Well that was a heavy 3pts well deserved although tibs needs to sort his game out drogba is not...drogba Oscar will probarbly be sold in the summer cuadrado needs to man up and if hazard doesnt get PFA player of the year then they can all f##off geezer is on a totally different dimension to rest them f##king legend in the making!!! KTBFFH

Drogba won't be sold. He has only one year contract.

I thought we were much better today than we've been recently. We completely dominated and Stoke really created very little. There's not really too much to be said about their goal, if Adam tried that 100 times he wouldn't be able to repeat it. Another 3 points in the bag, very pleased and on to a tricky game next week. 

 

Also, best performance I've seen from Willian in a long time - he actually took people on, which was delightful to see!

 

Up the Blues. 

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Jose Mourinho: ‘I’m happy with the points and the performance,’

 

Yep. Me too.

Can't ever remember seeing a team commit more fouls in a single match than Stoke did today (22). How on earth did they finish the game with 11 men?

that looked like a deliberate elbow on fab as well to me

The odds have gone from 1/12 to 1/20 on us winning PL. High time we started playing like odds on favourites. 

I thought I saw Cuadrado really badly fouled, but haven't seen mention of it.

Hazard on Chelsea TV said he think he was fouled before Adam's goal but he was glad he didn't blow the whistle cause he lived the goal. What a top lad he is.

 

and they say we have no class

I thought I saw Cuadrado really badly fouled, but haven't seen mention of it.

 

i know the challenge you are thinking of. i thought it was hard but fair - certainly knocked Cuadrado off his stride, for the next 5 minutes he didn't want the ball near him. Guess he has to learn that teams like Stoke are going to give you a physical encounter first and possibly play football later

They're just nervous, some do go over aboard I agree but nerves will do that. It's a coping mechanism that's all.

I agree with this. Some do go overboard and if people don't agree with those people they should try and find a better way of responding to them rather than just calling them names. If people are going to respond that way then i don't see how they can think that they are any better really.

If i disagree with someone in a match day thread, i prefer to respond to them directly by questioning their opinion, or i give my opinion on why i think they are wrong. It's much better than just calling that person a twat, c**t, idiot or glory hunter. They don't accomplish anything by replying that way, all they are doing is making things 10x worse and then we get pages of arguing which makes things even more negative.

It's a forum, we are all going to have different opinions. If some people don't agree with those opinions, then why don't they say why they don't agree rather than telling people to get a f**king grip, or telling them to f**k off ?

i know the challenge you are thinking of. i thought it was hard but fair - certainly knocked Cuadrado off his stride, for the next 5 minutes he didn't want the ball near him. Guess he has to learn that teams like Stoke are going to give you a physical encounter first and possibly play football later

So I didn't imagine it, I thought the crowd reacted to it.

I agree with this. Some do go overboard and if people don't agree with those people they should try and find a better way of responding to them rather than just calling them names. If people are going to respond that way then i don't see how they can think that they are any better really.

If i disagree with someone in a match day thread, i prefer to respond to them directly by questioning their opinion, or i give my opinion on why i think they are wrong. It's much better than just calling that person a twat, c**t, idiot or glory hunter. They don't accomplish anything by replying that way, all they are doing is making things 10x worse and then we get pages of arguing which makes things even more negative.

It's a forum, we are all going to have different opinions. If some people don't agree with those opinions, then why don't they say why they don't agree rather than telling people to get a f**king grip, or telling them to f**k off ?

It's fine to disagree, but how it's done is sometimes questionable, I don't like the aggression.

Thought we played well, hugely important result with some tricky fixtures coming up. Big shame about Costa hope it isn't too serious and can get back healthy ASAP, In the meantime Remy got his goal and played very well.

 

Cuadrado you can see he has the talent but he needs to get on the weights big time counted 2 or 3 occasions where he was slightly nudged and went flying, London derby next hope we smash em and effectivley relegate the bar stewards.

 

Hazard was absolutely unreal today and has been for a while now he is starting to show the consistancy we've been asking of him for a long time and for me really is starting to show he belongs in the Ronaldo, Messi category.

 

UTC.

I just watched the highlights and CLEARLY Hazard was fouled right before that d**k Adams goal.  

Also, all of the people who are hating on Cuadrado right now, let him have an entire preseason to accumulate to the league before we write him off.   

On a side note.  Yahoo.com has an entire headline dedicate to Charlie Adams' goal.  F***ing disgraceful.  

I was dissappointed with a few things today.

Firstly, we were light in and around the box in the first half. We just didn't get players in there quickly enough. I thought we should have started with Remy and Costa as it was obvious Stoke were going to play defensively.

We are too scared to pull the trigger too many times. Fabregas and Oscar were particularly guilty of this. Just bloody well shoot for crying out loud!

Caudrado was poor again. I would have liked to have seen him start. He looks nervous.

I missed the start of Adams goal as I was paying attention to Hazard being down. Once I heard some noise i looked up just in time to see Courtois floundering and the ball going in the back of the net.

Worryingly we are going to be without Costa for some important games. I am confident Remy will cover but Drogba is a spent force and anything other than a cameo here and there is expecting too much.

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performances of the day,hazard and Willian.Willian has his critics - but when he is on form with hazard we are a completely different team.there is still something missing with fabregas,ramires,matic combination.notice I excluded Oscar.IMO he has had his chance and more.get a tidy sum for him and move him on,although when I see cuadrado I think who is doing the moving on and who is doing the hiring.

another thing,I like the movement of Remy and he seems to have pretty good close control and positional awareness.it will be interesting to see how he deputises for Costa,(if he gets the chance).matic had a poor game and fabregas was just alright.this is the area we are failing IMO.players in midfield that compliment hazard,Willian and costa are needed.over to you Jose.

Eddie is carrying the team but I don't mind

He's just signed on for 5 more yrs & will only get better

If he's bro Thorgan is 1/2 as good CFC quids in

Never mind used to be SFL that made the difference now it's our #10

Eddie is carrying the team but I don't mind

He's just signed on for 5 more yrs & will only get better

If he's bro Thorgan is 1/2 as good CFC quids in

Never mind used to be SFL that made the difference now it's our #10

Thorgen has been sold to Monchengladbach.

Thorgen has been sold to Monchengladbach.

Missed that how much money for the boy ?

Thorgen has been sold to Monchengladbach.

We have a buy back clause though

Thorgen has been sold to Monchengladbach.

Well if this is true,either thorgen has gone completely off the boil,or we are clueless to recognise a truly exceptional player.watched him when he was in the youth team and he was head and shoulders above.

That will never happen

Wasn't a serious comment...we could easily have gone undefeated in the league though

I just watched the highlights and CLEARLY Hazard was fouled right before that d**k Adams goal.  

Also, all of the people who are hating on Cuadrado right now, let him have an entire preseason to accumulate to the league before we write him off.   

fair enough but we didn't buy him to prepare for next season

 

he was bought to help us significantly this season.

We've become a one man team I'm afraid to say. Oscar is Tom Cleverley with an accent, Willian has zero end product and Fabregas has been awful since Xmas.