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Yep, me too. My main hopes would be Begovic and Steven Pienaar (his conract expires this summer, so he won't cost a lot).

Fully agreed.

Yeah, but only for five of them!

Can imagine Sturridge/Kakuta and maybe McEachran starting, but no other youngsters. After back to back losses, it's important to get back to winning ways again and we should field a strong XI.

Why not? Impressive on Wednesday and Yom Kippur's done on Saturday, so he'll be able to play.

Hoping to see Kakuta get his first PL-start.

I think Benayoun will be given the nod if Lamps' injured. But I'm pretty sure he'll be fit for West Ham.

If Kalou can take charge? For now it's a no. He has potential and ability, but we can't rely on someone who's that inconsistant.

You haven't seen too much of Özil, have you? His work ethic is terrible. That midfield trio would force Lampard to take far more responsibility defensively than he's used to. Have to use Özil in a free role at the right wing in a 4-3-3, or at the tip of the diamond.

No doubt. Seems like the club has been a little lazy when it comes to sending players on loan. If they'd worked hard enough, I'm sure both Bertrand and Cork could've ended up in EPL clubs. Can't really see what a CCC-loan spell can offer other than week in, week out first-team football. They got enough experience on the level already.

Great!

Given that you spend so much time on making a mockery out of others grammar mistakes, how come you haven't learnt to start every sentence and write every I with a capital letter?

I think you should give Kakuta44 some time to get his rage out of his body before you let him in, BlueLion. Let him resonate about his behaviour, racism and why he was banned from the forum. If he's learnt his lesson, let him back in. If he does a similiar thing again, ban him on a permanent basis.

People need to understand that we can't replace players like Joe Cole, Belletti, Deco and Ballack with Kaka, Özil etc! What about showing some trust to the manager who guided our club to the most succesfull season history, eh? Let's wait until the transfer-window closes, and see who Ancelotti has brought to the club. Image he'll get Aguero and Özil next, then you might realise what a bunch of idiots many of you guys are, axing his head off because he strengthens our squad with a player who's familiar to the level, doesn't complain about not playing and came for a reasonable fee. There is more to come, I'm 100% sure. And the incoming players is bigger signing than this. Welcome to Chelsea Yossi Benayoun!

No chance. Özil got one year left in his contract.

I'm watching the U-17 Euro Championship at the moment, primarily to see how Josh McEachran is at this level. And this centre-back catches my eyes. His name is Chalobah, is fifteen years old and the commantator says he plays for Chelsea. Looks like a great prospect who is coming up our ranks. So EskWeston, what do you know about this guy? http://www.tribalfootball.com/nathaniel-chalobah-go-fulltime-Chelsea-851161

You're not. There is so many people who actually don't see him, but automaticly nominee him as the perfect midfielder because of all the hype. For those who saw Barcelona - Inter, wouldn't you expect a player like Xavi to really stand out. I mean, if he is such a super-creative passer of the ball, shouldn't he be able to lock up the defence with so much ball possesion et cetera? But did he? No, he wasn't anywhere near creating chances. A playmaker should definitely stand out in that kind of match. Yes, he is excellent but also so overrated. He don't seem able to find the space to pass if his teammates aren't moving as much as they usually do.

Fan-fucking-tastic! Gongratulations everybody!

That is too many attacking players. We can not play with two strikers, three wingers and only one central midfield. Though I would like to use some young players who want to prove themselves. Turnbull -- Ivanovic - Terry - Alex - Zhirkov -- Lampard - Matic - Mikel -- Sturridge - Drogba - Malouda Going back to the diamond would be an option. Cech won't be fit, will he?

Ivanovic.

Well, what the hell. Let's splash the cash since Cech is injured for a month and Hilario had a bad game! Makes sense.

What a spoilt fan you are. It's difficult to put words on todays performance, it was so much which went wrong in this game. First of all, Mikel and Hilario's involvements at the two first goals was not good at all. Who heads a ball backwards when you don't know who's behind you, and why wait to get the ball until it is right beside you? Also, you should be able to steal the ball when you're two against one. The two first goals should've been avoided. No question. I have to criticise Ancelotti's substitutes. Why take our best player, Joe Cole, off the pitch when Anelka is running around doing nothing?! Just seems like the substitutes is out of panic, not tactical. Congratulations to Manchester City, deserved the victory.

Of course not. To win the premiership is always the first priority. Over to the game. We played very well. The result didn't reflect our performance. But we got an away-goal, so we're still in a good position to advance to the next round. Even though we were unlucky tonight. I can not see how we'll lose to this Inter-team over two games. It gave me some Øvrebø-vibes when the referee refused to give what was clearly a penalty. Bloody useless.

A list of who I would like us to let go, bring in and promote.. Out: Ballack: His contract expels this summer, and he's not anything near the level he should be to defend his wages. If we want to slim the wage-budget, he should be the first name on the list. Deco: Also a unnecessary addition to our wage-list. Need to get rid of players like him in order to bring in some new players and develop the younger players we have, like Jack Cork and Matic. Kalou: Any bidders?! Ferreira: Time to say thank you for his contribution and let him go. In: Dzagoev/Pjanic: Both very talented youngsters who's been introduced to the Champions League. Would loved to get one of them, but not both. Hamsik/Fellaini: We need to replace Ballack, with a hard working youngster. Fellaini is only 22 years old, already established in the league and a class player, imo. Hamsik's the biggest reason to why Napoli is doing great in Serie A. Great player. Aguero: I think we need a young world-class striker, and Agüero is the best alternative. We've been linked to him a lot. Hopefully there is something in the rumours, and the price-tag isn't too stiff. Promote: Bruma, Stoch, Kakuta, Cork, Matic , Borini and Kakuta. I think we'll let Mancienne, Sinclair and Di Santo go this summer. Comment: We didn't sell much last summer, and I think we got a couple of unnecessary players in our squad now. It is also possible to sell Carvalho and Belletti plus the ones already mentioned. Because of the quality of our youngsters and possible new signings. I want to sign only the necessary, which is; - A central midfielder - An offensive midfielder - A striker I want young and established talents. We need to gradually decrease our average age. It might cost some millions, but we got the money. Right?

Comfortable in the end. Thought the second half was a good display. We played like we should've done in the first half, and had total control after we went one up. We just kept playing and got two goals off of it. Reminded me of some of the matches earlier this season, where we got some goals without putting much pressure on our opponent. But got them because we kept on playing and didn't just try to defend our lead.