Blue Armour

To all Torres fans in general: If you really wish the best for Torres, you'd want him shipped to Spain back to his beloved Athletico. The EPL is not the best place to recover for a player, especially one on a slump like this. The funny thing is, Torres is adamant about continuing here...Neither the player nor his fans seem to have a clue..

Like the formation you're trying to put out but you're missing someone there

While I agree Borini might have been a good option for us, I don't see how he could have thrived with Torres, Drogba, Lukaku, Sturridge competing for a spot. Real shame we couldn't hold onto him but the move away was the best option for his career.

C'mon...all strikers, even the ones in form, go through blips like this. I think the majority of you are disappointed because there's hardly anyone else to put them away..

Don't remind me...

That's exactly on the mind of the guy who comes and stands behind Zola in the vid

GIANFRANCO ZOLA has leapt to the defence of Chelsea's old guard over the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas:

Zola backs RDM: http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,16430_7577676,00.html Nice to see hair on his head again

Its so odd (or maybe not) how similar AVB's first season is similar to Scolari's: 1. Starting the season by playing good, attacking football. 2. Beaten by liverpool and arsenal at home during the start of the season. 3. Barely crawled out of the group stage of the CL 4. Danger of going out to an Italian side (last time Juventus) in the champions league at the first knockout stage. 5. Drogba losing his regular starting spot, with Torres having joined in winter transfer window, just like Anelka did in 2008. 6.Talks of player unrest. 7. Manager sacked around the halfway point in the season.

Considering everyone, including his own team-mates, are constantly eying him through a magnifying glass, its no surprise.

Irrespective of what he may or may not have said, I sure hope he can up his game. He's starting to become a passenger in midfield with the sole purpose of scoring goals.What happened to his range of passing? As Giggs and Scholes got older, they turned into providers. Even Essien has started changing his game. Its definitely not beyond him to do the same.

Good choice of formation.

I don't know if your post was indirectly referring to mine.Although, I do agree he's been improving over the past few months I still stick with what I said regarding yesterdays game. Not every post is an attack on AVB's methods.

Yesterday he changed his game a bit. He took less risks and actually took the ball out of play, rather than hold onto it when under pressure.

Its unlikely that RDM is going to be in charge next season, and that's definitely not going to happen unless he achieves something really significant this season. His priority is damage limitation, and its crucial he has support from everyone at this stage. For this reason, I'm glad to see some good vibes from the bench. It might seem unethical and unfair considering the acrimonious circumstances under which AVB left, but we need to look forwards, and not at what could have been.

I can understand what you're trying to point out, but I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing

Nice to see the votes distributed amongst all the players...haven't seen that for a while....

Kalou has a better chance of scoring or grabbing an assist...but his passing was awful, and kept giving the ball away. Might be due to the lack of match practice, but I've seen this before. One word I've used to describe him for the past 3 seasons: inconsistent. My opinion remains the same.

This, I would definitely like to see.

Can you imagine what would happen to his already tattered confidence if Torres had missed?

Nice to see RDM having a lot of support. Hope it lasts till the end of the season. Interesting points: Meireles in an advanced role, playing more forward passes. Luiz taking the ball out of play instead of holding onto it under pressure. MOTM Ramires..did very well, and was involved in breaking the deadlock.

Even the penalties won by Torres can't be scored..he really is cursed.

Also saw Lamps and JT joining RDM in the celebrations? Good vibes...

Also saw Lamps and JT joining RDM in the celebrations? Good vibes...

See!!!!