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And it would actually help if the players start to shoot more when the chance is there rather than trying to walk the ball into the net!

That's an early birthday present! What's the name?

MEEEOOOOWWWW!!!

Errr, he can't play against us you know..

LOL! No. Torres is failing and failing miserably because he's a crocked and washed up striker. Done. Finish. Past his best. As for Ba, the problem with him right now is that Benitez isn't using him in the right way. When we plays, the team more often than not just blindly lump the ball up to him and expect him to be Messi. Even when we do that, none of the players are close enough to get those knock downs won by him or available as a passing option because the team is so far behind due to the deep defending!

Here's a stat - Of the 11 Premier League defeats West Brom have suffered this season, 7 of them have been 1 goal defeats, 3 by 2 goals and just 1 by 3 goals. Should note that the 3-goal defeat came at Fulham(lost 3-0) after West Brom went down to 10 men. They were only 1-0 down when Odemwingie was sent off then.

Spalletti has been linked with us...again. http://www.football-italia.net/31353/spalletti-chelsea-radar

:rant:

No Benayoun for this one. Has an ankle problem. The rest(except for Romeu) is available.

Napoli v Juventus tonight. 2nd v 1st. Though they are separated by 6pts, it should still be a good game. Game will kick off at 7.45pm UK time.

Alan Pardew does talk crap sometimes, if not most of the time! Even if Benitez's title was the 'Manager' rather than 'Interim Manager', it still wouldn't stop fans from chanting against him. Furthermore, as many have pointed out, Hiddink and RDM didn't seem to have any problems with the 'Interim' title and both won trophies with us! Even Steve Clarke has said "a title is just a title". Benitez should be thankful that he got the job in the 1st place!

You're making it so complicated than it should be. Why should I?

Not sure if I totally agree with the 1st part TBH but definitely agree that he deserves a form of recognition at the very least. Cheers.

Chelsea's Rafael Benitez explains 'rant' to Football Focus

And you're getting worked up on that?! Should also remember that the news are from Daily Fail.

Indeed. And Steve Clarke said in his PC that a title is just a title too.

Mind providing the links to that??

Can't be bothered with what will happen to Benitez. Just want us to get that 3 points with Spurs playing Arsenal on Sunday. We really desperate need the win here!

Deary me. Whatever list that is circling around on Twitter regarding the PFA Player of the Year is false! There is no official news about it yet!!

Too far out to tell?! Have you actually seen the replays???

As much as Pjanic has played in CM in recent years, still think his best position is at CAM. Would love it if we get him but we do have quite a few No.10s already, sadly. Typical classy free kick from Pjanic.

Very impressed by his performance yesterday. Played some good simple passes to retain possession and keep the attack going. Put in some good tackles, made a few good interceptions and showed that he's good in the air too by winning some headers. Hope to see more of him though as Alex pointed out, best not to get carried away too much yet but Aka definitely showed what he's capable of.

Looking from the camera angle behind the goal, it does look like Ramires's shot was on target and nowhere near going off the goal. Steele might have saved it but the deflection of Torres took it over the GK.