Deserve better? The board over the past eight and a half years have been responsible for this club signing some of the best players in the world, Jose Mourinho, Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti, five Champions League semi-finals, going to Moscow, and winning eight beautiful trophies. Despite what a lot of people here think, the board want to achieve exactly the same as what the fans do. Andre was failing and underachieving, and the directors clearly feel that finishing fourth is not just a requirement, its a necessity. And had we not, everyone on here would have been calling for Andre's head in May anyway.
Drogba should be starting after scoring Saturday. Got to do everything we can to play one of them into a bit of form and dropping them the game after a goal isn't going to help. The same situation applies for Romeu. 2-0 blues. KTBFFH.
I dont know if this has been mentioned, but AVB has stated that players who have handed in transfer requests won't be training with the first team squad, re: Anelka and Alex. Kalou is. Sorry for bursting the bubble.
Personally think all we'll see is Alex and Nico leaving, and either Cahill or Godin coming in for around £7m. Think we'll see the season out with Torres and Drogba, and with Essien returning in January there's no room for an extra central midfielder.