Phil Driver

Very harsh to blame Cahill for any of those three goals . But what you do see is a goal and Cahill in the picture and a goal = Cahill's fault. 1. Benteke goal - Benteke is running at Cahill on the counter attack and Cahill is last man ,what he should not do is dive in and get beaten ,what he should do is what he did, show Benteke the outside (wide) Petr got done on his near post is the major factor here from the Benteke shot. 2. This goal is all down to Mikel he should be picking up Toure in the first instance he is caught ball watching and then his attempt to tackle Toure is weak to say the least . 3. Another counter attack against us with Adebayor running at us ,this is just a world class finish and Cahill has only left him a small space to score in and Adebayor has taken it. Defeneders especially when they are the last man with opposing players running at you should stay on their feet and show the attacker wide or make him take on difficult shots (as in the Adebayor goal) ,where he would score maybe two/three in ten times,where as if Cahill dives in and commits himself as last man ,Adebayor scores maybe 7 in ten with only Cech to beat.

Josh off injured after 25 mins of u/21 game v Spurs , he has got to toughen up because the lad is quality but still weak . Current score is 1-3 to Spurs at Aldershot fair crowd there and a few Chelsea songs to be heard .

You have got to say he looked a bit novicey v Madrid ,but Jose needs more time to work with him and at 20 he has plenty of time to come good for Chelsea.

The signs are good that Jose is not going to waste any more time with him,not even on the bench last night ,or has he got another one of his phantom injuries like at the end of last season when he was dropped by the waiter for Everton and Benfica?

Lampard is fit and will feature tonight .

Prolonging Lampard's career will be about managing and planning his involvement, Mourinho says. "I believe he is the same player (as before), with the difference of, he is 35 and the time (needed) to recover from match to match is not the same for a man of 25 to a man of 35," Mourinho said. "The role doesn't have to change. What has to change is the way we analyse competition. Before we didn't analyse, before it was 'every match: he plays'. Sometimes I wanted to give him a rest in a Carling Cup match and he said 'if you give me a rest the next match I will not be the same, because I have to play every three days'. "He can't play 60 matches like he did before, but the quality of the player and what he represents for the way I like to play football is exactly the same." Mourinho says Lampard, who was rotated under Rafael Benitez last season, accepts that he will not be selected for every match. Mourinho added: "We have to analyse the fixtures, to analyse the matches, to analyse the week we have and to make a few choices. He's intelligent, he's open, he has a very good relationship with me. "He knows I know how to do it with players of his age, because at the end of the day we have to be just clever, because the player is the same. Performance is how good you are, not your passport or birth certificate. It's about performance, nothing else." Jose knows what world class is ,expect SFL to be at Chelsea next season as well as this ,all that talk of him being let go by Chelsea was madness . We may never see his like again so appreciate it while you can .

Yes that is right he played in the pivot so was not irreplacable in the back four or as a defender ,you seem to have defeated your own argument and some of his antics do border on clown like ,a bit like you on here in some respects

No I live very much in the future and Luiz is still erratic and unpredictable ,in one game last season he was actually messing aroung pretending to listen to what the opposing manager was saying to an opposing player when they were making a sub and acting the clown ,he needs to stop playing the clown and concentrate and Jose will make sure he does. That will be his future and also you call him our best defender ,well the previous manager did not use him in the back four for every game ,did he.

Lampard will be first choice for all the big games,you do realise who the new manager of Chelsea is? and rightly so . Jose has already said he looks at the performance and not the birth certificate,my guess is that was in reference to Lampard and he said that he has noticed no decline in Lampard's performance, but he may need more time to recover from matches at his age. And I make Mourinho dead right .

Luiz is nowhere near a top class defender at the moment,he is too erratic and unpredictable,however he has the abililty to be the best in the world with the right coaching and I believe Jose will make him just that,so as we are not a selling club he should not be for sale .

Anybody comparing JT with Suarez needs a reality check ,JT was set up and found not guilty in a court of law ,saying something under your breath that nobody hears andis only picked up on because of his legend status and jealousy is not racist ,lots of worse things have happened on football pitches and gone unnoticed than what JT did on that day under severe provocation. And as for Suarez what he has done has not stopped Arsenal desperately try to sign him ,why? Because they are judging him on what he can do on a football pitch.

I suggest you go and watch cricket or netball and politely applaud the opposition ,any away player who takes the p1ss as the mexican did in front of the home end is asking for trouble and I would not want any Chelsea player doing it ,run to your own fans or celebrate in the middle of the pitch and yes his actions nearly caused injury ,if Chicharito had not incited the crowd their would have been no disturbance ,simple.

Rooney can only get fatter and slower and is on the downward spiral as Torres and Sheva ,you cant beat age and at 27/28 haven,t we not learned our lesson about wasting big money on these types ,I will tell you the name of one player who is over 30 and not finished ,the name Drogba (should still be at the club) he was a late developer and still has miles in the tank as shown by his brace at the Ems last week ,Rooney is on the way down and will be another mistake.

Yes ,no way should any away player be allowed to celebrate and aim it at the Shed or MH like that mexican tw@t with his drinking beer motion ,he desrved everything he got . Anyone who celebrates directly in front and in the faces of the Shed or MH like that Mexican tw@t did deserves everything they get ,he incited a riot and a steward nearly got badly hurt because of him. Utd players have a habit of doing that ,I wouldnt be happy if our crowd did nothing tbh.

Hear what you are saying,but in my opinion they both have quesion marks against their names re - behaviour ,my main concern regarding any player we sign is how good will he be on the pitch and the answer I come up with is Suarez. I hate both of them equally in a red shirt and will back both of them in a blue shirt,the fact that Arsenal are in for Suarez and can forgive his behaviour means he is not out of bounds,so my decision comes down to who is the better player with room to improve. My decision though at the moment would be to sign neither and give Lakuku,Torres and Ba a shot untill christmas and then act if these three are still short,I think Lakuku could be our answer though and deserves his chance.

Agree about all the Suarez is a **** and all that ,but so is Rooney but if either is ever lucky enough to wear our blue shirt they both will look better for wearing it ,whoever we get , Suarez is the better player and with more scope and a better age to improve and if Arsenal are in for him ,why cant we? I do not want him going to Arsenal because he is a good player . If I am signing one of them on their ability and likely improvement ,then it is Suarez.

Penthouse overlooking the Thames for me .

Wilkins is not an important Chelsea figure in my book he was not here long enough to be that ,although I saw him play for us at the Bridge and he brought in much needed revenue when he was sold ,but I cant have all this buttering up of Man Utd ,if he was Chelsea he would be advising Rooney that Utd are on the way down and Chelsea is the place to be.

I am sure Wilkins is bitter about the way he was sacked ,but in reality he was very lucky to be handy when Carlo got the job ,because he is no great coach and likes to be "one of the chaps" rather than a serious football coach, Chelsea are able to compete with Man Utd for any player they want in world football and being in London with Mourinho at Chelsea and Moyes now at Man Utd may even make Chelsea the better option for players in the future. I think after his sacking at Chelsea he may be looking for work with his other hat on with these comments ,because he did not leave us on good terms and for instance Stevie Clarke was 10 times the coach Wilkins will ever be.

20 is a boy ,he can only get better ,unlike Rooney who is already on the wane . Do you see what I did there. No point in signing young players unless when they prove themselves they get the chance to play for Chelsea and he has earnt the chance .

How old is he now 21? he has proved himself in the premier league and can only get better,he needs to be given a chance ,now,otherwise what is the point ,he has earnt the chance to play for Chelsea by his performances at West Brom ,he would seem to guarantee at least 20 goals and his time has come ,he should start the season as our striker in my book.

i do not want him ,the three we have need to be given a chance and with Rooney coming we are denying Lukaku his chance which he deserves after his performances for West Brom ,Torres needs one last chance before we write him off and Ba will be in his first full season and needs it to show us his true worth ,if Rooney comes in all of these players will have been overlooked ,because we all know Rooney will want to be looked upon as the star and that will put some noses out of joint. We can re-asses how our strikers have done at Christmas and then if we need Rooney that will be the time to get him.

To come into the first team envoiroment and do what he did ,even in a friendly marks Traore down as a real prospect,these friendlies are sometimes the best chance for young players to show what they can do and this kid certainly has shown he can play and is comfortable amongst the stars and legends at Chelsea,he needs to be encouraged to sign for Chelsea ,for sure,he could be very good.

Their is no myth about Mikel playing easy safe negative passes and your stats are awful on Mikel's passing and the forward percentage , 85 to 90% of his passes should be forward and more to the point quick and progressive from such a deep position,a large % of his passes must be marginally forward because a large % of his passes are sideways to the full backs,his passing stats should show a more progressive slant from the deep position he occupies and taking into account a lot of his slow passes to the full backs must be marginally forward these stats are showing how negative his play is. And as for Mourinho seeing Mikel as instrumental,we have yet to see if that is true. Nothing we have seen or heard so far has pointed to Mourinho seeing Mikel as being instrumental .

I am hoping for a great season from Eden ,he has the ability to be amongst the best in the world without doubt and Jose will make him even better,he has everything a player needs to be one of the worlds best and I would not swap him for Bale.