Miracle

People forget how good Walcott was (barring injuries) when he was alongside Fabregas and Nasri, players who were able to pick out his runs and made him dangerous. He also forces teams to play deep just by being on the field due to his pace. That being said he is injury prone and not of a position that we require.

Ah, sorry for my mistakes ! and btw i'm a girl.

Torres is smiling

My observations on Corinthians: 1) Their attack of Guerrero, Martinez, Emerson and Liedson is not to be sneezed at. Guerrero's off-the-ball movement will need to be watched, while Martinez is both quick and tricky. Liedson is a good finisher, but Emerson presents the biggest threat. He's tricky, reasonably pacy, fairly creative as a second striker and has excellent movement and has excellent off-the-ball movement. 2) I therefore suggest a physical approach be taken against these guys, to exploit their relative lack of strength and in the case of Guerrero, a volatile temperament. If we get up Guerrero's nose enough, then he may act out and get himself sent off. There is a good chance Azpi will get beaten if forced to take on Martinez by himself, so he will need some defensive support. That should probably come from Mikel or even Moses if necessary - I don't really like the idea of dragging our CB's out of position. 3) Tite, like many Brazilian coaches, favors a 4-2-2, or the 'magic box' notoriously used by Wanderley Luxemburgo at Real Madrid. This formation can be hard to penetrate because of the two holding midfielders in front of the two centre backs and is a pretty good counter-attacking formation because of the two centre midfielders are free to move forward, but for wide they rely exclusively on the full-backs. Their full-backs aren't as impressive as their attack, so if you stop them from coming forward, Corinthians would therefore have no width and would see relatively little possession. It would therefore not surprise me if Benitez deployed Moses on one of the flanks. On the other hand, Benitez may choose to try and simple overwhelm their weaker defense by committing Mazacar and maybe even Luiz forward. That wouldn't surprise me, either - it would distract Paulinho from getting forward, at least. 4) Corinthians were surprisingly mediocre against a modest Al-Ahly side. They need to play (much) better than that to beat us.

Yep.

Good win today. We barely even got out of second gear and still comfortably won. Some key points: The bad: - Monterrey's goal. Not sure what happened. Luckily it meant more than nothing. - Is it just me or is Mikel getting worse? He just never does something that makes go "Wow, he's good". The good: - Torres scored again, that's three games in a row which is (I could be wrong), the best he's done in Chelsea colors? - Oscar was good. Not great, but good. Can't wait to see a 24 year old Oscar with experience. - FSW knows what he's doing. I hate admitting it. The great: - Mata/Hazard - Brilliant linking plays between the two. Hazard tore them a new asshole with his speed. Mata was Mata. which is awesome. - Cahill/Ivanovic - Solid defending. Held down the fort so damn well! - Luiz - I've been calling for a midfield role for him, and I think he just showed the haters what he can do. He's capable of great things and I thinks he has the potential to be a Chelsea captain and legend.

Corinthians arch enemies have produced a Chelsea/Palmeiras shirt.

Hope that the guys don't get over-confident from this game. Corinthians are no pushovers.

Chelsea TV stream. http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/81471/1/watch-chelsea-tv.html

Shit player.

I was kind of hoping Frank might have got a start alongside Mikel or Ramires.

Completely agree but there are a lot of rumors going on about Paulinho. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/dec/11/chelsea-paulinho-club-world-cup http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/chelsea-transfer-gossip-paulinho-of-corinthians-1484888

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11M buyout clause. Bargain. Becoming a regular for Brazil in the deep midfield role and would know Ramires well from there. Well rounded DM from what I hear. I think Inter already tried to sign him earlier in the year. Another Brazilian, not quite sure he's what we need though, some people want a deep lying playmaker and some want a destroyer in midfield. Only January will tell.. Will like the club be watching him closely in our matches in the CWC..

I hope he can continue getting goals, but, perhaps most importantly , that if he fails to score in a game, he won't go back to a slump. I'd rather see him score goals on a regular basis than score four in two games, then go without goals for 4-5 games.

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If we win this we'll most likely face Corinthians in the final. Are they THAT good or do people overrate them?

To be honest I'd be fairly happy if we just won this and got CL qualification this season. It's a transition season and I've accepted that.

The problem with Torres is his mentality. When the team is playing well he plays well, when the team is playing bad he is nowhere to be found.

Anyway of viewing streams on an Ipad as it has no flash player?

Humberto Suazo. Top goalscorer in history of the team with 100 goals.

By some distance our best player again this season. He just gets better and better.

Any news about this Monterrey team?

It's a funny old world. Mata deserves it though.

The pictures of the players on the way to Japan.