Rowan_Osborn

We were only really exposed against city when down to ten men, before that we defended well. Tonight was poor however, no excuses.

Im guessing that they hope he is able to regain form and if not at least advertise some of his ability on order to sell him on next summer. We have enough centre mids just not enough of the right quality or consistency in performance, hopefully the likes of Romeu, Mikel and Ramires will be able to develop and take up these roles. Mikel has shown signs that he is capable of doing so.

It did seem as though we were not prepared for AM although i reckon this is down to the players not the management. Cahill said after the game that they had prepared as well as any other fixture, my guess is that they underestimated AM and did show the same desire that AM did.

I guess it is the result of no additional transfers coming in, deadline day deals are always exciting, and our first serious defeat of the season that can't be put down to poor refereeing decisions.

David Luiz does annoy me, but also he is one of my favourite players (paradoxical i know). My biggest issue with him is that he could be world class, but his decision making on occasions is so poor. Hopefully we will see more of the composed David Luiz that we saw in the Champions League and less of the ten year old playing fifa.

Several good deals that went through today were the loans. SOme older players were removed from the wage bill, though i would prefer it if essien wasn't, and Chalobah and Kakuta's loans can hopefully help them progress.

You would hope so, I've got a feeling his lack of games is down either to a fear of Barca wanting to buy him back if he performs well or the legacy of his injury is greater than previously suggested and he is still recovering like Essien.

He seems to be popular in france still. He seems to make the national squad for every fixture.

I noticed this too, was very worried when Reading found it easy to attack us. Both Wigan and Newcastle had good chances to score too. I don't want us to turn into a new Arsenal and not being able to defend, especially as it was a strength of ours last year. Hopefully when we are properly settled these errors will be ironed out.

I agree we could need him, but we've got to look at the positives now. Maybe in January if we are clearly short we will go in for someone like Witsel or M'Villa. I also like Wanyama from Celtic, who i reckon could develop into a player like Essien.

We have a lot to play with. Against lesser teams i can see Oscar in that pivotal role that Lampard plays. My issue with Merieles is that he is very inconsistent, some times he's great, some times i don't understand how he ever became a professional footballer. Romeu should get more game time.

I agree Mikel was the best player today. He can't be blamed for the pace of AM attack and lack of support given to the defence by Lampard and the wingers.

Playing them together is way too slow, I would like to see Mikel/Romeu alongside Ramires and give either Moses or Sturridge a chance on the right wing. Lampard is a legend but i think his time is up, maybe he can act as an impact sub like Giggs is at United.

It might do him good, if he plays well and gets game time, which he should as Diarra has gone, he can come back to us rejuvenated.

Midfield pivot is an issue, but i think our defence is good enough. Its almost impossible to defend against a fast break and Atletico constantly outnumbered us on the break. As the defence had to move quickly due to the pace of the attacks, space was created and if you give a striker of Falcao's quality space he will score. This is what happened today.

I would of liked to seen Azpicuelta start the game. RDM must of been aware of Adrian Lopez's pace and Ivanovic could not keep up. It might of worked if we had scored first, but as we were chasing the game and Ivanovic was pushing up, we were constantly exposed.

I know he has a poor discipline record, but i would still love to see this guy in a Chelsea shirt. He is a defensive powerhouse and buying him would allow us to implement a 4-1-2-3 system, which i reckon will be very effective.

I suppose we will just have to wait and see how he does, he is only 18, maybe he can progress into a good player.

Absolutely spot on. This was a poor day at the office, but this was a pointless game. in Every game that has mattered RDM has shown he can do well.

I must admit I have seen very little of him, but that i had seen demonstrated he was a good right back. I guess the Brazillian League is not exactly the hardest though.

I want to see Ramires and Romeu play as the two holding midfielders or something like: ------Romeu------- ----Ramires---------Oscar------- with a front three of the obvious three; Torres, Hazard, Mata. We would be strong defensively and also the ball would pass quickly into attack with Ramires and Oscar acting as deep lying playmakers.

Hopefully Sturridge will get more game time now, he deserves it, I would like to see Piazon play as a striker too. My issue with midfield is that Mikel, Lampard and Merieles are very inconsistent and the other three are unproven at this level as Ramires mainly played as a right winger last year.

I just realised, how the hell is Malouda still here. HIs wages are ridiculous we should of tried to give him away for free like Deco so we can have first option on some players. It seems to have worked if we get Wallace from Fluminese the kid looks class.

There new players will take a while to settle, we could easily win 3-0 as long as we don't perform like we did today.

Shame Roman didn't celebrate his victory with a big signing.