Closed Chelsea 5-4 Manchester United (AET)

[BlueSanti 290]

Good work. Satisfied with result, bit of lucky but win is only what matters.

Good work from Danny, Azpi and Moses also, keep that guys.

I am glad that Danny actually plays like striker, I suddenly like the fact that he is selfish son of a bitch, thats how a striker play, he strikes.

Now lets destroy Swansea.

P.S.: Tasty quarterfinal draw.

[Superblue 6,372]

I thought something was wrong, I even checked the sums twice to make sure I didn't make a typo. Turns out I was missing two players, thanks.

Hang your head in shame Spike

[bloody 209]

as i stated above shown ANYTHING. even character or something as simple as workrate.

some people would go any lengths to defend the players they like.

nah, some people would just be reasonable.

[Stats 7,147]

Exactly. You have to give players a run of games in order to see their quality. Sturridge had a couple of really stupid plays and a couple more chances he should have done better on, but he also did a lot of things right. His positioning was very good and he made some very good runs. He generally pressed their defence well and he wasn't afraid to shoot. He also made a few beautiful passes. I was really impressed at how well Danny and Moses worked together. He needs work, but he needs games to improve.

This. I can't believe it when people say Sturridge was awful. He was wasteful with some of his chances but apart from that his trickery and creativity IMO was top class and linked up with play very well. His finish was first class and he looked like a man eager to prove a point and I am sure RDM saw more positives in him than negatives. Considering he has hardly got to prove himself up front and put in a decent performance tonight topped by a goal I definitely feel he should be given more chances to prove himself up front. I was thoroughly convinced by him tonight.

[didierforever 7,349]

They should try and see how it feels like TO GET ROBBED while it's 9 vs 12. Pathetic really.

9 vs 14...

[Kieran. 6,317]

I hope Mata is on the bench vs. Swansea. Really don't want him to get burned out again.

[couris 232]

what?! he is much better than torres he shown such a great skill today just need to work on his teamwork and maybe because of that he don't start...Reminds me of ibra in barca think about it!! still it was with piazon and moses and whan he had hazrd he pass much more because he know he have someone to count on...

but was great on 1 against 1 not like torres against the GK coming back or shaknig

for me him together with hazrd are the MOM

Hes not much better than Torres.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I hope Mata is on the bench vs. Swansea. Really don't want him to get burned out again.

For sure and we need him for Shaktar. Moses certainly showed that he can be effective on the right and I think a front-line of Hazard-Oscar-Moses is definitely good enough..

[Azpinator 2,325]

I just loved Roman's facepalm.. any screencaps?

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Hazard - Oscar - Marin VS Swansea?

[didierforever 7,349]

nah, some people would just be reasonable.

"reasonable" how? by not accepting that a particular player was bad on the pitch? seems pretty reasonable.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Somebody got Highlights with english commentary? Cheers!

[Rmpr 8,977]

Hazard - Oscar - Marin VS Swansea?

Hazard - Oscar - Moses

I would not start Marin, but I would sub him in.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Hazard - Oscar - Marin VS Swansea?

No chance. Marin has played 20 minutes so far this season. He'll need a couple of sub appearances at least, before he's ready to start.

[Rambo 1,729]

When can we expect links to the game? I was going insane during class with the constant score updates

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Hazard - Oscar - Moses

I would not start Marin, but I would sub him in.

No chance. Marin has played 20 minutes so far this season. He'll need a couple of sub appearances at least, before he's ready to start.

Moses and Mata played 120 min today, and i dont want Ramires on the wing. So only Marin, Hazard and Oscar left...

[Mustafa 885]

I wanted to see Marin today !

[Kojo 4,676]

By the way, Dwight York possibly the most bias pundit ever?, what's the actual point of having him on the set really?.

Last season he actually tried to convince people Ashley Young never dived for those two penalties... ahhh this really needs a roman facepalm pic.

[Superblue 6,372]

I grudgingly agree, we could see Mata on the bench for Swansea. I'm sure RDM didn't plan to play him the whole game and certainly not 120 minutes but as usual he played a big part in us winning. Just not sure what I'm going to do with my fantasy team now this week because Mata has been scoring me so many points recently!

I have to agree with the comments regarding Sturridge. He missed a couple of guilt edged chances, as did Moses, but that comes with match sharpness. Both have a big part to play this season because of their direct style of play. I was pleasantly surprised how technically good Moses looked tonight, I think he's already more polished than I have always felt he was. I just hope Robbie keeps offering a carrot to Sturridge and he takes it. Robbie needs to show Torres in the same way as Lampard, that names don't matter at this football club anymore, and you need to be performing to keep your place.

[dejavuetall 1]

Who says rdm aint good enuf to coach chelsea? Ktbfh