Closed Chelsea 1-0 Stoke

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Chelsea FC 1-0 Stoke

POST-MATCH DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS

[Wavy Crockett 190]

I think few had faith in this lineup and rightfully so it proved..

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

I did not celebrate when Drogba scored or when the final whistle went. I feel sad that some will use Drogba's goal and Lampard's performance to paper over the massive cracks.

[ack17 205]

we win, scum lose

nice result

[Beirut_Blues 306]

horrible play...1 nil win... got shit done.

Love it!

[zolayes 14,489]

THIS should be POST match ,,good result but a terrible game ...guess the result is all that matters atm

[chrismada9 1,948]

Di Matteo - P 2 - W 2 - D 0 - L 0 - F 3 - A 0

Not bad, not bad! Performance needs to improve though!

[Sheva. 5,373]

Relaxed after we took the lead, something we seem to be doing way too often nowadays.

Anyway happy we got the 3 points, it is what matters the most at this stage of the season.

Meanwhile - Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool FT.

[Santiago. 1,500]

Neither did i, i had no ounce of celebration in mind when he scored as it was totally out of the blue, when only our Defensive line had the best chances at goall.....

3 points, but such an unconvinced win, everyone was average at best apart from Cahill, such a piss poor formation resulting in piss poor performances,

predicting a 1-2 loss to napoli if this picks up

[Milan 17,835]

Clean sheet is always good, especially this season.

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

Result is the most important thing at the moment, I personally don't even care about the fluency or how pretty the gameplay is. Well done, could have easily been more hadn't we smashed the woodwork three or even more times

I'm positive we'll progress in the Champions League, we just need to win 2-0, that's it. We rested (well, partly) some of our key players, they should be fresh.

[Trueblue1982 48]

Good 3 points, back to basics, scrap out a 1-0 win, i dont think its papering over cracks sam81292, it wasnt the best but also wasnt the worse, the last 2 games seem to have a bit of passion. All in all a much needed 3 points no mater how they come.

[ulsterchelsea 3,213]

Far from good but a win is a win and thats 2 on the trot for bobbys boys. Can never tell much from a game like that because stoke are interested only in a bus parking exercise. There needs to come a time soon as well when the over excessive pushing and holding in the box will be punished because it was ridiculous today. Gonna need to be much better on Wed night if we are to beat Napoli.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Another solid performance from Gary Cahill as well by the way, that's why I voted for him as our MOTM

[Kieran. 6,317]

You all are hard to please.

Good performance, tons of chances, clean sheet. Most importantly, 3 points.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Three points. Bring on Napoli.

[francozola 2,040]

Great result, crap performance. If we play like this, we have no chance against Napoli.

The first XI was absolute shite

Meireles, Mikel & Lampard ALL playing? Ridiculous.

[Billy. 2,739]

big 3 points we just need to up our game a little bit more its just to slow atm