MrExcalibur100

Willian has been world class in this first half.

Hopefully Willian has been working on his set-pieces.

Hazard should stop day-dreaming and focus on the match.

Good player but the sums i'm seeing are pretty silly. Plus he's more of a striker, I think. At least for West Ham Yeah, there are of course different combinations and connotations we can try like the examples you gave. None of them that ideal. Shaktar won't sell Douglas Costa for anything less than the release clause, sort of like Cuadrado. I'm guessing we'll go with those 4 + the Ramires option till the end of the season and maybe try again for Reus.

Courtois Iva Cahill Terry Luis Matic Rambo Fabregas Willian Remy Eden Assuming Costa will be banned for the game. 4-3-3 with an extra man in midfield. We need the extra man in there to deal with the movement and playmaking of Silva and the runs and dribbles of Aguero. The Matic and Fabregas pivot has looked to porous recently and Oscar is pretty pointless vs any good team.

Are we going to lose both Salah and Schurrle to sign Cuadrado? That leaves us short by 1 in positions were we always play 3, Eden - Oscar - Willian. That's worrying.

I'll even take it one step further and disagree with Henry there. Costa neither deserved a red or even worse, to be charged by the clueless, piece of shit FA. This is the "stamp". It's not even a stamp, ffs. But he's already been charged and the arrogant pencil pushers at the FA will make sure he's banned for Saturday's game. This is pure Trial by the Media. http://zippy.gfycat.com/BewitchedGorgeousBluebird.webm Again, this is what he's being charged for. How can anyone prove for certain it wasn't accidental? I've seen stamps before, and you know a stamp is a stamp even when the player tries to disguise it. Like this for example: What angers me more than even this charge is the feckless Chelsea fans already accepting that Costa did it on purpose. On here and all over twitter, who thank goodness, i've already blocked. What's wrong with some of our fanbase? swallowing shit up. If Costa did what Kondogbia did in that video I posted, I don't think anyone will be backing him. We'll say Costa meant to do that, end of story. But if you're making vindictive judgement on Costa and claim to be a Chelsea fan, then you have to look at yourself, seriously and stop being influenced by piece of shit cunt pundits like Redknapp and piece of shit rags like the Guardian and Daily Fail and piece of shit opposition fans who will also be backing their man if the same thing happened to their players!

Top bloke but simply not good enough. Thanks for the memories though, Andre.

Nice to see sense from Neville and Lineker, two great pundits who won't partake in the witch-hunt. Like I said, impossible to prove Costa meant it from the replays.

I can't think of a dafter cunt than that guy. Hate his face and his voice.

I'm surprised how many people are accepting that Costa did it on purpose. I've watched both incidents again a dozen times. His body language, head movements.... it seemed unintentional. It's inconclusive at best. If it were Hazard, will any of you accept that video evidence? But Costa is the devil, right? It shows how much power the media have in this world. They literally tell people how to think. Jamie Redknapp, the scouse cunt said Costa stamped (those aren't even stamps btw) players twice, so yes, Costa must have done it.

And this is beyond the realms of possibility?

Can you prove it was intentional? The replays are far from conclusive. Unless you're just swallowing what the media and "pundits" feed you.

Thierry Henry : We should talk about Hazard like we talk about Messi and Ronaldo.

I'm just looking at the stamps again, not like I initially cared to do so. Both of the so-called stamps are accidental. In the first one, Costa has his only on the ball. http://zippy.gfycat.com/BewitchedGorgeousBluebird.webm In the second one, he's clearly trying to jump out of the way. http://zippy.gfycat.com/PowerfulMellowArizonaalligatorlizard.webm But it's Costa, so let's make noise about it. It will be absolutely disgusting if he gets punished for these. Media an absolute disgrace once again.

My favourite quote about Costa : Diego Costa says that he never takes his work home with him. Which is probably a good thing. If he did, the Atlético Madrid striker might walk through the door, goad the dog with a stick, surreptitiously elbow his wife out of the way on the stairs, shrug his shoulders innocently as she lay in a crumpled heap at the bottom and whisper insults to his children, look the other way and whistle when they burst into tears. He might stroll into the living room and dramatically collapse on the floor, roll around the rug holding his head and appeal for a penalty. He might even get it too.

Another world class performance from Mr. Hazard

Left foot as well. Would have been one of the best goals ever scored in the League Cup.

Pro Liverpool brigade at Sky Sports trying to make it seem like we were battered for 180 mins. Typical.

Ha, this lad is the biggest troll in football. Fucking love him! Needs to calm down at times, though. Doesn't want to make himself a target like Luis Suarez was.

Courtois was great but honestly, he barely had a save to make after the first half. Unless he's the MOTM for his first half performance alone? There are more deserving players, IMO.

Shocking banner. Winning the trophy is very important now for some of our younger players. Incredibly intense game. Willian really improved from his horrible first half performance. I thought he was immense. As were Hazard, Matic, Ramires and Zouma.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

The thought of Aguero running at our defense and Silva pulling the strings worries me greatly.

The pace at which we are moving the ball is shocking and the players are struggling to have time on the ball. We simply can't deal with their pressing. This is training ground stuff.