Jonty

It would have been hilarious if Liverpool had been knocked out by a club ran by a trophy wife.

I've seen Torres struggle against pretty much any and every opposition put in front of him, right now i'd have a lot more faith in Piazon contributing to a much needed late goal than Torres, even if Piazon doesn't score himself he will link up far better with the likes of Mazacar than Torres, who just loses it as soon as it's given to him.

I've seen this said so many times I actually believed this was true at first glance dammit

This club going to sh*t decision wise coincided with Torres's arrival at the club. Some may think this is unfair, but once he's out I feel like everything will suddenly become better, he is a far bigger threat to our club than RA or FSW. If we had Ba or Drogba or Falcao playing up front all season, the team would probably be in 1st place and still be in the CL, the Board & RA would be in a better mood, the fans would be happier, RDM would still be in charge (or Carlo would still be in charge most likely), and people could come to terms more with Frank leaving knowing that the club is doing well enough that we can live without him. Sad thing is we wouldn't sell him for anything under at least 25 million, and even if someone was silly enough to fork that out, he'd probably have to take a big wage cut, and I don't think he'd want to. So we're stuck with him for another 3 years.

We're probably not going to get Falcao in the summer, Cavani is probably the next best thing.

4th is the bare minimum, anything less and this season has been a complete disaster. Any cups would be fantastic, if we don't win the LC now i'd be pretty disappointed, I think we have a good chance at the FA Cup provided we don't get City/United/Liverpool/Spurs/Everton away, the Europa is a real longshot, but if we did win it it would be fantastic. All 3 would make this season one of the best ever.

Of course not, Piazon can come on to see out the last 15-20 minutes of games.

There is no reason we'd ever need the two of them on the pitch together, the only reason it's going to happen is because it's the only way we can have Torres on the field, and still have a good striker on there scoring goals. But considering Torres will be there instead of either Oscar or Hazard most likely, it's ridiculous. But will definitely happen unfortunately..

What did he do?

Have they already forgotten their CL group draws for the last few years?

Comparing him to Cesc is one thing, but saying Mikel has more natural talent than Frank? Blasphemy!

------------------Cech Ferreira - Terry - Carvalho - Cole ----Ballack - Makelele -Lampard --Mata------Drogba-------Anelka Would take Anelka any day over J.Cole or Robben. If we're going off pure ability not accomplishments though, really Hazard would be on that wing instead.

People saying Hazard's dream is to play for RM, didn't he choose us over them in the summer? I remember Zidane (their directer of football) was talking him up for ages.

You can't know what will happen in the future, he could fall out with a manager or get homesick for Spain, but he does seem like a loyal player so barring something like that happening, I think theres a good chance he will stay for a long time. He'll probably be good friends with our other Spanish players like Torres, Romeu and Dave, the former 2 have a good chance of leaving in the next few seasons, so we'll have to see what happens with that.

Mata was the best player on the pitch but I voted for Ba. I just couldn't help myself i'm so excited about having a good striker.

Still can't get over how happy I am with what Ba has done today, scored 2 goals while not being heavily involved, it's beautiful.

He was so unlucky not to get it with that header

FUARRK so close to a hattrick then, c'mon!

great save

Who/When was the last Chelsea player to score on a hattrick on debut?

How long has it been since we've seen someone score a goal like that, brilliant :D

Mata is a god

Both our goalscorers producing the goods before they go off to ACON!

Dave is bloody brilliant

It's so beautiful we finally have a proper poacher in the box, someone who will follow in these chances and get in the right positions. Bring's a tear to my eye.