Magic Lamps

CAHILL, ya beauty, knew Cahill had still in it. Symptomatic, Cahill not hazard, torres or mata scores

so its either being killed on the break or winning with studge replacing Mikel

2 strong penatly appeals for handball declined

what a bad, frustrating game. only fouls, no passing, no chances. We simply suck atm, don't know for what reason, except most palyers, above all Torres and Mata are hugely underachieving

take off mata, he is too slow, too weak, esp when he looks as rusty and tired as today

Amazingly Mikel is one of our better players today. The ref is once again a joke, but incompetent refs are barely a surprise these days.

Ivanovic is simply a joke today.

we simply lack quality atm, simply no accuracy, urgency, power

Torres should score that one

Why the hell is Ramires always playin RW???? It simply does not work. Ramires and Iva form a technically far too weak side

luiz is injured

we're seriously fuckin it up in teh moment, 2 times cech should have done better.

Lineup -----------Cech---------- Iva---Cahill--JT------ACole -------Mikel----Ramires---- Oscar----Mata-----Hazard -----------Torres----------- Bet: Torres to score first 323/100, Chels to win 3-1 57/5

The Evertonians have done it. 1st major upset? not really, manU was poor. Rooney+van persie+kagawa did not really interplay well. Ev looked likelier to score a second all game. Fellaini is unique in his play. He is not the most skillful but one of the most combative players in the league. His heading ability, size and also reading of the game make him a very good player, better than mikel but probably not what we need.

Everton completely dominate ManUre, it's a shame they don't lead by a bigger margin. The reds tried to buy back their winning mentality this season, hope it does not pay off

true, but they were not good either and we shifted to autopilot after the sec. goal. wigan had only 1 or 2 considerable chances, we were pretty solid at the back, no need to worry.

Any news on the Marin's and Ramy's fitness? Hope we won't be running out of options. Ok it will suffice for Reading (expect a similar game as this one), but with regard to the Nucastle and super cup, I am a little anxious, considering it is one of our few realistic title chances.

+1. It's actually Tuesday, only about 52h after today's game, which makes it even more crucial that we could stroll out today without picking any injuries or even tiring. After the goals it was a training session. u can smash our performance or claim it as Wigans achievement, that we were rather defensive (as martinez did) but u cant play down the fact that we got an extremley busy August in which any respite is appreciated. I think RDM put everything spot-on today. 3rd place is probably the most realistic outcome in terms of Squad Strength. The title might remain in Manchester but we will regain our rightful place as London's no.1 team. IMO we will have less problems with the smaller teams in the league cos we our problem against them was our "pedestrian" style . With our 4 100% creative players, we should be able to unlock their defenses.

Lamps man of the match, above all doubts once again, cunning penalty, initiated both goals and countless attacks. Defensively worked for two as mikel went missing several times.

yeah, but agüero got injured so it's not that bad a day for us. Southampton were too erratic behind, but it was refreshing to see how easily Man City got unsettled themselves.

lol, comment: Ivanovic was not suspended because Geoff Shreeves wasn't there to tell him

S'hampton sold themselves a little cheap in defense, but they have exceptional courage, hardworking teamplay mentality. Deserve a point

Think Lampard was great today. One man in the double pivot always has to carry the ball forward, pick the right passes and support the attack, that is exactly what he did today. Lamps has never been a real no.10. he is rather a mix of a no 8 with a no.9, so he is rather a 8,5 . He'll def. be able to play as defensive midfieler due to his exp, intelligenca and build-up play ability, just needs a bit more time to adjust. Mikel can only shield a ball, move or pass it some inches. He might be still useful as a squad player but he simply is no no.6 for a top club. The problem is Ess or Romeu are not really any better. Oscar had a triffic cameo. He seems to be fast enough and really committed, his passes were spot-on and we shoudl have scored as he put ivanovic through. I think he is the one who can take much weight off Lamps shoulders. Hazard was nice, too, 2 assists in first competitive game is not bad, he will become better the more games he plays, he still gets fouled very often and should try to stay on his feet more. torres was ok. His movement could have been better in some cases (a.coles flat cross; he should have gone towards the ball not away from it). Its not that he had no service but it could be even better. He will come good, but not as good as he was in red, so imo Sturridge should get some games.

iva with a stunning striker's run and the nice goal

u can say what u want about his footballing ability but he is simply a nice guy.