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i wouldn't, because he'll try and do me. Goes in too high. Bollocks going in for a 50/50 with him. Would like to see a 50/50 between him and essien tho (not in a match situation ovbiously, training or something ).

i think the collars fine. The shirt looks ok to me.

i doubt the real pics will be out already, i mean, theres always been roumers about new kits, but the actual final design has been different. It might be similar but i doubt it will be it just like that, its too soon. Similar collar to our legendary coors shirt from 95/97, only difference being white. nice to see the yellow hint return. The neck shape is also similar. Its not bad, i doubt its the real thing but if it is, its ok. I just hope we dont start this 1 year then change trend shit. Villa have done it for 10 years. Man Utd are doing it now. All the foreign teams do it. Theres maybe only a handful of teams in the prem that keep their home shirt for 2 seasons.

well i only managed to get the last 20 mins because my sopcast links were fucking me about but in that 20 mins, i saw a very good Chelsea team playing against a load of cack. I heard that the match was very one sided anyway throughout, but we couldve scored 3 or 4 in the time i was watching. Anelka was a massive plus when he came on. 2 stunning goals too, damn, things are looking sweet. At the moment, regardless who our manager is, i'm a very happy Chelsea fan. We are depleated, we have injuries galore and africans away and we're finding so much spirit and passion to keep winning games and we're playing well too. 10 points over christmas, 2 wins since, the only dropped points we're because of that dodgy pen decision on ashley against villa but that was evened up with our offside goal vs newcastle so its cool. 74 games unbeaten at home, 18 years unbeaten against spurs at stamford bridge and not far off the top of the league. All these pundits can talk about Man Utd or Arsenal for the league, it suits us fine, forget us at your peryl. Whatever any of you guys think, we are still in this title race because we have all the qualities a team could ever want. We are NOT out of this premiership race. Drogba, Lampard, Essien, Terry. These are out 4 biggest players. This proves just how good our team spirit is. Ballack and Carvalho becoming fit and playing brilliantly and the Anelka signing is pure genius. We can cover so many areas now and thats why we can have that 'never say die' attitude Come on you blues!

he was absolutely fantastic when he came on today. Had a great shot that was well saved and a brilliant turn and shot against the crossbar in the last couple of mins. He's a quality striker, full of confidence, playing at the top of his game. We bought him at the perfect time possible.

i was worried when i saw the thread title. I completely got the wrong end of the stick lol. i was expecting some crap like "i wish i had gone to man utd instead of Chelsea" lol. Well its a good job he didnt go to those manc scummers because hes better than carrick and hargreaves put together and they would be complete with him. He's been brilliant for us since he signed. 100% commitment every game.

TB He does go in to hurt players, he goes in high, he goes in reckless and he now has a bad reputation. You're only trying to win the pissing ball,

like Robben lol. Yeah i agree in a way but his tackles are shit, he just goes in to hurt players, he ignores the ball completely i think.

well he better learn quick, his tackles are terrible. Essien's no angel himself. Even Mikels tackles that didn't warent red cards were reckless. He'll get a lot more.

Hes not a monster, just a dirty fucking bastard.

well hes not really attacking. Those quotes from Anelka are great, you can tell how happy he is (to get away from Bolton) to come to us and he can't wait to start. He's been a bit lost since he left Arsenal i think, played for some European clubs without huge success and some mediocre english ones (liverpool for example ) Now everything is set up for him how he wants it.

Newcastle should be higher, they have boo'd very loudly this season. They have been very consistant with it too.

its good for Bolton, its good for Chelsea, its good for Anelka. That's what the deal was all about so there's no worries. Maybe Bolton will just go and get defoe or something. They need someone because they pretty much rellied on Anelka.

i'm struggling to speak now, that everton game was fucking awesome to be at. That's what football is all about

we would be top, but the 5 above us celebrate when they win corners, throw ins and they celebrate draws.

true, but when he was wearing an Arsenal shirt.....

we've won the carling cup enough times lately, got in the semi and might win it this season too. The Carling cup is the only chance they'll get to play, if they don't play, there's no point them being here. No wonder we struggle with fatigue in may when the same players are playing 60 games a year. The only reason i like the Carling Cup is because i love seeing Chelsea at wembley and of course, a domestic treble would look stunning, but in all seriousness, it means jack all and i dont think the prem teams should even take part tbh. Should be for the Championship, League1 & 2. Of course, we are in and it should be a stage for the young guys to show what they can do on a biggish stage. Thats just what i feel.

he drops too deep to be any kind of threat and age isnt on his side either. The best days of his career are behind him. He's not gonna get any better for us. I don't think he has the atributes to do anything other than what he's doing now.

omg this is awesome, thank fuck its finally been done. i'm so looking forward to the yid match now. Would never have imagined seeing Anelka in a Chelsea kit 10 years ago. Bolton to go down now BBC

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That was a great read, The Matthew Harding is the loudest at the bridge by a mile, i sat there last season at home to forest in the FA Cup and it was immense there and very very enjoyable, mustve sang pretty much the whole 90 mins and stood for the majority too. In the last few years, the west and east have been our prawn sarnie fans, but to be fair, on tuesday, i was sat in the east upper and the atmosphgere even there was great. It only needs a few ppl to start singing and the whole stand will follow. Fans that dont sing are an embarracement to the team, i love singing at games. Liverpool only sing when they are coming out the tunnel and just after they have scored. Man Utd are the same. Tad surprised West Ham are quite low. 6th is a great effort. lol i love that table, liverpool and man utd plasics proven on record, Priceless

young theodore wont do shit this year, next year or the year after and will be sold to a team like everton or villa for £5m. In that list above, theres certainly some great talent about. Theres a few names i know, i like Giovani dos santos a lot, i think hes quality. Pato also looks class and ive also liked what ive seen from Rakitic. Franco Di Santo, 18, Chelsea, striker ARGENTINE wonderkid who will join the Blues in January for £3.4m from Chilian side Audax Italiano. Like Lucas Leiva at Liverpool, he holds an Italian passport and will be able to play for the Blues immediately. May struggle to break into Avram Grant's star-studded team but should earn a few run outs in cup competitions in 2008. I'll look forward to seeing this guy. He was bought for a fair amount of money so i want to see bim feature in cups like the carling cup. We need to stop being so serious about the Carling cup, It should be used for players like Sahar, Sinclair, Di Santo, Woods and Smith. If we carry on like we are, we wont see these guys. If not the quarter finals, semi's, Final etc, at least the earler rounds against teams like Grimsby and Mansfield. FA Cup should be the same in the earlier rounds.

its gonna be tight, thats guaranteed. i cant see a high scoring game, probably 3 goals max. With our injuries and players out, every premiership game is hard whether its tottenham at home, or anyone. I will be so pleased just to win this game by any score.

definitely Drunkan Duncan i agree there. Got sent to prison for Elbowing Paul McStay. He mustve elbowed someone in every game, he was one violent bastard. Remember him puching someone too vs wigan only 3 years back. Mark Hughes is up there too

Belletti had a great game on tuesday, maybe his best game for us so far so i think he'll play against the yidos. Still......can never be too sure.