Terrace Talk: Chelsea - Abramovich must step in and trap Jose’s ‘rat’

It’s probably not one of my best ideas to write this article immediately after witnessing possibly one of the most gutless performances I have seen for a very long time. In the pub, everyone wants to apportion blame – it’s Ivanovic’s fault, it’s Mourinho’s fault, it’s John Terry’s fault, it’s Eva Carneiro’s fault – it’s all getting a bit heated.

I have no idea whose fault it is – but what is evident is that there is something very wrong and whatever it is is not working itself out. Someone has to take control of the situation and make a few tough decisions.

Players who won the league last season do not (all) become complete liabilities overnight. They also, one would assume, do not lose faith in the manager who led them to that league victory overnight. The manager also does not become crap overnight – and save me the “Mourinho third season” theories please. That said, the Svengali-like influence Mourinho has traditionally held over his various squads does seem to be absent. How has that happened? Who has enough influence in the dressing room to undermine him?