Jase

He can take Malouda too in a 'Buy 1 Free 1' purchase.

Wondering if all this rejection of ideas to go for Bale is down to our hatred for Tottenham more than anything else...

Still not exactly back to rationale state of mind to post anything logical about what happened in the game. All I can say is though that don't think anyone of us had expected that scoreline but heck it was fantastic to smash Spuds in the FA Cup SF! Definitely right up there with the Napoli, Valencia & Man City games this season!

1. Just realized that not only Luiz, Cole & Meireles are 1 YC away from a UCL suspension, Ivanovic IS too! 2. Felix Brych(German) will be the referee for this Wed's clash. He previously officiated our 4-1 home win against Napoli.

Think you pointed this out earlier, Dalglish has this ridiculous unbeaten record against us as Liverpool manager and the fact we have already lost to them in the last 4 games in all competitions is putting me off a bit for the Final especially with whole Torres-Carroll side story going on too. Can't imagine the fallout between us fans IF Carroll scores the winner against us!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/apr/16/ramires-chelsea-midfielder-energy Excellent article as always by Zonal Marking's Michael Cox.

Buzzing of course. How could one not feel that way after we spanked Spuds yesterday?! :D

The 5 goalscorers.

I believe we will now have to play them TWICE in the space of 4-5 days in May. The thought of losing twice to them(again) would be freaking unbearable!

As long as he doesn't get continuous injuries like Essien have(ACL in particular), he should be alright. Furthermore, it's hard for us to see him at his best now and flourish in the central midfield position when he's being played out wide under RDM.

Erm, what?? Think you are overstating things here a bit cap.

6 goals in 6 FA Cup appearances at the (new) Wembley for Drogba now. He just loves playing there. Has to start in the Final IMO.

Agree. Was really pissed when he did not pass to Torres(or even Kalou) for a simple tap-in!!

Was thinking the same. Good for the lad. But I heard he limped off yesterday with toe injury. With Luiz looking out injured with a hamstring injury, we can't have another CB getting injured, not at this time!

To do it once may be fine but to do it for two straight weekends is just disgraceful and the fact that it was against his former club made it all the more embarrassing. He obviously has no shame and completely forgot that it was Villa who gave him the platform to grow & flourished as a footballer. He wouldn't be where he is today had it not for Villa.

Major respect for Di Natale. Hope Morosini's sister will be alright. She has suffered enough already.

Speaking of FK goals, watch this. Way better than today's IMO.

ESPN Soccernet's Headline -> "Blues claim controversial win"! FFS! It ended 5-1! We scored 4 other legitimate goals!!

If anyone thought that Lampard's goal was great, this is even better IMO.

Not once I expected this result but that was absolutely brilliant! Too bonkers to post anything rationale right now. Will leave that for later.

Different game requires different game plan. Against Napoli, it was all about getting crosses into the box and Ramires played on the right to stop Maggio that night. As for today, would you want to have Sturridge & Bosingwa BOTH on the right side dealing with Bale when they can be prone defensive lapses?!!

People need to stop moaning about Bosingwa starting. Think pace. Think big pitch. Think attack/counter-attack. You'll see why. As for Kalou, it's either him or Malouda on that left hand side. And no, Sturridge is useless on that side.

Hamburg...

The next 3 games will define our season. It could well all come crashing down by the end of next Saturday. So, prepare for the worst case scenario.

And this.