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Jamie Redknapp is speaking well now. André must be given time to make this team his own. It's only been 3months.. 12 games. Haha, why we let him rot at West Ham, I'll never know! Who's decision was that even?

I believe the pass was fine. Cech made the pass before that many times & it was fine. This time Adam chased a long way, so you're right that Cole should've made the shout too.

It was a game of tactics. I don't think our tactics were as awful as when we played Arsenal. The shape in the 2nd half was very good.. Liverpool were prepared in a better way though. Hold our hands up and say, they were tactically better. It's a learning curve here.. Kenny & Steve have invaluable experience, André & Roberto do not. Time is key.

We were 7th this time, last season. We came back to 2nd. Keep a bit of perspective here.. Of course we have aims and such. And this is humiliating because of the teams we've suffered against. Let's not lose sight of the bigger picture though!

Yeah. A real hard one to swallow.. We can only hope to get our revenge next week. Excellent analysis. People called Carlo's season a 'transitional' but that was wrong. This really is one because Villas-Boas is laying down the foundations. He's committed to his way of the game and he isn't bowing to the pressures of the old system. That's how you teach your system, you keep at it and the players will adapt. Of course it'll never be perfect, but 'time' is a commodity he deserves. -- Jamie Redknapp is an idiot for saying it was wrong for Torres to be on the bench. Drogba played very wll.

Happy with Villas-Boas leaving out Torres and Meireles for so long. Because Torres would've taken the spotlight and the football would've been forgotten. Which actually happened when they came on. Good call by him.

We must learn to press as Liverpool did to us.. This is a sickening defeat, considering our domination of the second-half. We wanted transition, we said we'd be happy to sacrifice glory in order for a new era of Chelsea to be born, this is the period we must ride out.

Sturridge is coming on. Good days ahead..

My recommendation Cech Ivanovic - Luiz - Terry - Cole Ramires - Meireles - Lampard Mata Anelka - Drogba

I miss the days when Liverpool feared us. The opposite seems to be true now. Attack On the plus side, I'm glad Drogba's bothering now. He's giving Skrtel & Agger the run around, but no-one latching onto the second ball. I think Anelka should be brought on to do this, because Drogba's doing well to be the target man. Mata's doing well with his movement, and he's doing well with Ivanovic. At least the threat down the left-hand side isn't great. We do need to up the tempo, but not misplace our passes because we're being done on the counter. Defence It's worrying. Ashley Cole & Florent Malouda are being annihilated again, just as Arsenal were a threat there. It's really worrying. Mikel.. He had a mistake, enough said. David Luiz is doing his best to stay disciplined, I've seen improvement from him so I am not complaining too much. John Terry is worrying me.. He's slipping too much, on more than 1 occasions.

Souness is a nutcase. What an awful pundit.. Get an ex-Chelsea rep in there!!

Sturridge took a knock in training on Thursday or Friday. His exclusion should be no surprise..

Let's hope the chase isn't over.. Though essentially, if you assume they'd beat Everton, Tottenham lie in a higher position than us.

Hyped up for this. COME ON YOU BLUES!

Depends on the type of players he'd bring in. The most popular rumours suggest Cahill & Hazard.

Delighted about Ivanovic's inclusion over Bosingwa. Drogba with Malouda could work, since Malouda's in-love with him. It's somewhat of a gamble considering his recent attitude, let's hope he'll put in a good performance today.

Dear lord, Drogba?! Please, please, bother today!!

The problem is.. You don't want to make the Facebook group so active that people start using that more than the TalkChelsea forums.

Good. Making huge signings in Jan seldom work. Last year's big signing's Torres & Dzeko failed to make an impression when bought in Jan. Any "big" changes should be done in summer.

Sad news coming out today. Liverpool's back goalkeeper, Brad Jones' 5 year-old son has died from leukaemia today. Hope there's some sort of tribute before the game.

Villas-Boas yet to decide about loan & upset with Rogers http://www1.skysport...et-with-Rodgers

As Zola did 8 years ago, I hope Mata leaves Carragher on his behind.

To be honest though, when it comes to Government support. This country is very generous, council houses, the dole ect. It did kind of breed a culture that learned they could be reliable on the government to support them. It's only now that people are feeling the blunt of what's happening in terms of making your own way. The university cuts & all. However, education standards in this country are now appalling. The numbers of kids going into private educations now, even if families can barely afford it, is ridiculous. A university degree now, means almost nothing. Enterprise must be encouraged. My friend rejected an offer from Warwick University to start his own business and he's now making profit with a whole mass business plan drawn up. It's a shame more kids aren't like that in this country atm.

Congrats!

It will only get worse. Next 2-3 years in this country, at this rate, and we won't be a stone's throw away from Greece's situation.