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Probably will end 7-2 or something if this continues

Tragic... rest in peace

Ah alright, skimmed through this last page only and saw the name Laudrup right after reading couple of articles on him.

Heard Garry Monk, their captain, will be taking charge of Swansea for that game as player-coach. Hope they'll perform against them either way.

BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE! Nevermind the scoreline - could and should have been 3-0 or 4-0 - three points and DOUBLE over Manchester City, amazing. MIND=BLOWN Away support was amazing. Hazard was on another level again from our team, that ball control and dribble... absolutely astonishing... the whole team did well!

Calm down you all, 45 minutes to go

My thoughts exactly, well put. I'd look at Cavani if that's possible. Don't think he is that happy playing on right wing and second fiddle to Ibrahimovic. He's still producing though, only behind Ibra in French League goalscorers.

Only thing over Cech is experience? That's the absolute number one thing for goalkeepers. Courtois isn't on Cech's level, be realistic. Goalkeepers also have longer top-level careers, Cech is far from finished, good 4-5 years at the very top level left atleast. What makes Courtois better - just because he has played 3 seasons at Atletico and has had 2 good seasons in his whole career? Cech's been at it for over 10 years and is surely one of the top keepers in this game. Show more respect, just think of the Champions League campaign few years back. I swear people go along with media hype sometimes. Headline says "Courtois world class" (he's a great goalkeeper, don't misunderstand me) and some people automatically see him as the actual world number one and discard anyone else who has been constantly performing thus not making it to the front pages for one or two brilliant matches. By your logic Courtois is better than Buffon aswell? Christ... Like a kid in toy shop where new "generation" of that toy comes out in a new and exciting flashy package - it's automatically better than the "old" one. You got one thing right - Courtois is the FUTURE.

One of the softest red cards I've ever seen just given to Ronaldo. This is why Premier League will always be better than La Liga for me. Shame to watch play-acting like that...

Seven

Evans got injured early on, was it serious? Jones' head collision seemed no joke, took a while to get him off the pitch and respectively 6 minutes added on.

"This is not Premier League, this is not the best league in the world. This is football from the 19th century," Mourinho told reporters. "It's very difficult to play a football match when only one team wants to play. A football match is about two teams playing. "I told Big Sam, they need points. To come here the way they did, is that acceptable? Maybe it is, they need points." Mourinho insisted there was little more his side could do to break down West Ham, who came away from Stamford Bridge with a point for only the second time since September 2002. He joked: "The only thing I could bring more was Black & Decker - a Black & Decker to destroy the [West Ham] wall."

Window shuts this friday if I'm not mixing something up

Whats with this negativity? So we dropped 2 points, stressing out and slating players won't help. One thing you can't blame Chelsea players for is effort - they gave it their all and sometimes you need that luck which we didn't have unfortunately. There's a saying - days aren't brothers. Anyone who has played any competetive team sport themselves would understand the frustration of Chelsea players and know how hard it is to stay cool and level-headed in a situation like that. I was afraid Ivanovic would murder one of those pricks by the end of the night. Credits to Mourinho for the brave tactics, I don't even know if we played 3-5-2 or 4-2-4 in the end, was very intense game from start to finish. See the positives in negatives, right? Mentioned it already but my word, Eden Hazard is something else. Hope Thorgan will break into our team someday aswell, imagine that.

I think we did alright, didn't score - sure, but West Ham came into this game parking the bus, playing dirty and wasting time. The amount of blocks made by their defence is unbelievable. Eden Hazard Ballon d'Or 2014?

Probably Hazard or Oscar but I gave it to Matic for amazing full debut. Well done to everyone

Read a funny comment from a Liverpool fan: "Someone better tell Rodgers because he still thinks we have a chance of signing him."

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3639269/title/salah-move-completed Number 15

People, it's barely been half a season. Let's not get ahead of ourselves as if we're about to win the title and United have missed out on top four. Stay respectful, don't go as low as some provocators here, just ignore that, you're better!

All the best to Juan Mata. Top professional, top personality.

Not sure I'd like Salah here, doesn't seem Chelsea quality player yet, although with lots of potential and still very young. Lots of reports on him I've read describe him as inconsistent performer with flashes of brilliance under certain type of pressure. Reality is that he won't be an automatic starter here, he will be on the bench more times than not unless he proves Mourinho his qualities on the pitch as time goes on, but he's just a squad player. I just feel we've got enough young prospects that deserve the chance instead of getting in an unproven player from Swiss league (not that it matters that much, but Swiss league isn't English/Spanish/German/Italian or French league).

Confirmed by United aswell... http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2014/Jan/manchester-united-agree-deal-to-sign-juan-mata.aspx

Sad to see him go. Great memories, at his peak surely one of the best in business if not the best in his position. Great personality, humble, loyal. Good luck to him!

I know you're trying to be controversial, intriguing and witty but with some of your posts these last days in this thread just depict you as childish and ignorant. If you don't anything meaningful to say, then don't. All this "Mata makes us a cup team again" and "Mata being the most unwanted man in football" is growing old and it's beyond belief stupid. You're over emphasising Mourinho, we are and will be a winning team with or without him. Don't get me wrong, I trust in Mourinho completely but blatantly disrespecting Chelsea's most influential player for the past two seasons is just wrong. Mata doesn't deserve this kind of attitude. He has been amazing for us, very down to earth guy, works hard and has been rewarded with most prestigious titles last couple of years - World Cup, European Championship, Champions League, Europa League and so on. He is a winner, give him the respect he deserves.

Probably when Luiz and Torres signed but back then this site was on slower servers so everytime something was about to go down, you already knew it because forum crashed