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It's certainly more civil/less heated than other neighbouring rivalries

Genuinely yes. I see us winning 1 of those games, if not both (though the likely of the latter is very low)

I told you, you guys made some good points (when not spammed with :goodpost: or ) haha

Time to prove those bas :censored: ds wrong then!

If we fail to beat Everton it won't matter

Shame.. He did well at Twente

Yeah, and he had to do that under enormous pressure because of that stupid decision to book him in the 30th second by Mariner. It's a testament to his abilities as a DM

Mikel or Essien?

The Bridge is hardly a fortress anymore

Yes, let him go.. We won't be using him.

Mikel is the only DM we have. Essien is not designed for it, he's wasted there.

Yeah, well I'm not saying he should start every game. But hey, why not give him 70minutes at Fulham? It couldn't hurt his development, and he'd pick up a ton of experience.. You know he won't

Doesn't matter if he's small. We've seen him take on 3 guys and still come out with the ball, he doesn't panic. He's intelligent enough to use the movement of the ball and his feet to play through such blockades. Messi is tiny, but that doesn't stop being a superstar. I'm not comparing Messi to McEachran, I'm saying being "big" isn't everything.

Just because he's 17, doesn't mean he shouldn't be given his chances. If he's good enough, play him. Lukaku's 17, why doesn't everyone knock him?

Everytime Josh comes on, he outshines all our midfield players. His ball control is amazing and he's always after it. It's like Henrique said, if Pedrito was at Chelsea, he'd be loaned out - Josh deserves his starts now.

The atmosphere (well, lack of..) is why I only bothered with the Carling Cup games. We never have any plastic fans (until the QF's) so everyone there is there because they want to see the Chelsea we grew up watching. Everyone sings and takes part in the banter, I remember watching our 4-0 vs Watford in the M.H Stand, we sang through half-time as well

My thoughts exact! Suuuuuuuuper, super Frank..

I see us beating Fulham.. & Man United.

No way?! Did not expect that Surprised, in a good way! Though Stevie Me would get it.

By the way guys, international round before this. Expect injuries.

True, I meant.. New blood though. McEachran & Luiz are the only ones. Perhaps Sala. Wouldn't mind seeing Clifford occupy the bench either.

Yeah their funding was cut off by Paypal and those. Their domain keeps dropping them too. Basically the whole internet is trying to get rid of Wiki Leaks, even through their Twitter account. I think Assange is the only one who'll upload to Wiki Leaks now, but he'll have to do it in a way where it'll be secure and uncorruptable.

Agreed. Anelka is not consistent, good enough to play as a playmaker. We need a intelligent young player to play that role, like Deco did for Porto/Barcelona.

For Torres, this was Drogba vs Marseille. A little emotional reunion where there was too much respect from the primary player. Hopefully we see improvement next week.