MrExcalibur100

Costa's ripped shirt is analogous of the man's character. A true warrior who doesn't hide when his team needs him!

He has to be able to deal with being man marked. He was also man-marked vs Palace as well for instance and had a great game but they are an average team. Even average players get man-marked during games. It's nothing special. Normal tactic. It's no excuse for his impotence in big games. As for being injured, just for the sake of argument he was, doesn't explain his Man United performance.

So Bale is the 3rd best player in the world?! You rate him very highly indeed. As for shooting and running, I'm thinking Sunderland away last season, his first goal away or Hull away, so he can do it. It's not just his game.

If you're a great, world class player, this is not a legitimate excuse to be utterly invisible.

I called here it in a thread during the summer that was comparing our squads since the Abramovich era and I said this was the strongest Chelsea in the Roman era and by extension, of all time. Better than the 2005-07 squad and the Ancelotti one. and I'm sticking with that. We still have won sweet fuck all though!

It's by far the weakest area for us. Good enough to see us over the line but we need way more quality brought in in the summer.

I don't know if it's a rest issue or something else. I'm not liking what I'm seeing from Cesc in the big games. He needs to demand the ball way more instead of trying to be a ghost.

(1) This. (2) This. (3) And that. His body language suggests that. There's no point in trying to force the issue as the goals will come more from open play. He should know we don't rely on him for goals like last season so he should be more relaxed. It's not like he has zero goals. He's scored 5. Aside from that, his all round game has been immaculate. I didn't see the 1st half but in the 2nd, he looked by far our most dangerous attacker. Again.

Ramires will probably have missed.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EAT THAT YOU SCOUSE BASTARDS!!

Is it? He's diving towards the ball but he's not even looking at it when Gerrard blasts it on his hand. No penalty.

Is that Costa's 5th yellow?

Typical. Playing on the counter with only a 1 goal lead.

We're struggling to hold on to the ball again now they've scored? We can't invite pressure on ourselves again, ffs.

What a run from Azpilicueta!

I just woke up to this. I saw Ramires has started today (Lol! Typical Mourinho) Has he done anything of value?

The league suits him perfectly and he's on a tear right now, but it has to be noted that the teams he's been scoring against are of very poor quality. Still, when a world class player is available, we have to get involved. Our RW was a notable weakness last season. I can't remember any significant rumours even linking us to him, which was somewhat disappointing.

I was pleading for the signing of Alexis Sanchez. It's was a no-brainer really, he fits into our side like a glove. Mourinho probably felt that we had enough with Schurrle and Willian but its becoming clearer with each passing match that neither are really good enough for Chelsea.

The fact that Hazard completed so many dribbles today also highlights the terrible positions he was receiving the ball.

Yet, we could only score from a set-piece. Our play was uncoordinated from minute 1-90.

More like haphazard, desperation tactics. I would have done the same thing in my Football manager!

Asking him about Liverpool resting players.... Terrible. Just terrible.

Yes, he was terrible.

It's pretty random to say Kalas was the one. I have no problems the way we played vs Liverpool last season, given the circumstances. The tactics that day were spot on! Where I have problems is away to Arsenal, Atletico and Man United last season. Away to City this season was incredibly disappointing. We refused to play at all, against an ordinary side. They've beaten by Newcastle, Stoke, CSKA. We should have attacked them.

Man City are a fucking joke. It's inexplicable how we played the way the way we played vs them at their place. They won't even finish 3rd now and drop to the Europa league.