Madmax

Just joking mate

That looks like a food web diagram lmao

I thought he was injured?

Not really. He can play there if you asked him to but he is best at running the channels.

Don't get all the fanfare about Nasri. Good player on his day, but another one who goes missing when the chips are down. Mata and Hazard over him every day of the week.

Wasn't good enough then, isn't good enough now. Before someone comes up with tosh like "but he's better than what we have", we don't need slight improvements on current wingers, we need substantial improvement and genuinely quality talent which is threatening to the class of opposition a club like Chelsea faces week in week out. And Quaresma isn't that.

lmao classic JT. Easy to see why he gets under the skin of everyone he comes up against.

Yeah saw that during the game haha. They don't take Halsey seriously do they?

Not for me. Works well across all established PC browsers.

Maybe so, but shouldn't they be living within their means then? With respect to Chelsea, winning stuff on a regular basis has made us escape criticism about playing style from our own fans atleast. Outsiders have always had a go for the dour football we've dished out, barring 09-10 when we were scoring for fun towards the end of the season. As to the question about why a team with these players can't/hasn't played such football, it's down to the manager. Mourinho - content to stick with a one or two goal lead Scolari - tried to make us a more attacking side initially, but our defence suffered. Hiddink - liked his clean sheets, never really prolific under him. Carlo - liked to go all out even when winning (09-10) but incredibly poor stuff last year, not entirely down to matters under his control. With AvB, it remains to be seen. Precedent says he likes playing attractive football but can he pull it off with the current squad? Don't know.

Simple justification - Trophies. Like it or not, winning stuff, no matter how ugly, papers over everything else, playing style included. Those teams you mention have won what exactly? I'm not defending dire, boring football, merely putting forth general mentality of fans. Personally, right now I only want AvB to bring the swagger back into our play. Everybody's utopian idea would be great football + trophies, but that happens rarely in the practical world. Unless you're on another planet to everyone else. In other words, unless you're Barcelona.

I think BL should take Match Report writing lessons from Tommy.

Mikel's commitment to the cause of Chelsea Football Club can never be under doubt from here on in. Hope his dad is safe and these abductors don't do something untoward.

Am I the only one put off by players kissing badges?

Lampard and the wingers don't deserve to be on the pitch.

Great character from the lad.

Finally! Atleast we'll be free from all the moaning in the press now.

Ozil! All set up by the brilliance of Benzi.

Great save Valdez.

If Sanchez proves to be a hit, I can see Pedro being moved on.

The 'Qatar Foundation' shirts make their debut. Their kit looks funny. On another note : What a stunning stadium the Bernabeu is!

Boring.

Noticed the option to delete posts. Very handy when you 1. have a dodgy internet connection 2. are drunk.

I hereby ban you for asking rhetorical questions I think we need two wingers tbh. I can't watch another season of Malouda and Kalou/Anelka. Sturridge should be a fixture on the right but in case he misses out due to injury/suspension, I'd be hopping mad if those clowns take the field.

Re Cech, I think it's fair enough, he did what he had to do efficiently and without much fuss. Re Bosingwa, He was given full attacking freedom and found himself with a lot of possession but failed to do anything with it. Criminal.