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For the moment I couldn't believe that was Gerrard on the picture. He looks strange with a longer hair

Don't be surprised. With theFinancial Fair Play rules very close and us being Chelsea there is no way we could get Hazard for less then 35m.

I'm glad City are out also, but Lehmann is talking rubish about boring football and atmosphere. Emirates is better ey? City is the team that has the best goal difference in the PL and I personally enjoy watching them play when I have time. Always loads of goals and good play. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyA_MB9l-before

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The locker has spoken again.

It is possible for Chelsea to win CL this year? Yes. Are chances high for that to happen? No. But yeah, we do deserve some bloody luck in this damn competition and someone once said "Champions League will come for Chelsea when the at least expect it." You never know what football can throw out at you. How many of you expected City and United not to qualify at the beginning of CL? 0, but it happened. Keep the faith.

Aye. If anyone is loaded with experience of playing in the big games under immense pressure - then that is Chelsea. If anyone isn't - it's City. It is easy for them now when they win everything and everyone fears them, but when things go bad - that's when you need to prove how good you are. Matches like this can really be a turning point in your season. The only thing that would leave me angry on Monday is to see our squad get out there and don't give it everything and I really doubt they are going to do that.

If we win, the team will get a massive confidence boost that may see us win something this year. As Mancini says, "Football is strange" Don't get too excited though lads, don't forget our situation.

Roberto Mancini leading one of the strongest squads in the world fails to reach the knockout stages. Sir Alex Ferguson, considered the best manager in recent history of football and playing in the easiest group fails to reach the knockout stages. Andre Villas-Boas, in his first season at the Bridge, leading a team under incredible pressure, tactically kicks ass out of Valencia and with a bit of luck ends 1st in his group. Do not doubt The Boas.

listen to the Boas!

I noticed this lad some time ago and he impressed me and from what I've heard tonight he kicked United in the ass I believe he is worth keeping an eye on.

Ah I see, CHELSEA, one of the richest clubs in the world, to sell 2 defenders to fund a move for a midfielder? Not to even talk about selling Luiz for 15m when we bought him for 20m and something and selling Alex for 2m!?...

Truly one of the best strikers of the 21st century. I will be very sad when he leaves Torres is yet to earn my faith and respect, Sturridge is yet to convince as a striker and Lukaku is too young, but for me the right move would be to invest more in other positions like midfield and defense and use simply what we have in our attack unless the board decides to get rid of Torres also. It's pointless to spend 18m on a striker who will play in the reserves and then spend another 30m for a new striker that will prevent our 18m man from playing on regular basis and hinder his development. To bring Gomez from Bayern would cost too much and I personally don't rate him that much. Llorente is nowhere good enough. He's a decent striker but simply not worth keeping Lukaku and Torres on the bench. The only replacement I can see for big D right now is Cavani. There is Doumbia there also with a couple of promising strikers but again, like for Llorente, not worth spending the money and keeping our other strikers from playing.

Nice one, though I was hoping for an article about our tactics and the key moments of the match.

Oy Henrique, it seems the stupid red beard got it right (again) last night ey? It seems the Naive-Boas ain't naive as some people like to think :toke:

Here's a fun little statistic for you Ramires made the most dribbles in the PL. More then players like Nani and Aguero. I don't pay much attention to stats but the commentator said it last night.

Yes. 1 match ban applied to English competitions.

LMAO. Valencia didn't knew what hit them last night. We are in a great position right now, our opponents don't know what to expect from us now

Drogba. 2 goals, 1 assist and great all around play. Then there are Mata, Ramires, Oriol, Ivanovic, Ash and Terry who were very good defensively, but overall, the whole team was on top of their game.

Happy birthday John! damn 31 already...

Incredible 45mins for us. Finally to see us use our chances and play defensively sound. Keep it up lads, nail the 3rd goal and kill the rest of the tiny hopes they have.

Chelsea vs Valencia, skysports sopcast 720p stream

Great lineup! I really love seeing Meireles in an advanced role. It will be interesting to see how will we do without Lamps. Good luck lads!

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