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well the end of another season ... still no title, but i'm well pleased with our play, more of the same next season, a few more wins and who knows

we are definitely moving in the right direction, good signings this season
salah van dyjk robertson the ox and keita
more of the same this summer

and thanks to rafa the fat waiter for watching our backs today, we didn't need it but nice to know he's there for us

one game to go till yentzing season ... roll on sweet summer

Not sure you can call 9 wins a few more!

Does 4th place (Liverpool) still have to play a CL Qualifier (unless they win the CL and I assume Spurs would)?

You’ve gotta do better than that.

must try harder.
Chelsea threw away the 4th place with post new year performances, Conte doing the big le sulk because he didn't get the backing from the board.

F A cup still to come but Jose knows how to win a cup final.

@jonny forum donation from me and a dontaon to your charity of your choice for my stupid Morata bet. Although at one point it looked as though it could be close.

No. As of next season 1st to 4th qualify automatically based on uefa coefficient rankings.

If Liverpool are the second best team in the country, how come they finished behind United and Spurs?

You’re looking at the league table and not the points per net spend table.

Have you learned nothing?

Genuinely an end of an era at Arsenal. In a sense I'm sad to see Wenger go, but his own (high) standards had dropped and the flaws in the team are obvious to all. I hope he enjoys his retirement, although I doubt he'll ever stop working.

You must have certain people on ignore. It's already been attributed to a vast international conspiracy. Oh, and because they're a small club, they struggle to compete with the cash engorged Goliaths.

Fourth best team in England. Best or second best team in Europe.

Second best bed wetting.
Shearer and Wright proclaiming us title rivals to Citeh next season is laughable.

City have got the league on lockdown until Sheikh Mansour turns the taps off.

unless they do a chelsea

Congrats to Mo Salah on the golden boot and all time top goal scorer in a season. Let's hope he can add old big ears (for a 6th time) to that haul.

Sounds like The Sherrif is having his horse readied.

all time in the modern era mike

Yes a 38 game season

@Rich_G, @jaw I’m not trolling, Benitez is as good or better than any of the managers you’ve had since you let him go after he won you the UEFA Europa League.

And he beat your guys with a Newcastle team that everyone acknowledges is of championship quality and needs shit loads of investment. And he kept them up fairly easy.

How different would the boom or bust cycle be at Chelsea if he were still in charge?
If he’d had Hazard and willian, and costa and kante and how much would he have improved bakayoko or drinkwater or rudiger.

barca lose their first game of the season with two games to go .... doh!
shame would have been nice to see another invincible team

Fourth best team in England

The fourth best team in England lost to Wigan in the FA Cup

I'm no Benitez hater and think he did a good job atchelsea but he was never going to taken to the hearts of hard core Chelsea fans.

different club would bring a differnt set of pressures.

Benitez has done great job at Newcastle.
But if Benitez had stayed I think he would have been another manager too the Boom and Bust list.
but who knows hay

Who will be next Chelsea manager? Will you be battling Arsenal for Mikel Arteta?

And the best team lost to the 4th best in the CL? I guess Wigan are the best then.