09 Dec 2017 14:26:06
******g pathetic, 1v1 every player on the pitch has been second to a West Ham player, embarrassing, David moyes lol so that's palace and wet ham, bottom and second bottom. pathetic title given up in December and allowing pressure in race for 3rd and 4th. Saturday ruined.

1.) 09 Dec 2017
09 Dec 2017 14:46:10
Although it's dissapointing, the issues are deeper. Being in 4 completions playing every 3 days with 15 players is never going to work. Players are fatigued and the signings were underwhelming and poor.

Rudiger has not been an improvement, either was Drinkwater or Morata (although he has the potential too, he was a good signing imo)

Zappacosta was a backup buy, someone we sign if all else fails. He was obviously not good enough yet we did give him a chance and he's proven nothing. We don't have a backup left back, or a third striker.

If chelsea still do wish to be a top team, we need to look at our transfer and incoming players policy.

2.) 09 Dec 2017
09 Dec 2017 15:21:02
Standard, I totally agree that our transfer policy is weak - think Zappacosta, Batshuyi, Pedro, Alonso, Hector, Baba Rahman, Bakayoko, Miazga, Remy, Papy Djilobodji, Falcao, Marko Marin, Romeu, Pato - a whole team plus subs in over the last few years and none of them good enough! At the same time we have sold Chalobah, Matic, Luis, Ramires, Oscar, de Bruyne, Cuadrado, Salah, Costa, Traore, Lukaku, Mata - another team plus subs and I would suggest that every one of them would improve our squad and team.
Something has to change or we will very soon be a mid-table side.

3.) 09 Dec 2017
09 Dec 2017 15:54:40
Unlikely to win the league, still in the domestic cups and Champions league knockout stage. We must be having a nightyseason!
Some people need to get a grip on themselves. Yes, we were poor today but we are the Champions of England and I can think of some London Clubs that won’t be singing that song anytime soon!

4.) 09 Dec 2017
09 Dec 2017 21:09:53
Sorry miss Darren but your post is nonsense. Firstly Marko Marin was 6-7 years ago and highly rated at the time and blighted by injuries but yes turned out to be a wrong move (although a fairly cheap one) . Alonso- perhaps not the fastest LB and I want the club to get Sandro but apart from Rose, I rate Alonso as better than all the other LB’s for the top 6. Bakayoko tore up the CL last season, he’s been with us less than 6 months and been injured for most of it. Far too soon to judge him despite how poor he is currently. Batshuayi is a better 2nd choice striker than arse, spuds and pool have. Zappacosta, was lauded in midweek after playing LB against Atletico and yet now he’s not even worthy of place in our squad?

Matic had a few good games at the start for United but hasn’t been fantastic since and ultimately he wanted to leave. Costa wanted to leave basically the day after he signed. Luis never settled and never showed anything but mediocrity when he did play. I’ll always have fond memories of Ramires for his goal against Barcelona but he’s not setting the Chinese league alight and there are by far much better options than him out there. Salah is currently playing in a vastly different team and style of play to what we were and currently play. KDB in hindsight was a mistake but Oscar at the time certainly seemed like he had much more potential than him. Lukaku chose to leave rather than fight to be first choice against Torres and Eto’o, which is quite honestly a joke. I’d have backed myself to win a starting berth against them. Cuadrado as far as I’m aware is hardly setting Serie A alight for Juventus.

Now of course we’ve made mistakes in transfers but no club ever gets it 100% correct. City have spent hundreds of millions on duds including Bony, Mangala, Otamendi, Navas, Bravo, Nolito. They also sold Iheanacho who had a great goals/ min ratio and if he gets games at Leicester could do really well. Utd let Pogba go and had to spend £90m to get him back. Allowed Pique to go back to Barca. Sold Ronaldo. Spent £30m on Luke Shaw who can’t even make the bench. ‘Wasted’ money on Darmian, Rojo, Blind, Depay, Schneiderlin, Kagawa, Di Maria etc etc I could name dozens of players for almost every top club.