOfHearts_

Augme

StringerBell wrote: »

Seriously?

Watch the clip, do you see any evidence of Costa doing anything other then going over, bending down and picking up the ball? His left foot does not stamp, it does not deviate from a normal step, he didn't even acknowledge the steward.

There are so many genuine opportunities to have a pop at Costa, but ffs

I did watch the clip. I see Costa put his foot down where the Steward was standing and then steward immediately reacts. Now maybe all along the steward was hoping Costa would get close to him so he could pretend Costa stamp on him and that's why he reacted that way.

However I think it's far more likely that a player, who has a long history of stamping, has in fact stood on him.

Essien

You'd want to be all kinds of soft to see anything even approaching intent, never mind assault, in that clip.

One person got a bit close to another person, lock him up! ****ing hell.

Panthro

If that's a stamp then I'm a letter ready to be posted.
What a load of absolute codswallop.

Hope the steward realizes he's gone and made himself look like a right clown.
Possibility of it being the single most wankerish attempt of getting a few $$ off someone else.

Rayne Wooney

some players don't look bothered you'd think Mourinho would round them up and banish them to the reserves

Essien

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

some players don't look bothered you'd think Mourinho would round them up and banish them to the reserves

I'm actually thinking the same. I just wonder does he have the power to do this? It seems odd that so many players would play so terribly and he seemingly just lets it happen.

This is way beyond any confidence crisis, some players just look like they really don't give a ****. It's mad that it's going unpunished.

StringerBell

Vincent Vega wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfwu2KzZjzo

credit reddit /u/KingOfHearts_

Not a patch on the original though in fairness

Essien

Panthro wrote: »

If that's a stamp then I'm a letter ready to be posted.
What a load of absolute codswallop.

I dread to think how many people I've unwittingly assaulted by just walking too close to them on the street.

I left the cinema earlier and there was a fairly big crowd leaving all at once, it was a feckin' bloodbath!