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This is more or less what I expected. Half our players took no or little part of our last season, they need time to build chemistry. Not to mention PSG started their pre-season before we did and have played a match more than we have which is why we look off the pace compared to them.

Tell that to the PSG players. I've see refs give straight red for something similar to Sakho's last tackle.

Terrible defending especially by Cahil.

What are you talking about? By my count, he's made 3 successful tackles and 2 interceptions.

Hutch is actually doing well imo. Can't say the same about Kakuta though..

Lavezzi diving in a friendly

Back on topic, Hazard usually does well against PSG. Here are all his touches from his last match against them:

I hope he does not end up at Qatar or something like that. He deserves to play in better leagues.

I was watching on Chelsea TV today the 2007-2008 season review. I had almost forgotten just how good he was on the pitch. The work he did at the business end of the season after returning from injury was unbelievable. Carried the team on his back to challenge for the title and to the Moscow final

Yes, but I can give you a counter-example of a couple of areas here in Lebanon where everyone has guns and people get killed regularly in small personal fights.

Lamps on meeting friends in the match: http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2857085,00.html

I think their would be shootings and people getting killed right left and center. Guns would be too tempting to the human "dark" nature or as Freud called it the death instinct in humans.

The man was trying to imitate a fictional super-villain; I am willing to bet that logic isn't his strong point.

How could the load be so high when there are no guests on? Brilliant idea by the way Jim to not allow guests on match days.

So 32m is too much for Hazard but a bargain for lazy Berbatov right? Whatever makes you feel better sir...

Apparently he's on twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealAC3 This should be....interesting.

Completely besides the point. The idea I was trying to convey is that, in football, you can't assess a player's level based solely on the silverware he wins.

It is less about why he did not start those games and more about why using the argument that Torres won those trophies to try to prove that he is back to his old self is invalid. By that logic, Kalou is very close to Torres's best as well

I have no idea about the other incident you are talking about, but I witnessed what happened with Kono so I thought I'd clear that up. Saying that Ron led him on to put him in more trouble is cynical imho.

If I knew I wouldn't have posted it in NYC time

He will be introduced to the media at 1:30 pm NYC time today.

He should stay with the academy this year. He will benefit immensely from the next-gen competition. He can go on loan the following season.

Maka was hardly appreciated when he as was still here. We only knew his worth after he left.

LMAO that nickname is sooo inappropriate for him