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You sure you wanna play with just 10 men?

Hasn't been confirmed yet.

BUZZKILL! x(

What's the snow like in London? The Arsenal game has been called off, I hope ours isn't.

cough Kakuta cough

ON HIS EXIT "These things happen in football," he says. "Mr [Roman] Abramovich wanted to make a change, so he made a change. And when you've spent as much money as he has, then you're entitled to do so." "I'm very saddened by it," he says of his own recent exit. "My whole family is. We've been Chelsea-ites for years and years. But I'm realistic enough that football doesn't surprise me any more. So we'll just have to get on, and if the next challenge comes round the corner, we'll just have to see what it is." ON CHELSEA'S UCL CHANCES "They've got power, pace and a burning desire to succeed in Europe," he says. "They're geared to go the whole way, specially with the draw they've just had. I feel with Manchester United at the moment they look as though they might concede goals, and I haven't see that for a long time. They seem to be quite open in the way they're playing. They're undefeated in the Premier League, but when I've seen them they've looked as if they could ship a goal, whereas Chelsea are rock-solid, especially when everybody's fit – and Alex will be back at that point. So they'll have [branislav] Ivanovic, Alex, John Terry, Ashley Cole and [Petr] Cech in goal, and if there's a finer back five playing, I haven't seen it. "It's paramount in Europe, keeping that clean sheet. I love watching Tottenham play this year, and Arsenal, too, but they look as if they can concede a goal. Out of the four, it's only Chelsea I can see keeping a clean sheet if they really have to." ON THE UNITED GAME TOMORROW "It's come at a great time," he says. "We'll be in for a feast. It's a good game for Chelsea to have at the moment, coming off their performance at Tottenham last weekend, and they'll be buoyed by the prospect of Frank [Lampard] coming back. When you've got a guy whose scored 20 goals a season from midfield for the past six or seven years, it's a massive loss. Everybody has injury problems, but with Frank out they've lost goals from the middle of the field. When he's back to match tempo, he'll be a real threat again. They've had a lot of players unfit, and there have been some playing with injury. They've had a little bit of a bad period but the signs on Sunday were that they're coming through it. "The last six or seven years haven't been too successful for Man United at Stamford Bridge, but they always seemed to nullify each other away from home. Chelsea had the ability to take the ball off Man United at Old Trafford, and vice versa. But I've got a little feeling that Chelsea might nick this one on Sunday." ON HIS FUTURE PLANS The next challenge, however, is always the important one. "Hopefully it's not too far away. I want to get in there. I'm a football person. When I ended up playing for Orient and Wycombe, I was still waking up every morning so grateful that I was a footballer. I don't think there's a better life. I've been blessed. So you expect to get kicked in the proverbials every now and then." The Guardian

Guess who's the ref? Martin Atkinson

Great all-round draw for us. Some really big matches. Only 3 out of Arsenal, Bayern, Inter, Spurs, Milan and Barca will make it through to the quarters. I wouldn't put it past Marseille to sink United. We're the big winners in this draw today.

Marseille vs Man United WE'VE GOT COPENHAGEN!

Arsenal vs Barcelona

Olympique Lyonnais vs Real Madrid

Arsnela will get either Real or Barca

Internazionale vs Bayern Munich (repeat of last year's final)

Valencia CF vs Schalke 04

AC Milan vs Tottenham Hotspur

AS Roma vs Shakhtar Donetsk

He has extended his Palermo contract till 2015.

Draw about to start

If there's one thing I've learnt in the past few years(about us and 'dream' transfers), it's this - DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH

Better than rotting in the reserves I think. Atleast it gives him a taste of physical, competitive football. Being in the team every week will help his confidence.

Problem is Carlo doesn't play him or Kalou as a striker, but as a winger. Only Drogba and Anelka have played in a central role this season.

Welcome You'll find another cartoon lover here in Zashko/Zazzko

I always loved history in school. It was by far and wide my favourite subject. Truly fascinating.

The scenarios will have changed by the time the actual match comes around in mid February. Inter will have got most of their injured players back, I'd like us to avoid them. Roma is my team in Italy so I'd be delighted if we were to get them.