BlueLion.

I agree with José that Matic needed to come on at half-time - but for Cesc, not Ramires. I also agreed that he should have came off. He was utterly abysmal. Those were two decisions by José I wholeheartedly agree with.

With each passing game I lose a little bit more confidence in his ability to turn things around based on his stubbornness, but do I want him to get the sack? Absolutely not. We're a laughing stock as it is.

Is this even a serious thread, regarding the poll? Gobsmacked.

If you can't support us when we lose 3-1 don't support us when we lose 2-1.

Stroey hadn't donated when I posted! but yes, thank you as well, @stroey!!!

Same to you Mark for your donation, too!!

Muzchap, what a star. Thanks for your donation. That alone will keep us running for the best part of a fortnight! Thanks!

To say I'm fed up of the personal insults is an understatement. People are entitled to opinions. They will disagree with you, and their views may differ. Respect that. Do not make things personal. May I direct you to the following post: In addition, I've seen several people say that "if you disagree with a Mod, you get banned". This is grossly unfair - anyone who has an issue with the way this forum is moderated should contact me. Jim is away and has asked me to step up from deputy and run the website until he returns - ergo, if you have any queries/concerns/things you wish to discuss, drop me a private message.

Be very, very careful. Let's not make this personal. Wonderful post. What concerns me is despite warnings by Jason, Spike and Special Juan, people are continuing to insult each other. This is a final warning to all members. Your antagonism is not conducive to a productive forum atmosphere.

What RLC offers is too similar to Mikel, IMO, at least under Mourinho (he plays with more freedom for the U21s, but the midfielders need to "do a job" in the 4-2-3-1 so he isn't afforded the same liberties) - playing both would really nullify any serious counter-attacking dynamism from midfield. One or t'other.

Exactly, it was a jibe at Rafa's weight. Then the media has jumped on the bandwagon and the whole thing has been misconstrued, so now apparently Mourinho is a sexist and fired Eva because she's a woman.

Can we get back to slagging off Eden rather than each other, please We're all here to talk about all things Chelsea: if you can't do that without resorting to verbal abuse then please remove yourself from the situation.

#TeamTerry

Just a pale imitation of Lampard vs Bolton

Ah, I only saw he was on the bench, didn't realise he'd played. Glad to see him back!

Because it's convenient to be outraged at a woman being supposedly mistreated, but it doesn't matter for blokes. That is, in itself, sexist.

According to his Instagram, he's back! Most talented player in our youth set-up, IMO.

We'll win 3-0.

You can blame him, because he did nothing in those 28 minutes apart from his initial shot into the side-netting. You say "you can't blame him much for yesterday" and yet you then say "it's the failure of an entire team". Hazard is part of that team, or is supposed to be, and should be chastised as such.

Why was he even dropped in the first place? Don't give me this "high line" bollocks, as that quite clearly isn't working, either.

I didn't even realise he was on the pitch. Will the real Hazard please stand up? Can't blame José for this. Even Schurrle this week has come out and said the whole team sets up to do the donkey work to give Eden more freedom. Perhaps he needs to start putting the work in and let our best outfield player so far this season (Willian) continue to build on his own good form?

Not much competition but I see your point

With his appearance last night, Mikel moved into the top 25 appearance makers ever for Chelsea. Pretty impressive.

Like what Arsenal did with Henry? I hope so. I've gotten over this now - he deserves his send-off, on good terms!