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Absolutely love these new kits. Just wow. I thought our 2011/12 home kit was my favorite adidas kit, but I'm not so sure anymore. Love Cech's too.

Ramos posted this on his Twitter earlier, lmao

Top 5 so far for me 1) Oscar v Juventus 2) Lampard v Newcastle 3) Mata v Newcastle 4) Hazard v Stoke 5) Hazard v Man Utd

Agreed totally, he has truly reached that miserable state now. Before the Steaua game I'd never seen a footballer look so weak, so poor and so unhappy, he looked wretched in that game. Sure, he scored a goal and he was trying to score more, but deep down he was dying, and the missed penalty confirms it. He had this facial expression during the second half, especially after he started to bleed, that really made me feel sorry for him. I actually think he wants to leave this club more than some of the fans do.

Am I the only one who thinks he has lived off his famous goal v Argentina and the things he achieved during the beginning of his career for far too long? I am not saying he had no talent, but I cannot even imagine what the reaction will be when legends like Lampard and Gerrard announce their retirements.

That picture is from 2007...

It is our players that make some keepers look better than they actually are. Ba missed four great chances and their keeper doesn't deserve praise for neither chance.

Look at JT celebrating in front of the West Ham fans, lmao.

His performance was sublime, he is a joy to watch. Getting better each game.

Very good game, but we should've scored more. Hazard clearly motm, Ba was worse than Torres.

Lampard will definitely get his 200th today, his former club and all. It is meant to be.

That is one of the ugliest Chelsea kits I've ever seen. Really hope it's fake. Actually, it might be THE ugliest.

Yeah, for the seventeenth time.

Alex Ferguson is the coach version of Rio Ferdinand, if he was allowed to be on the pitch he'd probably do the same unsporting and immature behaviours, if not even worse. It is these two cunts that make me truly hate this team, not to mention the vast majority of their arrogant fans. I hope we smash them in the second leg.

Ferdinand is a disgrace. If I was there instead of Torres I'd do something that would probably get me suspended for months.

Oh my god, and I thought he couldn't get any worse.

Not even debatable.

Rafael Benitez is the worst manager of all time. Either that, or this joke of a club is cursed, or something. I don't know, but it's very depressing. The team's performances have gotten shit to the point that I think I'm not even enjoying football anymore, and it's becoming worse each day. So, kudos to the board for putting this club in the "right direction".

Just lock this thread already...

Can somebody find a statistic of Bertrand's appearances/wins ratio? I am not saying it is his fault that we keep losing, but I honestly cannot remember the last time this guy celebrated with his teammates after the final whistle, it just seems a very rare and unusual scenario.

Surprise, surprise...

I read somewhere earlier today, that their owner claimed that we are too slow, and that his club will destroy us on the counter-attack. I wholeheartedly agree. Expecting this to be just another customary sluggish performance with piss poor performances all round. Alright, maybe I'm just being my typical pessimistic self. But still.

One ref decision goes against them and they all go bonkers, which just confirms the fact that the officials help them almost all the time. The sore losers aren't used to it. Why people are even debating is beyond me, Nani went kung fu on the Real Madrid player, it doesn't matter if it was intentional or not. That tackle was a very dangerous one, and thus a red card offence.

Just bring RDM back. He'd win us the Champions League again, even if we're not in it. He's that good.

Let's face it, nobody expected us to win at the Etihad, but it's the performance that is heartbreaking, it's the awful performance that makes our blood boil. Whenever we're losing it looks like we just sit back and accept defeat, very painful to watch. And not just when we're losing. When was the last time this team showed some passion on the pitch anyway? Has it ever happened under Rafa? 18th of April and 24th of April 2012 - that was passion. 19th of May 2012 - that was passion. This is a fucking joke.