The Official Thread of Chelsea FC

[Captain Obvious]

Will AVB end the same way as Scolari, out the door by February?

[Orangemac]

Time is catching up with the Chelsea pensioners. Terry,Cole,Drogba,Lampard,Cech are not the players they were. Bosingwa and Luiz were never defenders to start with.

Shocking how easily Chelsea have been cut open in a lot of games this year. 2nd goal yesterday was criminal, Petrov simply strolled into the box and had all the time in the world to pick his spot.

It may be premature but AVB seems out of his depth.

[Norf Tyrone]

Time is catching up with the Chelsea pensioners. Terry,Cole,Drogba,Lampard,Cech are not the players they were. Bosingwa and Luiz were never defenders to start with.

Shocking how easily Chelsea have been cut open in a lot of games this year. 2nd goal yesterday was criminal, Petrov simply strolled into the box and had all the time in the world to pick his spot.

It may be premature but AVB seems out of his depth.

Terry is 31 and still playing well, and Cole was 31 last week. Hardly pensioners. Cole just needs to be rested every now and again as he is asked to play every week. Luiz needs moved to midfield, and the stats show how poor Bosingwa is.

[Norf Tyrone]

The old pensioners Cole and Lamps combine in the 89th minute!!

Funny that!

[Puckoon]

Fantastic determination from Lampard to get on the end of that cross from outside the D when Torres released Cole. I like auld lamps.

[Norf Tyrone]

Probably one of Torres' better games today. His run led to the corner for the opener, and his sublime pass made the second goal. The quality of ball into him was poor, and he had to scrap for everything he got. Definately better.

[Dinny Breen]

Probably one of Torres' better games today. His run led to the corner for the opener, and his sublime pass made the second goal. The quality of ball into him was poor, and he had to scrap for everything he got. Definately better.

Phil Thompson was slating him on Sky saying he was woeful but I thought he was one of Chelsea's better players and really wonder how those pundits get work...

[Norf Tyrone]

Probably one of Torres' better games today. His run led to the corner for the opener, and his sublime pass made the second goal. The quality of ball into him was poor, and he had to scrap for everything he got. Definately better.

Phil Thompson was slating him on Sky saying he was woeful but I thought he was one of Chelsea's better players and really wonder how those pundits get work...

Funny when Fulham drew with Chelsea on boxing day the 18yo lad, Frei was excellent. Looked at the paper the next day and they gave him 4 out of 10!

[EC Unique]

Probably one of Torres' better games today. His run led to the corner for the opener, and his sublime pass made the second goal. The quality of ball into him was poor, and he had to scrap for everything he got. Definately better.

Phil Thompson was slating him on Sky saying he was woeful but I thought he was one of Chelsea's better players and really wonder how those pundits get work...

Thompson is not really a pundit. He is set in there for the rest to take the hand out of him. He is a muppet.

[Bingo]

Any talk on Chelsea forums of Torres having a transfer request rejected tonight?

Maybe PSG or Malaga have turned his head, it happens this time of year with him.

[Jonah]

The old pensioners Cole and Lamps combine in the 89th minute!!

Funny that!

Neither should have been on the pitch at that point both deserved red cards in the game.

[Norf Tyrone]

Any talk on Chelsea forums of Torres having a transfer request rejected tonight?

Maybe PSG or Malaga have turned his head, it happens this time of year with him.

Not a mention anywhere!

The old pensioners Cole and Lamps combine in the 89th minute!!

Funny that!

Neither should have been on the pitch at that point both deserved red cards in the game.

I can see how Frank could've been sent off, especially with modern reffing. However I honestly think he tried to pull out of the foul and that elevated his foot to where it ended up.
I think nearly every tackle that is made is with studs showing anyway.
Cole- Nah definately not.

Strange that MOTD failed to show Torres bursting through and being too strong for the Wolves defender and giving Mata a virtual open goal. Only for the ref to give a foul against Torres. Never a foul.
They seemed to ignore that Doyle through the ball at Cole too, which is also technical a red card.

Sometimes MOTD edit the highlights to suit a certain aspect of the game, and leave out other key talking points.

Thought Jonathan Pearce mentioning Lampard's mother in the post match interview was a bit poor. Meant well, but came across badly.

[paco]

Why did he mention Lampard's mother? Is she not dead 3 or 4 years now?

[Hashtag]

Probably one of Torres' better games today. His run led to the corner for the opener, and his sublime pass made the second goal. The quality of ball into him was poor, and he had to scrap for everything he got. Definately better.

Phil Thompson was slating him on Sky saying he was woeful but I thought he was one of Chelsea's better players and really wonder how those pundits get work...

Funny when Fulham drew with Chelsea on boxing day the 18yo lad, Frei was excellent. Looked at the paper the next day and they gave him 4 out of 10!

Watched the full game live. I thought Torres was quite good but he never really threated the goal himself. His link up play was good though. Has to get himself in the box more. Chelsea's style doesn't really suit him.They don't play the ball for him to run onto. Bar Mata I don't think any of the Chelsea players have great passing ability.

[Minder]

I think Torres is getting treated like Carroll is by some Liverpool fans, they want/see him playing better than he is.