Newcastle 0-3 Chelsea

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Is it just me or was Drogba absolutely terrible? I know he scored and what not, but he was invisible most the game.

[Kojo 4,676]

I missed the first 12 minutes of the game, Luiz should of been sent off. But you know what, Newcastle have been lucky all season, and our luck has been the oppesite, it's about time we actually got something. Another sending off would of totally killed us off, i'm happy with the win. Sturridge played well, but his finishing was very poor, everyone was getting nervous infront of Krul, the amount of chances we could of scored, if finishing was clinical we could of been talking 6 or 7 nill here, but what do you expect with an out of form team, hopefully this match should turn it around.

[manpe 10,861]

We were really lucky tbh. Luiz should have been off, Lampard didn't convert his penalty, Luiz and Drogba nearly had own goals (both struck the woodwork), the JT goal-line clearance, the Ameobi shot at the bar... But then we went on a rampage And all the bad/lucky things won't matter. It was simply our day, FINALLY! And it wasn't some pissy Wolves, it was Newcastle, a team above us in the table.

And I'm really glad Kalou got a chance. Both Malouda and Anelka have been underperforming, so I agreed with the members who said that Kalou deserved a chance now. And he did really well too, I don't think he made a bad pass.. He actually put Sturridge through, could have had an assist in addition to his good goal (not a tap in btw). Well done lad

And today we saw why Drogba is so good even at 33... He doesn't have pace anymore, but his strength, link-up play, hold-up play and everything else is still there. His header was classic Didier. The whole attacking 3 was good today and it showed in the scoreline.

[Tomo 21,733]

That is why Liverpool or Spurs won't finish above us. We win these type of games a lot more often than they do. At worst we will finish 3rd or 4th if Arsenal go on a lucky streak.

[Clevemayer 764]

well doen...

Petr 7.0

Ash 6.5

Luiz 5.5

Terry 8.5

Romeo 8

Lamps 6

Ramires 6.5

Mata 9

Drogs 7

Studge 8.5

Mereiles 6.5

Kalou 6

Torres 6.5

my ratings...

[francozola 2,040]

Wonderful performance. They hit the post twice but take nothing away from our performance. Newcastle away is one of the most difficult places to go and we went in there and attacked brilliantly, defended okay in the 1st half superbly in the 2nd

Of course there are going to be times where they are putting us under pressure but we dealt with most of their attacks really well. JT was just marvelous.

Good decision by AVB to take of Lamps. Woeful performance by him.

Romeu, well done! 2nd half you could see he was struggling a bit but still really good display

Drogs did okay too. He misplaced a lot of passes in the 2nd half which was frustrating but you could see that he was absolutely knackered.

Mata - sublime! Absolutely sublime.

Danny what a monster!!!!

And I am also happy for Kalou lol

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

Really it was a thrilling encounter that finally went our way. We played well, and deserved it overall imo.

[Wavy Crockett 190]

Is it just me or was Drogba absolutely terrible? I know he scored and what not, but he was invisible most the game.

sadly pretty much the same way he looked against Leverkusen, and the other games he've started

great goal though

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Beautiful afternoon. Well done lads ! :blue scalf:

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Is it just me or was Drogba absolutely terrible? I know he scored and what not, but he was invisible most the game.

He was.

But he was also effective in being someone to pre-occupy the defenders. He's very hot & cold now. More cold than anything..

[warnie_666 1,081]

Drogba was Terrible apart from the Goal.

TORRES SHOULD START!!!!!!

[francozola 2,040]

Oh and I'm glad AVB didn't just sub Luiz off like what Carlo did last season. He did well in the 2nd half. I hate how the commentators just keep going on and on about him. When JT or A. Cole do some of the things he does, they don't say anything. But when it's Luiz, they can't shut up. So fucking annoying

[5354 204]

Drogba only had that great goal...other than that he was pretty much non existant...

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Ruud Gulit just gave a brilliant analysis of Drogba now.. 'Waiting for his moments of brilliance'

[chrismada9 1,948]

Is it just me or was Drogba absolutely terrible? I know he scored and what not, but he was invisible most the game.

Drogba's passes were pretty woeful I have to say.. however I don't think he's the type of player who provides, I distinctly believe he's a player who expects to get service rather than the other way around! The good thing about Drogba, was when he got into the right spaces. His shooting and passing however has let him down!

[termninja 5,290]

Drogba wasn't that bad. The defenders marked him tightly what left a lot of space to Sturridge and Mata.

Could it be that AVB is playing him in order to get that contract extension?

[francozola 2,040]

Didn't think Drogba was as bad as some of you say he was. He was miles better today than Torres was against Liverpool. He's lost a lot of his qualities but he's still putting in some effort which I'm pleasantly surprised to see.

And I think Sturridge wouldn't be getting so many chances if Torres was playing instead of Drogba. Drogba sucks the defenders back with him

[whinni09 37]

We need another Mata to replace Lampard who can provide assists to Torres...

Or buy Hazard/Götze and get Mata into the middle. :eyebrows: