Unbelievable

We're playing amazingly well.. Why can't we do it vs the Wigans of this world is the question..

Nah, we're still looking to attack..

FFS, Duff took about one minute to put a cross in, giving Chelsea time to reorganise. We are playing well though.. Smith off for Roz

Great ball by Martins, Duff almost scored..

What subs could Sam do to turn this in our favour? I'd consider taking Duff and/or Smith off, and maybe putting Emre and/or Viduka/Owen (depending on fitness) on..

Chelsea putting pressure on now.. SWP almost scored..

Ballack should have scored there..

They're 100% right..

We are pinning them down in their half..

Faye's long balls are shit..

Faye knocks Smith out.. Thanks Faye..

Kalou almost scored..

Looks like an own goal actually

Good work by Zog, goal scored in the end by Butt!

1-1!!!

Butt started the second half as a Chelsea player..

God knows. He isn't getting forward or getting back to protect the defense. He isn't creating chances, trying to get into goalscoring positions or putting crosses in. He's a nothing midfielder..

Is he really? I can't remember having seen him once so far..

Not really, he was wrongfooted by a deflection..

1-0 Chelsea Essien

Milner switched to the left.

Fantastic save Given. We are under pressure..

A bit of grass is a bit of grass, whether you're out wide or up front you should still be able to pass, control, dribble, cross etc. And this coming from a poster who prides himself in his knowledge of tactics, training, a holistic approach et cetera.. For the record, I don´t want Allardyce out if that´s what you were thinking. For me one of the most disappointing things about the Allardyce reign is his man management skills, playing players out of position, dropping them after a good performance, constant experimenting with players clearly not up to the tasks and all this to the detriment of the club so far. You claim Allardyce has a right to blame the players like we can but as far as I am concerned he hasn't. They are all in the same team, and I don't see what good his latest comments about not being happy at having his destiny in the hands of some of his players will do. By now you would think Allardyce has had the time to assess each player in the squad and should be able to devise a system that plays to their strengths and minimises their weaknesses, but that certainly doesn't seem to be the case.

Fairly predicatable reaction: if the manager you back to the hilt doesn´t seem to get the team going, blame the players. With some of the baffling decisions by Allardyce, who can blame the players for not understanding or responding..

Just watched it. He never mentions Enrique. The scary thing he does say is that we don't have to go gung-ho against Wigan like we did against Derby! Willow, seeing as Enrique doesn't seem to be injured and we have no information that there is some kind of major problem with him why are you having a go at me for pointing out that not playing him today was a missed opportunity if the reason he's not being played has to do with getting used to Premiership football..