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Please Roberto Mancini.. Take him out of JM's hands before we do something stupid and lffer him a new 1yr deal.

What a goal from Deulofeu Edit: and a nice assist to Lukaku..

What are the chances a council, the CPO or any other outside force thwarts the clubs plans? Is it safe to celebrate yet or?? Don't want to be let down like I was at the Battersea Power Stadium plans

agreed he has gotten better.. But he still has the tendency to 'panic' of sorts and boot the ball out when he clearly has time to compose himself, which shows he doesn't have the greatest belief in his ability to dribble out of danger. And I think it's also his 'style' of passing. Zouma seems to have to shift his entire body before he makes a long pass/cross which is makes it appear awkward. Then we look at a player like John Stones who has supreme confidence in his ability to carry the ball and dibble his way out of danger. On the plus side, Zouma is young. And if a different manager forces us to play out of the back, he could garner more belief in his technical ability.

he's the man we should be targeting.. Proper competition for Costa is JM is just gonna continue ignoring Remy as well.

Just happy to say I was able to see MSN in action.. Absolutely unreal how lethal and gifted they are. They took the Miami Heat's idea of a Big 3 and went all Super-Saiyan with it.

Can you see him starting a Champions League match against Atletico Madrid, PSG, Real Madrid? Does he hold possession well under pressure? Will he be influential in big games? I don't know the answers to those questions, but that's ultimately what it comes down to. We need a proper #10 who can pull the strings and be trusted to start the big games. No more or this Cesc Fabregas as #10 because we lack the ability to impose our will on other teams.

I love how LvG can play "archaic" football by throwing on Fellaini and telling his wingers to lump it in the box. But when David Moyes does it, he has 'small club mentality' and Rio Ferdinand (or whoever it was) says that Man United deserve to play better football. And LvG has been at united for 2 years now. Got to love that hypocrisy from United fans and the media.

English football at its finest this season..

And Porto have never won on English Soil In the Champions League.. You just know how that's gonna turn out

The Football Gods have an agenda this season will stop at nothing until Chelsea and all their fans understand the true meaning of suffering/tragedy. I swear Shakespeare is writing the script for this season. Im really getting heated at Port for failing to win that match.. I can just see us blowing this match, not confident at ALL.

Taking early bets, over/under Costa punches the pitch 4 times for failed flops that are NOT given as fouls?

Just what we needed, if JT had to get carted off, it must be bad.

He'll still start vs Tottenham though right?

Worst possible scenario in that Porto vs Dynamo match.. Drama will always prevail at Chelsea, ALWAYS!

Zooooouuuuummmmaaaaa!!

The Football gods really trying to create the perfect scenario where our misery spreads from competition to competition..

Baba Rahman with a beauty of a cross!

Are you serious Porto! Really!

Agreed, just want Dynamo Kiev to be eliminated from all hope before hand. If not, Europa League here we come!

This is pretty hard to watch..

Come on Porto, you gotta atleast draw the match!

Thank You.. Now a couple more please.

His days have got to be numbered here.

@didierforever, unfortunately for us Benetiz actually plays him more now. Under Carlo he even complained openly to the press at his lack of game-time, there would have been a real opportunity for him to leave this summer if Carlo had stayed and continued to leave him on the bench. I'm a big fan of Isco, and what you described is exactly what we need. Ball retention. He has a tendency to run himself into needless trouble at times, and dwell on the ball far too long, but those are criticisms that can be worked on and I'd gladly deal with as Chelsea fan over what we have at the moment. Only Hazard and Willian, (and Matic aswell) have great ball retention in Midfield. Oscar gets blown off the ball farr too much, Pedro same. Costa the same. We truly just need a new #10. One who has great ball-retention and one that can be trusted in big games.