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Having re-watched the match, I tried to monitor Torres in particular. And although I'm sure some of the points made about him not fitting in our style of play are valid, I still think the main problem is in his head. Take the goal incidence for example: With 5 mins to go we were desperately looking for a goal, playing the ball from left to right around the box looking for the right ball in. And although I am mightily glad that Cole popped up where he did, I couldn't help but wondering where our lone striker when we needed him most. The answer is that he was some 30m away from goal, not even in the frame of thee camera in any replay. Imho, you can custom tailor a team that suite his style perfectly and provide 'service' telepathically for him, but I don't think even then he can score 20-25 goals a season when Ashley Cole has a better striker's instinct than him.

I actually want this much much more. I didn't really care about the loss in the European Super because we had already won in in the past, but this one, we might not get a chance to win it again any time soon.

Great article and some excellent points.

Only Everton vs Leeds being broadcast here as well, so unfortunately i doubt there will be streams.

I wonder why you care... Great to see Kevin performing so well and getting minutes. He was the youngster I least wanted to go on loan, and I'd argue that had Robbie known we would sell Raul he would not have sent him. Nonetheless it is proving to be very beneficial move for him.

Not as often as United, but I'm still not proud of it. Them being diving cheats does not justify our players diving.

If you two can't discuss this in a civil manner then don't discuss it at all. Any abusive behavior/inappropriate language will result in warnings an suspensions.

Jose is the biggest tease in history.

I hope Marin and Danny are match fit, this would be perfect for them. I'm also very excited to finally see Cesar in action in a Chelsea shirt. Although it is highly unlikely, I hope Bamford is on the bench, I've watched the kid with U21s a few times and I really like him; I was gutted when he went to the US with team but didn't get a single min, but hopefully he will get some sort of chance with the team during the season.

A bit of a goalkeeping error to get beaten near post, but the 1-2 with the striker was excellent.

We can't complain about other teams diving since we've doing a lot of that ourselves lately.

I feel bad for him as I am sure he is gutted because he loved playing for England. But I have to say this is long overdue; the FA has been treating him disrespectfully and vengefully for years now, and the fact that he has put up with them till now just to be able to represent his country only increases my admiration for the legend. I have no doubt it is a blow for England since he is consistently one of their best players each tournament and was by far the best during the last Euros. However It's a great decision for Chelsea that will hopefully prolong his career here. I'm just afraid that this decision means that John is aware of a prior-made decision by the FA to hand him a local ban.

Faurlin OG Edit: make that 2-1 Spurs

Hahaha you're just like my sister, she'd be wearing a jacket when it's 30 degrees outside You can imagine how much we fight over the air conditioning

Just scored against Stuttgart

It is unlikely but it is not impossible. Last year in Italy, everyone kept on saying that Juve can't keep the first spot and it's only a matter of time, until they managed to keep the the first place till the end of the season. I agree our focus should be on third place, but we must have faith in our team when we're top of the league.

45mins left till his match starts.

I want to win this so we get more matches to start our youngsters.

This was very...frustrating

No we made three dives yesterday, Oscar, and Iva twice. And this was as blatant a dive as three yesterday.

Can manure get any luckier?!!

If that is a pen, we should have had three yesterday

Blatant dive!!

What if it was the final match of the season and only if Liverpool win we get the tittle? Never say never.

Never understood the complaint about cold whether, I mean just put on more clothes