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I wouldn't have been. I would have just got on with it and accepted it. He dived like he was a goalkeeper. It was a bloody good save too even though it may or may not have gone in if not for his intervention. Shame for them that he wasn't the one wearing the gloves. I think it was a class example of a penalty decision. Was denial of a possible goalscoring opportunity (who knows where it may have ended up, even if it was just a rebound for a quick tap in, that's still a chance), plus to make hand/arm contact in the penalty area, serious foul, which warrants a red and pen. Its textbook.

Who honestly pays attention to what Sun Sport has to say anyways? They're widely renowned for their professional bias and idiocy. Instead of 6's, I think our lads deserve at the very least, an average of 8's. They tore into every part of Arsenals game yesterday.

Also prevents people from mass ordering tickets and selling them for profit.

Wow. Now that is just outright sickening to actually wish an injury on a player like that. It reminds me when the Spurs fans were hoping that the Walcott injury against them ended his career. Its always nice to have a weakened team to go against. But I certainly would not wish against a players well being. I thought David Luis played absolutely fantastic today with Matic. Oscar too. I noticed that the goals suddenly dried up once David Luis came off? He linked everything together well. I was also very impressed with Salah. I knew he was fast, but that breaking run!! We should call him Sonic. Torres contributed very well today aswell. There was one very noticeable difference in his game today. He was passing the ball more instead of trying to achieve the impossible on his own. Still not the CF we need him to be, but he made up for it with his creative spark. A vast improvement on recent performances. I think its too early to tell who will win it yet as there are so many big fixtures to come. Anfield is really concerning me as they are suddenly running rampant. I want to keep our big game winning tradition in place and smash them a new one in that game. Of all the fans who deserve a slice of humble pie, it is indeed the scousers. We must not take these lower table teams any less seriously than we would an Arsenal or Liverpool fixture either. What people overlook at this time of the season is the lower table sides, specifically those fighting to stay up, will be extra up for it to keep themselves in the premiership next season. These teams aren't going to lie down and take a beating with a struggle. Bottom line here, we should ignore our instincts to become complacent and focus on winning our remaining games. With a bit of luck results will go our way and we can take advantage.

I knew Oscars little dip in form wouldn't last. Well happy to see him back on form when it counts.

I am ecstatic. What's wonderful start to the weekend. The title dream is still alive lads. Just worried about Eto'o.

I look forward to seeing Kurt Zouma in action next season. He does seem like he has a lot of potential. Matt Shaw is definitely a player we need. I think we have a good chance of landing him over United. Not only is he a Chelsea fan (who would turn down the chance to play for their favourite club?) But its also been revealed that his family lives near Cobham, so it'll mean closer family ties. I would love to see Shaw come to Stamford Bridge. Balotelli... no chance. He's bad news. Fights team mates and coaches, can't put a bib on and would be a public relation officers reason to resign.

Aguero is a great striker, but how much football has he played lately? He's always injured. Either City are really poor at keeping players fit, or his injury is worse than suspected. Yes!!! I wouldnt say no to seeing Alvaro Negredo in a Chelsea shirt. He is a great frontman but seems wasted at City since eyebrows has some unbelievable amount of faith in Djeko (who I don't really rate) and Jovetic. (His epic dive against us had me in hysterics. He took drama classes at school!!!)

Hahaha that last sentence cracked me up. Yes he does, and this is one of the reasons I hope to see the Blues dump them from the CL.Though, it'll probably result in them trying to sign our whole starting 11 in the summer!

It was a different game, just checked the highlights. My mistake. Can't for the life of me figure out which match it was. But there was a moment where David Luis kinda backtracked but gave up and wandered off leaving a man unmarked, which resulted in a goal. I thought it was a televised match at first, that's why I immediately thought of that City defeat. But it may have been on MOTD. I definitely remember watching it go in, shaking my head and muttering to myself about it. I remember it being very uncharacteristically poor from him.

I agree. To me, this is the most exciting thing about cups. Facing teams you ordinarily wouldn't face in a standard domestic league. I dislike facing premiership teams in domestic cups because to me its just another premiership clash. Let alone in Europe. Personally I was really hoping to draw Dortmund deep down because I've always wanted to see how we'd measure up against them. Why haven't we ever scheduled a pre season friendly with them? Either way, I'm keen for the PSG fixture. I think it will be a great game.

Exactly. In football, there's a lot more room for improvement compared to other sports, because half the time, refs either cave to the home support or just go with whatever decision they feel like at the time. I've been saying for years how officiating should catch up with the times. Villa Park was a prime example recently. I'm sure the FA could afford to have a bod sit in a room somewhere watching live feeds of what the MOTD cameras are shooting. The technology is in place. The cameras, the headsets that officials wear on the pitch. Monitoring and communication. Thats all it needs. Also managers should have the right to speak with the 4th official to clarify events and request things to be looked at without fear of being sent to the stands. Otherwise what is the point of a 4th official? With the amount of money the sport generates, you'd think making sure the matches are correctly officiated would be a high priority. Just my two pence on it. I do love this sport and I find it really sad when poor officiating casts a shadow on proceedings.

Its not what I would call feeling "entitled" to ask an official to do their job and call matches as per the laws of the game. My uncle is a ref and he feels the same way about it. I'm all for sportsmanship and when we genuinely lose as a result of being outplayed, I'm the first to applaud the winners, but when a ref makes bad calls that possibly change the course of the match, I can understand people being upset about that.

That would be a perfect way to celebrate. Well, last time against the scousers, they conceded 4 in 20. So hopefully we can give them another reminder of how that felt.

I was amazed at Jesus' behaviour in the first leg. Showing the 3 fingers after scoring showed a lack of class in my opinion. I was hoping Spurs would win (as they were the last English team in the Euro League) and for the celebration thing. Yeah, they sucked for a lot of the game, but came alive too late. I think they would have gone through if the penalty was awarded.

United have just lost their main firepower (Van Persie) for 4 to 6 weeks. He carried them through their Olympiacos tie. That's going to be damaging to their chance of even stranding toe to toe with Bayern. I don't fancy them at all and I am baffled as to how anybody could possibly fancy them against a Munich side who are massively efficient this season and are almost undefeated...

Sounds quality. Efficiency, affordable beer, great buzz and football? What more can you possibly want? Haha. I hope we qualify next season and land Dortmund in the group phase. That would be a perfect opportunity. More chance of landing a ticket for the group phase matches. If I do go, I'll have another couple days there to go sightseeing too. You can't go to Germany without being a tourist.

I never listen to critics. Most of them are pretentious k**bends anyways. As for the game, its not without its faults. My main critique is there are too many transition points in the map (which is pretty small compared to the likes of Fallout and Skyrim) and some are too well hidden. I was hoping that since its its a next gen title, it would have the memory to handle bigger maps with less loading periods. Besides that gripe, the game is quality. Graphics are smooth, the story is good and the mechanics are pretty good for a stealth game. Pretty intense too. Its designed for stealth not combat, right up my street. Well worth a look if you're into stealthy games like I am. Dishonoured is great too. Spent ages on that game.

Pardon me if a thread exists already, or if its already been discussed elsewhere, but anyone else watch their match with Benfica? That incident where Kane was dragged down in the box near the end and bundled. Should have been a pen. Then Benfica was awarded one moments later for an equally bad foul. Kinda felt bad for Spurs. They got screwed over pretty harsh there. Further proof that referees need sorting out big time and made accountable for poor decisions.

On the crest its different, I just meant aesthetically as part of the shirt itself. I must say, I do love the current crest. Looks classy. The other crest (although nice) was too similar to Millwall. Now that is different. That's out of respect. A good thing he did for his father there.

I'm happy with that. PSG are a fantastic team though. So I am certainly not taking them lightly. The easier tie would have been either Dortmund or Utd. PSG is one of (what I would call) one of the medium/hard teams we could have got. Utd? Laughing so hard right now. What a nightmare for them. Personally, I have been saying this since the nget go, but I hope to meet Bayern in another final. That last final we had against them was one of the most intense encounters I have ever witnessed.

Yeah, they are but I hope there's more to them and less plain when they're finalised. Though I have a feeling the official releases are going to be held back throughout our European run.I'd love to see more blue and gold. Last year's home shirt was a touch of class.

Yep, former Blues man. I noticed that too.

They usually threaten to tap them illegally too from what I've read. Not sure how much truth is in that but still a pretty lousy thing. PSG are a nuisance. They're like the spoilt brat with the rich daddy. I've lost count of the amount of players in our team that they've shown interest in. It seems they choose one, get rejected and then look at the rest of our squad for another diamond, rinse and repeat. Seeing the PSG acronym in any news story involving Chelsea players usually results in furrowed eyebrows for me.

No way would David Luis suit being a defender. Did you not see him against City in the cup? It was his defensive blunder that directly caused us to concede one of the goals. While he is a lousy full back, he is an excellent midfielder. He's good at a holding position and a bit crafty down the flank. I would hate to see the lad go for any price. Even if they offer 40 to 50 mil, that would be little consolation for losing a player with his work rate. His only downfall is being injury prone and susceptible to receiving yellow cards. Discipline and conditioning could solve both those problems.