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Kieran is usually around. He just hardly posts. You can see his name appearing in the online members list at the bottom of the forum page. He's just spying on all of us.

OMG!! So cutee and freaking squishy!! Meoowww...

There's no way we can fit them all in especially with the likes of Mata, Oscar, De Bruyne, McEachran etc all around. Don't be so dramatic!

OMG! WTH is with the expression?! :lol:

This was taken last year but....

Is it just me or does that just feel awkward? Except for Luiz, when the rest wished 'Merry Christmas', it just felt so tense and formal.

How did you come to that? Do people always feel the need to pick out something negative when the team seems to be moving in a positive direction?! I don't think for one moment Hazard bothers whether he can outshine Mata or not. In a team that is filled with so many creative and flair players as well as playing good attacking football like we're doing now, I don't think he or anyone for that matter would even bother worrying about outshining others. He or others would be enjoying themselves playing together with these players, have fun on the pitch, tear up the oppositions and bang in the goals for the team. In addition, despite Mata not being much older than Hazard, I'm sure the latter is more than happy to be learning a few things from the former and likewise as well. If you want to talk about Hazard not being happy, it's probably just Hazard's nature that he doesn't smile too much or has this serious look on him while playing but anyone can see the joy and happiness in him when he scores.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1277446&cc=4716 Reports spreading in Italy that Sneijder could well be joining Spurs in January!

Hazard has now scored 6 goals and has 11 assists in all competitions so far this season. GOALS(6): PL - vs Newcastle(H) PL - vs Norwich(H) PL - vs West Brom(A) PL - vs Aston Villa(H) LC - vs Man United(H) LC - vs Leeds(A) ASSISTS(11): PL - Ivanovic's goal vs Wigan(A) PL - Cahill's goal vs Reading(H) PL - Ivanovic's goal vs Reading(H) PL - Torres's goal vs Newcastle(H) PL - Mata's 2nd goal vs Tottenham(A) PL - Torres's 1st goal vs Sunderland(A) LC - Ramires's goal vs Man United(H) LC - Torres's goal vs Leeds(A) CWC - Torres's goal vs Monterrey(N) CL - Oscar's 1st goal vs Juventus(H) CL - Torres's goal vs Nordsjaelland(H) Hazard is the only player in the team this season to have played in every game - 29 games, started 25 and came on as a sub in the other 4 matches.

Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar have all been involved in 54(goals & assists) of the 72 goals Chelsea have scored in all competitions this season.

http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=srb/news/newsid=1909297.html?rss=1909297+Serbia+acclaims+Chelsea+defender+Ivanovi%C4%87&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

+ On the other hand, Norwich have won just 2 of their last 6 league matches on Boxing Day - W2 D2 L2. Expect a draw then...

Chelsea have only won 1 of their last 6 Premier League matches on Boxing Day - W1 D4 L1. Only win came in 08/09 season, 2-0 home win over West Brom.

He can only score 30-40 yard goals, excluding the penalty that is.......

Can we please not turn this into another 'Fernando Torres' thread?! If you want to discuss them, go do it in his player's thread. Stick to talking about the game against Norwich!

That's the point. Benitez needs to take some risks! You never try, you never know and like I've said many times, it can't be any worse than how we were playing then! Instead, we were really like lambs then and got slaughtered!

How about trying to regain control of the midfield and then build on from there again?! They were good in that game but it doesn't give us the excuse of not beating them at home. The fact that Arsenal dropped points at home against Fulham gave us a chance to gain 2 points more in the same fixture than them but failed to take it!

I believe we discussed about this before. He could have changed the shape by bringing on another midfield player and see how it goes. Can't be any worse than how we were playing then. This is where managers like Mourinho excels. The minute he sees the team is having problems, he will look to change things around immediately to ensure the initiative is with his team and not the opponent. Can't be like a headless chicken there and do nothing. He is a manager and in situations like that is where he earns what he's being paid. Benitez needs to take the risks sometimes and even if it doesn't work out in the end, at least we can see that he's trying to change things but the problem is, he didn't! We were basically just like lambs waiting to be slaughtered in that second half against West Ham. Meh. Not an excuse for him to draw against Fulham. They were in bad form themselves and yet we gave them the point. Our midfield was being overrun because there wasn't any DM in there. We all can see from miles away and yet Benitez did nothing. He didn't even look to bring Mikel on so that we can stabilize the midfield and gain control in that area!

Draw against Man City is excusable(only had it in there for formality sake. ) but what about the games against Fulham, West Ham and Corinthians? He didn't even look to change things around early when the warning signs were already there in those games especially against the latter two opponents! Liverpool fans and the media that likes to get on us using whatever excuses available and this is one.

TBH, why are people even comparing Hazard and Kagawa when they operate in different positions and possess different style of play?!

Indeed, especially given our horrible record against Everton at Goodison. That said, surely we'll win there again sooner or later.

Credit where it's due but it is absolutely cringeworthy that the media and Benitez's worshippers think that we should change our opinion and rid of the hatred on him just because of one 8-0 win. What next if we suddenly lose the next 2-3 games?! Worth pointing out that the 5 games we have won under Benitez have all come against poor Premier League teams or Championship level teams - Nordsjaelland, Sunderland, Monterrey, Leeds and Aston Villa. We have failed to win in the other games when coming up against Premier League mid-table sides or teams with better quality and/or more streetwise in their approach - Man City, Fulham, West Ham and Corinthians. Not taking anything away from those 5 wins but it's one thing beating the lower level teams and it's another beating the quality ones. Benitez still got a lot to prove before he can even possibly convince us at the slightest!

That was before they went on a 10-match unbeaten run. We even stuffed Norwich 4-1 before that.

Ho ho ho. (sound old doing that!) Merry Christmas everyone. Have a fantastic holiday and enjoy the festive period to the fullest!