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Now that is going a bit over the top don't you think!!! Rather be Leeds?? Sitting here thinking about it the absolute worst case scenario is that Roman DOES give Grant another year and £100m transfer kitty. We can be pretty sure from what we have seen from him that he will never be tactically good enough to be successful with Chelsea so there is no way he will last beyond next season! Although i don't think that would happen, with the utter cock ups he has made this season costing us 3 trophys so far and the compelte lack of tactical knowledge coupled with the anger from Chelsea fans and the ridicule from the media i just can't see Grant being the manager next season!!!

I guess it depends on how many leave, and who leaves. But you are right, a right back, a winger (although i think we need 2) and a striker are needed big time. Also we need a creative playmaker depending on how we intend to line up next season... if 4-3-3 then one is a an absolute must..

Well there is nothing we can do but wait and see, we have to wait and see if Grant is still in charge, we have to wait and see who is going to be leaving and who will come in! For me the summer can't come soon enough so we know where we stand.... If Rijkaard comes in then i think most people will be pretty happy.

The trouble is that at the moment we don't have the players to play the attacking football in the style that Barca have.... but hopefully he can come in and make a few good purchaces and him and Ten Cate can do the business...

Blimey, going to be a pretty busy pre season again by the looks of it! Should be a couple of good games in Russia though...

Lol exactly.... I can see a big turnaround of players this summer, but i hope Avram isn't in charge of it and i am sure that the end spend will be no-where near £100m

Which could be another explanation as to why they put Grant in charge for this season, so that whoever came in was welcomed with open arms!!!!!! I hope to god that Roman and the rest are that clever.......

I never thought i would see the day when i was hoping that Rijkaard would come and be our manager!!!!

I don't believe a word of this at all.......

Yup very strange indeed to see Mikel, Ballack and Kalou on peoples list to go! One thing looking at our squad which needs to be addressed is that the general age is creeping up too high, we could do with some younger blood who are going to have a long term impact with us...

I just can't see any possible way that Grant will be kept on for next season! It is just so plainly clear that he can not do the job!! It would not suprise me at all if someone had been lined up all along and Grant was always a stand in...... it is the only thing that possibly makes sense to me.

We won't though, Grant still believes that we can win the league.... I would give Di Santo a run out for this game, scored a hat-trick for the reserves last night (OK 2 were pens) and has looked quality since he came. Put him in now for the run in and see how he copes for next season.

To be honest i would rest key players for this game now. We have to put all our efforts now into the CL games with Liverpool.

Well thats it for us an our title challenge! We should have the game done and dusted earlier but it didn't happen..

A new contract does not always mean they will stay. I would be stunned if we stick with Ferreira and Belletti for next season........ Drogba is a strange one, i agree we don't need disruptive influences at the club and if he is going to cause problems then it may be better to cash in now. Although should he stay we can be happy to have held onto him. It is going to be a very interesting summer one way or another..

Out: Ben Haim: Has never looked comfortable and would rather have a young promising player as 4th choice behind JT, Riccy and Alex. Sidwell: Again has just never looked like settling in and being good enough at the level of the players around him. He is a good player but for his good and ours should move on. Pizarro: Same as the 2 above, not doing anyone any good for him to stay with us any longer. Di Santo to take his squad place next season. Malouda: Doesn't seem to be able to cope with the premiership and in my opinion not the sort of winger we are looking for. We need someone who can penetrate defences by running at them and causing problems. Wright-Phillips: Had long enough now in my opinion and just not going to improve anymore and his standard just isn't good enough. Time for an upgrade. Shevchenko: 2 reasons, firstly he just hasn't been able to make it work for us, and secondly would like to see some young blood in our strike force and with Drogba and Anelka not getting any younger it is time to look to the future. Belletti/Ferreira: Purely because we once and for all need to sort this position out!!

Without doubt there is only Joe and Riccy who even come close to winning this. Personally i would go for Joe, purely because i think it is Joes best season for us and i think Riccy has had better seasons previously but has had some top performers ahead of him.....

Well we got the win! But it wasn't the best performance! I was seriosuly cacking myself until we scored the second.... What the hell was that substitution all about??? Belletti on for Kalou? I thought Kalou had an excellant game, and then we had no idea what the formation was..... possibly the worst sub he has made yet if you ask me, playing for 20 mins+ without any shape whatsoever..

How on earth can this happen 3 times in 4 years!!!!! At least this time the second leg is at the bridge which will be nice. I seriously hope we do them this time...

Roumers are comming out now that Grant is going to start with Essien at right back again and Malouda on the left wing! Just goes to show how he doesn't learn a thing......even if we do win tonight it is the wrong players to play there. The massively ineffectual Malouda to play in one of the biggest games of our season where we HAVE to win?

Lol, and it's all starting to fall into place.... Keeping my fingers crossed here!!!!

Yup, have to want the Arse to win this one! Sick of playing the Scousers and sick of all the bullshit that comes with it!! We should be able to get past our game, but we need to have a good performance and put it to bed early on. Want to see Drogs and Anelka tonight for this one, with Maka and Lamps in middle of midfield with Kalou and Cole on the wings..... take it to em'

I would say we are a long way from having anything like a problem with disipline! Our red cards this season have mainly been a complete joke and not deserved in most cases. The difference with us and every other team is that the media like to pick up on anything we do and highlight it, doesn't mean that every other team doesn't do exactly the same as us with the same frequency or even more....... Our problem at the club is we have someone as manager who doesn't look like he has much of a clue what he is doing. Whilst i want to get rid of the f**ker as much as everyone else i think the way a lot of Chelsea fans are almost taking delight in negative stories about Chelsea these days is getting ridiculous...... Considering what our team has been through this season and with a useless lump in charge i think overall they have done us proud.

I expect the arse to get a draw against Man you, i think it will all come down to if we can win all our remaining games or not! Everyone will go into meltdown should we win the league, not least Chelsea fans who won't have a clue how to deal with the fact that Grant has actually managed to win the league!!!

I am sure that the defensive midfield role is the best one for him to be honest... I always thought that playing him there would be part of his training to make him the complete midfielder, i never thought that the holding role would be his long term role. I have never seen Mikel play the attacking midfield role properly so it is hard to know how he would do there for us....