bushman

He has done similar tackles before, nothing new there.

Speaking about blindness. When did you notice Mata got better in his defensive ability ?

Mata might have been a bit rusty, but that´s not the reason to bench him for too long. Jose was clueless & Mata proved him wrong this week.

Nobody is for individual players, at least I am not. But if someone like you keep posting here, Mata needs to defend better & he should be sold if he does not adapt to Jose´s clueless decision, then some of us object to it. That´s all.

Happy that you agree with me. Keep on trucking.

Jose benched him, nothing else. Clueless decision in my view. No reason for it. Play your best player for two years running, that´s what Jose should have done. Oscar may play but not as No 10. He still has got a lot to learn from Mata. Trust me on it Bara.

Credit for what, for not playing the best No 10 ? No way, Jose. Done nothing to deserve it.

Oh did he ? I don´t think so. Jose has done nothing to better Mata. Today, Mata showed us what he is all about. He just needs to play as No 10 & your samba boy needs to watch closely. perhaps, you should stick with your stats, you are good at it.

Manures fell behind again. Where is my partner in crime Nich ?

How exactly Jose helped Mata ? Did he tell him to play well ?

Lovely goal by West around the biggest a-hole in UK Rio.

Let´s to be more with reality of today´s game. In the first half, not much by Chelsea, lucky not to be down by 2-3 goals, then. Second half, Mata came on & not to my surprise the team started to play much better. Now, do we still have people here who wants to dispute Mata´s contribution to Chelsea even let him go, as posted here especially by our famous mom from Brazil ? Had Schurrle scored on his clear chance, Chelsea most likely would have walked out of there with 3 points. In my view, the team & Jose must wake up asap & start playing Mata, I feel.

To me, the introduction of Mata completely changed the game. If Jose ever leaves him out, I personally will fly to London to kick his ass. A fair result for Chelsea, even a bit unlucky, I feel. Schurrle should have scored, then.

Oh dear, play him, play anybody...Chelsea are not playing well here, It´s simple as that.

Nothing against Chelsea, but Spurs could have been up front by 2-3 goals.

Chelsea players are looking for Jose´s project, immediately.

So far, Chelsea never had a shot on Spurs´net.

No, I can´t.

To me, Oscar is the key in today´s game. If he plays well, Chelsea will win it.

OK this is it, the best possible line-up is on, in Jose we trust, let the good times roll.

In 19 we trust ?

Well 19, how are Chelsea´s fans feeling in Lebanon about today´s game ? Any hints ?

I agree with the thought of Chelsea players need to turn up today or getting blanked by the Spurs. There is no doubt in my mind, the Chelsea quality is on the pitch. Sometimes, as I have seen, some players didn´t show it. If any of you think, Hazard is the key in today´s game against Walker, I have news for you, other players are in need to convert chances & that will be the key to Chelsea´s success of today. Whoever play at the top MUST CONVERT HIS CHANCES or Chelsea are screwed.

We read your stats, analyses, by the way a great job, somehow, some of us are skeptical though. Of course, we should believe anything can happen & Chelsea just might hammer the Spurs, I hope. To me, this game is the biggest challenge for the club so far. Whoever wins here, it can bring much needed psychological boost to the players.

If I may ? To compare Chelsea of today to that winning one of 2004 is not warranted, I feel. One cannot compare the two. To keep my hopes, I do. However, I have not seen much, lately to indicate that the club is going to score soon. Perhaps, I might be surprised on Saturday ?