CHOULO19

You got it mate!

I beat Baselona and my team is 4 points clear at the top of League one! :w00t: ( a bit too much celebration? )

I feel so gutted that Juve didn't take advantage of Milan's draw with Napoli and only managed a draw themselves with sienna at home. We could've moved 4 points clear with a game in hand . On the bright side, no Ibrahimovic for Milan for the next three games .

He looks set to be a Barcelona player, shame. http://www.soccernews.com/barcelona-make-thiago-silva-number-one-summer-target/88271/ http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/138/spain/2012/02/07/2891493/barcelona-set-sights-on-ac-milan-defender-thiago-silva ( I realise this is one hell of a bump, but I had to post it because I've always wanted him here at Chelsea )

That looks....painful

I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this, but with Anelka gone and Kalou in the ACoN, if Sturridge gets injured, we have absolutely no one to play on the right wing! ( I shudder to think that we may have to play bossingwa there)

I love it already!

Oh, my bad.

We still own half of his contract if I'm not mistaken. Any chance of a return to Chelsea in your opinion?

The second option may sound more melodic, but it's effects maybe costly. Faith alone will not get us to the CL.

He should have today, but the reserve game vs united was called out due to the wheather.

Fisrt time Capello did anything right since the late 80s maybe .

Looks like iva will be available. AVB's choices should be interesting. Does he keep Cahil? and if so, who plays RB iva or bos?

Oh come on guys, it's funny . The one he did for Ancelotti when we won the double was actually pretty good.

LMAO!

http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations He will only be "Warned for his future conduct" according to the FA regulations.

I was laughing about the look on Platter's face for about 2 weeks! Let's not forget that the EPL is not the easiest place to ref. The refs in the Italian and Spanish league seem much better than here simply because they have an easier job. Not that there aren't EPL referees that are just not good enough=Foy.

What? When? How? WHY??!

I thought he had more of a "Drogba" performance (bar the chance when he didn't have the nerve to shoo ) than a typical "torres" perfomance, in the sense that he played most of the match with his back to goal and actually did quite well in receiving long balls.

Good read, some excellent points made (bar Torres for me. I have lost all faith). I think this deserves to be moved to the article section. Welcome mate, and keep it up .

Goal.com being stupid, do you even need to ask? His debut was better than I expected, he defended very well and looked comfortable on the ball. And that shot.... His post-match interview:

AVB owning a reporter after the match : And his full post-match interview: Think he'll get fined by the FA for daring to state the obviosu truth?

Great idea because currently the match threa just gets too crowded at the end of games. But I do think two threads would suffice since, once the match starts, the prematch speculation and tactics descussion would be of very little use.

Mata was absolute class all game and was very unlucky to win it for us righ at the depth with that FK. Not to mention, I'm still drooling over that finish of the second goal. However, I voted for Raul Meireles simply because woderful and efficient tactical display took me by surprise. Only last week I was shouting at my tv during the Swansea game for Raul to get the hell out of the team. Yet, yesterday he put in a sublime MOTM performance in my opinion. He was everywhere and rarely missed a pass. I hope he keeps this up, we need him while Ramires is away. Ivanovic was superb and I would have voted for him had he not been partly to blame for the third goal. I mean, how do you not close down possibly the best crosses in the league (giggs) ? Overall it was a great performance by everyone (even Bosingwa at LB ) and we deserved to win the match.

LMAO. I can't beieve I didn't recognize him, though in my defense, he looks more like Dean Sturridge in that pic.