Jase

The playacting by Corinthians was despicable to say the least. It's probably even worse than Barcelona. They dived at almost every opportunity and then of course, rolling on the ground non-stop. Utterly disgraceful!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/evertons-marouane-fellaini-sweating-on-nine-match-1493517 According to reports, Fellaini could be handed a 9-match ban for 3 separate clashes with Shawcross. A 9-match ban!!

That is a rather obvious thing to say after losing yesterday... Think that might be a tad too optimistic. Don't think he's gonna get sacked (yet) even if we lose to Leeds.

And besides, players make the formation work, not the other way around. We have the players to play the 4-2-3-1 now. It's just a matter of picking the right ones and putting the right application onto the pitch.

Have added Scolari into the mix, just to have some fun.

As much as I would love to see him join us, I can't see us purchasing him when we already have De Bruyne, McEachran, Mata, Oscar and Hazard. Buying Pjanic would then mean we will have too many players of similar qualities.

Rafael Benítez's strategy has Chelsea at the mercy of clever Corinthians An analysis done by Michael Cox of Zonal Marking.

Oscar and Lampard in the pivot? Oh, that is gonna end well. I would rather play a proper DM in Saville in the starting lineup. Would at least be a useful experience for him.

Worth remembering that Mikel, Ramires and Cahill are all suspended. Romeu and possibly Terry as well as Sturridge are still injured. That would mean Luiz is likely to partner Ivanovic at CB with Lampard playing in the pivot alongside...erm...someone.

Sorry. That!

Team only traveling back to England tomorrow. Have less than 2 days to rest and prepare. Expect the worst result here.

Leeds United vs Chelsea PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT Capital One Cup Quarter Finals 19th December, Wednesday 2012 Elland Road 19:45 Kick Off (UK time)

Leeds United vs Chelsea POST-MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS Capital One Cup Quarter Finals 19th December, Wednesday 2012 Elland Road 19:45 Kick Off (UK time)

Think the past have made their views clear before especially Gullit.

Materazzi trolling Benitez earlier on Twitter...

Piazon clearing things up a bit. EDIT: Bah! Beaten to it by CHOULO.

Benitez seem to be taking pride at this...

Spurs have beaten Swansea 1-0. Moved up to 4th above Everton now and are on level points with us (29pts) but have played a game more. Despite Swansea standing firm against Spurs, they were very poor going forward. Had just 3 shots all game compared to Spurs's 29. Swansea restricted Spurs from creating clear cut chances but not showed enough attacking intent.

CAN YOU TWO PLEASE STOP WITH THIS ARGUMENT?! Want to argue, go do it in the DM or somewhere else. Don't start spamming the thread here! Continue anymore, you will receive a warning!!!

Apparently, Piazon said this... And also, seems that Oscar was overheard saying Benitez was crazy not to play him in this match. All of this are reported by the Brazilian media apparently.

C'mon fellas! Stop the petty argument now!!

Oh gawd. Terry needs to return and FAST!

Can only hope Terry can somehow make it and knowing his character, he might just Benitez to play him on Wednesday.

Don't even know where to begin. The past 1 1/2 months have been nothing short of disappointment. One blow after another. Team is riddled with many problems right now. Squad lacks depth. Whose bright idea was it to have just 4 CM/DMs and 2 STs for the season?! We want to play tiki-taka football but immediately become pussies when coming up against teams who go physical on us. This is where one appreciates the teams of Mourinho. Can play football and also stand up & be physical against teams when needed.