CHOULO19

Great point mate. I think with a few more games under their belt, their performance will definitely get much better.

Yeah but I thought that Ramires' miss was somewhat like Berbatov's, the pass didn't make too easy; I'm not saying he shouldn't have scored, I'm just saying it wasn't the easiest thing in the world. Torres' miss was just unexplainable!

Yesterday got me thinking about how Luiz is always chosen for the brazilian side unlike Alex, despite the fact that Alex looked much more solid than him at the back (up until the penalty of course). So does anyone think he's better than Alex?

For me: Bertrand: Started slow then got better. He was very offensive especially in the first half and thus left tons of space behind him. Romeu: I thought he was just epic. His movement, tackling and passing extremely good for his age. He literally bossed the midfield and won us the midfield battle. His stamina was also very good as he still had a lot of energy after 120 mins. Josh: He was pure class for 50mins. Great movement and creative passing. He and Romeu worked together like magic. Lukaku: He started badly the first 20 mins or so but then started to get in the game. He showed his physics presence rather well in the second half keeping in mind how hard it was to play as a lone striker in the Fullham defense. But it was obvious he still lacks composure and still needs some work. This game had very promising signs for our youngsters imo, but it also showed me that AVB was absolutely right not to choose Lukaku and bertrand for the CL, they are not ready.

AVB was as happy as a 5yo on christmas morning after the match http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXsW3ZL1VDA&feature=feedu

I think we delivered a great performance yesterday. The youngsters played very well for 120mins against premiership opposition and it was great to win a penalty shoot out. I think we created a very good amount of chances even with 10 men. MOTM for me was Karim Frei. From our squad the best player was probably Oriel Romeu; his movement was excellent as was his passing.

I'm just glad that game is over...3 injuries FFS!

NO FUCKING WAY!!! We won on penalties??? I'm dreaming...no one pinch me!

here we go again...oh lampsy!

Penalties...we'll definitely loose.

FK, Lampard booked.

Luiz so close!

Corner...come on Blues

Lampard should've done better there. Handball on sederos!

5 mins to pen.

Romeo good shot.

I swear if malouda shouts one more time....

Lukaku just missed one that's even worse!

We are officially screwed!

2nd half over....we created more chances with 10 men than we did with 11 but couldn't convert any...very frustrating. Any one got injury news about cech or sturridge?

Luiz is putting in a great effort...schwarzer just adding to our agony today.

Extra time is not what we needed, we are already over-booked with EPL, CL, and carling this month.

MALOUDA FOR FUCKS SAKE!!!

Exciting match if you're an unbiased spectator, very frustrating if you're a chelsea fan

I can't believe we didn't score...I really hate schwarzer!