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you and me have to eat a little humble pie. The f'cker passed more balls forward tonight than in the whole of his career.......and scored a screamer from 1 yard

Absolute screamer from Mikel.... Good all round performance. Shurrle played very well and will seriously challenge Willian for his spot as I think his performances have been falling a bit short lately. And as to who we draw in the knockout stages........Who gives a f@ck,,,,,we'll whack them

I've been married for 30 years and my wife has made more passes at me than Mikel has made in the past month And you can imagine how mant that was !!!!!!!!!!

I admire your loyalty to him Kieran, and yes, he played very well in that game, but so did the other 10 heroes. But you cant live on the memories of one game. I feel he have consistently flattered to deceive and never fulfilled the potential he was supposed to possess.

Mikel is a half decent player.....................But you dont win anything with half decent players. He is long past his peak (whenever that was !!) and he just doesn't instill confidence when I see him play. Yes he made a lot of passes on Saturday, but in what direction. The guy is too slow and too cumbersome for the Premiership and especially for the way Chelsea are playing now. Thanks Mikel, but it's way past time for you to move on. I personally don't think he ever justified the fee we had to pay United.

Have to say I am disappointed with yesterdays result, but relieved to have that "invincibles" tags removed, as it just added extra pressure to the squad. Our performances in the league have been falling a little short lately, and I feel that Willian and Oscar have gone off the boil. Hazard has carried them recently, but he did look a little jaded yesterday. I only saw the highlights, but what was glaringly obvious to me was that without Matic our defence was exposed time after time. Gary Cahill had a "mare" of a game but I will not criticize him on this one match. but I will lay a lot of the blame with Mikel as I don't think he is reaching the standard required as a defensive midfielder. I always feel we will leak goals when he plays and he does not instill a lot of confidence when he plays. I am also slightly worried that Costa too seems to be having a downturn in form. I know that teams are becoming wiser as to how he plays, but he needs to adapt a bit to counteract that. I hope that next week all the players I have mentioned make me eat my words, and I will happily do so as long as we return to winning (in style) ways. But please.............DONT PLAY MIKEL AGAIN !!

FFS !!!!!!! We lose our first game in months, we absolutely batter them for the last 15 mins, and you reckon on this performance that Mourinho should be sacked !! Get a grip man. if we change managers every time we lose a game where would we end up ?? And anyway, it was never going to happen that we could go the season unbeaten and now that's that monkey off our backs. No matter what happens we will still be three points clear at the top, so stop f@cking panicking. Newcastle always give us a tough game and today was no different. It just wasn't our day........ But we will bounce back . Have faith my man, this will be our season

Following Citeh's 0-3 win over Southampton, this game is a "must-win" for us. Sunderland exposed a weakness in our team (inability to break down team buses parked in front of the goals) I dont think that the Spuds can defend as good as them but you never know. They blow hot and cold. Last season it was calamitous defending that gave us the edge over them. A repeat of that would be nice. If we fail to get a result I'm sure the headlines will read that we are a spent force and that the title is now Citeh's. So lets field our strongest team, beat these guys early and then make some astute substitutions, then we can concentrate on Newcastle and the big threat that they will offer us. 6 points out of 6 in these two games would really dishearten the chasing pack

Looking forward to a win today.....But more importantly, I just hope Stevie Gerrard has another great game for us

Seems like the curse of November strikes again. August September and October we are cruising and then fucking November comes and we struggle over QPR and now drop points against a team who have only ever won one game in the Champions League. seriously though our guys need to start getting their shit together from the kick-off. Shurrle looks lazy and disinterested, and Willian just didn't show up for this game.For their goal both of our full backs had tucked in way too much, with Ivanovic allowing way too much time to get the cross in and then Luis is 10 yards off his man when he gets the ball, allowing him time to place it in the top corner. Although we did up the pace in the second half it always seemed like it was just going to be one of those nights. Major improvement needed for Saturdays match against Liverpool. They will have seen tonights game and will realise we are there for the taking if we play like that again. Jose get your hair-dryer out and sort them out now.

This game could have been a banana skin for us, but we came through on a difficult wet night on a poor pitch. But saying that, Salah, Mikel and especially Shurrle were poor to say the least. Salah needs to focus on team play more (like he did for the goal) and not be shooting from impossible angles. Pass the ball, link the play and put in crosses , thats what he should be doing. Shurrle, well he seems to think that since he won the World Cup he is the "finished item" Well you're not. Again he needs to cut out the shooting from impossible angles. I really thought that this game was set up for him, but he failed the test, big time. And Mikel? I always fear for us when he plays because I just dont rate the guy (sorry). too many unforced errors in his game and he just looks lazy.i dont think he brings anything to the game when he plays. The young guys done well, nothing outstanding, just solid safe performances. And finally Drogba............F@cking Legend

Of course he will be able to improve his heading ability..............But unlike Rooney he wont need a hair transplant to assist him

FFS we're only 5 games into the season and you reckon Fabregas is tired already !!!!!! These guys are highly trained athletes who dont get tired after 450 minutes of football in 5 weeks. Maybe after Xmas when the weather gets bad and he has played two games every week for a couple of months, then I'll agree with you. But right now the guy is still getting used to playing with us and is champing at the bit to play every minute he can. Anyway, Villa is not the game to blood Ake. Bring him on, with twenty minutes to go (but only if we are winning 3-0)

I know we were winning 0-1 against ten men and I know Frank scored the equalizer. But overall, we defended superbly and resolutely, perhaps were a bit apprehensive while attacking, but we were playing away against the Champions, and I would have accepted a draw before the start. But thats not my main point, this is............... A huge congratulations to the Chelsea travelling fans. To give big Frank such a huge ovation after he had scored against us and taken two points off us showed CLASS. I dont know of any other team who's supporters who have ever shown such admiration and loyalty to a past player and you really made me proud..........Take a bow Chelsea travelling fans, you deserve it.

This will be our biggest test to date (obviously) and I really hope they play Lampard against us, because our guys know him inside out. Also this is not the Frank we used to have. He is much slower and, in my opinion, a shadow of the great player we used to idolise. City will be smarting after our double over them last season, so if we come away with even a draw I will be happy. Our defence isn't as watertight as last season either and I think we will need to score at least twice to come out of this game with anything.

Barbara how could you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought you loved me???????????????? Seriously though a great article and a class analysis

Fabregas will be a great player for us. Neville can pick all the holes he likes in his performance, but in the overall picture of the season so far he has made something like 6 assists for us. And Costa is reaping the rewards from Cesc's play. Matic was the one to blame for the Swansea goal as he had his pocket picked by Routledge. After Mourinho's half time words of wisdom and a substitution we were a far more balanced side. We are only four games into the season and Mourinho is still fine tuning the team. And you can be sure that when he is finished, he will get he very best out of Fabregas. I think the guy is playing superbly for us and he has filled a major void left by Lampard. For me our defence is a worry, we cannot hope to outgun every team in the league and hope that if they score 3 we will score 4.(although we do look capable of this) Just a note on Frank....."Frank Lampard is a ghost his former self" This was stated by one of the tabloids following his performance against Arsenal. It's a shame as he will only damage his reputation by turning out for City, as he is clearly a spent force in the Premiership.

£500,000 per week You could run a small country on money like that. Seriously, this is just plain crazy, and a really unbelievable piece of journalism. And even if it were true, I would avoid him like the plague. What we (at Chelsea) have at present is a "team" playing for each other, and each player is an important cog in the team. You bring this showboater in and you completely change the whole dynamics of the team, as the focus would have to be on him, because he would demand that he has to be central to every play made We dont need him or in my opinion, want him, as he would ruin not just the team, but the club as a whole . Anyway, we have moved on from taking Man U's cast off's

Costa.............What a player ????? has already scored more goals this season than Torres did for the whole of last season. Fabregas.........We need to change his name to Fabreclass Hazard.............Is just that. A hazard to every defence in the country My only concern is our defence.........WTF???? 5 goals conceded in two games!!!! Not the Mourinho way. Are we just hoping to outscore every team we play ?

This will be a good test for us ahead of a couple of very important weeks. Swansea have provided tough opposition for us in the past so we will need to be on top of our game to get the result we need. If there is even a slight worry over Costa I would not play him. Give Remy the start and let him show us what he's got. (which is hopefully a hat-trick on his debut!!) Our squad should have enough depth to beat what will be a very resilient Swansea side. Com'n you Blues and make it 12 from 4 :blue scalf: PS.. F@cking hate these international breaks

Hopefully he'll be fine......... Rest him against Swansea as a precaution and with a little luck he can be ready to face Shalke and City. Remy, Drogba or Shurrle can do the business for us against Swansea. But an injury to Costa at this early stage of the season, no matter how trivial or bad, is worrying for the long term

lets set a marker for the rest of the season and put these Burnley boys in their place. We slipped up way too many times last season against co called relegation fodder, so 0-3 and i'll be happy. There are a lot of teams who have improved their squads to try to get into and stay in the top four, so lets start off by making sure the top spot belongs to us from the start. Best of luck Chelsea, I hope its a season to remember :blue scalf: On the down side........I'm off on holidays and wont get to see the f@cking game

Yes, I am interested in what you said and to a certain extent I will agree with you. But I dont rate Frank anymore as a player who could damage our title hopes. And I think that had he signed for QPR he would have helped them immensely, but that at City he is only there to make up the home grown numbers. And I also know he wasn't short of other offers, but New York is owned by Man City therefore I think he may not have had too much of a choice. But, look, I do understand your very valid points, I just think that Frank is finished at the top level of football and will not cause us any harm, and hopefully at the end of the season we will be holding the Premiership title, no matter who Citeh sign. I will be very surprised if we don't win the title, and that the form and performances of Frank Lampard are the reason why!!!!

Have read some of the comments on here and I dont really see what all the fuss is about, and here's my reasons why 1. We didn't offer Frank a new contract......Why?...........because he had nothing more to offer us as a player. 2, City are champions with a pick of younger world class midfielders.....So can you see Frank holding down a regular first team spot for five months? 3. City are short of home grown players (as stated by many on here)...so he makes up the numbers 4. And his New York club is owned by City. Frank sadly, had nothing more to offer us at Chelsea. He was a fine player,but times change and he still wants to play at a high level. I dont blame him for taking up the offer from Citeh. I doubt if he will play against us and I feel he is just there for his fitness and to increase Citeh's home grown contingent. Let him go with our gratitude for what he has done for us in the past, because you can be sure he will never be able to recreate his best form ever again in the future, with Citeh or anyone else. Chelsea have had Franks best years, and if he had anything left to give he would most definitely have been kept by Jose. So good luck Frank and thanks for the memories

At the start of last season I got hit on here for calling him the poor man's Drogba. I am sorry that I put him in the same comparison as the "Great One". Drogba could teach him something about ambition, and how you must earn the respect and adoration of the fans. It just seems that the guy didn't fancy fighting for his place in the team. He has just shown a complete lack of ambition. Even Drogba, at his age came back because he relished the chance to try to regain his place in the team against Costa, and Torres. If Lukaku is happy to play for Everton, then thats fine... But you will never play Champions League mate. If he is as good a footballer as he makes out to be he would have stayed and won a place in the side. But I think he knows that Everton will be the pinnacle of his career. You may have scored plenty for them last season, but the sign of a true striker is to follow that up with the same the next season, so, no pressure Romelu. Prove me wrong.