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I don't question his (slight) improvement but I'm not surprised he's not a fan favorite after being utterly shit for the biggest part of the 4 years he has been playing for Chelsea. If some feel the need to be Bluer than thy then I'd recommend them defending Ferreira who has been a terrific servant of the club since he came and was Mr.Consistent only a few years ago

That's exactly my point,people get butthurt cause he's wearing Blue,I'm sure most here would be laughing at him if he was playing for United or the scum. I'm all for supporting our players but let's not get ridiculous,he's not going to turn brilliant overnight or develop into the next Drogba.

People just get defensive whenever someone criticizes him.

If we're going to switch to the diamond we might as well give Kakuta a chance,I mean with all due respect our next opponents are relegation fighters.

Borini and PvA confirmed for the bench.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record I have to insist that our squad is nowhere near complete,the season has hardly kicked off and we already don't have a proper RB and CB on the bench tomorrow.

Di Santo on the bench?Well it looks like we couldn't find any team that wanted him. Edit: Just noticed that those are just the players who could be on the bench. I'd love to see Danny and Ramires and PvA getting >30 minutes but I think our subs will be Kalou Ramires and Benayoun.

We have to sort out his contract before even thinking of loaning him.

Mikel joined in June 2006 and turned 21 in April 2008 while still in his second season with us, therefore he doesn't qualify. If he were borne 3 months later or his transfer had gone through one season earlier as planned he would have turned 21 in his 3rd season and would be eligible to be listed as home-grown.

It has nothing to do with boldness it's just yet another summer in which we've missed out on our primary targets.

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2136889,00.html Sturridge is back.Bosingwa has returned to full training.Jeffrey Bruma is still recovering from his hernia operation.Ivanovic has a problem and probably won't play against Stoke.

Case closed

The thing is that if he impresses at Wolves I can see him doing a Stoch now.

Our club secretary David Barnard pretty much made it clear that there won't be any more signings this summer Sky Sports Video @ 02:08

Bosingwa,who turned 28 yesterday,has started training this week but I doubt he'll come into full fitness before November,Ancelotti said he would need 2-3 weeks of training before playing but I expect more. Ramires has been training with the team this week so maybe he'll get his debut. Gael Kakuta was expected to come back to training today but I don't know if he did,doubt he'll make it to the bench.

Looks quite easy,not sure if that what we needed but we won't have much trouble toping the group.

Meh..well at least he may impress there and increase his price.

Dear Jason Burt I hate you.

We'll draw Jose's team,either in the group stages or early in the knockout rounds,I'm sure about it.

Looks like another confirmed summer targer after Neymar slips away.

12 3 4 And to be honest we've been expecting a loan move for him for a while now so I'm willing to buy their story.

He's 99% on a year long loan to Wolverhampton.http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/mancienne-joins-wolves-on-loan-again-as-chelsea-reject-1633m-offer-2061045.html Could explain why he couldn't be arsed to defend in the reserves game. The official site is usually late with those things.

We've got more than enough cover at RB and even if this spells Ferreira's end Srna is too old/expensive to be a 3rd choise back-up. But we've done more stupid things in this transfer window so I won't be surprised.

Sounded like a stupid move a while back but I'm willing to believe it right now. 16 million is too much considering his age and that he has just one year left on his contract. What is it with this club and Right Backs?

If we are to challenge for all 4 rotation will be necessary and we are a few injuries/suspensions away from being in trouble.Squad depth has been our strong point in the last years and we are just not comfortable with the current squad. Either our youth or our meds will have to outdo themselves this year.