BlueLion.

I'm cutting Bosingwa a lot of slack since he's really still finding full fitness. He's better than most are making out, mind.

Good chance for John Terry - but he heads over. So all the times John Terry or Ivanovic are 'asleep' but recover to clear the ball counts as an inability to defend? "Torres, give us a wave, Torres, Torres give us a wave"

Well he stopped us from going a goal down so he's doing okay in my book.

Drogba does well, wins a corner.

Bosingwa stops Bilyaletdinov from scoring.

Phil Neville is a cunt. I could have sworn Everton fans shouted 'hand ball' when Cech caught it?!

Torres WILL score in this game... we just don't know who for until the end of the transfer window

Chelsea TV said he 'limped out of training.' The full quote was 'he limped out of training and got on a train to Merseyside.' The good news is Cech is playing. He has never lost in the FA Cup

Chelsea FC vs Liverpool Sunday 6 February 2011, FA Premier League - 4.00PM kick-off, Stamford Bridge Match chat here

After today, Chelsea will not play on a Saturday until April 2nd. Our fixtures will be played on: Sundays - 2Mondays - 2Tuesdays - 3Wednesdays - 1Sky and the Premier League thinking about the fans as usual.

Sunderland AFC vs Chelsea FC Tuesday 1 February 2011, FA Premier League - 7.45PM kick-off, the Stadium of Light Match chat here

Hopefully he and Torres will meet at the M6 interchange near Brum?

Chelsea team: Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Ivanovic, Cole, Lampard, Essien, Ramires, Drogba, Malouda, Anelka Subs: Hilario, Bruma, Sala, Ferreira, Mikel, McEachran, Kalou Everton team: Howard, Heitinga, Baines, Distin, Neville, Coleman, Arteta, Rodwell, Fellaini, Bilyaletdinov, Saha Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Jagielka, Osman, Beckford, Gueye, Baxter

Touché. My point is that Sunderland, unlike the likes of Liverpool, Newcastle and so on, don't think they have a right to win trophies, and nor should they expect them. No team has a right to win competitions.

As much as I want a birthday present with TORRES 9 on the back of it, anything more than £40 million is a no-no.

The best way to express our frustration with the board is to boycott Stamford Bridge. But that is far too radical for anyone to consider. Another good way would be to rob their houses? In all seriousness, it doesn't matter what we as fans want. Gone are the days when football was a sport and the fans were the most important player. Its now a business and all about the people who make it roll with their chequebooks.

Welcome to the forum. I'd like to congratulate you on not trolling, first and foremost. It doesn't occur that often, but every now and again we get either a bitter Liverpool or Arsenal fan coming on here and trolling... I imagine its because neither of them have won anything in the last five-six seasons? In terms of the Sunderland away match, I certainly don't think the odds should be in favour of Chelsea, especially considering the 3-0 drubbing at home we suffered by you lot (which is the best away performance by a team I've seen at Stamford Bridge for a very, very long time - congratulations), which would have been 5-0 or 6-0 had Cech not been playing. However we have no doubt improved since then, and should we manage another positive result before we play you, we will certainly be a more difficult proposition. That being said, the game will be impossible to call. It will be 1-0 to either team.

Welcome to the family!

Guys, drop the arguments please.

Ugh for fuck sake, stop your bickering. Since this transfer is dead, and its only generating arguments, I'm closing the topic. One of the mods can open it again if there are GENUINE improvements.

Hmm. I still don't think it will happen because it's simply too late. If Torres wants to leave there is a slight chance.

I've got used to it, we haven't signed a 'top' player since Shevchenko. I'd be more disappointed if we were as close to signing Torres and it fell through.

/transfer. /thread.

Rumours on Twitter that Torres will hand in a transfer request... ... and also that the Luiz deal has stalled.

Fair point David! Just annoys me how any transfer we make is left very late on.