Tomo

11 times we have started with that back four, 7 goals conceded, 6 clean sheets. Pretty impressive i say. Get that back four together on a consistent basis = cleansheets.

Because when we play that back four, we get wins and clean sheets and don't concede that often.

If Gourlay messes this deal up, i will go the boardroom at The Bridge, point a gun at his head and tell him to sign boardroom responsibilities over to me,

I have 5 if i include Tomo, who i promoted like a day after signing up

When we had that run of three succesive 3-0 wins (ignoring the Liverpool CC match) looking relitively comftable at the back, guess which bck four we used? I still think Cahill can slot in alongside one of them and we will still be ok,basically no more Bosingwa like LDN said

Since i joined the league in season 3, 30 players have came in my team while 32 have gone out. I only have 4 players left that i originally inherited. What are your stats in that regard?

Saw this on another forum, our record when we play this back four...... Ivanovic-----David Luiz------Terry------Cole ...... stands at P11 W8 D1 L2 F23 A7 Clean sheets:6 Only West Brom outside the top 6 have scored against us when we have started with that back four. I really cannot beilieve we have only started with that back four 11 times, yet have started with the Bosingwa----Ivanovic----Terry---Cole combination nearly double that Those stats clearly show that back 4 = clean sheets and the sooner we start playing that back 4 on a consistent basis the better.

As a squad player he is a fantastic signing, a coup infact in today's market, but if we go expecting him so single handedly stop a Barcelona wave at the Nou Camp we will be disapointed. I still think our first choice defence should be Ivanovic-Luiz-Terry-Cole, whenever we have started with that back four, only West Brom outside the top 6 have scored against us.

Really want those QPR fans to return, in the mood for a convrontation right now so bad.

Even if its someone on a 6 month loan even, the thought of the Bosingwa RB and Ivanovic CB in the latter stages of the CL AGAIN is giving me nightmares.

With JT facing a possible ban and if AVB tells this mystical centre half that Ivanovic is going to right back and staying there thenim sure we could convince someone. Subotic or Hummels would be perfect.

I Still stand by the fact we need another centre half. If JT gets banned we are one injury to Cahill or Luiz away from having to play that dreaded combo of Bosingwa at RB with Ivanovic in the centre, something that has failed on numerous occasion's and measure's should have been made to avoid that combo happening again after the Scolari season, the fact that there is a real danger it could happen in the CL latter stages 3 years on baffles me. Also Ivanovic is best at right back, he was fantastic in 2009/2010 until we foolishly started moving him around again, stick him at right back keep him there and get more cover in the centre to make sure he stays there ffs.

Walker is just a overhyped version of Bosingwa,

All user's on here are good in their own way. Term and Henrique for example may not agree with most of us and can be a bit controversial at times but can you honestly say this forum would be a better place without them? Because i don't think it will be.

He started ok it was the Roma game in Italy were i started realising something was seriously not right wid this guy.

I was aware of his incapbibilities since the Scolari days. The double season made it even more obvious, he didn;t play most of it not only do we improve in defence but go scoring 7/8 goals numerous games. I knew his return would do more harm than good and i was right.

When i went to the game yesterday i kept a close eye on Bosingwa and im trying to work out what football talent he actually has. Lost EVERY header he went for, cant tackle, cant cross, what does he do?

@Fernando IMO that man was Tiago, he was just settling in to English football and we go and sell him, i think he would have been our key man through these last 6 years had we kept him and im not over-exaggrating.

He was good yesterday, had a chance to score an all. On a side note you should have seen the reaction of the people around me in the MH lower when i told them Malouda was coming on

Sometimes i wish members of talk Chelsea were on teh Chelsea board.

Don't confuse boring football with a decent defence and knowing how to win. Some of the best football ive ever seen us play was when Duff and Robben were on the flanks with Lampard and Tiago behind them, why we let the latter go ill never know.

That was David Luiz's fault

bushranger signing in and getting loads of his QPR mates to make accounts in 3 2 1

There was Torres chanting all game.

Malouda was decent when he came on, he didn't do his usual run into the full back or shot from the half way line shit.