Rant Box: Chelsea v Birmingham

^That. We need a convincing win against Fulham tomorrow for me to even feel OK about the Cup of Nations.

we better get our act together because Manchester united is creeping..

man, freakin malouda needs to put away chances like that.. and a red card to make thing even better..

Kalou did create a lot of danger after coming on...

what a f8ing game - gg Hart

YAY!!!!

Ballack for Mikel. No Zhirkov, absolutely bogus.

Lampard is off because, quite simply, he was poor today. 83rd, not much doing.

lamps is off what happened my stream cut off?

Both teams showing some speed :O!

my internet is really slow today i've barely seen any of the game. But we need xhirkov for malouda and j.cole for mikel and chase the game with a 4-2-4 or something lol

This is an agony!

Did Malouda just miss that? 70th minute?He must not know where the goal is!

Malouda. Sitter. Wow.

Kalou for Sturridge?? Surely Malouda or Belletti should have been replaced before the young man. Get Zhirkov in the mix asap.

Quite a scary moment for Petr Cech's head. What a save, and thanks God he is fine!
How much longer before we score?

Lampard, again, substandard. This formation simply doesn't suit him; it doesn't help his struggling to find form.

MJ, I'm with you. We must buy, particularly someone to play in the hole.

Our midfield doesn't look as good as usual: mikel, belletti and malouda and lamps behind the sriker and hwn the african player go our mid and attack will be even worse. We have to buy in JAN, i want a behind the sriker and a CF. E.g. Aguero for 35-40Mil as he can play attacking mid and as a striker so saves buying 2 players. What'd ya think

sturridge needs to put chances like the one drogba set up on a plate for him on target at least... Feel like Anelka woulda put that away..

Alex, aside from that laser, has been stretched by Benitez. Still a tad nervy, but we look fairly good.

BTW, why do we continue to rely on the slow buildup? Each time we move at pace, with intent, we create clear-cut opportunities. I don't understand it at all.

Sturridge is the replacement for Kalou. He has created a few great scoring opportunities and could have scored himself.
Chelsea is playing very well especially compared to the last game, other than few Birmingham scares when we are on the defensive.
Halftime!

Crossbar Alex! Welcome back Alex.40th minute

maybe i just havent watched much football lately but man birmingham look fast today O_O Is that just me?

31st minute, offside goal for Birmingham but annulled by the linesman. Drogba was down in pain in the penalty area. Chelsea must be careful!

Sturridge almost scored his first goal as a starter! He should have scored, what a missed opportunity in the 23rd minutes.

Man I forget about this kit and i thought that was chelsea making that first run at the start of the game. Another team that hates Ashley Cole I hear? - Oh hay looks like I'm up for once for a game - gg being up since 1am & Lets hope for a good 3 points eh?