The Rising Sun

2-2. Spurs have become much better than people give them credit for. And Kane is on the same level as costa in terms of goal scoring this season. Unless hazard does it again, i can see a score draw.

Good Goal by Eden, but we are getting owned on the right half of the pitch, as schurrle and Mikel are doing absolutely nothing together. No vision, passing , closing down or being expansive. Willian must come on.

The moment Schurrle and Mikel were in the starting lineup, i was scared. Mikel is the Torres of his position, rarely affecting the game. Schurrle only plays for himself.

not too sure long range shooting is that much of a problem, considering we have more points and more goals than we have had at this time of the year over the past 10 seasons. However, regarding crossing, you are right. Ashley cole provided width for crossing which Azpi doesnt. Luiz cant cement a starting spot. We are great at corners though, only second in attacking corners met with headers on target behind Stoke. Considering we have this ability we should be doing that a little more, but i think its one or the other, cant have both. The possession one-two play which we do will be disrupted if we start crossing the ball too often. But against teams which park buses i think we should be tactically set up with 2 strikers and continuously put crosses in , as that will disrupt the other teams bus organisation and make it a 50-50 on which team players the cross gets to.

I thing Mikel deserves to start this one. Having good competition ahead of him have seemed to force him to make his own game more dynamic. I have been Anti Mikel for quite a long time, but his last game was a breath of fresh air, and for once i understood what people spoke about his potential. If he puts his mind to it, he can be more progressive. Mikel and Matic is an interesting combo if mikel looks ahead more often.

It took until drogba came on that i realised what was wrong with our last couple of performances. He played with passion and guts, and imposed himself upon the game. Our players have become a little too comfortable after the initial brilliant start to the season. Those bullying characteristics that every player showed early on in the season need to come back quickly. We were hunting down opposition players in packs and winning the ball, but that behavior has reduced alot and we have become slower in posession. Few things to be worked out in training. Matic is irreplaceable. and costa needs to get his movement back on trackk.

We were not aggressive enough or fast enough. Sunderland were well organised and fair play to them. We are a team which need rythm, that too with pace. From the beginning they slowed the game down by packing players back. That being said, our play was too contemplative throughout the game. Within the first 30 minutes it was pretty clear we were not going to get through balls down the middle, so that is the only thing i can fault Jose for. Instead of shooting from way out, the strategy should have changed to bombarding aerial crosses at every chance we got. That makes the chances of your player winning the ball 50/50, and with crosses, mistakes happen and chances come. That would have also completely negated their gameplan. Well done Sunderland. You did great! Could have won it. And for Chelsea - pace. We didnt have it from the beginning, and thats when we effectively lost the battle. Dont know if this result calls for some rotation or not, but these players looked worn out, for whatever reason. I expect a rip roaring performance against spurs though. We will have more space to play, and as long as we start fast, i believe we should win it.

Ballack - we could have used him for a few more years.

southampton away

Alcohol bro. Have lots of it. Send a few drunk texts.

Danny murphy is the worst PL Commentator i have heard . Seriously. So negative. In a game which is actually fun to watch, he is making it annoying to hear. This player is shit, the referee is soft. The manager is not acting. Tiring to hear. Never again. Hopefully.

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http://arsenal-mania.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=324513&start=300 That 'game' showcased everything that's wrong with this team under Wenger. It was actually perfect in that sense, yet absolutely fvcking disgusting in every way. ...capped of with petulance and yet another touchline skirmish with another manager from Wenger. This isn't a man in control. Özil though??? I think Özil should only play home games for us from now. He is not up to the scrap of the premiership YET. We should never have bought Özil he is not played in his favoured position very often and he is not cut out to be on the wings running up and down the pitch, I would not be surprised if Özil wants to leave the club in the near future the way Arsène is playing him just makes him look an awful player, It's a pity that we did not wait for Fabregas and we could have got Costa as well we were linked to him often enough, Wenger really has no clue when it comes to implementing different players for different roles and situations. Seeing Özil trot out on the wing today only to be pushed off the ball or play a 5 yard pass made me want to poke my eyes out

whore mother is the literal translation ( motherf__r) but after searching a bit, this is another meaning, "All over Spain, "de puta madre" means "extremely good", "appealing", "desirable". It applies to people, situations, experiences, anything." In the north of Spain, if the article "la" (meaning "the") is added to the beginning of the phrase ("la puta madre"), it becomes a high compliment meaning that something is the coolest of its kind (similar to calling it the bomb, or the shit.)

Facosmascaz Habrecoscatic Had to give Oscar MOTM. He has really come back to life the past few games. The energy and dynamism is finally back. Glad for him and for the team. They believe that this is their year, and it really shows. KTBFFH!!

We have 2. it all comes down to quality in the end. England has and still produces some really good defenders but ahead of that its never really CL winning quality. there are a few anomalies ofcourse in the last generation

I have started to feel bad for west ham fans....they can sign whoever they want, big sam is just a boring non footballing manager.

Gastazard ? Hulk - Loki - Iron man

chelsea on fb : Cesar Azpilicueta has signed a new five year-contract! Great news Dave! http://che.lc/UtNhti Dave!! Officially~!

welbeck is no better than borini.....joke signing .

Anyone remember Ballack going absolutely crazy running after the Referee when a handball wasnt given against Barca? Diego is the first Chelsea player since then who i imagine will do the same. Passionate, ballsy and commanding. We missed that sort of personality the last few years. Fabregas, Costa, Luis and Remy. We are single handedly carrying the PL mantle and honour among Europe for some years now, and long may that last.

Not going to blame or criticise the defense or goalie in this one. This was just simply a bizzare game, and can be chalked off as a one off. But what a performance going forward. Definitely one of my favorite chelsea games of all time. Exhilarating!!

Im in the same boat as most others on here.... no idea what his style pf play or strengths are, even after watching his youtube videos. However, just like costa has done this season, we need a goalscorer, dont care about any other qualities. Just score goals. That being said, i dont know enough about the guy and youtube hasnt impressed me( which is wierd because every player looks amazing on youtube), i cant judge him. but on the other hand if Remy is available at 8.5 million, we should be doing everything to get him in. Anyways, we have scouts for a reason, and surely they have seen something in this guy which we dont know about. Lets hope it works out!

Gotta disagree on Ramires starting this one! Not because he isnt good enough, but this is the sort of game where he could get red carded via 2 yellows. everton play real quick and ramires does make rash tackles ....