Rubber bullets

Most people were saying that about Lampard... so far hasn't worked out. Hopefully it will be different due to still being at least the player he was a couple of years ago and a better organizer of the defense.

Should have gone and whacked them in the head aswell.

Two, that's all the positives we could possible extract from this. Everything else, utter dogshite. Unbelievable some people think he should be a first team regular with the team based around him.

Really should have started, so at least we had someone who could try and get a foothold in the midfield, we were getting completely over run with Lampard and Ramires looking like lost ducks.

What did he do to actually get sent off? Capped of a horrendous performance.

Ah, Frank Lampard's "experience" and "leadership" really improved the team, it was like his mere presence in the field enlightened everyone else and got everyone playing better, just like in the Super Cup. Of course not, he did absolutely fuck all.

Does this guy have an extreme form of Schizophrenia?

As soon as I saw the double pivot of Lampard and Ramires I knew we would have problems. Mata, Torres and Moses were shit. Lampard did hardly anything... so much for experience and leadership that everyone kept banging on about, did absolute fuck all

That midfield is about as strong and stable as jelly.

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We are missing Mikel, someone to stay and get a hold in the midfield.

Lampard and Ramires are really having an uncomfortable first half.

But if we can't get control of the pitch because the midfield has become so diluted then we could be in big trouble. All it takes is for their forwards to have a good day and us unable to get a shot on goal to lose.

He is not going to do that, expect to see him to he make runs every time we get the ball in their half, and possible see the midfield become completely overrun like the Super Cup.

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"Kalou will get better," he said. "He is used to playing off the bench at Chelsea." Sorry, but I pissed myself laughing when I read that. That's quite a low blow IMO.

I just hope he is not another Essien

Fellaini anyone.

Are they on wages of over £100,000? In fact some argue that United have suffered the last couple of years for being a bit too reliant on them (i.e asking Scholes to come out of retirement)

Then again I seem to remember as soon as RDM dropped him we looked much more in control of the games for a couple of months and got some important victories away to Arsenal and Spurs without him. He can score the winner today and I will still be far from convinced that he should be a first team regular again and will make us PL title contenders again this season, so year the club have bottle it. Are fans every going to try and imagine a team without him (it will have to happen eventually unless the club plan to keep him until he is 50) our our we going to have this bad mentality that we will never achieve anything after he has left, because then we are fucked judging by some of things fan say.

Of course its bad financially. Considering we will lose a lot of revenue now that we are knocked out of the Cl and have the new financial rules to contend with (as well as needing to again change our wage structure since we are paying god knows how much money to Torres and Hazard), paying someone (and I don't care if it was Zidane coming out of retirement) who is 34 and is clearly on the decline is flipping ridiculous. And the "leadership" card is being played again likes the fucking goddamn key to enlightenment. I'm sorry but that's NOT is not good enough to continue paying massive, massive wages to a player who is 34, much more injury prone and is not even the half the player he once was. Face it, Chelsea have bottle it to stop a few fanatics bawling like a baby.

So your saying paying over £120,000 a week for someone who is no where near his prime and and really should be only used as a squad player is a good idea? Because I highly doubt he is going to take a pay cut. I would love to be told he has, but even then that is not enough to just give him 2 more years and keep him until his 36/37. By the way, Drogba made it perfectly clear that he wanted to stay, but only if it was for two years.

So the club have bottled it big time, wonder what Drogba will feel about it (I kid, he probably won't care).

Do you have to fucking repeat everything say a million times?

That's what we want to see from Nando, trying to make runs behind the box and getting away from the last defender, pity has hardly shown this.