BlueLion.

He's played 117 games (99 for Chelsea) since he signed for us. I think the boy may be a wee bit tired, personally.

Nothing better than a big finish!

Gorgeous. But then again I'd be tempted to buy anything with a Chelsea badge on it.

Chelsea skipper John Terry netted a 93rd-minute winner to keep the Blues at the Premier League summit. After a frustrating attacking performance, coupled with the sort of defensive resilience by Everton that looks sure to earn Roberto Martinez's men a place in Europe next season, Chelsea's captain turned up trumps to convert a Frank Lampard free kick deep into added time. That came after Everton keeper Tim Howard had pulled off a string of fantastic saves to deny Samuel Eto'o, Eden Hazard, Frank Lampard, and most impressively Branislav Ivanovic with a stunning close-range reflex stop. Petr Cech had been equally tested at the opposite end, pulling off two magnificent saves from the Toffees' Leon Osman. The England international first spanked a dipping volley from 20 yards that Cech clawed over before, the Czech custodian made an even better save early after the break, diving low to his left to keep out Osman's deflected strike. Everton also had terrific chances to score through Kevin Mirallas and Phil Jagielka, but it ultimately the Blues' late surge culminating in Terry's late, late winner that proved the difference in this game. Whilst the visitors were a constant menace on the counter attack, besides the two saves Cech made from Osman, Everton found it difficult to fashion many more opportunities, with Terry, freshly returned from an enforced spell on the sidelines, and his defensive partner Gary Cahill typically dominant. This was a game where both defences were on the top - the difference being Chelsea were able to capitalise on their late supremacy. Everton exhibited the sort of confidence and style that has typified their impressive first season under Martinez's tutelage, but without being able to cap their dominance with a goal. As the game progressed, with Chelsea slowly improving as an attacking outfit, it looked increasingly likely that this game would follow the path of Everton's most recent away game - a 1-0 loss against Spurs, where their lethargy in front of goal was duly punished by Emmanuel Adebayor's second half strike. Signs this game would mirror that particular encounter were first signalled at the end of the first half when Eto'o wriggled free to produce the best out of Howard - and there would be more to come from the American. His double save on the hour mark kept his side in contention as he first got down low to paw away Hazard's low shot. Eto'o was first to the rebound, and whilst his header was wide it fell nicely for Ivanovic, whose hammer-like volley hit Howard square in the chest as the American bounded across his goal to deny the Serbian. Shortly after, a teasing Ivanovic cross was missed by Eto'o's head by a matter of centimetres. Fernando Torres and Andre Schurrle were introduced to the fray shortly after that and both soon had chances to break the deadlock - Torres first unluckily hitting his volley against Hazard, whilst Schurrle skewed a volley well over from another excellent delivery by the marauding Ivanovic. As the game reached the 89th minute, another substitute, Ramires, hammered a thirty-yard screamer narrowly wide of Howard's far post as the Blues desperately searched for the breakthrough. But, deep into injury time, Chelsea's captain turned up with the winning goal to keep his side a point clear of second-placed Arsenal, who easily dispatched Sunderland this afternoon. Click here to view the article

Shit keeper, past his best

The value of experience to a goalkeeper is far more than dealing with crosses against sides that specialise in wing play and set piece deliveries... Courtois struggles with crosses full stop, it's an area where Cech undoubtedly has the edge.

And that's what West Brom and Man City have both recently done.

Was just about to post those exact words.

Absolutely. 100% more confident ahead of tomorrow now I know we have our leader back.

Well, then that means going with Cech, doesn't it? Courtois is a fabulous goalkeeper, but Cech - equally as good, if not even better - has a decade more experience under his belt. We can go around and around forever with this argument. I don't really care about Courtois, he hasn't played a single minute for us. Cech's nearly played 500 games for us, so I think people are only being fair in saying they don't want him replaced yet. Cech's done nothing wrong to be farmed off.

I don't think we even bid for Rooney. I just think José wanted to ruffle some feathers. Judging on how well they've done this season, I think he succeeded. I highly doubt José ever wanted to bring in a temperamental nearly-29 year old!

GIF wars elsewhere please.

It's a nice thought and I love the man, but if he knocks us out the Champions League I'll be pretty pissed to be honest...

I never said you did... Exactly, PSG is not short on money. So you have answered your own question as to why they'd sell him.

I do. Because, let's be fair, Zlatan is top dog at PSG. Cavani may have 20 goals in 30 games this season, but he hasn't played as well as those statistics infer. Many of his performances have been lacklustre, and he certainly isn't performing as well as did for Napoli for so many years. He hasn't set the world on fire. I wouldn't say he is a failed investment by any means, but if PSG can recoup and thus reinvest in a position where they need more quality, I can't see why not.

I'm blinded by compassion. He has a good game for every 20 shockers. Somehow I'd convinced myself he was decent. I'm not sure how. I'd be a brilliant hypotherapist.

Luiz the person - love him, worth £100,000,000. Luiz in midfield - a bit risky, but a top footballer. Don't mind him playing there. Luiz in defence -

He was poor today, but name me one player who wasn't? He was possibly the best of a sorry bunch.

None of our players looked like scoring. Pantilimon probably was our best hope of scoring.

We were terrible, City were excellent. We should be thankful it wasn't 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, or worse. It could quite easily have been, but thankfully Pellegrini acted mercifully with Barcelona on the horizon. If they weren't playing in midweek and thus started their best side... wow. This would have been messy.

Today was the straw that has broken the camel's back, as far as I'm concerned. Lost all patience with him. I've done pretty well, eight years of backing him, but I can't convince myself any longer, sadly. Time to go.

Fickle. Name one player who made anything close to an impression today. Where was Hazard, the so-called third best player in the world? Don't give me the "he was tired" bollocks. These are paid, highly trained professional athletes. I don't see how they can be tired from doing fuck all today. No-one pulled their weight. But targeting the newest member of the squad is lazy even for Chelsea supporters' standards. Embarrassed to be an admin on these forums sometimes, I really am. Some truly cretinous members on here. If you want to slag someone off, have a dig at Mikel or Ramires. They were worse than the rest, and the rest were fucking abysmal.