DYC.

Torres and Higuaín are freakishly similar as players. Of course he's done better than Torres has for the past one and half year but he wouldn't do much for us in our current state either. Only Henry and R9 would score like crazy in our current team.

Mehh at least with Torres there's hope, with Anelka you just know.

They were indeed great yesterday, very deadly on the break. And last night highlighted that while Gomez, who's the best pure number 9 around imo, is of a higher class than Klose as a striker, Klose's mobility, link-up play and his great eye for a free team mate still makes him the better choice for the starting CF spot. Simply because with him, they make a better team. And it's not like he's less of a goal-scorer than Gomez for the German NT.. the opposite even. Van Marwijk should be getting a lot more out of this team, his choices still baffle me. Dirk Kuyt is still a starter when he never should've been one in the first place.. he keeps playing two defensive midfielders who seriously lack mobility and never track the players their supposed to mark (it's like having two Mikel's) and it's not like they don't make up for it by doing something else really well.. Sneijder is untouchable for the number 10 spot yet he's always to be found very near to the two DMs which always leaves the lone striker isolated.. while it would all be so much easier with one pure DM (Nigel de Jong) with someone in a deep play-maker role next to him (Sneijder would be ideal for that role). I know he led the team to the finals but everything went right that tournament while the competition was poor except for Spain and Germany, who met in the semi-final. Spain is still my pick for victory. The amount of world-class and class players they posses is unheard of, their only problem is Del Bosque's weird choices as he forgets you can't pass your way into the goal. While he can get so much out of his team by playing with one DM instead of two. They're just the right line-up away from glory imo. Germany a close second for me but their defence is still too weak while their build-up from the back is terrible. Pressure their back-line and the team falls into pieces. Though their effenciency is terrifying..

Captain Fantastic!

What a second half performance by the boys. We would've won if it wasn't for Foy. Incredibly proud.

A good ref is being missed.

Foy was ordered to fuck us up, no other explanation possible. I'm not the type to complain about refs but this is fucking ridiculous.

Fuck it, we're gonna win this.

Come on Chelsea!

If we're playing 4-2-1-1, Mata is the most logical player for the spot behind the striker imo. And he's shown that he's not too lazy to get back and defend in recent matches. Guess we don't share the same views.

Doesn't have players to feed? What about feeding Anelka when he makes runs behind the defence.

Mata off? Please let it be because of (a minor) injury as that's the only way it would make sense. With Mata, I'd say we could still win this. But without him..

This one's deserved. Unbelievable.

Why take off our main goal-scoring threat?

I wouldn't say useless, he still links up with his team mates very well. But other than that, yeah he's been poor. Too bad.

It's not the first time he's given away a penalty, it's like his third in less than a year at Chelsea. People should just get over it though. And Alex did get stick.. shouts like we should have sold him to Juventus and lets sell him in the winter come to mind.

Yup, the only important thing in this match for me. Good for his confidence, we really need him firing this season.

Silva, Agüero, Kompany, Balotelli, Phil Jones, Berbatov, Anderson.

Good stuff, we needed this. Lampard, Sturridge Mata and Luiz are playing really well. Bolton have been absolutely awful and their GK is having a nightmare.

Personally I'd love to see this: Cech Bosingwa - Luiz - Terry - Bertrand Ramires - Meireles Mata Sturridge - Drogba - Nico/Flo

Hahahahaha.

Woww, who you calling a nigger? No need for that.

Kalou does it again .