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Proof that we're playing with 10 men.

Zenden isn't even allowed to sit on the bench. What does he actually contribute? Clearly Rafa just giving one of his ex-players a free wage because he was a good pupil. It's all about who you know I suppose.

There are plenty of strikers who aren't quick but show better movement, more intelligence and just sheer common sense than this clown. Van Persie isn't quick but he makes excellent runs because he uses his brain. This idea that because he has lost his pace he can't do anything is ludicrous but it's the sort of excuse that has been made for him since the moment he walked into the club. He is offers absolutely NOTHING unless we're 4-0 and the opposition have all but given up. He doesn't give a shit about the club. While everybody was celebrating winning the Champions League for the first time he was complaining to the press and said the club lied to him about his role. This clown had the audacity to complain about a club that spent 50m for him and pay him an astronomical salary that he does NOTHING to earn on the night we win the European Cup for the first time. I lost any respect and will call that rat whatever I want because he doesn't give a shit about Chelsea. He is a cancer and he moment he leaves I will celebrate like we've won the European Cup all over again.

Results like this guarantee he isn't going to be the manager next year. The only glimmer of light from that loss if there is such a thing after losing to that shower of shit.

I'm seriously contemplating avoiding any games he's involved in. I literally hate this clown.

Think we need to go back to the drawing board

Or upon hearing the news of Ba's imminent arrival he has fallen into depression and bursts into tears during the game...

According to Newcastle fans he isn't good there and wasn't too happy about playing there either. He's a striker, let's play him in his best position. Oh and this is unfortunate for Newcastle fans:

Haha, I think it was definitely a scam. Fergie in his old age didn't know what hit him.

Man Utd paid Bebe's agent 3.5m to secure his move. Just saying...

If we were still a 4-3-3 team I'd have thought Oscar would be the ideal replacement; technically brilliant, good passer, scores and creates goals and surprisingly adept at pressing/tackling. You'd think with more experience and physical strength he would become the new midfield linchpin. But we've become a different team tactically. Our front players have changed and as a result our midfield and what is required of it has changed too. For the role Lampard plays in the team now (as one of two players in that 4-2-3-1 formation) I doubt the replacement will be like for like. It'll be somebody with a different skill-set and more of a deep-lying playmaker.

Go out all guns blazing, get a commanding lead and bring on some youth off the bench towards the end. Is that too much to ask?

I haven't seen anything of this player so I'm not in a position to talk about him but we definitely need more players. It's just a question of ability. Is Taison good enough to fill a squad role and be able to develop into more in the future? He's 25 in just over a weeks time so there is a doubt about him developing into a better player than he is now. I'd prefer another Moses type player. Somebody who has proven themselves in this league and is between the ages of 20-23.

Us supporters are frustrated with him, just imagine what it's like actually playing with him? Imagine being Luiz for instance who played an unbelievably good ball, a magnificent pass that only a few players in world football can make, see it go to waste because that clown couldn't trap a bag of cement?

It's not that they don't see him. We have some brilliant players with very good vision. The thing is they don't trust him because, you know, Torres is shit. I'm certain that there are some players in the team who hate playing him and can't wait for us to get a better striker.

Look at Mata's movement after he plays the ball and how he follows up the play. Contrast that with Torres' movement (if you can even call it that). The way he screwed up Luiz's superb pass was the worst moment of the game.

Two to three weeks I think.

Fingers crossed we get this done asap.

Agree, our problem today was the second ball. Once we started winning more those we got our way back into the game.

This win gives me hope for Stoke away in a few weeks. Stoke work as hard as Everton but have far less quality.

This is the kind of win that wins you Championships. Just an utter shame about the annual November collapse otherwise we'd be right up there. Torres was Torres but hopefully Ba will put him out of his misery soon.

I'd love to respect the opinions of some of our ex players but Pat some ludicrously stupid things sometimes and this being one of them.

Whatever happens we can't let the year end on a defeat. 2012 European Champions deserve to end on a high

Agree with you there. He is now paying the price for all those times he came back too early and played through the pain. Even in the last 2 years when he has been 'fit' he still doesn't move well for example turning is a big problem for him. He was never the most agile or mobile player to begin with so you can only see it getting so bad he'll become a liability.