DYC.

Can our passes be more sloppy

COME ON CHELS!

Thatwas very stupid Ramires

We no longer strike fear into our opponents and the players need to realise that and actually be fully concetraded from the moment the ref blows the whistle. That bad/slow start our players love so much is not acceptable.

Major mistake.. punished. And again we're down by one...

Have to win this one. :chelsea2:

Yup, so sad. He's probably wondering what miracles he has to perform to get a start. He's a better player than Kalou but still Salomon gets to start. For me Kalou will never be more than a good squad player and great impact sub. It will take a miracle for him to grow out into a Chelsea star. Sturridge on the other hand keeps showing he has something special about him and really can grow out into a Chelsea star. Sadly for him, his coach is an experience lover (quality > experience !).

Villarreal ! . The Submarines win 0-3 (Senna, Cazorla and and Nilmar).

If i'm right, elections are being held in Barcelona this weekend so the police force has to present there.

The biggest clash in football is just two days away. Probably the best footballers in the world all on one pitch. Can't wait to see it but i'm not expecting too much. But it should be a good game. I'm rooting for Real Madrid C.F.

Arnesen resigns

Kalou over Sturridge again..:huh: Come On (!) coach, show some balls for once . There's almost no hope for our youngsters . I have to say, I don't like this. Why play him if he's not 100% fit and not feeling good? Why take the risk.. is Bruma really that terrible?!

You do know the 4-3-1-2 formation is just the 4-diamond-2 formation that failed miserably. We just don't have the right midfielders for the system. And it's a hard system to pull of in modern football.

Me too.

He should do what makes him happy. And if that's retiring early from football, he should do it. Agree with his comment on (some) people in the football business and it's not just in football. We live in a twisted world.

Not neccisarily. We don't have a lot of options up front so the fact that a loan move would be rejected is kind of logical. And from what i read, click here, it was Daniel who turned down the move.

Issue 1: The likes of all Balotelli, Fabregas, Pato, Messi, Rooney (i could go on and on and on..) were all at big clubs when they were at the start of their careers. Issue 2: Sadly that's true. But then again, why would the club assign a manager who loves experience and loves to extend the careers of old players to a aging squad..

Wish i could be as optimistic as you. I don't think many realise that the amount game time our youngsters are getting is very low. The likes of Messi, Fabregas, Pato and many others did not become who they are today with the amount of game time our coach(es) is giving/gave them. What a player like Sturridge needs is a good run in the first XI and not start him a game and then just bench him again. That hardly helps a player, especially attackers. They need a lot confidence and a coach that believes in him. Just look at Gareth Bale, he almost reached ''player who could not fulfill his potential'' status. But got an oppurtinity to start a string of games and look where he is right now.

My goodness, the money our players are making is ridiculous. It's his first contract with us and he's only 21 (19 when he joined us). This club will never become independent with wages like that.

Ash should absolutely make the cut , there simply was no better LB. But i'm almost hoping Bale gets picked, just to prove that these things are scams.

Yeah that's true but that's not a dribbler though . That's more the speedster type like Walcott. And I think Danny and Salomon run at players with similar pace.

Malouda, Zhirkov, Benayoun and maybe even Sturridge are better dribblers than Kalou.

Make that two (Mourinho's Madrid). Tough group as well.

45 min for Gaël

Surprised Turnbull got the nod over Hilario