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Well all strikers, have their bad days, even Messi. That was Falcao's first bad game for ages, and that is understandable considering he is basically carrying that team on his own. But imagine Falcao at us with all our attacking, creative talent, he would surely score goals for fun

Don't underestimate them. They outplayed Juventus at their turf and were unlucky to not win

I don't understand why you defend Torres at every opportunity. He did do something wrong, he did not get on the scoresheet once again and rarely looked close to scoring. That worries me when their 2 key defenders and key goalkeeper were out.

And people thought when he bought Moses and Marin our squad was too big... just shows how much depth is needed when you are competing for every single trophy

Well, Neuer made bundles of mistakes last season and cost Bayern dearly. Cech had his few errors but this season has been fantastic and even when Cech has made his errors, he cancels that out with some of the key saves he made last season. His performance against Barcelona and Bayern was astonishing and one of the main reasons why we won the Champions League trophy. Brilliant keeper!

Wow, I go on this thread and all I see is tonnes load of people banned. eek!

Everything he said tbh just did not make any sense and was rarely on topic, not surprised.

He said it was his local club so he will obv keep an eye out for them. Perfectly understandable

WTF is this type of BS coming from? LMAO some funny posters we have

To be honest mate, I don't think he means Luiz is the best defender at the club but instead he means that he possesses the most talent with what he can do eg running with the ball, being quite acrobatic as we have seen and adding a few tricks, a rare attribute he has for a CB

You can't be serious with this lineup? This is the Premiership not Carling Cup.

Hazard doesnt need resting at all. He has been benched a couple times for us as well as being benched for Belgium and he came on second half IIRC against United. He should be 100% fit for this game. Will not be an easy game but can't see the Swans being able to resist our attacking talent for the 90 mins.

Cesar looked sold at RB last night. Had a good tussle with Welbeck and I think I saw enough in Oscar to show that he can be a future star in the double pivot role. Absolutely controlled the game when he came on and happy for Moses. Put in a performance of the highest quality and surely will be itching for a start on Saturday.

Tough game but I expect a win. They have 2 key players out in Vorm and especially Neil Taylor at LB. They have a 19 year old, called Ben Davies playing there on a basic wage in the premier league who is rather inexperienced, we can really hurt them there. Putting Moses there may be a good option IMO. Michu will be a dangerman, has hit the PL by storm so far this season but the performance does not bother me for this match, entertaining football will be good to watch but to come out of here with a win is the most important thing.

This. I can't believe it when people say Sturridge was awful. He was wasteful with some of his chances but apart from that his trickery and creativity IMO was top class and linked up with play very well. His finish was first class and he looked like a man eager to prove a point and I am sure RDM saw more positives in him than negatives. Considering he has hardly got to prove himself up front and put in a decent performance tonight topped by a goal I definitely feel he should be given more chances to prove himself up front. I was thoroughly convinced by him tonight.

I smell victory!

Can't we just take the lead against them for once ffs!

I hate Hernandez so much. Arrogant prick and his celebration is annoying and worse thing is he always manages to score against us. Cocky bastard

I vote for myself haha if not me @RyanDavidson,I would say. Quite a few but yeah I go for him

Not really. Ivanovic is only suspended for 1 game and Cesar was always likely to start against United anyway.

We shouldnt, it was poor officiating but how could we possibly get the match replayed? There is not enough evidence to even suggest it was complete bias to United considering Torres could have been sent off first half and Mikel and Luiz was let off on a few occasions. Still bitter over the result but having the match replayed is not even an option. But yes f**k Mark Clattenbug.

Are you actually serious or is that meant to be some kind of joke? That post actually made me laugh

Watched MOTD2. Yes he was largely wasteful with a few of his chances but as he matures his finishing will improve, but despite that the assuring thing is that his movement against Newcastle was first class and constantly got himself into goalscoring opportunities and along with his pace to burn, his power also helps him. Once he gets more clinical we have a potentially goalscoring hero at Chelsea here. Think people are forgetting the fact that he is still only 19 and turns 20 next year.

Valencia got past him at every opportunity. Also, Valencia done a good job 'again' at restricting Cole's attacking movement. The thing Valencia has over him is that he is much faster, has more endurance and much more stronger, reason why Cole finds it extremely hard against him

Ashley Cole was our biggest liability at the back. Like every game Valencia is up against him, he rips him to shreds. However the Carling Cup is received by people, perfect chance for revenge against Referee United. Today got me go angry, still fuming over it. Not just the red cards but the fact that there winner was an offside goal. Bunch of cheats.