Blue Armour

Totally agree...I remember one instance when Kalou was dribbling in front of the d box, he could've threaded a pass to Fernando, and instead proceeded to take a shot...I could even see Torres cursing in the background.. Am a massive Didier fan but felt he came in at the wrong time,and shouldn't have been in for Torres...Might be a nice idea to play Didier as a sub-winger in 4-3-3 rather than change the system to 4-4-2 and confuse the rest of the team when both play together..Josh/Yossi should've come in at some point.... He got the win though, so I can't complain any more....

ugh...watching the city and utd fans clap each other on the back,in another forum claiming a manchester top 2 this season is disgusting...like a gay porn movie or something

Don't tell me its because Yossi is on his way out and Josh is too young...

AVB no doubt played his part in turning this game around,but I still can't figure out why neither Josh/Yossi are getting any playing time.... When the emphasis is on more vertical passes, why aren't these two guys more involved?

Normally when one of our forwards make a run, there's hardly any support from the other two... If Mata can provide that support, then yes it will make a BIG difference

I hope AVB isn't facing the same selection dilemma like Carlo...You can tell Torres didn't look too happy when subbed.. The press is sure gonna ask bout Kalou and Alex Alex wasn't even fit... and I think AVB himself realized starting with Kalou was a mistake... Just glad about the result...it could've been a lot worse...

YEAH!!!!!!

I don't get it...is it that hard to bring yossi/josh on? Remove anyone...!!

Its not Torres fault...AVB play Drogba please...this team doesn't have a clue without him... Also play McEachran/Benayoun...I don't care who AVB removes from our midfield trio to include them

Is Odewingie in the WBA line-up?

I love how this transfer is "happening"... so fast...news being spread through some random tweets... <sigh> if all transfers were this way...

Lol...this thread only lasted 32 pages and we're already on verge of a transfer

So finally that's another winger added then...good to see we're finally getting somewhere

Stop moaning about Kalou already... He's obviously being used as a stand-in for Sturridge.... Moaning about Kalou now will be like moaning about Hilario/Turnbull when they stand between the sticks for the next few weeks...There's nothing you or AVB can do about it

Hilario seems to be playing with purpose after the contract extension, so we can take comfort in that... But now there's no question... We have simply got to start scoring in 2's or 3's if not fours sixes or sevens....Even with poor support from mid, we have enough strike-power in the squad to accomplish this...

Its ok to have a pragmatic approach but do you really think anything we expect or post here is actually going to influence the outcome of the match? We put 6 past them last season, and also beat them away when Roy was in charge. Plus it was with the same squad. So whether I'm smoking something or not I'll still keep my hopes up for a rout.

Lol...Tony was actually defending AVB from the press by saying his comments abt pushing and showing were taken out of context... Yet again the media makes a meal of the whole thing...

7-0 please...Time to let the rest of the prem know we mean business... And nope, I'm not on a high

I think Drogba was more like : 'Oh, not this again....'

Not to sound like a prick,but he did do something similar a couple of seasons ago against Stoke

I guess we're seeing the Bosingwa of old... I always thought a new Portuguese speaking manager might bring out the best from our Portuguese speaking contingent of players..Remember Hilario during pre-season?

The effing ref must be a bitter Liv/Arse fan who's upset about what happened yesterday. So...denied by the ref and a goalie. Better 2nd half...wishi Yossi had come on earlier. Based on statistics alone, a win would've been difficult to obtain anyway...I suppose we better get ready to endure another week of Torres bashing in the press

Like I said earlier, our problem in attack is down the right side. Besides Kalou, I'd like to see more from Ramires (he seems to be improving through the game). Might be nice to put in Josh/Yossi to give more 'vertical penetration' as AVB calls it. Again... happy we're at 0-0 at halftime and not 1-0 down.

I hope AVB makes changes in the right side...starting with Kalou. I'm sure Didier or Nico can do a much better job there than he has done so far

AVB: “I have spoken to Chelsea’s Roman Abramovich and I know what he wants." "Chelsea's" Roman Abramovich? In all the interviews I've seen so far, he has always addressed the club as 'us' or we'.