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Slot straight into a Champions League squad slot. He’ll be gone in January.

No idea how he was allowed to get so old if I’m honest.

Ultimately, we’ll never know who’s the better fighter. I say AJ but we’ll never get a definate answer.

This basically. Im not sure he’s that great.

Are people still doubting my opinion that he isn't the right man for the job? I said it after Spurs last season. It’ll be like Steve McClaren Mk II.

Could argue that he’s to close, so picks his favourites, has limited tactical ability, no experience to challenge the people above as it isn’t the norm.

The basic answer is no. It was no at the end of last season. People need to think of this as a business and forget the sentimental approach. I want us to aspire to be the best we can. That best we can doesn’t include a person who’s no experience at Managing a club.

I judged him on the hiding we took against Spurs and the game we threw away at Arsenal. He reminds me of Steve McClaren. Great coach, not sure he has the tactical nous, or maybe experience to undertake this job currently. Now you could argue that it’s a failing of the club, as he hasn’t got to be brilliant at everything. Maybe he just needs additional support staff, which Claudio did a great job of dismantling. Without being an insider, I’ve no way of commenting on his influence on squad additions, which I’ll agree have hampered us. Injuries aside, we’ve waited to long in addressing the one dimensional, immobile defensive third of the team. The tactical substitution against Arsenal, to bring on KI was brave. He was hoping to utilise the counter attack but I don’t think an experienced manager would have gone down that route. We’ve got a bits and pieces squad really. Mahrez would be better suited playing in a role where he has the freedom to come inside. Currently the lack of an overlapping fullback creating space for him hampers our creativity. Maguire aside (who is a step in the right direction), our defence is setup to deal with aerial threats, as they are too immobile to press or deal with quick pass and move on the floor. The worrying thing is that we’re struggling to deal with balls into the box / set pieces. Morgan looked like he was stuck in custard jumping against Morata. The defence hasn’t got the work horse / water carrier in front of them to stop people attacking centrally. Previously we forced people wide and allowed them to cross, this hasn’t been the case since Kante left. For me, we should have countered that with a change in formation to a three man midfield. We’ve sort of done this by utilising Shinji in the link up role, but we need someone with his work rate linking defence / midfield. Not Midfield / attack.

If I’m honest, I didn’t think he should have been given the job in the first place. However, they choose to award him his chance, which to a degree he deserved after clearing up after Claudio (who I said should have gone pre Christmas) last year. Changing Managers is a double edged sword. Chelsea have earned great success with it. For me, he’s got two or three games. He’s just too inexperienced for the role in my eyes. His substitutions have been utterly bizarre. I thought we had a YTS boy from the Leicester Tigers calling the shots against Arsenal as we basically threw that game away! Then swapping King for Slimani at the weekend? Or the repeated Albrighton off, Slimani on, which makes no logical sense. We can all see it, surely he can?

Does the iron throne really matter anymore?!?

The neighbour in close vacinity to me who is having a bonfire. I’ve had to rush around and close all windows / air vents as the house stinks of smoke.

That was just brutally beautiful.

Garth Crooks has had a bit of a pop back at our media critics in his team of the week section! I don't know how to quote from the iPhone, so it's below. -—-—-— The hysterical nonsense that accompanied manager Claudio Ranieri's departure from certain pundits, who frankly should have known better, was alarming to say the least. Leicester's triumph's last season was a monumental 'team effort' and not Ranieri's victory. Nothing destabilises a dressing room quicker than when players detect that the manager has suddenly become 'big time' and starts to 'tinker' with the magical ingredients that created the success in the first place. Managers are nothing without players - a feature that will not be lost on Ranieri as he sits and watches the team produce the goods again, post his departure. -—-—-—

I personally think we should try and sign Youri Tielsmans to play alongside him and Drinky.

He's shit. He reminds me of Olefembi Martins. Who also stole a living as a footballer.

Morgan and Huth had one of the worlds best box to box midfielders in front of them last year. A few of us could have played Centre Back and looked half decent with that dynamo in front of us! To put it bluntly, they haven't become crap overnight, they weren't great last year, they just had a Kante condom protecting them!

Wow, just think, we might finally be able to see some of our other forgotten players like, Kaputska, Bakayogo, Futacs, Michael Johnson, Michael Ball, Moreno, Crncic, Lamey, Verna, Adjarevic, Porter, Clemence, Kaebi, Laxzko, Bori, Hellings, Ferreira, Jimmy Neilson, Glombard, Sappleton, Gilbert, Gerrbrand, Canero, Morris, Priet, Can we find any of these on the books still?!? Maybe we could re-call Matt Heath and Guy Branston?!?

Kante didn't arrive at Leicester as one of the best box to box midfielders in the world. Give the lad time, he needs it. Just, maybe not in a 4-4-2 with the worlds slowest reacting defence behind him.

This it isn't a good league this year is a tad annoying now. Has the Premier Leage always been a "good" league?!? How is it any worse than Spain (3 teams), France (1 team), Germany (2 teams), Italy (3 teams)?!? With the amount of money in the Premier League, it's levelling the playing field. It's a more competitive league. Teams like Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea etc who buy a squad .... it becomes harder, a lot harder and a lot more expensive. 5 years ago, Everton wouldn't have been able to reject £40m for John Stones. They can now. West Ham will reject big bids for Payet in the summer. We will reject big bids for Kante, Mahrez etc Kane or Ali have no reason to leave Spurs. Whilst the talent is spread out, the league is competitive and harder to win. What Leicester City have achieved this year, has overshadowed what Tottenham Hotspurs and West Ham United have achieved. All three teams are great for football. Ultimately water finds it's own level. All threes have talent and team spirit. They'll achieve more than a team motivated by money. All three teams play with a positive attitude, where it seems learning means more than earning. All three teams work hard, you work hard, you generally get the rub of the Green. Can that be said about every team in the league?

It got blown up by the Red Tops, who incidentally have used the word in Puns themselves. It was quite hypocritical. I've a few Japanese friend and they find it funny! It'd be like me getting upset if an Ozzie called me a Pom. In a world of political correctness, we all have to be prim and proper. You wait until we get invaded by Aliens in 2136!!

This basically sums it up. In the Premier League, you don't get an easy game. With the amount of money, squads are filled with game changing players. Spurs fans are upset, I understand why, they've built a solid team and have come within touching distance of winning the league, only for it to start too slip away with less and less games remaining.

Really looking forwards to this again now.

A bit in that article about Terry rooting for us.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/10191882/terry John Terry insists he can play at the top level for another three years John Terry says there is loads to play for at Chelsea this season Chelsea defender John Terry insists he can play at the top level for another three years as his future at Stamford Bridge hangs in the balance. Terry's current deal ends this summer and he claimed earlier this year that the club will not be offering him a new deal. While reiterating that any extension on the deal is down to the club, Terry is adamant he can play at the top of football for another "two or three years". Terry says he has been in his best physical shape in the last three or four seasons He said: "I'm probably feeling in the last three or four years the best physical condition that I've ever been in. "As a youngster you take it for granted; you eat what you want, you can train, have a rest, but when you get older you can't. You can't eat the pastas, the breads, it all goes out of the window. The sleep too. "That aspect of it has a big impact, and I've certainly seen the impact of that. Terry rooting for Leicester John Terry admits he is rooting for Leicester to end their fairy-tale season in fairy-tale fashion "But listen, I've definitely got two or three years left in me, as I said before I would be gutted if it wasn't for Chelsea, and if not it will be somewhere else for sure." Terry has already made clear that he would not make a move to another Premier League club having been at Chelsea for 21 years. Guus Hiddink is still unbeaten in the Premier League since arriving in December His next possible destination has been heavily debated, but Terry, when asked about his next move, insists he is keeping his options open across the globe. "I want to play at the highest level of course. Obviously for me being Chelsea through and through, and a one-club man, I couldn't play for another Premier League club. I couldn't do that because of the Chelsea fans and what Chelsea means to me. Speaking earlier this week, Terry said he had not given up hope of a new deal with Chelsea "We're not sure [where] yet. [Europe] is an option for sure, it's in Chelsea's hands, and as I have said I've made it clear to the club I want to stay. "That's down to the club. What will be will be. I've had an unbelievable 21 years there. We'll see, only time will tell. Terry again admitted the players let Jose Mourinho down before his sacking "If not, I will be playing. I don't know whether that will be Italy, MLS, China, Qatar, I really don't know at the moment." Chelsea are unbeaten in the Premier League since Jose Mourinho was sacked in December, with interim manager Guus Hiddink steadying the ship and moving the club into the top half. They are still in the FA Cup and Champions League, and Terry admits the form they are showing at the moment proves the players were letting Mourinho down. "I've said it before, we feel as though we let [Mourinho] down as players, and the way we are performing at the moment, that was going to come. Terry has not ruled out joining the likes of Ashley Cole in MLS, but also mentioned Europe, China and Qatar "He's a great manager, a top manager, and Guus has come in and done brilliantly. To pick up from where we were, and to be undefeated in so many games in the league. "We're in the top half of the table which is a step in the right direction for us, and we're still in the Champions League and FA Cup, so there's still an awful lot to play for." John Terry was speaking at the London Football Awards in London, raising funds for national charity Willow. For more information, visit londonfootballawards.org

He was on loan at Sundeland in 06/07 when they won the Championship