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If you are so annoyed by everything Chelsea FC is doing tonight, then by all means watch a different game.

Mikel in for Raul...good tactical sub.

That was a penalty!

1 up. I think was offside. Who was iva marking ffs!

Danny brilliant...their keeper got lucky.

Schurle is so dangerous, especially against Bossingwa.

Oh my cech!

Great play from the throw-in. Keeper in the right place though..

DD!! :D. Where are the AVB critics now??

I don't see us scoring if Torres comes on.

I don't get you people, when we play open attacking football you all say we are naive, and when we play safe football we are more boring than wigan. There's no pleasing the chelsea fans..

Mata..not enough behind the ball. We are wasting priceless chances. Really Lampard?? Really?

DD! good effort...unlucky.

28 mins and the only shot in the match came from over 30 meters out. Can this get any less interesting?

Ouch! Luiz down..that's gotta hurt!

This has 0-0 draw written all over it.

Come on chelsea. Let's get the win.

He is like Luiz but without the terribly wrong decisions. I don't remember we ever showed interest in him, but I'm not sure about the impossibility of signing him. He is not that highly rated at Milan. I think they would sell him for the right price.

What matches have you been watching? Lampard is our best scorer (7 goals) and creator (4 assists) so far this season. In my opinion he has been our most valuable and consistent (apart from Mata maybe) player.

I agree, we should try Mikel in a more attacking role. He did have an extremely impressive assist record before we converted him to CDM, maybe he'd turn out to be the creative midfielder we've all been whining about not having.

I am either a genius or a very deluded and arrogant man for thinking so , but I believe I know the only defender that would solve our defensive problems. He is perfect for the defensive high-line we are playing because he is one of the fastest defenders in the world and has great passing skills. Who is this super man, you ask? Our savior in my opinion is milan's Thiago Silva.

I think the problem is that he tried to cross the ball to Lamps in the middle and ended up clearing it to the sideline. I think he should've done like the first goal: attempt to shoot it so it would turn out to be an inch-perfect pass!

Well manu do have young and nani and valecia, and city have....well I don't have time to count them all! Point is, hopefully he'll realize that he'll have much less competition for a starting spot at chelsea than the other two.

Great job as always. A few side notes if I may: 1-For me, Cech has to take the blame for the first goal. The pass to Mikel was by no means a feasible option because he was surrounded by 5 liverpool players from all directions, his options were: 1) Protect the ball and turn, which proved very costly. 2) A first time pass to luiz which is not as easy as it looks due to the nature of the pass Petr provided, and if he didn't get it right Suarez and Maxi are there to take advantage. 3) A back pass to Cech that would put him in pressure which means it is absolutely meaningless from Petr to pass to Mikel in my opinion. He should have passed to Luiz. I love big Pete but have admit he was at fault there. 2- The reason why Cech seemed determined to taking short goal kicks is that he is told so by the manager and for a very good reason as well. The heart of our new attacking system is that the center-halves are spread very wide and high up the field to allow the fullbacks to compress the defense of the opponents, which means if a stray long goal kick lands on the feet of an opposition player, our defense has no chance of closing down quick enough...and we are clusterfucked! 3- Concerning the role of Mikel, though I do agree he did his role beautifully in the Ancelotti system, I felt, especially after the liverpool game, that he is unable to do the requirements of his position in the new system. Offensively, though he is making the short side passes that I think he is required to do, I don't think he is/can do them at a higher speed with the same accuracy, it seemed whenever he tired to raise the tempo, his passes would go astray. Defensively...where do I begin? It's not about what he's doing but rather what he's not. And the not list in this case include most importantly tackling and interceptions in the middle which I think are vital to AVB's system. He is failing to cover for defenders when they are out of position. (example: when Luiz is going forwad) I apologize if my post was too long. Keep up the good work mate.

He has great, great ability but fails to consistently show it. To put that in perspective, on his day, he is as good as Arjen Roben! When he first came to the club, he was labeled by the fans as the a new and better Nedved (which if you've seen Nedved play and see what he means to the Juve fans, really is saying something). His problem is consistency, which to me probably is psychological. If AVB signs him and somehow woks that problem out, he'd be our best signing in a long time. Plus, we could probably get him for a low price since he is having problems with Conti and is rumored to no longer be wanted at the club: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/986870/juventus-don%27t-want-milos-krasic-anymore---agent?cc=4716 I definitely think he's worth a chance.