The Skipper

Don't know why people want to put our best defender in midfield tbh.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8643291/Eden-Hazard-says-Chelsea-were-scared-of-Manchester-City-at-Wembley

Mikel.

Zola is doing wonders with the Watford squad.

Can't see BvB going past Real but you never know in footbal...

Don't forget Witsel.

They need to score 5 to go through. Game over.

I know it's Rubin but Lampard looks okay in that number 10 role.

Well, Mourinho doesn't exclusively play counter attacking football. He'll play to the strength of the squad - our best players are Hazard and Mata, who thrive more in possession based football.

Pastore is frustratingly inconsistent.

Thought Pastore would mess that up but well done. Come on PSG!

Certainly not the counter attacking style Falcao is thriving under at Atletico.

That's not the argument though - the argument is that he scores against the lesser sides.

this still hurts.

how is collating a list of his goals "hating"? They are just the facts. How the hell is he the most accomplished player in the squad? You can't be that deluded? Torres' pace isn't the same anymore - and to use Spain as an argument is quite funny because they pass around the box even more than we do. Torres doesn't even get called up to Spain anymore. Spain use a false 9 system, they don't even play a with a striker. I'm tired of these excuses now. 2 years of subpar performances and people still have the nerve to insult the rest of our squad just for Torres' sake.

He's a right winger right? Since we still don't have an established right winger at the club, if he does come and impresses in pre-season, he has a great opportunity to make the spot his own.

Lewy is the most realistic buy simply due to his price. I would be happy with his purchase, but that means Lukaku must go out on loan for another year. It's up the our new manager - if he wants a new striker at a realistic price, Lewandowski is definitely top of the list. We'll obviously need to ship out Torres as well though for any sort of move to happen.

Save Bertrand for Sunday then.

Brilliant job in collating this list. This is quite sad tbh.

That's what I think to. What better way to leave Real than to leave them with a CL trophy? It would be classic Jose.

I agree you need luck but you can't compare what we did to what they did, that's what I'm trying to get at essentially. Don't think because they beat Malaga in added time that their name is on the trophy, it wasn't as special as ours or even Liverpool in Istanbul. I don't think they'll win it tbh, especially if they have to face Real or Barcelona in the semis, or even Bayern (who are looking likely to win against Juve). They haven't been as lucky as us. Malaga is a side they should be beating anyway, it's not like they slew a giant.

Hmm, I don't think so. We were far more luckier last season. We defied bigger odds. You said it so yourself - coming back from 4-1 down against Napoli, beating Barcelona away with 10 men after being 2-0 down, facing Bayern in their own stadium... You can't compare BvB luckily beating Malaga (who aren't even as good as Napoli, Barcelona or Bayern) to that sorry.

It really depends how kind their draw is to them. If they get Barcelona or Real I think they'll struggle but you never know in football.

Mate, I fully agree, but at the end of the day, if you take both offsides away - Dortmund win. It was shocking officiating for sure but you shouldn't be surprised. We as Chelsea fans know how poor these UEFA officials can be.

I hope not. I think it's okay that Messi won it last season because he did break the record for amount of goals scored and stuff but this season I think Ronaldo should have it, he's been robbed too often.