The anti-Frank Lampard meltdown brigade is going full steam ahead on social media following some dodgy performances.
But I have to ask the question, again: What were you hoping for?
If you claim to be a Blues fan, take yourself back a few months.
Eden Hazard has left, there’s a two-window transfer ban, a new and young inexperienced coach at the helm.
A few months ago, would you have believed that your club could be in fourth in the Premier League, the Champions League last 16 and the fifth round of the FA Cup? Exactly, you sweaty little urchins.
Not only that, but we have a bunch of youngsters excelling at the top level, Christian Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek to come back and the promise of new signings? It’s pathetic. The sh!t that streamed following the Arsenal game last week was absolutely unacceptable.
Who are these little runts who hide behind their screens?
I was, of course, hugely disappointed that we didn’t take advantage of 10-man Arsenal.
We could have been three up before David Luiz got his marching orders, but hey, the Gunners fought well and got something out the game.
Was the severe criticism justified? N’Golo Kante was well placed to stop the break that resulted in an equaliser. But he just slipped, bad luck.
We dominated (19 shots to two, with 59 possession), but failed to win due to a mixture of poor finishing and bad luck. Replay that game 10 times and Chelsea would win each one. Ok, the second Arsenal equaliser was super soft.
As Frank said: “You see goals like that every Sunday in the park”. But for me, where we are and where we’re heading is more than on track.
Little willies who have no understanding of football prior to the 2000s big-money game are just impatient glory hunters and I hate them. They help create the type of negative narrative that can poison its way through a club, much like Arsenal Fan TV at the Emirates.
While I’m on the irritation game, when is this Man United k@k praat going to stop?
DELUSIONAL: Man United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Picture: Carl Recine/Reuters.
Last week, Ole Gunar Solskjaer said: “When you are at Manchester United you are playing at the biggest and best club in the world.”
Huh? Hold on a minute, he said that so easily, without so much as blink of an eyelid, like it's gospel.
Let’s break that down quickly. What constitutes “the biggest and best club in the world?”
Style? Trophies? Stadium? Value? History? Fans?
Ok, you could debate honours, although in England. Liverpool’s six European titles trumps that and Real Madrid far surpass United’s history with a record 33 La Liga and 13 Champions League titles.
They’re living in some fantasy world where they were once the biggest fish in the pond, but have since been relegated a long way down the global list of "top" clubs.
As it stands, the Red Devils are a bang average side at most, with huge debt and a very uncertain future.
RED ALERT: Shrewsbury earned an Anfield FA Cup replay. Picture: Carl Recine/Reuters.
Anyway, onto brighter stuff and that Shrewsbury v Liverpool FA Cup game was an epic.
Given better finishing, the Shrews could have scored four or five and it was only a tidily-finished own goal that kept Jurgen Klopp’s side in the Cup.
It’s amazing when you check the gap in salaries. Shrewsbury players earn around £2 000 a week, while their Scouse counterparts average £93 000! It’s laughable when you realise that United players average £125 000, that’s £500 000 a month, or R9 250 000. The most in the Premier League.
Somehow, it just doesn’t seem right
Back to Premier League action on Wednesday night as Liverpool travel to West Ham and go again on Saturday against a rejuvenated Southampton. Leicester host Chelsea, Wolves are at United and on Sunday Jose Mourinho welcomes City to the Tottenham Stadium.
See y’all next week!