TacticalBlues

Pen?! Holding Torres

Scorpion Kick

Completely agree with the subs.

Can't believe I'm saying it, but I just agreed with Gary Neville, and Jamie Redknapp's got it right with our attack.

Yeh, one would probably suffice with Sturridge their too, and hopefully we can nurture Kakuta - 2 would be great though.

Positives: Torres, Cech, Ramires Negatives: (CMD+V from the last game) Malouda, Kalou, Mark Hasley and maybe Lamps too

A goal by Torres there would have been priceless

The story of there lives.

All game Cech has been impeded but Mark Halsey has been completely blind.

Mceachran & Anelka will have too come on, Drogba too but would be harsh too take him off for Torres, another shot together? Who else hates Shawcross by the way?

Wishing Lukaku was here and Sturridge wasn't suspended - keep Kalou/Malouda far away that would, and a few more chances would of been had.

:541: : Villas-Boas is wearing a very sharp suit today, while Tony Pulis looks like he looted his entire wardrobe from JD Sports.

Ramires is just brilliant, always running and jumping in when you need someone.

Torres is looking sharp

WTH What a late challenge

Good run by Torres, Bosingwa always does that lol nice bit of play

Already a few instances here where we have just exemplified our need for a winger.

A brace by Torres will hopefully SHUT all these skeptics up, (just listening to Skysports, browsing BBC and Goal etc.) but the main thing is too get this tricky fixture out of the way, and get a good start too the season. The Britannia's jumping as usual.

Oh yeh, remember him getting a red card for Bolton. Probably the one bad thing to come out of his loan spell.

The lineup is different from how we've been playing in pre-season - very similar to last season, let's see whats changed. Where IS STURRIDGE!

I'd have to say no because of all we have achieved and the difference between the pre-Abramovich era and now. However, their were certain seasons and moments where we did under-achieve, but mind you in a lot of those years we were denied things that we should have achieved. e.g. Ghost Goal, Overbo etc.

Thanks for bringing the rep back

The Russian winger left Chelsea for Anzhi Makhachkala last week and the fans who attended the match at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow made sure to show their unhappiness with the move, as the player represented CSKA Moscow from 2004 to 2009. As Zhirkov was whistled and booed by Russia's own fans, Pavlyuchenko did not hide his frustration with the national team's supporters. "I was frankly shocked. I do not know why these people come to football. To whistle Zhirkov? I do not understand," the Tottenham man said. "If it was me, I would probably not pay attention and I would worry about playing. I think the coach and the Russian federation should do something about this because this is impossible."

Com concussão, Torres deixa amistoso contra Itália; Piqué pediu para sair por dores musculares. With concussion, leaves game against Italy Torres, Piqué asked to leave by muscle pain ESPNSpain