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Plus: Torres is trying too hard, getting too deep and putting to much on himself, gifting the ball away in the process

damn.... Good goal tbh, but defence

Classic Essien shot just wide

Complementing Essien for his good deep position, and then he does that ball

OMFG! Torres has ACTUALLY SCORED!!!!!!!!! I must be a good luck talisman

Got a stream link: http://atdhe.xxx/soccer/watch-chelsea-vs-crystal-palace-4k388 First game i am watching live since the 3-0 win against West Ham

any links?

Well. any young striker - Bamford albeit - i don't think we would need more than two all-out strikers under Jose. With Rooney and Romelu we can change the styles and the tactics, offers more depth and with a younger/less-tamed striker as our third we can have an eager option to impress, but it would only work if Jose is willing to give him chances more than he has with De Bruyne. Having an eager striker on the bench could change matches and scorelines - like Man Utd had with Ferguson.

See Rooney and Lukaku taking the minutes in the EPL, CL, and then Islam could have minutes in LC and early FA Cup. Rooney adds more depth and a tactical options, and could form a good partnership with Lukaku - both have two different styles of play, or could be used differently. See Romelu as the pacey poacher and Rooney as the hard-working all rounder.

I would personally have: Rooney - Lukaku - Feruz

Would love to see Ryan given a chance, and Kalas/Omerou on the bench. But hopes can't always be reality ;(

Probably the most talkative player thread on here that hasn't been played! That alone says enough!

Schalke has scored 2 goals, need to win this!

confused - are we leading, and if so, was Ba the scorer or was it an own goal? BBC is being as informative as a Daily Mail article is reliable.

Okay then, a head line when he scores an only goal of the game: "Chelsea win as xteam is Mosquito bitten" Awesome!

Imagine if they became footballers! "Johno passes to Johny, but Dave-o intercepts and clears the ball forward to Jake-o - whose one-on-one with the last defender Trev, but he has options with Gaz on the right!" Seems like a drunkard's story in the pub about his friends

According to an Adidas advert, all we need to do is secretly switch the football to a basketball, and he can score some incredible goals once more

One season wonder for me, although he hasn't been a wonder so far.

We need to revive the strikers issue come summer, with players coming in Jan to help the defence and midfeild. Torres and Ba out, Lukaku and Falcoa/Martinez/other option to replace them - i don't see Eto'o staying past this season.

We have to tie this done to one factor: away form and inconsistency in defence. It is rather disheartening seeing a Jose Chelsea conceding so badly when in his first tenure, we had one of the strongest defences in the world - if not, the whole premier league - and we need to utilize our home as a fortress to outweigh these such results. Hopefully more changes will be made, such as today with Andre, that will create the same kind of performance from those players.

Kakuta, Lalkovich, Moses, De Bruyne, Marin. Think Kevin will leave on loan, and then be sold.

I think if Van Ginkel was injured, the role would be rotated more with Frank and Marco

Mikel, Mata, Shurlle/William, and Ba, are definitely needed. But the defense needs a stern talking too - with Azpil on the right!

according both teams have had on shot on target out of four

He's a double agent