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Has anyone thought that perhaps that little stunt Jose pulled vs. Malaga in dropping Casillas etc. was actually mind games for SaF and Man Utd? Y'know, lull them into a false sense of security etc. before their match? He seems to have already given up on the title; so perhaps he purposely wanted his team to look weak so that he can get a bit of an advantage in the Champions League which he's completely focussed on now. He's a smart man.

For the people who wanted him to be our starting striker - err, what role exactly did you want him to play? Target man/hold-up man? A poacher? He certainly never had the control to be a target man, and was out of position (yes, when played centrally) too often to be a poacher. So what role exactly? In a top team, you need specific roles. In a small team like Liverpool, you don't need specific roles - only positions. Which is probably why it'll look like he's flourishing there. Who cares how many goals he scored? Wasn't there some news recently that some African player (i think) scored more goals than Messi in a calendar year? So should he now go down as one of the greatest ahead of Messi?

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What do you base your counter-opinion on?

If you're good enough, you succeed. He is good - not good enough. He will succeed - at a lower level.

Hoping this game has convinced the board to not be fucking idiots and to renew both Cole and Lampard's contracts.

We. Must. Have. Another. Clean. Sheet. (See my post in Cech's thread.)

3 more clean sheets and he'll hold the record of 'most clean sheets (currently 135) at a single Premier League club', surpassing David Seaman's record of 137 at Arsenal. This despite playing allot less games for us compared to Seaman at Arsenal.

Cannot believe how cheap we got Courtois. Surely going to be one of our clubs greatest bargains in history. Glad to see he won't be staying at Atletico Madrid on loan again after this season. I was getting afraid he'd become too attached to the club.

I'm actually under the impression that Sturridge will be sold, Torres retained, and then no major striker will come in. A back up striker is likely. I'm then believe it or not beginning to believe that in the Summer, we may move for Neymar again. He's not a powerful forward, but surely now that Roman has seen what our attacking trio can do, he'll want Neymar again!

Despite us just being so much better than Villa in every area of the pitch, I think this game sort of showed that Benteke isn't quite as good as people make him out to be. Especially with the amount of times he was caught offside! Wow.

In my opinion, in order, our top to bottom performers today were:- 1: Luiz 2: Hazard 3: Lampard 4: Azpilicueta 5: Ivanovic 6: Torres 7: Cahill 8: Cole 9: Mata 10: Cech (he didn't really have much to do of course) 11: Moses Subs: 1: Ramires 2: Oscar 3: Piazon Now some stats: Chelsea Aston Villa Offsides: 3 5 Fouls: 6 11 Corners: 8 4 Throw-Ins: 17 22 Dribbles: 4 4 Tackles: 14 19

Apparently we've broken a record for most goals scored in a calendar year! Not sure if it's a personal record to Chelsea or a record which includes the top 5 leagues or the Premier League though.

That last goal was assisted by Piazon, yes? So 2 assists on his debut and a penalty won?

"Rafa is such a defensive manager!! All our games will be won by 1 goal, he isn't the man for the job!!!"

Oh god, Piazon must feel so embarrassed. He really was making it too obvious he was shooting that way. oh well.

First team in Premier League history to have 7+ different scorers in one game I believe.

The difference between this team and the team under RDM? Under RDM, we would've sat back after half-time and likely conceded. I'm impressed that the team has kept attacking.

Remember that little forward from Wigan people said 'wasn't good enough' and that we should've splashed out £40m+ on Hulk instead? lol

I'd be happy to see Oscar on for Mata at half time.

Ivan loves scoring this season!

There's no feeling i can compare to the feeling of watching a direct free-kick hitting the back of the net. mmmmmmm

Luiz >>> Alonso

I also had that feeling it was going in He simply is a midfielder.

Luiz is looking far too casual