So, we're behind Spurs and the sky has not fallen

[SWv2]

I believe this is partly down to not winning the league for 55 years, flirting with relegation in recent times and having a massive chip on the shoulder. Breeds character, you see. Not to mention a spot of violent hatred.

Not sure last night was a fair and balanced match to judge their support on.

Special circumstances so their fans would have been 100% up for it. Chelsea really **** on them last season and ended their best season in 20-30 years so normal derby related levels of dislike/hatred were heightened.

Goal just before the break was perfect.

All or most games are ifs and buts of course but had Hazard taken that very early chance (which he should have) all very different.

[Monty92]

Not sure last night was a fair and balanced match to judge their support on.

Special circumstances so their fans would have been 100% up for it. Chelsea really **** on them last season and ended their best season in 20-30 years so normal derby related levels of dislike/hatred were heightened.

Goal just before the break was perfect.

All or most games are ifs and buts of course but had Hazard taken that very early chance (which he should have) all very different.

Wonder how much playing at Wembley next year will throw a spanner in their progress.

[redgunamo]

It did occur to me during last night's game that their fans are far, far, far better than ours. Certainly on the 'passion' and song originality front.

Has that always been the case?

However, not, most crucially, on the gate receipts front.

[Herbette Chapman - aged 15]

It did occur to me during last night's game that their fans are far, far, far better than ours. Certainly on the 'passion' and song originality front.

Has that always been the case?

Back in the day I reckon we were about the same then the publication of Fever Pitch filled the ranks of our support with utter utter c unts.

I particularly detest this habit of crowbarring a player's name into a **** eighties pop tune,

Sammy Nasri - Give It Up
Alexis Sanchez Baby - Don't You Want Me Baby

Giroud to Hey Jude is okay

[redgunamo]

Back in the day I reckon we were about the same then the publication of Fever Pitch filled the ranks of our support with utter utter c unts.

I particularly detest this habit of crowbarring a player's name into a **** eighties pop tune,

Sammy Nasri - Give It Up
Alexis Sanchez Baby - Don't You Want Me Baby

Giroud to Hey Jude is okay

Fever Pitch is right; it gave all the snobby spastics the courage to really "come out" as football supporters when previously they'd kept their heads down.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

Fever Pitch is right; it gave all the snobby spastics the courage to really "come out" as football supporters when previously they'd kept their heads down.

Alongside message boards becoming available on the web obvs.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

Fever Pitch is right; it gave all the snobby spastics the courage to really "come out" as football supporters when previously they'd kept their heads down.

*They* have Michael Macintyre and Claude from The Apprentice

[Ash]

And I loved watching Yanwama and Dembele controlling midfield with a very physical style of play. We used to have two midfielders like that.

Wanyama seems to have recovered his ability to bundle opponents off the ball without getting penalised. He lost it for a while at Saints, who got pissed off with him being a card-magnet, I gather.

tbh though I thought Chelsea played the better football overall, if you ignore the Delhi-Al-E shaped hole in their defence.

[SWv2]

Wanyama seems to have recovered his ability to bundle opponents off the ball without getting penalised. He lost it for a while at Saints, who got pissed off with him being a card-magnet, I gather.

tbh though I thought Chelsea played the better football overall, if you ignore the Delhi-Al-E shaped hole in their defence.

Nothing wrong with a physical approach A.

Dembele was superb from what I saw.

They are a decent team, no point in denying it. Every bit as good as us but we have those little elements of stardust which they lack.

[Ash]

They are a decent team, no point in denying it. Every bit as good as us but we have those little elements of stardust which they lack.

I'm not denying it at all. As for stardust - Deli Ali is better than Ozil, as the song goes, and Harry Kane is better than Giroud.