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Or it might piss him off and make him slightly wilder than normal.

Maybe DB's having a senior moment or two. Seems to think this is Barca lite without the bite (Messi).

Torres on for the last 20 minutes in the rain against a Costa Rica team defending for the win. DB needs to realize all the possession in the world doesn't do diddly squat if you don't score.

ESP team are like freakin' superstars in the football world. Love that kid in the blue. Gotta love his excitement.

The tiki taka passing is beautiful to watch but there needs to be some intent and purpose and lately with ESP that seems to be missing.

Does anybody think the whole Terry situation has unsettled the squad just a little? Not saying it's a team rift at all just that the team seems discombobulated right now.

The long baggy shirt and long baggy shorts too.

Regarding the penalty, AVB had this to say: "We always assign two players for penalty kicks... On the pitch between Nico and David had to decide".

And a quick kick in the ass followed by a hug or vice versa.

I'm a huge supporter of Torres but the last two games have been head scratchers for me. United, Swansea, Valencia, and the first Genk game, his movement and attacking were quality in those games. Yes, he got an assist tonight, but he too often seemed to be missing. I'm not a shrink and not going to pretend to be one. All I want to see is some better service to him and for him to show us a little more. Just don't think he showed enough tonight tbf.

He's only taken 1 during his PL career and that was a pre-season penalty during PKs with Liverpool.

Goal Ramires, assist Torres but still slow as molasses.

Definitely a case of being the flavor of the month for one manager and not for another.

Hopefully the team will be up again at half and Ashley can get some rest.

That was pretty quick for Romeu. I think it's a good sign that he's learning English so soon after arriving. Seems he's trying to acclimate to England which I'm looking way too much into. Saw an interview on Chelsea FC the other night with Ramires and Ferreira was interpreting for him. Asked when he would be doing an English interview and he replied in Portuguese maybe a year or two. He also said maybe the English could learn Portuguese to help him.

I could do what Carefree does. Just give me a few hundred hours, some computer geeks from the local college, and the patience of a saint. It would be probably be just as good as Carefree...not! Carefree does a great job and I can say I was on that bandwagon early which is rare.

That's what I don't get. He's admitted I didn't hear anything yet this whole issue goes on and on and on and continues to escalate. Where is the noise and din for the Evra/Suarez incident? Seems in the media two separate standards: innocent until proven guilty (Suarez) and guilty until proven innocent and then probably still guilty (Terry).

@chelseafc: Paraphrasing - Drogba didn't travel to Genk due to having screws removed from his arm (surgery after breaking his arm before last year's WC).

According to @BluesChronicle (Dan Levene who is CFC writer for Fulham Chronicle) on twitter: Mikel and Drogba have not travelled to Genk for Chelsea's Champions League match, but Jon Terry is in the squad.

I'm too lazy to look - is the group wrapped up?

Doesn't seem a very smart move on his part unless he knows something we don't know, i.e. he won't be coming back. Still you'd think he can post all he wants about Arsenal wins except against Chelsea especially since he's on loan. Sometimes football players are too stupid for words.

Surprised it took so long to post it here. Yossi's been taking a beating on twitter.

I wonder if the last week and all of it's very public drama had any negative effect on the boys. Its easy to say they get paid a lot of money and should just get on with it but I wonder. Thank goodness October is almost done.

The front line wasn't in any rhythm today. Maybe Danny was pressing too much with Capello there watching? Maybe Torres needed to play a little in the Everton game. Maybe he had too much time off since the Genk game (his own doing). The middle was ok but they couldn't seem to control the game either. The defense had one of those games that was ugly. Cech did not do well either on some of those goals. A performance to learn from (hopefully). Rather lose badly in October than in April/May though.

I feel like Chicken Little - the sky is falling, the sky is falling. It's the last game in October (not April, not May), can I suggest we take a deep breath, relax a little, and maybe not over-react quite so much. There are definitely some things that need work and the team needs to regroup from the last month of craziness (red cards, playing a man or two short, media spotlight more than usual, etc).