FA Cup 4th Round Replay: February 17th, 2013- Chelsea FC v. Brentford FC - [R]

Any news on who's available? Ba in or out?

Have to agree, but with one caveat. He needs to play the full 90. If Torres, starts he gets 90 minutes and doesn't impress over the 90. If Ba starts, he gets 65 minutes and scores a goal but is subbed off for Torres.

My point is that we to do well in this cup, which is why we need Ba to start. He'd have 20 league goals this season if he was given the opportunity to play regular minutes.

Start Ba and if we're up by two or more bring Torres on and play both up front. Try something different and see how it goes.

Although, I doubt our ability to get two goals under the current manager. It feels like a lottery with what performance we'll see from the team.

Liverpool scum* blames Chelsea, the world, the universe, babies, small cuddly animals and so on for useless Liverpool scum being useless ffs

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...helsea-to-blame-for-Fernando-Torres-poor-form


*used to really kind of like yossi, oh well... (p.s. liking him and his approach to the game is very different from not thinking he was ever good enough for recent Chelsea)

Those comments are giving me cancer.

Last season I would have said the same. This season, no way. He's been given ever opportunity to succeed here, and the fact is that he hasn't.

5o million and 175,000 quid a week oughta buy a striker model with self-confidence, a first touch and work rate pre-installed

What I got from the comments is that the guy has mental issues and is never going to be the same.

Just wanted to clear up that I was referring to the comment section at the bottom of the article moreso than Benayoun's comments. Not that I agree with Yossi... at all.

Yossi said Torres is not handling the pressure of the transfer price which seems ......fair ..

Chelsea are expected to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation:
1 Petr Cech
2 Branislav Ivanovic
24 Gary Cahill
26 John Terry (c)
3 Ashley Cole
4 David Luiz
8 Frank Lampard
11 Oscar
10 Juan Mata
13 Victor Moses
29 Demba Ba

Substitutes: 22 Ross Turnbull, 28 Cesar Azpilicueta, 34 Ryan Bertrand, 7 Ramires, 30 Yossi Benayoun, 17 Eden Hazard, 9 Fernando Torres.
Brentford are expected to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation:
Moore; Logan, Dean, Craig,Bidwell; Douglas (c), Diagouraga; Donaldson, Forshaw, Adeyemi; Trotta.
Substitutues: Lee, Hodson, Barron, Reeves, Forrester, Saunders, Hayes.
The referee is Neil Swarbrick

The Yossi comments rather miss the point that his poor form continued from the end at pool. Even if it hadn't, I can`t see how he`s been poorly handled. He`s just been largely useless. That`s nobody`s fault but his.