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there are classy finishers and then there's Rambo another level

in one word: brilliant everything we haven't had in that left wing so far this season and some more. Defensively he was also very good. He has a never-die attitude that I love. Working his tits off every match. He did everything else today (except finish that is), he even got to get Cole involved

wow, I'm actually shocked to read it because I thought he was good. I could see someone saying he was at most decent or okay or even maybe bad, but terrible and rating him 1? way too harsh I think he did very well and I'm starting to allow myself to be slightly more positive about the prospect of our strikers this season. they are clearly progressing and showing that with a bit more of sharpness and luck they can actually deliver it. notice the reluctance - which is entitled, but I guess I'm just too happy with us finally showing what I expect this team to deliver week in and out once Mourinho's new tactics are finally settled and consolidated

Thanks for this stat. I'm so proud of him. I'm actually tearing up a bit. Gotta love, the Special Juan. He's really the best guy ever - no one has better attitude and more class than our Maestro. Still not there to his own level offensively (creatively), but he still has his moments of amazing passes and he's giving his blood and heart to defend. isn't that like calling me a stupid girl who only has looks? excuse my precarious English, but I'm so happy, so go ahead

great match by us tonight. As I said in the live thread, André showed what Eden failed to do for us this season and was absolutely immense, both offensively and defensively. By far the MOTM. I'm very happy with him and hopefully at any day he'll finally score and carry on from then on. Mata and Oscar were good as well and had a few good linkups in the attack, but they paled in comparison to the German. Oscar also had a couple of nonsense turnovers, one of them very dangerous, btw. Very sad for Fernando, especially because the knock that took him out of the match was when he was bravely tackling two Steua players to recover the ball for us under 2 minutes of play. Ramires was also immense, not only because of the goals (and the additional times he presented himself in the attack), but he also made up for a few mistakes and Lamps' slowness at some points. Lamps wasn't bad, but I still don't like to see him playing 2x a week. I remember at least 2 times where he compromised, one of them dangerous in the first half as again he watched the opponent pass by him. Just like in the goal we conceded to Spurs. Terry and Luiz were very solid as well. Very happy with our CB partnership. Sorry, Cahill, but I don't see you getting important matches for us if both are physically fit and I hope they carry on form. Eto'o was again very active in the match - almost like Torres has been in the last two. He had some very good runs and I think we're finally headed to a better place with our strikers. They're progressing and hopefully they'll blossom in EPL this weekend and carry on from there. And to make Cole justice. I complain a lot about how he leaves Hazard isolated, but he was always present to help Mr. MOTM today and really contributed with André. Iva was solid in the back, but completely anonymous in the attack, but I guess that's because we concentrated most of our actions in the left and then in the middle. Very happy, very proud, looking forward to this form to carry on. Hazard wasn't missed at all and if he doesn't step up and André continues to play like this (Mou said in the conference chances for Eden to recover for Sunday are slim), I'll be very pissed on Mourinho if he drops André. We were finally efficient in counter-attack and it passes a lot through him.

actually it could be today who knows when the first goes in he won't stop anymore. write my words AKE!!!

I guess you're harsh on Samuel... he was really good in the second goal... was unlucky in the finish, but his run was very good.

ESPN just showed a promo for Bundesliga and it shows André celebrating a goal by back flipping in the air. Can't wait to see it here

amazing play by Eto'o who cares about the own goal.

André is doing everything Hazard hasn't in the left wing so far this season

Terry and Luiz is an amazing partnership I feel so safe with them in our defense. Oscar is about to make a splitting pass for an assist here. He tried three times already and was a bit unlucky. I'm very happy with our team now

RAMI!!!!

Torres is so unlucky he got a knock in the first touch he had in the match, by tackling the opponent. poor thing

that pass by Oscar was

this away kit is so pretty

http://www.streamhun...ming-video.html http://www.kofss.tv/ http://www.footballs...inks/index.html there are plenty of streams in those, no idea of the quality though folks, but in so many I'm sure there's some good ones

Mourinho actually chose the same team I did... no wonder I'm a Mou fangirl

I used the NT to show you Oscar isn't a nobody. He's actually a very good player. If you go pages back in this very thread you'll see me defending de Bruyne, asking things about him that I don't know (such as his abilities to play as a CM), you'll see me longing to see him playing more and just worshiping him in the Hull's match and complaining about his absence in the following game against Villa. Also my favorite player happens to be Eden Hazard (reason why my home kit is his and not Oscar's). Momentarily I'm favoring Oscar because Eden is struggling, and my faves will always be based on their performances. There isn't much of a fangirl bone in my body in my teams' players - unless when the ones I have soft spots for are also performing on high level (I fangirl to no end on Cris, but when he had his shitty streak last season I bitched about him during the matches to no end). Also I didn't mean all Belgians, I made that clear... I like and look forward to reading many of them. Weckerz, Hamilton, mediator, and a few others. It doesn't change the fact many of you are very defensive of the players, which is okay actually (I defend Chelsea as a crazy girl in general forums in Portuguese I'm part of), but it makes criticizing a bad performance or bad form sort of entering a mined field because then we're accused of not knowing the players well, of being unfair, of talking about we don't know, or in Kev's case the most used argument is that he's the most talented player in Belgium NT, miles ahead of Eddie. Well, it doesn't translate into club form then. Eden had an amazing season for us (considering he had some issues adapting, as expected) and for Chelsea FC he is the best of all Belgians we have (including the loaned) imo. I do agree with you about others having bad performances and not being dropped from the team. The biggest example of that is exactly Hazard, but it could be said about Lampard too when Mou insists on playing him twice a week and compromising our midfield. Cole has also been alternating some horror matches with decent ones. Kev is much more talented than André imo, but André has been showing much more will, clutch, and relentless work for us than Kev is, and that makes up for the technical part if the guy is giving his all. Any manager values those things. As for who's better, let's agree we disagree? I admit I don't know Kev as well as you guys do, so I can't say who will end up being the best player, but right now for the club Oscar is better and he's very good in our NT as well. As I have a huge soft spot for Belgium I've watched 3 of your last 4 matches (missed exactly the one Kev seemingly played the best as I didn't watch the match against Scotland, in comparison including the CC I've watched only 2 and a half Brazil's matches in the last 10), I saw him playing very well, but nothing out of this world as made out here most time. Maybe I wasn't lucky to watch his best matches or maybe it's just different perceptions.

I think the thing with Willian is lack of form. He's been training with us for a month, but prior to that he spent 45 without an official match. It's like this past month with us was his 'pre-season' and the far and apart matches he's played this month definitely don't help, but with our fixtures now we can't afford much. As someone posted here - or somewhere else - we'll have much doable matches coming next and with the team's chemistry improving as well as the squad getting more used to Mourinho's tactics I can see Willian (and de Bruyne) getting more chances in EPL. We had some challenges starting the season with Bayern, and then ManU, Everton and Spurs away. Now except for the City match (and maybe the Arsenal for the League Cup as who knows which team they'll bring as they have some complicated EPL and UCL matches around that time) we have a good streak in EPL so that might offer chances for Willian.

Chelsea FC ‏@chelseafc 7m The final whistle goes - a comprehensive victory for the young Blues. Two UEFA Youth League group games played - two 4-0 wins. #CFCU19 now rinse and repeat in the senior team, please.

actually I don't think Mourinho will be that harsh on him if he doesn't perform... also I think he will perform. But in the fatality he doesn't, I think what Mourinho was looking forward the most was his attitude and commitment with the team work rate. Everyone is entitled to have a bad day in the office and Mourinho overlooks those things if the attitude is right and if he feels the player worked hard and gave their best. I do expect him to do well. His confidence must be skyrocketing after the praise, the support, and of course the performance. But I have to say, the Spurs Mata is much better than what we saw this season, but by no means it's his best. I think he'll continue his form progress.

I actually stopped reading in the first line when he said Moyes received unfair criticism I'm sure the rest is even less worth. Those people are crazy

Thanks God Brazil has a huge Chelsea fanbase and ESPN has very good numbers when showing our matches. They're not showing Arsenal and showing Milan in a third channel that isn't available to all cable companies, but Chelsea is in the main channel with Barça in the second. All HD, and in my case in 70 HD inches. I'm a happy cookie. I just need the match to start already

you're absolutely right... blame it on boredom and match anxiety as God help me, I've been awake since 6 and time just doesn't pass

you're normally on my ignore list because of the amount of shit you say, but as I wasn't logged when I came here, I saw this and I'm bored waiting the match, so why not answer some nonsense, right? I said "if anything he's showed much less fair play than Torres did, as what Fernando did is more about lack of fair play/respect than violence" then I said: "Fernando touched him for a second - something stupid - but much less unfair and dishonest than taking a player's clothes off and pretending to have been hit in the face." do you know the word 'less' by any chance? I categorized both things as lack of fair play and disrespect. One less than the other, while disregarding Torres' actions as violent. So go learn how to read before trying to sound smart. Here's what the FA had to say about the matter: "The FA will take no action against Chelsea’s Fernando Torres in relation to an incident involving Tottenham Hotspur's Jan Vertonghen which occurred in the 50th minute of their match on Saturday 28 September 2013. In these particular circumstances, in line with The FA’s policy on when retrospective action may be taken, reviewed this summer by the game’s stakeholders (the Premier League, the Football League, the Professional Footballers’ Association, the League Managers’ Association, Professional Game Match Officials Limited and the National Game), no action may be taken." Meaning they didn't think it was violent because well, it wasn't. Now I wonder how some people here thought it was worth a red card... but well, subjective matter is subjective.