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Alot of positives from this game... RDM showed that he is not afraid to go for it if the team is behind We proved (in the first 15 mins) that we are capable of playing at a fast pace and can create many chances We got to see Hazard - Oscar - Mata all on the same pitch together for the first time Torres scored a 'poachers' goal... although it was offside it was an incredible move and it was good positioning by Nando to get on the end of Ash's pass Looks like we have a back-up for Torres in the striking department in Ivanovic.. lovely stuff from the right back to sprint the length of the pitch to score the 4th Sturridge came off the bench and showed glimpses of what he is capable of.. including that AMAZING cross-field volley/pass while he was off balance

But he did take pens for Atletico and for Spain at WC 2006 .. i reckon if we get a pen this wednesday and Lamps and Juan arent on the pitch, he should take it

Stop ripping @ Mikel! He played good imo... He's no Xavi

Lovely stuff from Hazard.. We need a Song for Hazard !

Oh yeah i do remember that.. When Didier scored at the bridge

Eid Mubarak to all of my Muslim Brothers and Sisters I think this is the first time Chelsea have played on Eid .... that i can remember of

Does any1 know if he'll be fit for Wigan ??

Kyle Walker would be perfect.. but i doubt we'd get him

£7.9m... not bad, havent really watched him play but hope he can do well for us

But if we are playing with two up top... then you need a combination that can link up together and i dont think Sturridge can do that

Oh common, it's Sturridge we're talking about 10 assists in 82 Chelsea appearences.. and Torres isnt the type of player that likes playing alongside another striker And having Dani playing up front with Torres would mean either ramires, oscar, mata or hazard would lose their place in the starting XI

I wouldnt really mind Chicha, but id much rather have Berbatov!

Torres and Sturridge wouldnt work at all!

Was at the game today and i must say.. the referee is a proper wanker! He ruined the game with that sending off... But its only the Charity Shield. Anyone else remember what happened the last time we were at the DW Stadium on the first day of the season ?? Heres a tip........ CRESPOOOOOOOOOO

I dont understand why people are expecting us to buy players such as Falcao or Cavani.. they're both their teams no.1 strikers and they'd cost an absolute fortune! We've already spent a huge sum of money on Hazard, Marin, and Oscar. Plus its pretty obvious that we are trying to build our team around Torres..(buying all of these creative midfielders and the 4-2-3-1 formation that Rafa Benitez used to use at Liverpool when Torres was in top form) I think someone like Berbatov would be great! He's a quality player, he's proven the Premiership, and he's gonna be cheap as Man Utd dont want him anymore

I am! I hope we do well

Although we played like school boys today... think if we just sort out our defending we can do well against City. Brighton, being the inferior side had a plan to sit off us and try to knick a goal on the counter attack... which made it hard on us because we just couldn't break them down. Whereas City will surely look to attack us and and with Rami, Hazard, and Torres' pace we can hurt them on the counter... all im saying is we need to fix up defensively and take the chances when they come again City P.S Will Mata be back for that match?

I dont think we have any doubts that Hazard(LAM) and Mata(CAM) are gonna be starting and that lampard will be playing in the deeper role alongside Mikel but the only big t desicion RDM is gonna make is either having Ramires on the right or moving Mata out to the wing and having Oscar in the middle.....

So what are we gonna do with Thorgan? Perhaps, loan him out? Play him in the reserves? Keep him on the bench giving him a bit-part role? And also what number is he gonna wear for Cheslea ?

Hazard is off to a flyer in a Chelsea shirt check out the video i made of him so far http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK73HfPpoZo

not a bad kit... But my first reaction to the kit was

at the end of the day we were playing a fully fit All-star team We were missing our top players and we still havent finished signing players so dont worry, just KTBFFH Plus were the Kings of Europe Remembering May 19, 2012

LMAO!

Hmmmm well now that we have him the appointment of KDB seems useless This ensures that KDB will go on-loan again

really ? i heard people saying that we were going to use the same ones we used last season