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just had the radio on last 5 minutes, craig burley gets worse. ''ramires doesnt score many!'' a few minutes later '' hes so composed infront of goal''. Thats its 8 this season and if he was composed he would have doubled that. So congrats craig burley, wrong on both statements.

obviousley havent watched the game today and gave up on the radio down to craig burley but how bad has torres played again? we need to take a loss on him, get rid for whatever price and sign someone just to see us thru the season till we get a better look at whos available. Just heard were 3 up. ramires different class.

and he also said on kompanys red card. You cant tackle 2 footed, not bothered if you get the ball, times change and foy was right. A minute later he was slagging the people off who refused to rescind miljas red card against arsenal!!

Mostly i agree, i dont see mceachran and bertrand playing as making us outsiders for the game.

Dont joke, i think petrescu would walk back in our side

Being brought on if the game is comfortable is patronising to the player. Seen it before when they come on and all pace and ambition has gone. I could come on in those situations and look ok.

disagree with anyone supporting the line up. Its ridiculous that some havent had chances. We might aswel scrap our youth and reserve football. Why on earth if you were a young player would you want to join chelsea. If you feel we have to go full strength in order for us to get a result against portsmouth we really are in dire straits. Without chances players cant become better, its nonsense that your born great. You become a great player from learning and playing. We have great potential but it will never get chance to flourish from what ive seen this season.

I would agree with villa. Alot of my mates are fans/season ticket holders and there hating it there this season. When they played spuds they had 6 defenders starting and 2 holding midfielders. Its experience they need anyway not a young player,

alot of people seem to hope josh doesnt go to bolton. As bad as bolton have been this season you have to remember coyles had wilshere and sturridge last 2 years and did a great job of playing them and gettin the best out of them. Whilst i love the way swansea play and the BR factor that can also work as a negative to his development. Josh would have to fit into a side thats already working close to its maximum. Would he do better than players who are in tune with one another and use to the system there? the way i look at it he will definately improve a bolton, we could get some gage off coyle to where he is regards wilshere comparison and hel be guarenteed a chance.

absolutely praying for relegated. Just heard that prat warnock moaning about barton not having his red card rescinded. He even manages to drag frank lampard into it. Criticies peter walton for not sending him off on top of there ref and lino, says ''even people like graham poll and dermot gallacher''. What a wanker. Let me remind you of what he said after chelsea game, '' I think hes made fewer mistakes then both teams today''. Well neil stop moaning and listen to your own words. I agree lampards reputation went before him on the tackle against wolves. Thats human nature and its a lesson that you get what u put into life. i have no sympathy for barton

There is nothing worse than being stuck next to a dickhead in the stands that spends the whole game threatning and shouting (on their own) abuse at the opposition or the ref. If anyone reading this is that person let me enlighten you. They cant hear you and even If they do, there athletes and would probably flatten you anyway. I was once sat next to a fan who when the ball went in the crowd he caught it and refused to give it david james back. As james got close he called him everythin under the sun and threw the ball at him in an attempt for it to hurt him. He caught it one handed. What a twat. How can i hurt the keeper, i know ill chuck the ball at him.

I personally dont believe suarez is racist but then again i dont know him. Think there were massive holes in both arguments and only those 2 players will really know what was said but without doubt suarez has been used as a statement of intent from fa. Unlucky but move on. I just hope the fa continue making bold but correct movements on other matters as they seem 2 have bottled making a stance on diving, ref harrasment and tackles that border on assault. I hear that micheal brown has ended butterfield season from barnsley. That footballer if u can call him that, is one of many that makes a name/carreer for himself by trying to hurt good players out of the game and know one does ayhting about it. Whilst the evra suarez incident isnt pretty, its still just name calling. Id much prefer we tried to make football more enjoyable in a country where i believe racism isnt as much of an issue.

Id be amazed if josh didnt start. Everytime AVB has started him hes had to be replaced due to circumstance. He doesnt seem overly keen to let him go on loan so it would be very strange if he didnt play him against pompey

Sadly i cant actually think of stev clarke without being sad. All i see is him stood in that liverpool coat. Its like losing a relative. RIP steve.

In my opinion people are missing the point . AVB dislikes the stupid articles written by the press and the complete nonsense spoken on tv about games/players. So do i, so do you, i have tons of respect for him giving them a bit of abuse back. Hes well within his rights. Talk about you need to keep press on side etc is bullshit. They should respect people trying to do there job and report fairly and i wish more managers would stick up for themselves. Like him or not wenger has advanced english football and brought one of the best teaams in the invincibles ive ever seen, i know someone whos had to work with him as an agent and said hes a great bloke and just loves football, hes stayed loyal to arsenal and at quite a few stages in recent years has been ridiculed and treated like shit by some prick with a microphone. I find it so distasteful. Criticism is fine if justified but like luiz and avb there almost being ridiculed by people whos salary we pay to give us an insight or tactical analysis on the game. If were finally decided we need to keep these people sweet not tell them what we think of them then society really is on its arse.

What avb is getting criticised for over his criticism of journalism or punditry brian clough was hailed a genius for. Not completely the same but very similar ideas and one i agree with. I want to watch games and discuss it with friends or at least have debates on forums about styles,goals tactics etc. What i dont want are bitter ex pros or journos with agendas telling me what they think. I dont agree with what gary neville said, quite frankly its disrespectful and just a man utd fan slagging a chelsea player off. If iwas getting paid to analyse games i would try and do it as unbiased as i could and certainly not angle childish slander towards individuals who are far more educated then myself. AVB is a man who manged a quadrouple winning side. Alan hansen talks like he was baresi or moore, someone should tell him that unlike in there great liverpool days defenders cant spend 20mins passing the ball back to a keeper in order to waste time. The icing on the cake is the sort of comments i read in papers on twitter and hear on sky sports by so called respected journalists saying avb is making a rod for his own back and needs to get press on side. Why does he? Who are they, the mafia? Be nice to me and ill be nice to u. Fuck em, stay strong in what u believe, do your job and if it doesnt work u have been honest to yourself. If he is getting disrespected by no marks and all hes trying to do is hes job why shdnt he tell them to do one.

Ive got many issues with both the suarez and terry case. Both very different as suarez admitted what he said and terrys denied it. Firstly on terry, its been given far too much coverage. Media sayin they cant comment because its in hands of police and innocent till proven guilty etc but there constantly goin on about it as if he is and the pressure its putting on everyone is unfair. It should have been left to be dealt with officially. If he is found guilty then everyone from fa to chelsea can deal with it. Even if he has said it, i dont agree with it but it doesnt make him a racist just an idiot. Im pretty sure if he was racist it would of been flagged up earlier at some point in his career not just decided to turn at 31. With suarez i find it alot more complex but equally wrong how its been handled. I have a big problem with the fa seeming to take the moral highground and ban him for 8 games. You cant treat everyone the same, its how suarez and the people of uruguay have been brought up, people sayin ''its no excuse'' well no its not, but its a reason, and a valid one in my eyes. If hed have thought it was wrong hed have denied saying it but he never did and surely he needs educating not banning. I dont believe in instances of name calling type racism the fa should get involved, maybe the fa could of handed the info into liverpool and made dalglish deal with it, release statement or punish if they like. After all if he is racist the people who know him best would know. I dont think individual cases like this need dealing with by fa, it wdnt be footballs problem but societys and the fact the fa think they can bring an end to racism is a joke in itself. Im not excusing it or say ignore it but if a manager did stand by a racist player who else in that team would play for him. It would sort itself out. The large scale that it used to happen in stands and still abroad needs dealing with but i dont believe incidents like this require that severe an action under there own personal circumstance. Are the fa now gonna step in if a player makes a remark about someones wife etc and the player complains about abuse?. It looks to me like there just flexing there muscles and showing off to the rest of europe. I think the majority of the media and fa are hypocrits. How often thru the years do we see a gerrard, terry, scholes, keane etc chuck in a really bad challenge and these media just laugh it off as being 'lucky to get away with it'' or ''scholes cant tackle''. Then essien or a song does the same and they lambast them as threatning someones career? racist? The fa are allways goin soft on sir alex and recently redknapp. Avb, mourinho, wenger or benitez get done by the fa. Racist? This is only my opinion and im not saying im right but i dont buy the fa as clamping down at all, there just trying to be bigger then they are.

I agree, not got a problem with losing or suffering through transition but yesterday was bad management. Glad hes got rid of anelka and alex cus they obviousley werent pulling in same direction. But malouda should be out to. So should torres or he should be used. If your not gonna play him in that game yesteday he shouldnt be at chelsea. Certainly no point putting him on the bench. A transition should be out with the old in with the new. Not out with the old in with some older ones who dont play as much. drogba plays torres watches, wheres the transition there? kalou and malouda come on, mceachran watches, lukaku doesnt make bench, bruma kakuta and van aanholt out on loan. Wheres the transition?

was very dissapointed with the pace of the game yesterday, almost walking pace for an hour. Ive said it countless times but when avb changes or has to change a side he does it wrong in my opinion. Despite wether someone better then the next player it has to have balance. Romeu, lampard and merieles all want to recieve the ball deep and look around for a pass. Hence the reason there was no pace to the game. Mata should of started in the middle and we should of started a quicker more mobile forward. You often hear forwards say that the best movement can be standing still sometimes. Well thats similar to drogbas good performances. In big games when its really fast paced drogba becomes effective from standing firm upfront and playing as a target man occupying 2 defenders with his physicality. Yesterday we needed pace and movement as he had none in midfield. Thought torres was a banker half time sub. He must be playing awful in training to e getting as little minutes as he has done. 10 men city i thought gotta be torres, yesterday against wigan? yesterdays draw was as depressing result as wed had as i thought we were making improvements, then we play like that. Really cant say i or any other fan could agree with taking mata, romeu and sturridge off, Whod agree with me in saying on current form theyv been our 3 best with ramires this season? For mikel (even less pace) kalou and malouda. When you make decisions like that you have to expect fans to get pissed off.

Cant really understand why people moan, i know an easy draw might mean a less competitive match so it could enable some players to rest up a little but what are your ambitions as fans if we come up against napoli and everyones gutted?. I think its good we have a good test, i believe every good win the players will grow in belief and trust in system/manager. Napoli are side we should beat but will have to work very hard for and when we do the players will lift again.

Have heard all day on the radio and just watching every half hour on sky sports news about torres staying. So let me get this straight, the big news of the day, Torres who hasnt handed in a transfer request or suggested he wants to move, isnt moving! is that news? fuck me, only in england

From watching a few games last year and highlights from esk on youtube watching the game last night i was pleased at affane's developement. Seemed like hes improved alot. Stil a tad unsure about piazon but i suppose its a massive jump in terms of style and country etc so hopefully hel keep learning and improving.

Mancini has been first class as a man dealing with some very difficult individuals. If balotelli can blossom under mancini i dont think he will with anyone. Id be interested to see if he drops yaya toure after last night as felt he behaved appalingly. As a senior member of a side and the one the majority would look up he was bordering on trying to get sent off. The way he tried to rake ramires achilles was shocking. Could of done alot of damage.

They would accuse andre of moaning or questioning the honesty of fa and probably get banned.

It is a joke but it doesnt suprise me. Its my opinion that sir alex, redknapp and dalsglish have given out that many free tickets, signed shirts and kind gestures when they step out of line the fa almost apologise to them. Wasnt a fan of benitez but he knew the favoritism they get as did mourinho. Its a joke.