MrExcalibur100

I won't mind seeing him start from the first minute against Liverpool. With Lamps and Mikel out and with Matic suspended, we need a fit CM for the Atletico game that can at least pass a football. I'm not too enthused by the pivot duo of Ramires-Luiz for Atletico Madrid. Last time they played together, they got completely overrun. van Ginkel might be a viable option to bring off the bench against Atletico Madrid to supplement the midfield.

We need our Leader back! Brilliant news really. JT missing is a bigger blow than even Cech missing.

Hopefully nothing serious. The defense looked clearly weaker without JT

We should have attacked! Especially without our 2 best attackers from the start and our best midfielder cup tied. And when our keeper and best CB went off injured we should have poured forward! Then we could have attacked more in the second leg, to try and turn the 3-0 defeat around. Mourinho clearly doesn't have a Scooby-Doo's what he's doing. He's completely clueless and must be sacked for gross incompetence!!

So sad for Petr. On the plus side, the season is almost over and Schwarzer is a very experienced keeper. Apart from that blooper against Sunderland, he's always looked very solid. Imagine if we didn't have him and had to play Hiliario(us)..

Got this off twitter: "Mourinho is entitled to play like that to reach finals; neutrals are entitled to jeer; more ambitious teams than Atletico must find a way through. Simple." The fact is most managers are not tactically good enough to set up their team to go away and get draws on demand like we've done today, At Arsenal and at Man United. It was ugly but brilliant. A goalless draw is still dangerous, but even with suspensions and injuries, I will think we are favourites in the 2nd leg. So, I'm guessing Ivanovic plays at CB, with Ramires and Luiz in the pivot with Eden, Eto'o Schurrle and Oscar to come in for the 2nd leg then we will show our power. Don't be down-trodden by the rival fans who will surely mock our performance as they watch to be entertained while we watch to see CFC win football matches and trophies. Beautiful football is irrelevant in such games. The onus was on Atletico to break us and they failed to do so

No doubt some ignorant people (mostly non-Chelsea haters) will say the game was boring, blah, blah, but we've come here and got a positive result. All we need now is a win at the Bridge and we are more than capable of that hopefully with Hazard back .

Now time to smash these fucks at The Bridge.

BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE!! HEROIC!!! :blue scalf:

And for people saying Cole is past it? Came on and played like a boss tonight. Ash, lad.

Oscar would have done better with that free-kick.

Torres has been epic, fuck it.

Impressed with Torres today.

Oscar for Lampard with him playing deeper as a CM

With Terry out, all of a sudden we are losing header in our box.

With Schurrle on, is there a change of formation?

Strong ref this guy. Very impressed.

Schurrle not as quick as Ramires?

Lampard out is loss because we wouldn't have any creativity from our pivot. And we will miss his set-piece delivery.

Willian has been shocking in the 2nd half. Time for Schurrle or Oscar.

Arda Turan is dangerous. We need to keep an eye on him

No one is 50 yards near him so it's incredibly difficult to do anything. Even Drogba struggled when we played this way. He's held up the ball well and has been strong. He's also won a lot of fouls. I'm sure he will be better in those things you mentioned when we bring on Schurrle and Oscar. Game plan is working to perfection so far.

Atletico are not that dangerous when they have possession are they? That's why our approach makes perfect sense. And injuries, ineligibility and suspensions should be taken into considerations. Torres has been surprisingly brilliant so far.

Something gives me a feeling it's not meant to be. We don't have enough quality out there right now to hurt them.

Good point actually.