Jase

We will now face Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium on 27th February, Wednesday. And the FA Cup 6th Round/Quarter Finals draw will take place later today at 5.55pm UK time.

Not the best of performance but happy we got through in the end. Class showed in the end. Middlesbrough away now for us in the 5th Round on 27th February, Wednesday.

That was like watching Barcelona playing...

While I agree that Terry was at fault for those 2 goals, Benitez is partly to blame for this matter as well. He has hardly started Terry since he returned from his injury and seems rather reluctant to ease him back into action by bringing him on as sub in games and suddenly, he decides to start him AWAY at Newcastle, which was always gonna be a tough game! Fair to say then the decision backfired disastrously!!

Nope.

WHAT A GOAL!!

Your point there is only based on statistics, not including proper observations on what he ACTUALLY does on the pitch. LOL First you talked about how Benitez has won more trophies than the previous 5 Chelsea managers and now you want focus specifically on the management time. Comedy... Contradicting point. You said talking about Benitez surviving on past reputation is nonsense yet you go and compare something Benitez won like 9-10 years ago with Mourinho won 1-2 years ago. Furthermore, did Benitez have to try and overcome one of the best, if not the best team in the world when he was at Valencia? No. And who's to say Mourinho won't win the Copa Del Rey and/or Champions League this season? Still within a shout in those competition. Speaking of the UEFA Cup, Mourinho won it with Porto and the Champions League as well! When people speak about the good things Benitez has achieved in his career, they always only go back to his success at Valencia and CL win with Liverpool, that's all. The same can't be said when talking about the likes of Mourinho, Ancelotti...

A manager who has won more trophies than the last five Chelsea managers?! LOL Lets see. Benitez has won 10 trophies in his managerial career. Ancelotti has won 12. Hiddink has 14 and Scolari has won 19! And if you really want to talk about winning trophies, when was the last time Benitez won a major trophy? 2006. Yes, 2006 which is like 7 years ago winning the FA Cup. Since then, no other notable trophies won. Only the Community Shield, Italian Super Cup and Club World Cup to show for. While the likes of Ancelotti, AVB and RDM continue to win the major trophies available - Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, Europa League, Portuguese League. Right now, Benitez is just a manager surviving based on his past reputation!

Yeah, he should have scored that chance but then again, every striker do miss chances, even the easy ones. And putting him in the same bracket as Torres is insulting to Lewandowski.

This. Furthermore, based on what Benayoun said there, it indicated that Torres is just weak person mentally if he can't even handle a bit of competition with someone like Drogba around. No wonder Benitez had the likes El Zhar, N'Gog etc at Liverpool back then! Torres is just a pathetic moaner and sulker expecting others to cater to his best interest. We have brought in the likes of Oscar, Hazard etc in the summer yet he still can't find his old form or even 50% of it! It's everyone else's fault and not his, every single time. Seems to be a common trait at Scumpool. Anything that goes wrong, blame others but ownself. PISS OFF!!

His goal against Shakhtar in midweek. Miskick or a dummy??

Benayoun on Torres... http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1342119/yossi-benayoun:-chelsea-played-role-in-fernando-torres%27-demise?cc=4716 Now another one blaming everyone else for Torres's demise...

Courtois scoffs at idea of Chelsea Falcao swap Some things he said worth pointing out. Take note of the last sentence.

The images you post are always so small!!

But Shaw isn't the only left back out there. And apart from us fans, haven't seen too much rave reviews from others including the media about Shaw, despite his potential. Also, funny how we have often moaned about the lack of players coming through our academy and playing in the 1st team but yet Bertrand gets discarded almost immediately because of other players when he isn't been given a proper chance and run at LB.

Here you go... http://www.weaintgotnohistory.com/2013/2/15/3992686/fernando-torres-russian-meteor

Has anyone seen the latest Monsters University movie trailer? The snail at 0:40. :lol:

Nasri? No thanks! Tevez? Maybe. When he's on his game, he's great. Problem is, he might suddenly decide to go AWOL and play golf at somewhere else... Dzeko? Wouldn't mind him.

Shaun Wright Phillips? Kalou? Or Miniero??

Think I would rather have Heskey than Torres...

Since you guys are so desperate, have the likes then. Pity ones at that.

Disagree. Torres was more at fault than Marin. Whether Marin was doing his headless chicken run or not, Torres should know better that he will cut inside already and not to get in his way. What Torres should have done is actually making runs to try and drag the Sparta's defenders away to create space for Marin but he didn't. Instead, he dropped deep and banged into him. It was just pathetic watching him constantly dropping deep and making things worse in the buildup play!!!

Didn't expect that! Nonetheless, I like it!