BlueLion.

I don't give a fuck whether it is a 'small club mentality'. I want to smash these arrogant bastards.

If that's the case I'm surprised it hasn't leaked - unless it is the one with the red trim.

Well, isn't he successfully doing a Balotelli at the moment?

The most pathetic thing I've ever read: http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Kenny-Burns-column-Luiz-defender-Pull/story-15762160-detail/story.html

When Branislav Ivanovic scored from a blatantly offside position during Saturday's deserved 2-1 win over Wigan Athletic, it was Chelsea Football Club and not the match officials that took the full brunt of the inevitable media backlash. Rather than focusing on what was - on the balance of play - a warranted haul of three points in the side's quest for Premier League redemption, the media had a field-day of a refereeing gaffe that could potentially resign poor old Wigan to the Championship. Supposedly, the Latics were robbed of a result, and it was some sort of great injustice that suggests the Premier League big-boys get everything their own way. Bullshit. Quite conveniently, the mainstream media made no mention whatsoever of a blatant penalty that Chelsea were denied in the second half. Furthermore, the various match reports imply that Chelsea were incredibly fortunate in their victory as their breakthrough was awarded to them only by refereeing incompetency. In some respects that is not far wide of the mark, but the Blues absolutely dominated their opponents and but for inspired goalkeeping by Ali al-Habsi, a repeat of previous six- and eight-goal thrashings inflicted on the northerners would not have been impossible. Ivanovic was offside, that much is clear. But let's not make a massive thing of it, because in comparison to another blunder of gargantuan proportions at Old Trafford yesterday, it looks a great decision. Manchester United got their customary penalty as an offside Ashley Young went to ground under no pressure whatsoever. Shaun Derry was red-carded and the rest was a formality as the Red Devils took a massive stride towards Title Twenty. If the linesman does his job, there is no penalty, the red card stays in Lee Mason's back-pocket and a resurgent QPR have half a chance of a result against a United side that flatters to deceive. United will win the title this season, that is without question - but only because their competition consists of the weakest Arsenal and Chelsea sides in a decade and a Manchester City side that should be renamed Bottlers F.C. Of course that does not mean I am trying to vindicate the Ivanovic offside call, but what goes around comes around. We've seen it time and time again; things even themselves out on a football pitch over the course of not just a season, but in three or four games, or in the case of this particular match; inside 90 minutes. No stone-wall penalty? No problem, we'll take the offside goal instead. The repercussion are unfair on Wigan, but ultimately, this is football. They fought valiantly and with tremendous spirit. Diame's equaliser was an absolute stunner and a reflection in the scoreline was a fair representation of an impressive performance from a side battling to beat the drop. But let's drop the pretence that Chelsea Football Club and its players are the spawn of Satan. It was the officials that fucked up, and let's be fair - it's not as if that Ivanovic chance was the only opportunity the Blues had to open the scoring. It is just unfortunate for them that that moment was the one where the deadlock was broken. Recent performances have been sub-standard from Roberto di Matteo's point-of-view. The intensity that we witnessed in the Italian Job against Napoli has rarely been replicated as injury and fatigue have caught up with Chelsea and its exhaustive fight on three fronts. For the match against the Latics, stalwarts John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole were all missing, whilst Daniel Sturridge and David Luiz featured despite being some distance from full fitness. But any suggestion that they were effectively handed this result in a shiny box with a ribbon is merely the product of bitterness. The recent rise of Chelsea Football Club over the last decade or so has knocked noses out of joint, and people don't like it. The same can be said of moneybags Manchester City. Any chance the media has, and it will bastardise the new kid on the block without hesitation or remorse - which brings me back to my first point. Why do Chelsea cop the blame? If Ivanovic thought he was offside, he wouldn't merely just kick the ball wide in a sense of sportsmanship. He'd chance his arm, put the ball in the back of the net and hope the assistant referee on the far side is visually impaired. What I don't understand is a player like Luis Suarez can be congratulated for being 'clever' for going down like he's had his legs cut from underneath him to win a dubious penalty, yet a Chelsea player does anything of the sort and the whole world takes to arms in light of a stunning injustice. United get jammy decisions and no-one bats an eyelid. QPR were just 'unfortunate'; there was no sense of robbery at Old Trafford. And as for the idiots who thought Juan Mata was offside for the winning goal - he wasn't. When Fernando Torres hit that volley, it took a deflection. If the ball had have hit the post and bounced in off Mata without Maynor Figueroa's slight intervention, the flag would surely have been raised. Yet the fact that the ball came off the Wigan player meant that at the moment of the deflection, Mata was in line with the last defender and his outstretched leg. Legitimate goal. Yet rather than this being a complaint of sorts, I've actually quite enjoyed the barrage of abuse from opposition supporters. The funny thing is I had not one complaint from Wigan supporters; rather it was United supporters with a clearly cruel sense of hypocritical humour and Liverpool fans who feel the need to slag off other sides to remove the spotlight from King Kenny's crumbling regime. I wonder how the view is from down there. Feeling riled, are we? Now think how Chelsea supporters felt against Barcelona in 2009, when we were robbed in what was the greatest injustice in modern football. Or how about Anfield, 2005? Surely that ranks a close second. All the luck went Barcelona's way on that fateful night at Stamford Bridge; every last ounce of it. Liverpool too were the beneficiaries of incomprehensible good fortune in scoring a goal that didn't even cross the fucking line. This time around, it seems the footballing Gods are smiling on di Matteo and his charges, and with good fortune buoying resolve amongst the West London outfit at present, the thought of fucking teams over in such a fashion is a highly-appealing sentiment. Revenge is a dish best served cold. The media see it differently, of course. The anti-Chelsea statement is as strong as it has ever been. Whilst fans of other English sides will happily admit to being behind the Blues now they are the Premier League's sole representative in European competition, the media - who have, all season long, revelled in our inconsistency and ability to self-destruct time and time again - are unable to recognise the efforts and endeavours of this club. Chelsea are the scum of the earth no matter the situation. Yet the fact of the matter is this club revels in adversity. The more the odds are stacked against us, the greater the incentive to succeed. Victory tastes all the more sweeter when the media are seething. So if you truly despise the club and you enjoy basking in our misery, you would do well to take note of this wonderful habit the club possesses in making boisterous journalists look rather silly! Any opportunity to bash Chelsea, and these pathetic parasites will bite. How some of the garbage they spawn constitutes professional journalism in the eyes of their editors is beyond me. Regardless, we are proud of our history and these moments of defiance are what will win us moral victory after moral victory come the end of the season. Every point we take is a middle finger in the face of the mainstream media, and boy, it feels good. You have written off the players, the manager, the board and even the bottomless pockets of the owner. You have written off the supporters and discredited a respectable trophy haul. You said fourth place was beyond the egos, yet the resolve of the players has never been more apparent. You waved away any thought of an impossible comeback against Napoli, and we proved you wrong. Now you say we do not deserve Champions League football and that Barcelona will teach us a lesson. Maybe you are right - but we will go down fighting. Sometimes people just don't learn.

Like that a lot mate. I'd like to use that as the player profile for Fernando, actually. Only criticism is that you could do with 'fleshing it out' a little bit, particularly on his Chelsea career. Just another 100-150 words on his career so far at Stamford Bridge.

Yeah, we need as many writers as we possibly get. You don't need to go and write 1500 articles like I do; something between 500-750 would actually bear great weight as an article because people can get bored reading longer ones.

An IP one, for easier compatibility with iPhones.

Depends on your timezone, nothing to do with us.

Torres and Ronaldo will be fantastic together next season with Mourinho at the helm

Wigan passed the ball better than us. We played without invention and at a slow pace - yet we dominated with our chances. The opening goal was offside, but we were denied a stonewaller of a penalty but of course the biased media will refuse to pick up on that. Overall we deserved to win more than they did, the media's anti-Chelsea bias will focus on how 'spirited' Wigan were. That does not constitute Premier League points however.

Bertrand and Bane were absolutely fantastic, but the man I have to give my MOTM vote to is Fernando Torres. He is a game-changer at the minute.

You can criticise all you like, but I've seen us win two games we should have lost in the last four days. We certainly did not deserve the win in either of those matches. You make your own luck and we've had plenty of it. Maybe this will be our year afterall?

GET IN CHELSEA! Definitely a little bit gay for Juan Mata btw.

Disappointed, not even going to bother watching us against Barca!

lol.

Sturridge is about as good as the bubonic plague.

10 minutes left, definitely and desperately need a second goal.

ESSIEN off MIKEL on

No, there's McCarthy and McArthur playing for them

Get Maloudive off.

Essien and Malouda are, on this evidence, absolutely past it based on their general uselessness. Sturridge is playing like someone who doesn't care about the European championships!

Won't be surprised if Madrid come knocking with a £30 million bid in the summer.

Kakuta, in the Meireles role? No thanks. Imagine a blood-and-thunder derby with QPR; tackles flying all over the place. Wingers and playmakers totally ineffective. A big, physical presence is needed in the midfield - someone who can retain the ball and shoot from distance. We bring on Kakuta... Meireles is the man to replace Essien as a squad player. Should stay for a couple of years, no harm in having a Portuguese international who is competent in many positions!

Yeah, that was fucking diabolical.