Posting this now as I need to dash at the full time whistle.

p.s. Despite Drogs getting three my MOTM is Cole.

Ashley Cole, Essien and Malouda were all excellent but i'm going to be boring and vote for the hat-trick man.

Malouda for me.

Drogba for me, 2 brilliant fks to loosen it up.

essien for me he was the engine in our sports car...

The hat trick gets Drogba my vote

Hard not to vote for a man who scored three goals and set up another one through a superb free kick.

That said there were plenty of good performances, here are my thoughts on a few of the better ones:

Malouda - Fantastic again, is a real goal threat these days and is absolutely world class, a gamebreaker now for me and definitely in the top 3 players at the club.

Cole - Showed all the individuals who have been saying he's replaceable just how wrong they were/are. The combination of he and Malouda is the best left side in club football right now, and will continue to be the main outlet for goal scoring oppurtunities on todays performance.

Mikel - That's right you read correctly. Still had a couple of dodgy moments as always but I have mentioned him here because he really opened up the range of his passing today. Was even a bit further forward at times and was a bit unlucky not to reopen his account (surely its been closed given how long it's been empty) when he was first to the Drogba freekick. Real positive signs from a player who is going to need to take it to another level this season.

Drogbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Oh ok i'll vote for Malouda, or maybe Drogba. Feck it i'll toss a coin because I can't decide.

Drogbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Oh ok i'll vote for Malouda, or maybe Drogba. Feck it i'll toss a coin because I can't decide.

nice

Didier Drogba lalalala!

What a performance. Secondary votes go to Flo....he was top notch as well!

despite the hat-trick, I was overjoyed to see the Bison back, and loved his performance. So my vote goes to him, but really it could have been any of Cole, Drogba, Lampard, or Essien

mikel and essien ran the show. Gone for Mikel did his job efficiently and snuffed out any threat plus his distribution was good

I agree Mikel had a very solid performance, but I don't quite think it was MOTM worthy. But great to see him and Essien rule

Anelka for me, ok he didnt get much action in front of goal

but his hold up pla was magnificent, one of the best in the league if you ask me for holding up the ball and laying it off

Drogba. Hard to argue with three goals.

Had to pick one for me, but DD's hattrick edged it. Malouda a close second, and Cole, Lamps and the Bison were all MOTM worthy for sure.

Florent Malouda-louda-louda, Florent Malouda! He was excellent today, in every aspect of his performance, not a foot wrong!

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Drogbaaaaaaaaaaaa for me 3 goals gets my vote

Cole for me was outstanding today in the first half and for franks goal so i went with him.

Another shout out to Mikel, with the new signing of Ramires you would think he's under pressure but he was brilliant at times on the ball and turned numerous players and his passing except for one dodgy pass was perfect.

Has to be Drogba. He played magnificently today. Hopefully he will keep his form going throughout the season.

Malouda for me.

Hard call, Ashley looked at ease , Essien just looked the part didnt he , Drogs first half wasnt there but he ozzed class from then on. Have to give it to Drogs , incridbile player and second half he was outstanding.

Quite a few good performances. Really it was only Ferreira who were below par (far, far below).

But Drogba scored three goals. Might have been a bit lucky (bad wall, easy rebound and deflected shot), but a real goalscorer have that sometimes.

Could this be the new 100% fit, no-pain Drogba? Can we expect wonders from him yet again?

If only he could teach Kalou and Anelka how to score goals as well

Drogba for me