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Haha I'm not sure he knew much about that! Have to see it again

Has "captainmarveljt" already been taken? I'm considering changing mine

How in Gods name did Bosingwa actually become a defender? I would really like to know who this knowledgeable person was that took a look at Jose Bosingwa and thought "wow, he would make a good defender!"

most of the guys here would use it to zoom in to the area where Eva is sitting

Torres was good (though I didn't feel he was as good as some claimed he was) but no one else really stood out either so went for him

Interesting but doesn't really help the regular viewer like manpe mentioned because no one will be arsed to fiddle around with a mouse/joystick during the game

Welcome

yeah but it was especially loud for about 5 minutes after the goal. It seemed that way on the telly anyways

Was that why there was all that "Torres! Torres!" chanting after the goal? I thought it was out of pity lol but what you said makes sense as well

Those are just basic stats but clearly our impression of him while watching the game is different.

well he was probably at 70 or 80% fitness and was named there as a precaution in case things weren't going our way. We were relatively comfortable until the final 10 or so minutes so there was no need to risk bringing him on. haha what game were you watching? He was superb.

Even after our board makes a smart decision, they manage to do something stupid to balance it out. Typical.

^ I believe he's being unveiled on Monday

Didn't think we were that bad but honestly our final ball is so god damn awful. We should have wrapped up that game early in the 2nd half but no, we felt like being generous and let them slowly get back in it The final 10mins were ridiculous in terms of the excitement that Sunderland and their fans had of trying to get an equaliser. We simply cannot allow this to happen time and time again. Midfield is again at fault. Meireles - AWFUL. lampard - okay but not doing enough. Romeu - decent. Ramires - poor. Mata was poor today as well. Ashley was good in the first half but got caught out too many times in the second. Luiz was superb. JT was alright. Bosingwa - clown as usual. Torres did well but the lack of support he gets is unbelievable. Still, I'd like him to stop moaning and get on with it. I UNDERSTAND that he's frustrated but I simply hate when players start throwing their toys out of the pram when they don't get the pass that they wanted.

Essiens on the bench!! Can't believe it! So great to see him back.

Yeh think that line up is confirmed. Not sure about subs Disappointed that Sturridge didn't make it

Think it's real because Dan Levene confirmed it and he's a legit Chels source

Really looking forward to this! Feel surprisingly optimistic! We'll probably lose 3-0 now

Yeh looks like it's confirmed now. They're saying the signing will be announced pre-match

Thought so. What actually happened? lol

was it in the 'Anelka moves to Shangai Shenhua' thread? Because I can't seem to find anything there lol

haven't the posts been deleted?

Er... Any chance we could have an individual option to turn the "Live Match Feed" off? It's really slowing the site down for me and I have a slow enough connection as it is

Me too. Why hasn't it been mentioned before if it's true??? I have a feeling that it's just a twitter rumour that everyone started spreading as fact

I don't watch the Italian league but the EPL is a very poor league atm. The reason why 'anybody can beat anybody' speaks volumes about the "stronger" teams rather than the weaker teams. Out of the top 6, only city and spurs are better than what they used to be 7-8 years ago. And the only reason city are there is because of the money they've spent. Even then, they don't hold a candle to our 04/05 title winning team IMO The football might be more entertaining, but I am not sure that the teams themselves are actually better.