does hiddink have a magic wand hidden somewhere that i don't know of? those calling for the return of guus are quite simply over-optimistic imo. u expect a 65 year old to take over the reins and reunite with the VETERANS that he had a close relationship with, and get us out of this slump? here i'll give u guys a sneak peek of what the first 11 will look like the minute he steps onto that technical area : cech, JT, alex, cole, ivanovic, lampard, essien, mikel, malouda, drogba and anelka (after getting a 'surprise' extension). sound like a winning team to u? u think he'll bring back the glory days of magnificent winning football against pool and arsenal with these 'trusted' players? u truly want to see the old guard reinstated and take our club forward? boy i'm glad you people don't own chelsea fc.
AVB must stay because quite frankly he's the best we can get our hands on at the moment, and he needs to be given time to rebuild pretty much about 70% of the squad. whether that means more purchases or blooding our youngsters, i'm all for it. the only glaring mistake for me against leverkusen was he chose to start drogba ahead of torres. that's about it. cole was injured and bertrand is not in the CL squad and luiz was taken off due to injury. in addition to that, sorry to all the mata and meireles fans but they were hauled off mainly because they were AWFUL for most of the match. watch the game again if u don't believe me.
let's look at the goals we conceded. it was a fluke pass from the right which somehow found its way across, and their attacker (can't remember the name) crossed well for derdiyok to head in. to add insult to injury, alex outjumped in the air for their second. ALEX? i've always wanted him to make a return into the side but obviously AVB doesn't think he deserves to and i'm beginning to see why. his head is not in the game and juve will probably be his next destination.
AVB seems to be determined to give didier a chance to win that 2 year extension, and i can safely say he's failed. i counted at least 5 or 6 times he gave away the ball cheaply in the first half, and he did absolutely nuts after the goal. heck if torres had a similar match this thread would be brimming with insults for the spaniard. his legend status protects him and that's what i'm afraid of. its beginning to influence the manager's decision which doesn't bode well for his or our future. so if the drog refuses a one year extension, i won't be shocked to him shipped out in january and to be frank its for the good of chelsea fc. thank you for everything, but all good things must come to an end.
if anyone thinks we were ripped off for torres, look no further than kaka who appears to be the best bit of 'business' ac milan has done since shevchenko. they know their players well and have an extremely talented medical team who can determine if a player has reached his sell-by date. a shadow of his former self and madrid paid about 57 million pounds for him. milan laughed all the way to the bank and rightly so. not in jose's starting eleven for a good reason and we need to steer clear away from exactly these type of players. don't give madrid a chance to 'giggle' all the way to the bank either, as they recoup some part of their investment and make us suffer as a result.
short? if you're a chelsea fan u would know our famous 'bad moment' under carlo went on for months..and months. his failure to get us out of the rut was most alarming. i won't deny our current boss is now having the same issues. we shall see how long they continue, and how he moves to try different solutions.
agree with you. If Hiddink IN, i think majority aging players will stay and that not good for Chelsea. No sentiment here but players like Terry,Malouda,Anelka,Drogba,Bosingwa,Cole already past their best. Time to move on