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It basically means that the betting sites are confident he'll be getting sacked (I think) so to try and not lose too much money, they're not letting people bet on him being sacked now.. or something. But yeah I agree!

Fuck the 'balance' he wants in our squad. Honestly fuck it. I enjoyed the 3 maestros all playing together under Di Matteo far more. Sure, Rafa has probably made Hazard a bit of a better player, but Oscar looks like a shadow of what he first showed, the defence isn't that much better, and although I like Moses lots, I don't like him being an automatic starter. He's deserved to be dropped once or twice yet is just kept there, much like Torres. Torres starts regardless. I absolutely hate it. Obviously some games needs players who track back more, offer more width etc. but he is far too stubborn. He sets us up as if we're playing against Barcelona when we take on League 1 teams ffs.

Betting has been suspended on him being sacked.

The fans are going to be fantastic to him. Really happy for him. I've always wanted to see Sneijder and Drogba in the same team too... mmm...

Courtois apparently the only player keeping Atletico in this game vs. Athletic Bilbao. Well, not 'in' it, but preventing them from being slaughtered.

We're not that shit after all. Liverpool could lose. Tottenham lost against a team we thrashed. Still doing well in the PL. Not bad.

Just transferred him from the Free Agents onto the Chelsea team on Fifa 13 because I miss him Transferred Torres to Burnley.

How many *winning* goals has he scored for us vs. opposition who play the highest tier of football in their country? Surely less than 5.

If we turn into a team like Liverpool I'll turn into a human like Bin Laden. Mass genocide will happen.

He's just signed for Galatasaray. 1 and a half year deal.

You don't need to play well when you've got $WAG.

I think Torres is the greatest striker to ever play for this club. He showed it with that finish. Drogba would have been stupid and dived for a penalty while Anelka would have passed the ball. Sturridge would have fallen over while Zola would have tried too much finesse. They are nothing compared to our Striker. Leader. Legend.

Ramires shouldn't be allowed to shoot unless 1 on 1 with the keeper.

Maybe Benitez specifically wants us to draw so that Hazard is back in time for the Man City game (I think) hmm?

Striker. Leader. Legend.

If I see 1 more "We can't sack Rafa, who would we replace him with?" post I will puke all over my cat. Just stop it. Stop repeating that line. It's ignorant. Literally hundreds of active managers scattered throughout many leagues would take the job.

No.

Agree with a post above. Despite the cash spent, this is by quite far the worst team in the Abramovich era in my opinion. Flair doesn't mean you have a high-quality team. No need to talk about flair with Hazard out now anyway. Honestly one of the worst teams I've ever seen. Still love the players of course.

I feel (a little) sorry for any 'fans' who only started following us because we signed Torres now aw

Torres relies on movement. This pitch gets rid of using that effectively. It's like Benitez never did his coaching badges, ugh.

So do people still want Marin starting despite him offering us close-to-nothing positive 'because he needs his chance to shine'? You've already seen the best from him lol

Same position as Hazard He's also got nice bum cheeks.

Mmmmmm soooo gooood.

Imagine a more direct version of Hazard with less flair & pace but a much better shot. I think that basically sums him up.

Why aren't people going crazy over the idea of us signing Alessandrini? lol. I'm not sure how he'd fit into our team (would probably be a rotation player I guess), but most proper Ligue 1 followers are saying he's been like the Hazard of this season. I have to agree. Different players; same impact. Oh and here's a lovely finish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeJGKKhNIw4