The Official Thread of Chelsea FC

[ross4life]

Ballack was great in the second half. Some legs on him still.

Terry is done.

Yeah only for Cech (back to his best) & the post he would have scored a hat-trick.

[EC Unique]

AVB must be on thin ice.

thinner now.

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Ballack was great in the second half. Some legs on him still.

Terry is done.

Yeah only for Cech (back to his best) & the post he would have scored a hat-trick.
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Not for the second goal.

[seafoid]

Man City should dump Mancini and kidnap Villas Boas. He deserves something better than Chelsea. 

[Orangemac]

3 away games that Chelsea have had in CL that they should have won and ended up winning none.

There is a general malaise at Chelsea and as someone has said a large part of that is down to the decline of Terry,Lampard,Drogba. No real leadership on the pitch tonight.

How Bosingwa is still there is a joke.

I wonder will Roman get fed up and pull the plug soon? S**t would really hit the fan then.

[ONeill]

Chelsea are probably just returning to the club they always were. They won the league once before Roman bought the place, in the mid-50s, inspired by Arsenal legend Ted Drake. The real Chelsea are a well-run London outfit who now and again would challenge for the title and have a hooligan following. RA's era is a false period in their history and as soon as they get rid of the Russian they can return to their roots and become the real Chelsea again.

[ballinaman]

AVB: Another victim at bridge

[under the bar]

Ok lets have a sweep on how many more defeats AVB is from the chop.  I say 3.

[brokencrossbar1]

If Chelsea don't qualify for the next phase of CL then he's gone. 

[Tony Baloney]

The stalwarts of the team are getting long in the tooth so would Abramovich not be better giving AVB some cash during the next transfer window and accept that they might have a season of rebuilding next year.

[sammymaguire]

Bit more pressure on AVB after tonight's result and maybe Steve Kean has won the sack race after losing to Cardiff...?

[Forever Green]

I know Abramovich likes wasting his money but surely he will give AVB the time to rebuild this side?? Massive clearout needed before progress can be made. He has to be on big wages and they have already paid £15m to get him from Porto. Said at the time he should have stayed with Porto for a couple more years

[EC Unique]

Feel a bit sorry for AVB. The players are just not doing it for him. Torres has went from being one of the best stikers in the world to being one of the poorest in the premier league!

[brokencrossbar1]

Feel a bit sorry for AVB. The players are just not doing it for him. Torres has went from being one of the best stikers in the world to being one of the poorest in the premier league!

For Torres and Babel we got Suarez and Carroll. While Carroll may not be setting the world alight he played much better tonight despite the penalty miss. I can't believe how poor Ladyboy has become. He is a shadow of the player he was 18 months ago and is really going down as THE biggest flop in PL history since his move. AVB deserves time to rebuild but will he get it?  Failure to qualify from group stages of CL would seal his fate maybe.

[Dinny Breen]

Think of the blinkers BC1, Torres would still attract interest from the top clubs, Andy Carrol wouldn't interest the local glue factory.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Think of the blinkers BC1, Torres would still attract interest from the top clubs.

Judging by the Chelsea forums tonight most of their fans would offer to drive him to his next club.