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Maybe but he's still better than any wide player we have and would be an automatic first team player for us.

Now I'm confused. What is going on?

His bad moment is over so maybe now he's injury free it will be a good moment. He can use his skills and ability to have a good moment! Good moments!!!! :champions:

Fair enough but I'm willing to have sympathy for Mourinho being a Chelsea man.

LOL Why do you dislike Mourinho so much bro? He was great for us and gave us a lot of good memories. Yes, his Real team were embarrassing in the games recently but Barca were just as bad.

Bielsa would be excellent but very unlikely. Yeah keeping Ancelotti until his contract expires wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Although I do think he really needs an assistant coach, somebody like Ten Cate who is available to be great. You're right about Villas-Boas in the Champions League next season, it will be interesting to see how he gets on.

Andre Villas-Boas: Andre Villas-Boas dismisses mini-Mourinho comparison as he prepares Porto for Europa League semi-final http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/europa-league/8493087/Andre-Villas-Boas-dismisses-mini-Mourinho-comparison-as-he-prepares-Porto-for-Europa-League-semi-final.html 1 more year for Ancelotti then Villas-Boas comes in.

No way. We can do so much better. Don't like the way he acts against us either, remember the CL final? Last season at Stamford Bridge? Hate his guts. Don't want this tosser at Chelsea.

Stoke play better football than us. I'd rather watched the ball pumped into one of the strikers and see what happens instead of 1 million sideways passes before somebody (usually Lampard) takes a low percentage shot from 30+ yards. We play rubbish, slow, narrow football with very little imagination.

Kalou outmuscled by a Defoe who is about 10 inches shorter

Unless Lampard is shooting he is irrelevant to the game.

Lampard off please. Just so uselss

Torres the only one closing down it seems. Everybody else content to let Spurs control possession.

Don't give a damn about a title race just don't want to lose to this lot. :mellow:

Modric = wow. Wish we had a playmaker like him.

Just stating numbers alone isn't enough. What about all those assists and crucial parts he plays in the build up to many other goals. And what some of you are forgetting is that some seasons Drogba has had some injury problems. Just the league alone; 10/11 season = 12 goals 13 assists (28 starts so far) 09/10 = 29 goals 13 assists (31 starts) 08/09 = 5 goals 4 assists (15 starts) 07/08 = 8 goals 6 assists (17 starts) 06/07 = 20 goals 4 assists (32 starts) 05/06 = 12 goals 6 assists (20 starts) 04/05 = 10 goals 5 assists (18 starts) I say that's a very impressive record considering goals to games ratio and the countless assists. Some fans, for whatever reason, will never really appreciate Drogba and I find that incredibly sad. I think they have been brainwashed by the media to hate one of their own players. Still our best striker by a country mile and I hope he stays for many years to come. Didier

Good riddance. One of the worst signings in the Roman era.

Why isn't there a rating of the coach in the end of season appraisal? Carlo's season = 3/10 An absolute failure. Too weak in the summer to demand more useable players, zero interest in using players like Sturridge who is showing week in week out he is capable at this level. Rubbish tactically with players at his disposal. Shameful managing no matter how you look at it.

Of course we should be worried. Manchester United have a bigger squad and are currently the best team in England by some margin and yet our underachieving, smaller squad earns significantly more. They comfortably beat us over two legs, are on course for their 4th Premeir Legaue title in 5 seasons and will play their 3rd Champions League final in 4 years next month. Why the f**k does our squad earn more than this lot? It is just further proof of how badly our club is managed.

I know. 1 is enough, we can't afford to have 2 passengers.

Come on bro, you're better than that. That's something I'd expect from a two-bit journo not a Chelsea fan. Torres is playing pretty badly and it has absolutely nothing to do with Drogba. The guy simply is out of form hasn't looked right since the day we signed him. We should count ourselves lucky that we have a superstar in Drogba at our club. It's up to Torres to fight for his place. Simply giving him a spot no matter how poorly he plays is just stupid.

Why? If Torres decides to start scoring again and being useful we will have two of the top 5 strikers in world football in our team. Where is the problem?

I think the malaria is a legitimate excuse. It is a horrible disease by all accounts and saps the life out of the person. Now imagine being a professional athlete, renowned for strength and athleticism, still being asked to perform at your best level? It's almost impossible. In fact Drogba deserves so much respect for even playing through the illness, I guarantee you almost 99% of players would have taken months off. Didier :worship:

Di Matteo or Zola as assistant? No way. They're too nice and would be just like Carlo. An assistant coach needs to be a tough bastard like Ten Cate or Steve Clarke, also one with good experience of being a number two. Di Matteo and Zola were both sacked for doing poor jobs as managers, what makes you think they'll be any better as a number two.

Interesting to read Milan Lalkovic's comments about the game on Tuesday.