LDN Blue

Look like this is the end for Borini http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/4374/2/chelsea-agree-sale-young-striker-parma

We should also stick this in the dressing room

Very good point/question. We have several national captains/influential players within our ranks; Terry (ex-England captain), Lampard (Vice-captain), Drogba (Ivory Coast captain), Essien (Ghana captian) & Cech (Czech captain). In my eyes, the only players who can really give the players a boost are Terry & Lampard, perhaps even Cech because of his consistent performances in the net. With John Terry you get motivation, but you also have the expectation not to fail, because Terry's the type who will tell you what's-what when you're not performing. Drogba does nothing. He wears the armband but doesn't really inject belief. Same with Essien. BlueLion is right about Ballack & Carvalho being able to do it... It's that "genuine leader" quality they possess. This period of "transition" has separated those leaders from players who rely on reputation. Terry, Ivanovic, Cech & even Ashley are the true leaders, not only leading by example with their performances, but also trying to motivate the players. Just look at Terry trying to get forward to see that. By the way if you guys have a chance to see the match, just watch how Terry gets up from an awful foul by the Ipswich defender, and doesn't get angry, but consoles him by putting his arm around him. He doesn't look for the player to get sent-off (which, I hear, he could have) he simply gives him advice. There's a natural leader, right there.

If Liverpool do turn their "slump" around - It will be down to Clarke's intelligence of the modern game.

To be fair, we've seen that in games like Blackburn and Birmingham.. The even better part in 7 converted

Wicked, planning on catching it at 11pm

Yeah, it's more psychological than anything. We just need some bloody momentum, hopefully yesterday's result would've started a chain reaction.

Seen the replays?

Legend he will always be - Steve Clarke. Like Ollie said, seeing him wear the Scumpool badge will not be a pretty sight

Haha then we're on the same page But I agree with the overall message. It's like BlueLion said once, most of us were so spoilt by the big margin victories that we disregarded the 1's and 2's.. This season, most of those have woken up from it all

This reminds me of the Ivanovic transfer. No-one had ever heard of him for a year after his signing, then he comes from nowhere with the 2 vs Liverpool Hopefully Kalas will do the same one day

I was just kidding

There's a rumour Steve Clarke will join Dalglish at the Liverpool helm

Only if Carlo gives him a chance, but I haven't seen Kalas play.. He's still only 17, but we did pay £5million

**double post**

Well that can't stand! We must now win every match by a margin of 7!

Manuf! Of course you're part of that 'new breed'! Your rep status proves it

ChelseaTV - They'll be showing the full game tomorrow.

A bit of news on this guy..

Non-UK fans won't see it though

Will Henry be involved? (Sorry, couldn't resist )

Had a look at the goals - Seems I could be wrong! But like I said, I'll let you know after watching the full game

It was mentioned by the commentator, Anelka was singled out. - When I see the full match I'll let you know if he was right

Well he set up Salomon's goal (from what I heard). None the less, I heard he was quite influential - He may not have given the final ball, but certainly set up the plays

Good to hear after those stupid banners.