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i reckon they'll sit deep and try to counter... if someone nicks one in, there's a chance.. i'm hopin borini because let's face it, suarez can't finish to save his life

202 is the mark to beat i think?

they are tied up in 9 countries with samsung winning a few i think. and 1bn is just 1.5% of Samsung's revenues. so i hope it doesn't affect chelsea

all 3 games - eden was my captain. 68 points from him

yep really like the ground passing behind torres between mata and hazard. i reckon mata should be rested for 3 weeks now and come back fresh to smash QPR again

did anyone else think that we were taking pointless long distance shots early on? also, i counted david luiz playing 4 ridiculous long balls from deep. one from a free kick even. we need to play it on the floor with the players we have now. the message has reached cech who is taking short goal kicks but not david luiz

Loved West Brom's passion. Wonder what'd happen if they did win the league lol

lampard's exclusion makes sense. meireles' inclusion doesn't whatsoever

he does. No Lamps, No terry no rami tonight

strong and creative

what is with damien duff and scoring first? uncanny. he did it often for chelsea and now its 2 in 2 games for fulham this season

looked quick but was nervous i think. caught on the ball twice

unlikely now. the club will probably shut down the search for players unless there is a bad injury in the next 2 weeks. i'd be surprised if we sign anyone else but yeah we do need a CF or a CDM.

i think this is it. better than we could have hoped for. Oscar Hazard Marin Moses and Azpilicueta.... not bad at all

good read and i agree with most of your views. although you have under-rated the squad's ability in your predictions. we may not be title favourites but we will be up there this season as the squad gels and starts bossing games

has the man of the match poll been discontinued?

good post as usual. cole was troubled by mcleary, 8 is a bit too much imo and also Lampard's wayward passing has gotten him a lot of stick but tbf his passes were a lot more ambitious than the others.

The thing about Lampard yesterday was he was looking to make ambitious passes. u could see the front 4 trying to do lay-off's and one-touch passes. well, its easier for torres with his back to goal and mata and hazard are just gifted. Lampard's passing may be good but yesterday's sloppiness was due to him being over-ambitious. the first few bad passes where little chips trying to feed torres and i think almost all of them went straight to a defender. not much to worry though. i think he'll pick his game up although his pace and mobility have gone down but ivanovic is a bigger worry. we might as well play ivanovic at attack rather than right back at this rate

Dug ourselves out. Good win.. better play overall but still a lot of work to be done

still looked better than Mikel in pre-season

i wouldn't mind 25mil + Meireles. we could send Paulo Fereira gift-wrapped as well but anything higher is ridiculous.

disagreements are better than shit posting the problem here is nobody in the 23-28 age bracket (mikel doesnt count) and thus nobody to truly boss the midfield and drive us forward. lampard is physically incapable now and that's why we need another CM ahead of a striker. cabaye or moutinho would improve this team GREATLY

this is what should happen but mikel instead of romeu and ramires instead of mata is probably what will happen

last player at chelsea who would curl the freekicks was probably deco or ballack. since then it has been alex, drogba, lampard - all shooting with power. interesting to see what hazard brings in terms of set pieces