Team is in, and Luiz and Mata get their chance to shine. Like Drogs said, Azpi deserv a chance with the way he is playing when called upon, but the problem is Ivan is having an equally great season so far, spoilt for choice at RB, who would have ever thought that a few years ago. Think Schurrle may have a niggle and Jose rightly saving him for Schalke I think, Mata though earned his place with his performance against Arsenal. Also Luiz was much more composed against Arsenal, and has got a chance from Jose today, perhaps keeping with rotating the three centre-backs to keep them all happy. Plus Luiz is the only one with the pace to handle Remy. I'm going to go with 2-0 to Chelsea
That first half was a throwback to the AVB/Benitez days. Need to pick it up. Dropping points here is silly bearing in mind most of the sides around us will drop points too.
Lord above that was awful. Can't remember a performance that bad in some time. Crumble in November every time!
Newcastle deserved the win indeed, no cutting edge today. Just like last year, November starts off horribly
Wasn't great was it? plus we had no rub of the green with things when we controlled the 2nd half of the 1st period but hey ho you can't win every game. Thought JT had a very good game though.
Well outplayed. Newcastle deserved winners; well play and good luck with the rest of your season. Think Mikel may have been a better choice today over Lamps. Long term it would be great to get a quality regista to move the ball quick to our no 10s. Come on scouts, find us the new Pirlo! Would de Bruyne work in the pivot with van ginkel out?
Definite reality check. Looks like that win against City was all for nothing. Back to square one. Roll on Wednesday. We need about 8/9 away wins and with 5 gone we look well short of that at this stage. Today was massive and we blew it. If we don't win the title that will be something to look back on.
