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Sad thing about that (well, besides the horrible illness of course) was that Drogba started the season so well; he pretty continued his form from the previous season. I may have mentioned it on here before but Drogba's performance in the 6-0 win against Wigan is one of the best games I have seen by any player, ever. He didn't even score but he got a hattrick of assists and was unstoppable. I just wish someone made a Youtube comp of that game.

Yeah he really struggled for a while after the illness which is understandable.

And he's also playing in a much better team which helps. Let's be honest, the 2012 Chelsea was a shambles.

Yep, it's going to be a very physical game which is why Matic is going to be a big miss. An early goal is vital in games like this, their entire game-plan goes out the window and they have to open up. We can't afford to have a slow start otherwise we'll end up dropping points imo.

Where's the gif of his 80 yard pass to Hazard?! Ball of the season. Zouma

He would have had 2 goals yesterday if he just smashed the ball instead of trying to place it. Such a great team player though, love this guy's energy and effort.

Imagine signing for a club at 26 and still doing the business for them 10 years later. The Kang

Didi, Didi, Didi can't you see? Sometimes your goals just hypnotise me

Damn, he couldn't even see the year out as a starter?! Milan wasting now time.

That's fine but how will he ever adjust if he isn't given the opportunity to?

It could be all those things and a few more (lack of width particularly). We start quite slow too - the opening 30 minutes at Anfield was awful.

Atletico are still one of the hardest teams to beat. Mourinho's gonna have to do more than just sign their best players to get past that hurdle.

All due respect to Burnley but they don't have the quality of player to be able to defend as well as Sunderland did yesterday. I think there are few more teams in the league capable of defending like that (Newcastle, West Ham, Stoke) so it'll be interesting to see how those games pan out. Newcastle at the weekend is going to be pretty similar to the Sunderland game.

I can understand that Jose likes Azpi and considers him first-choice LB - I don't agree but I get it. What I don't understand, however, is Azpi starting 3 games in 8 days when we have a player of Luis' calibre fit and available for selection. The only way this transfer would have made sense is if Luis became our first-choice LB but he's not (he hasn't even been given an opportunity to try to settle down with a run of games). Mourinho spent 16m on a 29-year-old as a backup and that is a waste of resources. I thought we stopped making pointless transfers but clearly I was wrong about that.

This was the first real bus test we've had this season in my opinion.

I think we would have lost that season. Everything seemed to go their way with several of their players performing well above their normal level. What's clear is that every team in the league is going to give us their absolute best effort; if Sunderland put in that kind of shift every weekend they would have at least 10 more points than they do right now.

Yeah, they're only the best in Europe and top 5 worldwide. Must do better.

Yeah, that's the one; last game of the season and we won 3-2.

No, sorry, but this was great too Nico :worship: :worship: Drogba's reaction

But what about the prestige!!!!!! THEY ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH!!! WAH WAH WAH!!!

Wait, that's their available senior squad?!

His assists numbers are widely ignored for whatever reason. Btw, the give-and-go wth Hazard at Old Trafford deserved a goal - I was pissed that didn't go in.

I think it's a combination of that and RDM being AVB's man - someone who Mourinho isn't too fond of either. It's a shame because Robbie is a big character in the club's history. Oh well.

Thought so too. Was it just me or did he seem quite cold towards Di Matteo?