DavidEU

What Jim says above. Really upset, but very proud of the boys. Given the problems we've had this year, to take it to the last day is a phenominal achievement. Also nice to see Sheva getting a goal before he leaves. Obviously hasn't been the signing we hoped he would be, but at least he always seemed to care and show the effort - and that means alot to the fans. Good luck back in Italy Sheva. Bring on Moscow, and 2008/2009.

Not until the club confirm it Matteo.

From The Times Online

Yep. Think its all abit too complicated to be honest.

Thanks Matteo. Great work.

Expanding on what Esk was saying, I read today that he doesnt feel as though he is 'liked' by the rest of the players or the board at RM. Traditionally they don't pay their defensive players anywhere near what they pay their attacking players and I think thats probably whats annoyed him - as he's obviously a great player, and probably deserves paraty with the likes of Robben, Sneijder, Raul etc. We've benefitted from this before with Maka, so hopefully we can again. I'd love to see him here, as long as its not for the £50m thats been said.

Official site now saying we will wear the new home shirt in the Final which i'm surprised at. Didnt think that would be allowed.

I think they'll have the Chelsea/Bolton and Wigan/Utd scorers both on the scoreboard, like they did last season during the Chelsea/Bolton and Everton/Utd games. Would be weird if they played the Utd game on the big screen whilst ours was being played. That would make things tense in the crowd.

CM. I think every player in La Liga has the buy-out clause dont they? Believe its a rule in Spain that hasnt happened anywhere else yet.

Would you prefer 16 year old Kakuta?

1. Carlton Cole scored something like 40 goals in one season in the youth team. Which is an all time record at that level. I'm guessing you didnt support Chelsea when he was coming through, otherwise you would be aware of the exitement we had when he was coming through. 2. Franks right, Kakuta does have talent and ability. So did Carlton though. All I'm saying is dont carried away just yet. 3. How can you tell how good a player will be when he's only 16?

Yes, thats correct, but it doesnt support your point. You said Kakuta is going to be world class - whats that based on? A hatrick against Port Vale in the Youth Cup? Obviously I'd love to see him come through, but hes along way from doing so right now. As I said before, Mikael Forssell and Carlton Cole were superb at the level Kakuta is now, and look at them now. Carlton set extraordinary goal scoring records at youth level, but hasnt done much since. Its far to early to judge how good Kakuta is going to be.

Messi 20 Ronaldinho 28 Kaka 26

Its because hes such a big head, and practically does what he wants. Someone on Revista de la Liga (program on Sky Sports about Spanish football) was saying how training at the big clubs in Spain isnt taken as seriously, and the 'big stars' such as Ronaldinho basically train when they want and how they want. The Sheva situation was different though, he was one of the best strikers around at that time, and also Romans buddy. Ronaldinho isn't what he was a few years ago, and isnt worth anywhere near £30M in my opinion.

Editted your post BL. You put the wrong kind of event down... Think its really pathetic when people earn money photographing people grieving at funerals for a newspaper.

£32M for Ronaldinho?! No-ones going to pay that.

Really think this could be made alot simplar. 1 point for result, 1 for score, 1 for scorer. Max of three points.

Sorry but thats hilarious. How many times have you seen the chap play? I think people are getting abit carried away with Kakuta. Yes he looks a prospect, but so did Carlton Cole and Mikael Forrsell amongst others. He did well in the youth cup, yes, but one or two of the games he was non-existent to be honest. Lets give it 2-3 years to see if hes still impressing before we say hes going to be world class. As for Messi, as Jim said great player, but cant see Barcelona letting him go. Dont think there short of money, and they're obviously are determined to get back to the level they were 2-3 years ago - something they wont do if they sell Messi. Kaka is more realistic, and for £35-£40M, he'd be great. Can sense at least one top world class player coming in, and Kaka seems most likely.

I think we'll knick it, just, because we desperately need the win. 1-0 with a crap performance will do. Welcome to the site Jon.

Please keep all ticket requests for this in here guys.

Match preview to appear here soon. Come on the Chels.

All four articles taken from www.chelseafc.com. Two interesting points in that. Firstly the expected that we will wear the shirt against Bolton on May 11th, and the confirmation that it is only for one season. I think alot of people will be unhappy with that, especially parents as its going to mean 3 new kits (+ GK kits) every year unless they keep away/third kits for longer. They say many clubs already do this, but I cant think of any that are to be honest. Cant see this being a popular choice by the club and as its only a 1 season kit that i'm not particularly fond of, I'll wait for the next one. Cheers Chelsea. £40 saved. ------------------------- Something that I think most people expected to happen sooner rather than later. ------------------------- Nice to see he likes it, and has a say in the kit. ------------------------- Whats Drogba on about at the end: 'with the little lines'??? All 3 players quotes here sound abit weird.

Think £15.8 is abit steep, considering he only plays in the Croatian league. Still, looks a prospect.

Heard this earlier and was quite surprised. Still dont expect him to play on Wednesday but fair play to Frank if he feels hes ready to return. Like in the first leg, I think he may feel his Mum would want him to play in this game and therefore if hes in the right frame of mind, let him. If he isnt, but wants to play, Avram has to be strong, and not allow him to.

Talk about the second leg here guys. Going to close this one. C'mon the Chels.