Elliott

Maybe you ought have specified that to begin with.

YOU shut YOUR mouth and stop spreading your diarrhoea. One guy is positive and you jump on him, how much of a prick are you?

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I really hope your cynicism is proven wrong Cara.

Hence why this thread is a bit useless.

Having watched Match of the Day, Ashley Cole did not deserve to get sent off, in fact it wasn't even a penalty. It hit his shoulder! I suppose it's hard to tell whether it might have brushed his arm as it came down, but it was a really harsh decision and cost us 2 points ultimately. I really hope we can have the ban for him rescinded at least. Still, a draw was a fair result considering how bad we were in the first half so I'm not going to complain too much. Sorry to say Cara, but Riccy definitely deserved a straight red, that tackle was bad. He didn't keep his feet on the ground, he dived in out of the air and could have broken ankles with that challenge. By the letter of the law, Zat Knight also deserved to go. Illegally denied a direct goalscoring opportunity. Talking of Zat Knight and his old club Fulham, did anyone notice Antti Niemi's pathetic goalkeeping against Spurs? For the first two goals he just watched the goals slide in! I could have said those!

I feel the penalty itself was harsh never mind the sending off, I really hope the FA will rescind it, but probably not.

Pff, thank God. It was a brilliant match!

Sony Ericsson K800i phone Clothes HMV voucher Some random Chelsea stuff like a keyring That would be it. Worth quite a lot really.

Don't know if you've noticed, but Ballack hardly ever gets a game because he's been injured. He's fit now and in good form, so he'll be playing a lot more, as will Shevchenko. Well, what a game. Entertaining, and we didn't deserve to win. We were absolutely shite in the first half, terrible. Villa were all over us, and whilst their second goal was purely a goalkeeping error, it's not like they didn't deserve to be 2-0 up. What an amazing lifeline for us for Zat Knight to be sent off and Sheva to knock that penalty in just before half time. Had that not happened, we would have lost this game 3 or 4 nil I'm sure, what an embarrassment that would have been! Looking at half time, I think we can be happy with a draw as a result, even though we have to be angry about the performance. I'll be glued to match of the day to see all the refereeing decisions, many of them were awful. The bald linesman running along the east stand was particularly awful, but it seemed in the first half as if the ref was giving all the decisions to Villa, eg Essien getting booked for a bookable tackle and then Reo-Coker not, and him ignoring the constant fouling of their wingers. Second half we came out well, and a fantastic goal from Sheva. And fantastic work again from him to set Alex through, great finish by him as well. Everything looked great, and then Villa step up with a superbly perfect freekick and awful defending from us, Laursen was totally clear. And then Riccy, what the fuck are you doing? What an awful tackle, it wasn't a surprise to see him walk and he totally deserved it. But we were still on level with them in terms of men so it was game on. Ballack duly struck a fantastic freekick and all we had to do was sit the game out... but no, we concede a penalty. I've no idea what happened, but it looked like whoever shot should have been the goalscorer, and I can only guess Ashley stuck his hand out to stop the ball going in. Blue Lion said this shouldn't have been a sending off, but if he blocked a shot into an open goal like I thought he had, a red card is the only option. I think this game has single handedly destroyed out title ambitions. Not because of the result, but because we have lost two defenders for three more games in an incredibly important period, along with a multitude of injured players... Makelele (apparently), Shevchenko, Lampard, Drogba, Malouda, Cudicini and Terry. And the African Nations men, Essien, Mikel and Kalou. And with Essien, my dad was saying that was his 5th yellow card of the season... is that right? If so, we've lost him for Newcastle as well. Jeez. Well, let's settle for 3rd place, and try and win a cup or two, eh? Player ratings: Cech: 6 - bad mistake, could do nowt about the other goals though and commanded his area well in the air Ferreira: 5 - had a bad game Ashley Cole: 5 - had a poor game and got sent off Carvalho: 5 - some of his passing was awful at times and then dropped us in the shit by making a stupid tackle and getting sent off Alex: 7 - He seemed to do ok defensively today and scored a good goal Essien: 7 - Did okay, got about a lot Lampard: 5 - He was poor today even for the short time he was on the pitch. He's the central cog in our machine, and he didn't perform so neither did we. Joe Cole: 6 - Just wasn't effective today, was very well marshalled by Bouma Kalou: 6 - All running and no end product Pizarro: 5 - Pretty poor, had no real effect on the game Shevchenko: 9 - Fantastic contribution, worked hard, tucked away the penalty, scored a fantastic goal and made a third. Best performance in a Chelsea shirt for him. Subs: Ballack: 9 - He drove our game in the second half, massive performance and a great freekick to add one more to his rating Wright-Phillips: 6 - Didn't really have the chance to do much Mikel: 6 - Didn't have the time to assert himself on the game. Man of the match for me is Shevchenko with Ballack a close second. Everyone else was poor to slightly above average.

This has been done to death. We know Jose is a better manager than Avram, Jose leaving was never anything about that.

Is Belletti injured? Just thought he was being left out of the team for Ferreira. After Paulo's performance today, he deserves to come straight back into it.

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Hahahahah smoooooth moves Mungii!

So, yeah, we did have back up then.

I don't really remember what was so great about Ashley Cole at Arsenal, but he's a very capable player and he's better than Bridge.

He's done pretty well yes. I don't think he's a great player or anything - lacks a bit of pace and I also think he could think a bit faster, but he's still a very capable player and a much better back-up than what we had last season.

Great goal, but a lacklustre performance overall. Cech: 8 - Pulled off some great saves Ferreira: 6 - average Ashley Cole: 6 - average Alex: 7 - looked fairly good, had the odd jitter though Carvalho: 8 - Good performance, had the odd jitter too, but overall good Mikel: 6 - had a bit of an off day I felt Essien: 7 - got forward a lot, in fact I think he was generally playing a more advance role than Lampard which is a bit odd Lampard: 7 - by far from his best performance, but he tested the goalkeeper twice Joe Cole: 8 - had a good day and scored the winner Kalou: 7 - never got the chance to show himself in front of goal but a fantastic pass for the goal, absolutely sublime Shevchenko: 6 - he missed a very good chance and didn't have much else he could do Subs: Hilario: 6 - terrible with the corners, but did make one very good save Wright-Phillips: 6 - never really got into the game, almost forced an own goal with a great cross though Pizarro: 6 - didn't have a chance to do anything Man of the match: Carvalho.

Sounds like to me he's pre-defending himself from future bad signings. If he signs a bum player, I bet he says "well we wanted x, but we were priced out".

Ah there we go then Where are you from exactly, out of interest?

4pm, like it says in the topic subtitle I'd translate that to your time, but I haven't a clue which timezone you're in! It starts in 45minutes from when I posted this then.

I think next season is a long time away I also think I wouldn't be interested in this (too tedious trying to guess 10 scores a week), but that many others would so go for it.

Haha, awesome.

I never meant to suggest you needed to be a good manager to be a twat!

Most good managers are twats then.