Tomo

Atleast we showed a bit of urgency by throwing the kitchen sink at the end.

mind = blown

Only if West Brom equalize, Mata's not the kind off sub to make when we are winning, the Basle game shown that.

nutjob.eu

Random but im torn, i need a hair cut badly but every time i do i seem to jinx the form (perfect example being i had one the day before Clattenburg gate last season). What do i do?

Nut job tv works for me 7 times out of 10, which as far as streams go is a pretty decent ratio.

I think it's ITV not Sky Sports that are losing the rights.

nice to know

Like Newcastle?

Full credit to his recent form but his passion and commitment to the cause has never been in question. Long term he is a still a (good) squad player for me.

No, ive got N Dubz on, i don't want to change it.

maybe Hazard back in ahead of Schurrle but apart from that same again.

I was saying the same about Eto'o before he started scoring, that while the 3 are struggling for goals he should play because he is the best technically etc etc. None are long term answer's however so hopefully we can find a solution sooner rather than later.

What's is not often mentioned is he is offering much more than just goals. Even at the start when he wasn't scoring, he was linking up the play and suffering very minimal turnovers and rarely losing possession. Unless Torres or Ba go on a major scoring rampage, Eto'o should be playing when fit.

Shame we lost to Basle as we would have secured the group tonight and effectively took two games off the calendar. Either way, hopefully we can secure the group in Switzerland as not having to worry about game 6 could come in handy considering we have two midweek trips to Sunderland next month.

People said Jose was the one who turned Mikel into a DM which wasn't true as he played him less than half his games in DM to cover for Maka. It was Scolari who started the trend of playing him there permanently. If Jose never left, i reckon Mikel would have been a lot more of an attacking player.

Is it just me or is Mikel starting to have more attacking responsibility this season?

The worrying thing is a lot of people think Messi would actually struggle in the PL The same was said about Mata, Aguero, Silva, Negredo when they came to England, it seems to never sink in.

Im just curious to know why, as Silva, Mata, Aguero all came from Spain and got even better, why won't Messi?

Please don't tell me you actually believe he would flop in England?

@ParNolio7, The problem with a strike partnership these days is it is almost impossible to make it work without getting completely overrun in midfield, Liverpool had to go 3-5-2 to accommodate Suarez and Sturridge and even then they got outplayed by Arsenal.

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/11545-time-for-avb-to-really-earn-his-money-with-a-huge-statement-against-wolves/ Is Jose going to make a similar statement i was hoping AVB was going to make (after the dire game against Levekusen) this time 2 years back?

I hate CL night without us in it. Thankgod we got top 4.

That's the nail on head. There's no denying Luiz is on poor form right now and would probably have seen a fair bit of bench time if an in form Alex was still around, but Cahill is just not good enough to be anything more than a decent squad player.

He got better after that season and ended up with being one of the key elements to the treble winning season in 2010 for Inter, considering he was 33 after that season it is kind of understandable that he declined after.