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Goalkeeping wise Foster has had some great saves this season but this game saw him not keeping up to standards, not sure if we'll be seeing a future transfer in this department or not but I'm guessing we will.

100% agree that our defence hasn't been up to shape this season. Is it because of injuries? Probably, but injuries happen all the time and can't be used as an excuse in my opinion as you know the huge chances of a player getting injured, you get some sort of backup.
Hopefully though we'll see our defence grow over time, with us soon sorting out a full time RB(Don't really fancy O'Shea/Rafael as full timers, well possibly Rafael in the future but not yet).

Midfield, yes it's patchy - Not so much chemistry as of yet as it seems like there's a lot of switching being made by Fergie.

Striker front, we've not got as much options as say City but it's not having an infinitive amount of strike force that matters. I'm saying that we're good easily until next summer over with so many offensive midfielder's we have.



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kowenicki said:
Interesting how when last year I was still saying Owen is good enough for England.. all the Man U fans in the office were... "do me a favour hes finished, rubbish, no pace anymore and he cant even finish now"

Owen has always been a top class striker. always. his goals ratio is 2nd to none. But he will get injured.

The one eyedness of Man U fans is only equalled by the one eyedness of.... oh... nevermind.

some fans are that dumb, not me, even when Owen was at Liverpool, I knew he was a quality player, sure, I hated it when he scored against United, but thats a given, I actually was talking on a United forum about us possibly signing him, before we did so

he may get injured, but at the moment, he looks fit enough, and 2 goals already, aint bad for a new player who is primarily backup for Rooney and Berbatov 



kowenicki said:
Come on chelsea win this...

yes.. I am a ABU... and proud of it.

what in the name of homer is an ABU?



God this awful from Chelsea, Tottenham are all over Chelsea, the diamond system does not work!!!

I hope Zhirkov and Cole aren't fit, because otherwise there is no excuse for not at least having them on the bench



I can just be torn apart by width. Go back to the tried and tested 4-3-3, Essien, Ballack and Lampard as the midfield 3, Zhirkov, Cole and Drogba as the front 3, make the 4-4-2 plan B



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Yeah, I kind of want us to fail this season so we can get Hiddink back...

But this is much better now, we are getting some width, and that was a great finish by Cole



good goal, I tell you what, im not too worried by anyone else at the moment, but Chelsea seem hard to stop this season so far



Probably, it wasn't much of a touch, but probably

We really need a second here, we are looking totally unconvincing



Well that was jammy...

Thank you Ballack, but certainly very good work Anelka



see what I mean, all the big teams get lucky...definite penalty...instead...2-0

thank you for proving my point ref, lol