TacticalBlues

This is our worst run for 18 seasons! We are in a worse position than under RDM for sure. Benitiz has the fans against him and its maybe a chunk of the dressing room too. His substitutions were awful too. However it is not solely down to him, the same things that got Di Matteo sacked have continued under Benitiz. Luck and being unclinical! With Torres leading our line the club is always going to be lacking here. If Rafa wants to get some support I think introducing Piazon and Feruz more often will be a good start.

We are really missing a leader. This man can't be back any sooner!

Oscar and Piazon getting ready. Get in it looks like torres is going off, maybe a striker could score a goal!

87.5% - John Obi Mikel completed 87.5% of his 'long passes' [7/8] in the first half. Vision

Fear of Falcao keeps Mourinho up all night ahead of El Derbi haha

Good performance, haven't seen us control a game like this for a long time.

Torres would be stupid not to inquire about Campbell proposal. He's built himself since he's come to Chelsea and that would impact your speed. I remember seeing Ronaldo looking to bolster his running technique running with professional sprinters, Bolt giving him advice etc. Hard Work always pays off and that's a big reason why Ronaldo is where he is today.

Not official unseen video, but still:

CWC discussion. Chelsea have named a strong squad Goalkeepers: Petr Cech, Ross Turnbull, Hilario Defenders: Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Paulo Ferreira, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Cesar Azpilicueta, Ryan Bertrand Midfielders: Oriol Romeu, Ramires, Frank Lampard, Oscar, John Obi Mikel, Eden Hazard, Marko Marin, Lucas Piazon Forwards: Fernando Torres, Juan Mata, Victor Moses, Daniel Sturridge

Nice guy, but when Torres leaves this MUST be played at the bridge:

A horrid performance from the TEAM all round but it was in games like today where one big man like Drogba, or Lampard would pop up and get the crucial goal. We need some potency up front, complain about Torres's service all you like a good striker will make room for himself and get his head into the game. January can't come soon enough...

These Fox commentators are ridiculously bad.

Haha: Obviously, Benitez strategy to silence the fans is to bore them to sleep with dull football."

Walcott and Sagna have been left out of Arsenal's 2013 calender.

haha

Being very strongly tipped for City, would be a travesty if he ends up going there and wasting his talent. Comes from Dinamo like Modric, but at 16 is really setting the Prva HNL on fire. He played PSG making him the youngest player to ever play in the champions league.

Falcao is just an amazing player, I'm still dreaming of the possibility of him playing in front of Mata, Hazard and Oscar.

FT AC MILAN 1-0 JUVENTUS. Nice to see Milan get such a big win.

Guillem Balague In favour of Roman Abramovich I can see kicking Roman Abramovich is one of Britain’s favorite sports. He has a lot that makes him an easy target but I won’t get there now. Instead let me tell you why I think he should have a much easier ride 1. His money has helped the football wheel go round 2. In July, he gave Torres the word that he will allow him to proof he is still worthy of leading Chelsea’s attack even though Falcao was offered to him all summer, including few hours before the European Supercup where the Colombian scored a hat trick against Chelsea. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but basically he was giving one of his big assets a chance before deciding what to do with him if it didn’t work 3. Roman knows about football. Enough to identify who should lead the team on the pitch and the offices. Like Michael Emanelo, who is de facto technical secretary of the club and one with an intelligent understanding of the game. Michael and Rafa will find common ground I am sure 4. If Roman wants to run the club on his own he wouldn’t have given it to José Mourinho. So now he is basically looking for someone who can do that job and he has not been convinced by the ones he gave the job to lately. 5. Finally, by choosing Rafa Benítez, a man universally respected inside the world of football, he has ignored the noises coming from the fans. I thought Roman was scared of the fans. Well, actually he must have thought, I tell you what, I have analysed the situation and Rafa is a good solution. No matter what people think. Good I think Rafa will be in charge for longer that people think. 7 minutes ago Disagree with last part though.

Geoff Shreeves is just awful. Imagine if he interviewed Hatton last night?

One Di Matteo - 16 MINS.

United fans should be happy, him and Fletcher AWFUL today.

QPR 1-0 UTD - DESERVED too!

"Your friend Benitez is going to Chelsea," the Brazilian said to Mourinho, according to La Sexta. The 49-year-old responded: "The fat one? Well then Materazzi should be his assistant." Here is a video: