Closed Chelsea 3-1 Rubin Kazan

[Heisenberg 1,824]

End of the season for Tottenham.

[zolayes 14,489]

Sorry for going off topic, why do you feel the need to insult Mourinho at any given opportunity?

Mourinho's reputation does not rely on Ronaldo one bit. Mourinho was acknowledged as one of the best (if not the best) managers in the world by many before he was at Real, surely even you know that.

rupert is just one u from a rupture ,,,its caused by being such a wanker, like sexual transmitted diseases he is best ignored

[Rupert 130]

rupert is just one u from a rupture ,,,its caused by being such a wanker, like sexual transmitted diseases he is best ignored

No, I don't know that. I know he is the most expensive manager in the world. At Chelsea, for example, he spent quarter of a billion pounds i.e. 250,000 pounds and he got sacked.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Any fresh news ??

No need for news bro, just look to the picture you'll understand that he wont, at least , play until the end of April, which is great.Very good news.

[didierforever 7,349]

That's it, meaning we just can't send there reserves and youth. If that was 4-1 it would be safer. Now we can't really rest the players before the Man City game.

thats very harsh.

i mean y cant a team like

cech

iva luiz JT pf

ake lamps

moses yossi marin

torres

do the job. the main point is resting MAZACAR, rambo+mikel and our full backs(azpi and bert).

[erinblue 15]

well done torres, worked your bollox off esp when we didn't have the ball......ryan was also good and as usual mata...

but fcuk me how poor were ramires and lamps...lamps name not mentioned 1st 15 and from then on both him and ramires kept giving the ball away...not even under pressure......

bad injury to bale, but remember mata done that against utd at OT and was still available next game...........not wishing him bad but would be nice to see him rested for 6-7 weeks

[English Freak 456]

thats very harsh.

i mean y cant a team like

cech

iva luiz JT pf

ake lamps

moses yossi marin

torres

do the job. the main point is resting MAZACAR, rambo+mikel and our full backs(azpi and bert).

Resting the three attacking midfielders is important...but I highly doubt Rafa would leave all of them out of the away leg.

Nice team selection, I'd probably change Yossi for Oscar.

[didierforever 7,349]

Resting the three attacking midfielders is important...but I highly doubt Rafa would leave all of them out of the away leg.

Nice team selection, I'd probably change Yossi for Oscar.

oscar without mata and hazard seems to be like a fish out of water. instead of a link up player, he plays the role of a 2nd striker. 2 times we have tried that, and it has gone real bad (qpr at home and southampton last week).

[Liquidator 5,176]

Well Rubin kazan brought quite a following with them. They had what 30 fans? The highlight of the night was doing a wanker sign to some spurs fans on a train platform at London bridge station as the train left though

[Garden Of Eden 40]

JT's hand ball accusation was utter bull, but on the other hand Steven Taylor - that is a clear handball c'mon ref switch on...

[robdog 2,084]

Must say it was a joy to see Hazard & Mata playing together. Even though it was a couple of minutes, the danger for Kazan increased. So glad that Hazard is on my team Oh & Bert looked funky fresh out there today. Getting up the pitch & sending in dangerous crosses. Also playing some d & halting some Rubin runs. That Rubin guy is tuff, but I think The Chels will do him.

[Alabama 1,992]

its good seeing my Chelsea back to winning ways...Rubin Kazan fired!!!

[daniel monye 0]

Did anyone saw that moses flick,,

what a strike,thats what i want from moses.

[Special Juan 27,429]

By the way there is no better long range passing defender with two feet than JT. His distribution from defence is incredible at times, just quality.

Also, Mata's first touch to get the ball under control is a joy to be hold, he plucks it from the air like it's on string....Again, joy to watch.

[Stingray 9,441]

The boys did well and yes Torres suprised me. Now focus like crazy on the next game and come out all guns blazing.

Seriously.

[edetarod 2,155]

only reason ladyboy put a shift in was because he knows EL is his only chance for game time

[Ollie 4,400]

I also agree Bertrand had a good game too. By far his best performance for us, hopefully he gains a bit more belief in himself especially after that mazy run in the first half. He's good with the ball and is very quick, just needs to stop being so subdued in matches and give it some. He showed yesterday why we kept hold of him.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Rubin really were a mess so it's hard to read too much into individual performances. Torres has hopefully given some prospective buyers the thought that he isn't a completely busted flush which is good. Glad to see Moses get a goal after he got some stick in the Southampton game.

Unsurprisingly the double pivot was fairly woeful, although Ramires worked hard as usual. Lampard didn't score so might as well not been on the pitch.

Marin is just pitiful. He's been unfortunate with not getting much game time but this move just wasn't right for him from start to finish. And that finish better be sooner than later.

Bertrand looked good and hopefully he continues this against tougher opposition. But it was Mata who just ran the show and showed so much class on the ball. I'd have preferred 3-0 but this scoreline allows us to rest a few of the guys before an important game.

BTW, gloating over an injury to a player like Bale is absolutely classless.