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Obviously the new Mikel/Malouda/Kalou...etc. He had a good game.Was crucial to our brilliant pressing in the first half and got involved really well in the play and link up with Hazard, Willian, Cesc and Remy. Missed a big chance which he really should have scored but that doesn't take away from what he did do very well. We actually played better with him on in the first half with the front 4 exchanging roles almost completely freely. But understandably Jose wanted to bring on another striker because we were lacking clinical finishing and it was either him, Hazard or Willian and the latter two were having truly fantastic performances; the best in a while.

He might not have natural ability with his left foot, but he's smart enough to offer options in attack with little runs and movements. Of course, defensively, he's still the best in the league and possibly even in the world.

Back to his best? Judging by the lack of activity in the thread I'd say yes! Or at least close to. Thought he had an excellent game and was one of our top performers along with Eden and Willian. He linked up brilliantly with them and Oscar. He showed real willingness to make an impact in the final third, something he had been lacking recently. He adds a huge bonus when he's active in and around the box against teams that park the bus. Btw, does pen he won officially count as an assist or is that only on fantasy football?

5 wins and a draw.

I'm starting to really worry about him. I said when we were linked with him that he was not as good as people were making him out to be, but he's certainly much better than this! His confidence levels look bad.....I mean Torres of 2011 bad! He's obviously trying hard by tracking back even into inside our box, but give the ball away or make a simple backwards pass to the RB every single time is just terrible at any level.

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That GIF.....I just melt :wub:

Well, then you've got to convince opposition teams not to put ten men in and around the box against us

What game did you watch?! "Hang on for dear life" Did Stoke even have a shot on target aside from the goal? I can't remember any. And is it only convincing if we win by 3-4 goals? I thought the performance was very good; our best in a long while. Our movement was good and our pressing was excellent for most of the match. Stoke defended very well and hard and deep and really rode their luck and still didn't look like they will take anything from the match.

Oh, come off it Yes it was a wonder strike, but he has no business being more than 20 meters out of goal a full 4-5 seconds after we lost the ball and Stoke stared the counter. But it's a mistake that he will learn from and thankfully it did not end up hurting us, so we can all laugh about it now.

Shut up!

He's really trying his best to make this title race interesting, isn't he?!

I highly doubt that. Lebanon in the 80s was not exactly a tourist destination Unless they came to see the most complicated civil war/ invasion/ global proxy war/ revolution probably in history

They never do Lebanon

Piece of advise, if you want to last around here, cut down the holier than thou condescending attitude and remember that this is a Chelsea forum. Other than that, welcome

Pay the server running costs and we promise we will!

Are you offering, Tom? :eyebrows:

Hah! You should have seen the Chiellini from like 5-7 years ago. It felt like he either gave away a penalty or got a red card in every game but was still a pretty great defender somehow....

I'm pretty certain Chelsea would be willing to pay 2.7m for Anderlecht to take Marin!

Yeah, definitely no Moses for Stoke. FA rules prevent loanees from playing against parent clubs.

I'll take the PL in any state over the CL. The best judgement for a team is ALWAYS the league. The best team in it winning the CL is the exception, while the best team in the league almost always wins it.

Nicked off twitter: Some of my mates are opticians. That's right, I've got friends in eye places

It's always so heartwarming to see some of our SUPPORTERS so upset about one of our own player playing well :')

We all knew it was coming but feels great to actually see it confirmed. Completely deserved. Here's to the blessing of having JT at the top level for another year

Well he was our worst player against United and others came in the following game and did well so they kept their place and it was 4-5 matches till he got anther chance in the league cup against Swindon where he was pretty shocking which meant he was out of the side till the next league cup match against Arsenal where he was better but still not good. He got a couple of sub appearances in the CL after that till the third league cup match against Sunderland which he again failed to convince in. And then he asked to leave. Now I know that it's less likely for someone who has not been in the side to just turn up and perform, and as I said I blame Jose for not giving him more sub appearances and for not giving him more chances centrally, but there were also the other 4 players that were competing for the same 2 spots and it would have been unfair for Kevin to get an extensive run ahead of them when they were performing better. I distinctly remember you writing that Jose is right not to start him after his league performances and that his sale was a very good deal.