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Which probably won't happen till the 65th minute. I love how the commentary focus has been on Wilkins more than anything.

Like Kanye's song goes.. "Fucking ridiculous." Dominated possession. Done fuck all with most of it. Headers are poor, defending is poor. Alex & Ivanovic are good enough to handle the likes of Jerome. What are they fucking playing at. I think we need a 5-3-2 formation now. Cech Ferreira - Bruma - Alex - Ivanovic - Cole Mikel Ramires - Malouda Anelka - Drogba

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Last week's defeat could mean nothing then

Confirmed Cech Bosingwa - Ivanovic - Alex - Cole Mikel Ramires - Malouda Anelka - Drogba - Kalou

BBC say Ferreira has been given the nod over Bosingwa. Bench doesn't look very strong either: Turnbull, Bosingwa, Van Aanholt, Bruma, McEachran, Sturridge & Kakuta.

Malouda anyone? I know he's done it for France sometimes when Lloris isn't playing.

Exactly. Clement will still work the training schedule, all that Emenalo has been given is a title upgrade, not a positional one.

Good stuff, glad to see him getting regular first team football there. It's only a matter of time till Carlo calls him for some first team action at home

Yeah probably. I just hope Malouda doesn't shift out left leaving a gap in the middle.

So Terry's injury has been diagnosed as "a problem on the piriformis, a muscle in the gluteal region at the base of the back" Carlo:

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Cech ******** - Ivanovic - Alex - Cole Mikel Ramires - Malouda Kalou - Drogba - Anelka So finally we see Malouda in the midfield, the one time Zhirkov can't play. Carlo's contemplating putting Ferreira at right back because Bos played 90mins vs Spain mid-week. Zhirkov has a minor hamstring problem. I hope Bosingwa is the chosen right-back. Will be a very good squad if he is.

Should we not give this guy a chance before knocking him back? I'm sure there's something he can do better that Wilkins can't.

I'm surprised the Daily Mail is giving JT a fair interview. But I see this only getting turned negative. The bit about handling crosses will get twisted into Terry saying Capello's tactics are shit ect ect

Honestly man, don't bother. Ignorance is bliss for people like Henrique. Even if one day Kakuta wins the Ballon d'Or, that would still not be enough for the likes of him. As long as people like you recognise the potential talent, well, it's all good then :chelsea2:

Agreed with both. But it makes it that much better once these kids live up to their potential

Menezes explains Alex stance How badly injured is he? :S

The Daily Mail are reporting John Terry will be back in training today?!

Petrescu's coming back!! Okay I know not as an AM, but it'll still be great to see him back at the Bridge, he better get a standing ovation when he's here (hopefully there'll be a home game when he's here)

You won 4-0 anyway

He's strong. Trust me, he doesn't look it but he is. And it's kind of why he's so quick and got amazing stamina, he may not be able to go shoulder-to-shoulder like Drogba or Essien can but he knows how to tackle and he can hold is own. He'll prove it, he's growing into English football. His first touches have been much better and he's getting faster on passing it around, whereas before he'd spend too long on it and just get intercepted/crowded out. Give him time

Okay I know he's our captain and everything, but LOL, that made me laugh a bit

Is Alex as injured as we thought? I thought I was imagining this earlier on but check this out.. Chelsea angry over Alex sub appearance

Kakuta hasn't shown his true potential yet, you need to give him some time. His promotion to the first team has only been recent and brief, give him some time.