Peace.

Agreed on the MOTM. He was instrumental in our victory in my opinion. His passing game was almost perfect (95 succesfull passes out of 104). Though he was caught out of position two or three times, but he was more involved in the attack, he provided some lovely passes (which should have been turned into assists, ie when he passed the ball to Kalou in the box). Good report.

Why Anelka seriously...

The pitch is unplayable...

Laaaaaaaaaaaaamppaaaaaaaaaddd

Ahah, soooo true

Because he plays like a £1 million player.

What I am talking about ? I am talking about a fact. Yes, if Torres is a lost soul walking on a pitch for one year it is because of benitez. Yes, Torres was scoring a lot with Benitez as a coach. But those two facts are not contradictories. Torres has undergone two knee surgeries in a short period of time, and Benitez never gave him a rest because playing Torres was the only way for Benitez to compete with the rest of the Big Four (Us, Manu and Arsenal). So Torres never could recover proprely.

Benitez is the man who destroyed Torres.

My team.. : Cech Ivanovic - Luiz - Terry - Bertrand Mikel Essien - Lampard Kalou - Drogba - Malouda We are in a good dynamic at the moment, so I think it's very important to keep it. Hence i would play with the same team which has won against West Brom and Birmingham, with just a single change, Bertrand for Cole. It seems that the latter was subbed wednesday because he picked up an injury, so I wouldn't risk him. Beside, Bertrand showed very good abilities, and I think he is very capable to start this game. In the second half, I would give 30 minutes of playing time to Benayoun and then more or less 20 minutes to Torres. Finally, depending on the score, I would give 20 minutes to McEachran. ps : if Benayoun doesn't play, we better let Torres on the bench, it seems that he is the only player able to play with Torres. And for Jesus sake, don't play Anelka Mr. Ancelotti.

Welcome

Cech - 6 Ferreira - 6,5 Luiz - 5 Terry - 6 Cole - 6 Mikel - 6 Essien - 6 Lampard - 6 Malouda - 7 Kalou - 6,5 Drogba - 8 Bertrand - 7 Anelka - 3 Torres - 3

Would you stop with that ? Thanks.

The first half was pretty good actually. Finally we seem able to play 'Football'. The passing was fluid, we played as a team, not as 11 individuality (like we did during our 'bad moment'), the shots were good. I noticed that our player have re-started to shift their position (Essien with Lampard, Kalou and Malouda, Drogba and Malouda), it worked quite well. Drogba plays good when he is on the wing, he is a good crosser. At the contrary, the second half was awful... Or I should say, we played in an awful way as Torres and Anelka made their entry. The thing I didn't understand is why Anelka ? When he plays games with big issues, he doesn't give a fuck, so let alone when he plays match for nothing... He was very poor, I was aghast by his passing game... Benayoun should have play instead of him. Thought on Torres : as BlueLion said, if play Torres means to play in 4-4-2, I'd rather him to be benched to be honest. Had paid just £10m for him, he would play with the reserve, the man is really poor at the moment... But the satisfaction in this second half was Bertrand. For of all, I didn't see that coming. He was really good, we didn't miss Ashley at all. He provided some good crosses (by the way, two of our goal came from a cross provided by a full back, that's a miracle lol). I hope to see him again. And we gotta give credit to Ancelotti there... ps : Drogba was a joy to watch.

The fact we are second just proves how weak the other teams are. In my honest opinion, it's unthinkable to be second with the bad run we had.

@ Special One : I wouldn't give too much attention at that. He is certainly talking about the offer(s) we made last summer.

Piqué plays as a striker

Wow, a youth coming in ? :mellow:

This is the first time I'm happy with the lineup (since the debut of our 'bad moment' I mean). In the last game we have finaly seen a team which play what we can call football. So I'm happy to see the same team.

This isn't just one player, it is 3. And yes, he's a Righ Back.

Happy Birthday, have a nice day

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^ This is why I think that he shouldn't be our manager next season. Or if he stays, I hope Roman will continue to buy the players himself.

What it is said on Neymar ?