Tortilla9

1000% correct. Not a conspiracy theorist but these guys are definitely leaning anti-Chelsea on every play.

Spoke to a friend in Madrid, long-time, multi-generational RM supporter. His viewpoint which he feels is shared by many RM supporters is that this team has taken on the negative characteristics of their manager and they don't like it. Drama with the manager and press, manager and players, players and players. Winning and trophies hides the ugliness. Losing and no trophies exposes it and RM supporters feel he's chipped away at the dignity of the RM institution, made it more about Jose, and less about RM. The club in Spain is bigger than player or manager and Jose hasn't respected that. He said Spanish football has a lot of drama, real and fake, but Jose has taken RM to soap opera status. Many feel he has out stayed his welcome and feel CFC fans will feel the same in a few years. He said "a little of Jose goes a long way".

BBC says they were told Moses was 50-50 although he trained yesterday. Anybody else heard different? Disregard the above - thank you Ivanovic. After missing out on last year's CL final, good for Invanovic to play and get the game winner.

How was that Aguero tackle not even a yellow, much less a red? Was he given the benefit of a "striker's challenge"? Or the ref just an idiot?

Immediate response when I heard the news "that sucks". My daughter watched the game, saw him go down, get up, play a little, finally go down and stay down. She said "that's his ACL, that's what I did". And this comes from my inhouse expert - 3 knee surgeries before 18 years old. Wishing Oriol a healthy and strong recovery. Look what Adrian Peterson for the Vikings is doing after an ACL injury - dominating the running game in the NFL.

Sometimes Spain seems to forget defenders are actually supposed to defend.

A tie would be a victory for that ginger troll. Nothing but a win against the Spurs.

I know its Wolves and they're 2nd team at that but Azpi was good. Hope to see more of him, Romeu, and Marin.

Oscar and Piazon look like they're about 15 years old. Damn I'm getting old.

They are not good at all.

Cahill heads it in off a Mata freekick.

Am I the only one concerned the double-pivot may have their hand full with these 3? I want Chelsea to win but I admit I love watching Pirlo play. He makes it look so easy and effortless. And too bad they don't play the Italian anthem before the match. Nothing like watching the emotion of Buffon singing.

I know it's always about Torres here, good or bad, but today the defense is absolute SH*T and the midfield isn't much better.

He's not playing with positional discipline.

If Iva gets hurt or red-carded in today's match, who covers for him? Slightly surprised Cesar isn't at least on the bench just in case.

The Mirror said earlier Sturridge wasn't even on the bench. Typical Mirror crap.

Thanks, Steve, for getting us a different perspective. Talking about different perspective, here's an article from a Spanish blog talking about Torres and Atleti and where it all began with his grandfather. The roots run deep. http://www.football-espana.net/23447/el-nino-who-would-be-king

I don't get it. Why would Chelsea loan him to a competitor, even if it's a sh*t competitor like LFC? Hate Fergie but would you see him loaning out a talented player to Arsenal or Liverpool? We're not talking about a Benayoun level player here. If you need to loan him why not outside the Premier League?

Damn... it's one thing not to play, another not to even travel when you're healthy.

The midfield of Mikel and Meireles seemed to flow better than the midfield of Mikel and Lampard. It didn't seem as bogged down or on its heels like it sometimes does with Mikel and Lampard. Not sure if Meireles is the answer or Lampard is the problem but it looked better today than it did the previous two games.

Paella at Casa de Torres? Good for Cesar to have players he knows to help ease the way and share a common language.

What's even worse about the Spanish friendlies for Torres is they're in Puerto Rico. The RM players are already in the US for their pre-season so they can take their whiny a##es over to Puerto Rico. The other Spanish players are leaving from their clubs. At least Del Bosque let Mata stay home. Let's hope for now that Del Bosque continues his striker-less formation.

Weird seeing Yossi back out there at Cobham. Wonder how long that lasts.

At least he and Frank looked like they were having a good time in the AEG box last night.

Becks technique is insanely ridiculously good. Even that kick from the sideline that hit the player on the ground. My daughter said "that's pretty accurate". When you watch him in person you see how good his crosses and delivery are. Ignoring the ridiculous hair, how slow he is, his technique is still crazy good.