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Saved our arse but fucking shoot ffs. Despite all that pressure and possession Southampton finished the game with more shots than us.

How bad was Filipe Luis today? Awful at both ends. Ivanovic wasn't much better either. All the time in the world for both of them to pick out decent crosses and they failed time and time again. Lack of goalscorers cost us dearly though, no one getting inside the box when they were under tons of pressure. Hate to criticize Hazard after he saved our arse but his refusal to shoot is beginning to piss me off. Fucking pull the trigger ffs, had countless times to do so yet kept delaying or passing up the shot. MoTM between Cesc and Eden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-EOdOgmQn0 Nice to see Jose touch on this in his post match interview yesterday. Probably Diego's best all round game yesterday, made some excellent passes.

Can't believe Chelsea fans were claiming Vidic and Rio were better players. WTF. While those two were very good players JT is just a rare breed. Arguably the greatest defender English football has ever seen and one of the 10 best ever.

Oscar is infinitely better than Willian. Look at the first time passes he was giving in that 1st half for example, that takes incredible skill and vision. His individual game has progressed every season while Willian has barely improved from last year. We saw glimpses of Oscar's goalscoring potential in the 12-13 CL season and the first half of last years PL. This season he's taken his creativity not just in his final ball but general play to a level few of his ever envisaged. His direct set piece taking ability has also come along over the past couple of months. He's not the perfect player by any means but you can see gradual development in his game while Willian is still the same old player. Will has a significant advantage in ball carrying ability and retention skills but I think as Oscar continues to develop physically so will his retention skills.

Christ he's good. All he needs to do is add those long diagonals in his arsenal and we're talking best midfielder in the World.

We couldn't beat Sunderland at home without Hazard. He's definitely our best player, Cesc closely behind, Matic third. Lampard had more goals + assists than Zidane. Therefore Lampard > Zidane.

Jose does this every season. Remy is just this years De Bruyne.

Thought Schurrle would start after two goals in his last few appearances. Thought wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h89-lBR-Lpg Need one of these performances tomorrow.

Good? He's been the best player in that League outside Bayern and is basically Wolfsburg's entire attack. He's clearly a level above both Schurrle and Willian.

Settle down. I'm one of his biggest fans. I just have extremely high expectations for him as does he. He can pretty much be anything he wants to be and since his ultimate goal is the Balon D'or he can't rest on his laurels.

Unpopular opinion but I feel he was much better last season. He's had a few highs this season but he was far more consistent the previous campaign imo.

His form has completely fallen off a cliff these past couple of weeks yet he's significantly increased his scoring rate. Further proof, goals ≠ performances. That said I'd like to see him go for the brace more. He's far too content with just the 1.

He's a killer and a fantastic finisher but look at 6:09 in this video. Quick return pass there and Eden's through on goal. Drogba plays that pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivjZakOZngg Exactly what I'm talking about when I say his link up play is shit. As I said before his hold up play is excellent but he's terrible at combination football. That's simply something he has to improve on as Cesc, Hazard and Oscar all thrive on 1 touch play. No idea why people are up in arms whenever you criticize Diego btw. Hazard, Cesc, Oscar, Willian etc all receive criticism, Costa shouldn't be exempt from it either.

Just read his last 11 PL goals have all come at home. Awful stat, needs to start producing starting from Stoke.

His hold up play is exceptional but he's yet to link up with any player on this team. Our two best players, Cesc and especially Hazard thrive on 1 touch football so that's something he has to improve on. I've seen Drogba in his short amount of gametime link up with Hazard far more than Costa has.

Can people stop peddling the Fabregas = big game flop myth please. He's performed in many big games.

Need Hazard to do a madness. He needs to be the main man over this Christmas period, brace or hat-trick today.

Oscar can defend in the pivot, WIllian can't.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH WHAT!!?!? Luke Shaw was a starter at 16, Rooney at 16, Cesc was starting CL finals at 18, Hazard made his debut just aged 16, Mario Gotze at 17, Pogba was a starter for Juve at the same age, Ronaldo and Messi at 18. Then you have the likes of Oxlade, Verratti, Sterling, Wilshere etc who were all getting consistent gametime before they even hit 18 at big clubs. "Naturally, he wouldn't even get his debut for at least 2-3 more years". The fact that you actually believe this is normal is exactly why he should leave the club ASAP if he had any ambition.

He didn't sum anything up. That's just a strawman. He's bigging up the use of fringe players yet Remy & Ramires didn't start, Salah was subbed off early. There's absolutely no excuse for Jose's antics last night. RLC won't buy another game this entire season and you can quote me on it. He needs to stop selling these kids dreams so they can further their careers by moving elsewhere.

Just 10 minutes on the pitch and he was already bullying seasoned veterans. Complete joke he could only get 10 minutes in a dead rubber that we already won 20 minutes into the first half.

Can't believe he only got 10 minutes ffs. Already looks class, what a farce.

Why does Costa overrate his ability so much? Release the ball early ffs. Great play by RLC.