Gambit

thinking of 3rd place is a bit pie in the sky. We have no chance of getting in the top 3. 4th is our best bet and seeing Spurs today does not give me confidence that we'll beat them to it.

He's got to be given a chance now. He had such a great end to last season I have no idea why Kenny is not selecting him. I would take him over Henderson any day of the week. At least Maxi scores and creates goals. Hendo does nothing.

Adam at £8M with just a year on his contract wasn't cheap. I was never keen on signing him. He was totally overhyped by the media and he was a big fish at Blackpool who got relegated, I never felt he could step it up to a top side. He should only be a squad player. If we're relying on him to be a key midfielder for us, we are going to be in trouble. He would get nowhere near the starting 11 of the sides we're trying to compete with. Carroll was a panic buy, we all know he's worth nowhere near £35M. He has the physical attributes to be a good striker but whether he has the mentality to be a world class player, I don't know. He was a massive gamble. Downing was over-priced but he's a good player. Think we shouldn't have paid more than £12M though. Henderson is the most baffling signing for me. We paid £16M and I have no idea what he brings to the team that we already didn't have. Aquilani, Meireles and even Spearing are better than him. Such a strange signing especially considering the players we let go to accommodate him. Luis was a bargain even at £22M. We could get double that amount if we wanted to sell him. Fantastic signing. Enrique also was a good signing £6M. Overall - I think yes we have wasted a lot of money.

Now Berbaflop also misses a near-open goal.

Um, ignore what I previously said about Torres...

Okay, he's still s***. Let's delude ourselves and ignore what he's done in this game just to satisfy you.

Think the ball had gone out of play a split second before Cole crashed into Hernandez? Who knows. It's Phil Dowd, he's a numpty.

The way he worked the shot just before that, and his tidy finish earlier on, certainly looks back to his old self!

Great play from Torres, looks back to his best unfortunately.

Haha. But nice to see ManU get all the ref decisions no matter how dodgy yet again at OT. No biased refs, oh no.

How good is that lad Jones? I didn't see the fuss about him when the mancs bought him but he's absolute quality. It's crazy that Chelsea are getting stuffed, they've been equal to the mancs. Apart from the scoreline.

Nani's final ball can be s*** a lot of the time and he's also a snidey cheat but aside from that, he's quality. Rooney makes it 3-0. game over surely.

Adam for me is not good enough to be a regular starter. Same goes for Henderson. When Gerrard is back I fully expect Adam to be dropped to the bench. He was reckless today and it cost us big time.

Damn, what a goal that was. Mancs 2 up even though Chelsea were beginning to boss the game.

Jesus what a miss! Decent save from De Gea but that should been buried. Good game, have to admit.

Suarez was a done deal. I think selling Torres was a good deal. Can't argue with £50M when the player wants to go. Just think we should have been more careful about how we spent that money.

What is baffling me about Torres is that he never gets injured anymore! He was always getting injured when he was Liverpool but I don't think he's missed a single game for Chelsea through injury. Strange and a bit frustrating that we could never keep him fully fit while Chelsea can.

Gutted with the result. We were so poor and our midfield really looks flat without Gerrard. Hope to god he's back asap. Our defending was really poor too, Skrtel is not a right back and ever will be. I couldn't see us getting hammered like that if Kelly was up against Bale. And with Skrtel now suspended and Agger injured. we're looking a bit light at the back for our next game. Need Kelly and Gerrard back soon, we're missing them big time.