Fulham 0-0 Chelsea

[Kojo 4,676]

I would honestly not of took Torres off for Drogba, but Carlo thought Drogba would enlighten it. Drogba was he even on the pitch?, i hardly saw him, the only time i saw him when he attempted to take about 4 defenders on, i don't know what he was trying to accomplish but the only chance he had of getting that ball through was trying to get it through there legs. Luiz however was a slight penelty, mostly because clint was on his own, but if it's accepted then we should of at least had one when they fouled malouda, i think it was. Though overall i think the referee handeld the game pretty well, just wasn't very good with the box situation. However bad penelty by Clint, and brilliant awareness by Cech for deciding to wait on it than jumping to far wide, just brilliant. That penelty has made me be greatful for just the draw really.

Still 0-0 is not what we need at all, but we played much better in the game, we were in there half constantly, it's just the crosses were off, and i couldn't name one person who could finish properly on that pitch, the only one who really had a chance was Torres in the second half when he was getting his confidence back. Essien also played well, ramires made some good stuff and Luiz was outstanding, the penelty was unfortunate and he really shouldn't take long range shots lol. But honestly i loved him and even if the penelty was scored doesn't make a difference, Luiz played outstanding. I don't think any players did bad besides Anelka, Drogba & Torres (first half), Malouda was a bit off with his crosses and he wasn't very intelligent and move making. Anelka just slowed down the pace a lot, Anelka hasn't got the best concentration but he should be capable of being sharpe and playing through some fast balls, especially second half when Torres was getting his confidence back. Anelka would of played much better if he positioned himself properly, i think he was just totally out of the match tactic. But never mind it the match could of been a lot worse, but Carlo has learned a lot with the new positioning and players, so he will know what to do next, just a big shame we have to play Man United next.

[Ray. 217]

Fulham played a very defensive game yesterday in which they 'parked the bus'. It was a pity that we couldn't break through as we had plenty of chances to do so. I think something is obviously playing on Torres's mind and he needs more time to adjust to the squad, i'd expect the same with any new player.

Chant of the match has to be 'We Don't Hate You, We Don't Hate You, We Don't Hate You, cos your shit' absolute quality

[Styles 9,790]

Why is everybody saying Torres looks bad and lacks confidence? Who is supplying him? Where ae the crosses from wide areas? The only decent pass he got all night was a long ball fom Luiz which is vey hard on the run. He was making some great runs against Fulham but nobody in the team has the ability to make the final ball for him. Infact his movement is too good for our team, he makes runs but they just can't make the pass. It was like that with Cespo as well, his movement was magnificent but he was it was just too clever for our players.

[Jose M 140]

Why is everybody saying Torres looks bad and lacks confidence? Who is supplying him? Where ae the crosses from wide areas? The only decent pass he got all night was a long ball fom Luiz which is vey hard on the run. He was making some great runs against Fulham but nobody in the team has the ability to make the final ball for him. Infact his movement is too good for our team, he makes runs but they just can't make the pass. It was like that with Cespo as well, his movement was magnificent but he was it was just too clever for our players.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on83SG06flY

[NattyBlue 44]

Can't beat teams that park the bus yet we expect to beat Everton who only know how to defend and grab 4th spot in the champions league somehow and then some fucking nutters expecting us to win the thing this year too, amazing...

We've gone back a few months with that performance I think...reminded me of birmingham without the onslaught on their goalie