The Special One has been sacked by the Blues for the second time - but why?
Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Chelsea. Again.
The Chelsea boss has endured the worst season of his managerial career as the reigning Premier League champions turned in the performances of an unrecognisable side week after week.
It has been the Blues' worst ever start to a season, and the worst Premier League title defence ever seen, with the club lurching towards the relegation zone.
But how? Why? Well it turns out there is a fairly lengthly list of reasons why things have been falling apart at Stamford Bridge...
Ivanovic's loss of form
Previously a reliable stalwart and linchpin in many a fantasy football manager's back four, as well as being in the Premier League Team of the Year for 2015, the Serbian has seemingly been drained of all his powers this season.
He's been turned inside out more times than clothes that have just come out of a washing machine this season but isn't the only Chelsea defender to be struggling...
The decline of John Terry
The former England captain played every minute of Chelsea's title winning season and was also in the Premier League Team of the Year, but this campaign started off badly for Terry and has got worse.
He was hooked at half-time at Manchester City by Mourinho in the second game of the season as the Blues went on to lost 3-0 and has played in all but one of their league defeats since then.
Even JT's leadership skills, something we thought would never disappear, have to be called into question as the west Londoners strung together abject performance after abject performance.
Failing to bring in John Stones
The Everton starlet looks and looked like the perfect long-term replacement for Terry but after a very public courting of the young Toffee, Jose failed to land his man before the end of the summer transfer window.
Everton fans sang "Money can't buy you Stones" to Mourinho as they inflicted a 3-1 defeat on the Blues in September and since then it's been more of a long and winding road down the league for Jose.
Signing Papy Djilobodji
Mourinho did get his hands on a new defender on deadline day, however, but it wasn't quite a signing of the stature of John Stones.
And Chelsea fans have seen Papy Djilobodji (or Papy Nobodji as some fans have cruelly dubbed him) play just once since arriving - a substitute appearance in the League Cup at Walsall - despite being a regular for Nantes in Ligue 1 for years. And at 26 he isn't exactly one for the future.
Utterly nonsensical.
Thibaut Courtois' injury
The Belgian shot-stopper has had a terribly unlucky season to far. He was sent off on the opening day of the new campaign against Swansea (perhaps harshly) and then lasted two more games before a devastating knee injury.
The Blues went on to lost five of the next eight league games with just Asmir Begovic and a handful of youth team goalkeepers left available. Which makes the next decision seem all the more crazy...
Selling Petr Cech to Arsenal
Regularly one of the best performers in the Premier League, the big Czech keeper was allowed to join rivals Arsenal in the summer for £10m after seemingly losing his place to Thibaut Courtois.
However, that knee injury to the Belgian has exposed how shortsighted it was to let Cech go, especially to a title rival, and unsurprisingly he's been a success at the Emirates, keeping six clean sheets and making numerous saves as well as helping the Emirates club shop shift countless bobble hats.
Cesc Fabregas' struggles
Another Chelsea player struggling to recapture the form of last season is Cesc Fabregas. The Spanish playmaker was involved in most Blues' goals last campaign, especially at the start of the season when they effectively ran away with the title.
But this season the assists and goals have dried up. He has managed to notch an assist record for Spain but that will be little consolation to Chelsea fans, some of whom want him out. And he isn't the only midfield star struggling...
Matic's confidence
The midfield linchpin that allowed the likes of Fabregas to swan forward and create assists last season has been a shadow of his former self.
"You see Matic lost an easy pass against Aston Villa," Mourinho has said. "The first reaction he had was to show disappointment by throwing his arms. When you are full of confidence you don't show disappointment."
With Matic out of form, Chelsea's whole system comes crashing down but there are yet more midfielders out of form....
What's up with Eden Hazard?
Rarely has a PFA Player of the Year suffered such a terrible fall from grace so quickly but Eden Hazard is like a man who's woken up and forgotten how to be a footballer.
No goals this season and just two assists from a midfielder who scored 21 times last campaign and ran opposition defences ragged.
It's almost as if he's trying to force a move away to somewhere a little sunnier.
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