Blue Armour

I hope he does not get rotated in the coming fixtures just for the sake of rotation...He's still in his 20's...he should play more to keep this form going. Lamps and Didier are the ones that should start only alternate games.

Should NOT start the next game...he seems to be going the way of Malouda after playing so many minutes

Cech...always had a feeling we might score sooner or later, but the real bonus was a clean sheet for which this guy played no small part..

Kalou <3 Torres

^agree with the posts above..Sturridge and Lampard could be useful subs in the second half...and of course, there's Drogba as well.

Ashley Cole and Mikel have played really well so far...Hopefully someone up front can score and we can settle this in one leg itself...it could be crucial in light of the fixture congestion

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Lol..like he said, we HAD the squad, where players like Anelka and Benayoun could come off the bench to make top 3. Now we don't have them, and their potential replacements in the form of Kakuta, McEachran and DeBruyne are out on loan....

Agree, Pressing was meant to be one of the foremost requirements for our new style of play, and neither our front line or midfield did anything in this regard. This was the main reason why we conceded so many goals at the start of the season. As for Mikel, I always wanted Carlo to use him in the hole of the diamond formation (during the start of 09). He can hold the ball well, and play quick passes to the strikers in front...Sad it never happened.

I see they spared no expense, except maybe common sense.

Its a fake. The article itself says so.

I remember a time when Essien got pissed off and shouted at Bosingwa for making a mess of the build-up play....how times have changed since then...

True, a draw would have been nice...Not too upset that we didn't win.

Good news is its only a niggling injury that's preventing him from starting..he'll be back soon.

True. Its the same kind of penalty awarded to us when Lescott raised his hands in the reverse fixture.

True, Silva was very quiet ...It was Nasri running the show for them today..And of course that Tevez..I just knew he would be back in time to face us...Him, Van Persie (and previously Torres) always sting us when we go up against them

Cavani's awesome....might be out of our price range though.

I hate it when we play other teams in blue...

It always stems from the fact that people start dissing the other players when thing's don't work out for Torres..I'm not going to judge him on todays performance, but I expected more after his good showings in the last two fixtures.

Well, then I guess we need to make more arrangements till the team's ready to play with him again. Still hope he can do better in his next match.

Of course there's always a "chance". But a chance is nothing more than that. And please don't reply...There's a "chance" your next post will be more annoying.

When he first started playing the argument used was that we never passed to his feet often enough, and that we always used the Drogba air-balls. Yes.

Agree with the highlighted part of your post. As for the rest, wait till we've played Benfica....

lol... Not while we still have a CL fixture to take care of...

Yes, but even poachers run forward, rather than wait by the side for a pass.