Madmax

I'll be pissed if we fuck this up now. That team is good enough to get 3 points at Brum and re-establish a 5 point lead at the top.

To not renew a contract is one thing, to tap someone on the shoulder 10 mins into the second half of a reserves game and tell him to sod off and put up a pathetic 2 line paragraph on the official site is another. Now it's clear it wasn't anything to do with an incident or a bust up or insubordination, otherwise Ray wouldn't be pursuing legal action. He was our captain at 18 ffs. This is a disgrace.

Don't blame him, he hasn't been treated with respect.

Yeah, he can be a better fly on the dressing room wall for Roman, like Esk said.

When Essien first came, who did he have alongside him in midfield? Lamps and Maka. When Mikel came in, who did he have? Lamps and Essien/Ballack. Who does Ramires have? Mikel and Zhirkov. He's lived in Brazil all his life, moved to Portugal 2 years ago and now all of a sudden he finds himself playing alongside a young midfielder and a winger converted to a central midfielder due to injuries to players of the standing of Lampard and Essien. And all this in the title defence of the champions of England, no less. It'll take time, just like it did for Drogba, Malouda, Essien, and countless others. KTF.

How many games has he played? 10? 15? Don't judge him before he spends 15-18 months here.

Nani LOL little turd Btw, how typical is that of Ronaldiva? Throwing his armband on to the floor!

Em who? How is he better than Ray? Pathetic.

Erm yeah sure ... go eff yourself

Geez people have a problem when you're happy jk, don't mind

Some respite from the horror week! Now step up Bran, Bos and Le Kak!

Kakuta on his Facebook yesterday : "Sorry for the last game , sometimes teams need 'a slap in the face to Bounce back!"

"GO MAKE ME A SANDWICH!"

KTF

I have a good feeling about Brum tbh, so I'm either very brave or very deluded Interestingly they've been letting in a lot of goals this season unlike last, if we can just go there believing we can nick an early goal, watch the confidence go up. Think Malouda is vital, I've got a feeling he'll come good this time. His status has risen considerably and he'll want to show Carlo that he made a mistake taking him off against Sunland. Chelsea the best, fuck the rest

Completely agree about Drogba. I seriously hate him when he throws all those big girl tantrums. For me Cech should be our 3rd captain.

For the love of God Carlo no more Paulo/Ramires/Anelka I'd rather - Bos, Bruma, Iva, Cole Mikel McEachran/Kakuta, Malouda Sturridge, Drogba, Zhirkov But I know this is next to impossible so meh ...

Guess everyone was already aware of this. Roman's ego battles with Jose are an open secret and he's making sure there's no Jose part 2. What I'm curious about is why was Ray sacrificed in this?

What I'm interested in knowing is, are they fake ?

Let's not speculate ...

Exactly.

He's put his performances on such a high pedestal that an okay match from him falls short of expectations. Says a lot about his recent form that even when not at his best, he's consistently among our better players. He seems a bit tired to me, maybe all the running around for 90 mins each game is getting to him. Plus him and Mikel are the only ones who've not rested at all. Want to see Yuri play one full game on the wing, 'cos he can be devastating there I feel.

Malouda looks like he needs a rest, has gone off the boil a bit. Cech Bos, Ivan, JT, Ash Mikel Kakuta/Josh, Ramires Anelka/Kalou, Drogba/Sturridge, Zhirkov