Reddish-Blue

As they say, reputations are everything for referees. If a striker gets a bad reputation (as a whiner, moaner, constantly rolling around, diving), referees are less likely to call those 50-50 fouls in favour of the striker I remember Suarez had a similar reputation but unlike Costa, he could make a fool of the opposing defender and win the match with a moment of magic, even when the calls were going against him

To be fair, after Crystal Palace scored, it was an open, entertaining game. Both sides had chances to score goals, both sides were vulnerable defensively, it's just unfortunate that Crystal Palace's defenders stood up to the challenge...whilst Chelsea's defenders (Ivanovic, Cahill) failed to keep their composure and kept backing off Bolasie for some reason

Pedro may have been quiet but at least he got an assist

Jose won't be sacked anytime soon Just wish he wasn't so f*cking stubborn about having to play Ivanovic

Great post but who cares about history and the 80's? We're in 2015 and our defense is getting raped game after game after game with no sign of improvement To be honest, it is pretty bad at the moment, this is one of our worst starts to an EPL season in a long time...

Love the kid's confidence, surprised to see him used as a LWB

These are the game where I miss seeing Oscar/Mata playing the #10...Willian has no link up abilities and he's so damn predictable

What a miss by Walcott, hopefully Newcastle hold on for a point

£15 million, bargain for Valencia

It's a Mickey Mouse league whichever way you look at it as Bayern can buy whoever they want and no other German club can do anything about it. Every few years you'll see Dortmund, Wolfsburg, Schalke, Bremen put together a strong team and really give Bayern a run for their money...but other than that, it's a one-sided league

No doubt he's got quality but I'll wait until KDB proves himself in the EPL before saying he's a top notch player

We already have a future England representative sitting on the bench... Stones is good for his age but he's not one of a kind

Don't know why the board waited this late to sign a quality midfielder...

Yea, if only we could trust Ramires to make a simple pass under pressure

To be honest, I agree with Pulis, the transfer window should be closed at the start of the season

I'm not a fan of Mikel...but letting go of him just makes our squad weaker

It is funny. People on this forum actually believed Juve were going to sell their prized asset with a week left in the transfer window

Did fairly well in his first game for Bournemouth, hope he gets a run of games

If we are looking to sign a player from Zenit, I hope it's Witsel not 29-year-old Garay

I don't think Bamford will get that many chances at Palace (especially if they end up signing Austin from QPR)

KdB

How can you say Willian is better if you haven't seen Oscar play with Pedro yet?

Positives: Zouma, Pedro Matic needs some help in midfield

He's Chelsea's 2nd captain and Mourinho's favourite player, no way Ivanovic gets dropped

Costa is good but he doesn't deserve to be on the "world-class" list