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I would hope that Pearce has been misquoted somewhere because he would be pretty stupid to say something like that. Especially considering we currently have 2 players in his U21's team (Mancienne and Bertrand) and plenty more England internationals down the age groups. If he is basing this whole assessment of Chelsea on SWP then he is a even bigger plum!

I don't think we can afford to let him go, we have 3 wingers, Cole, Kalou and Malouda! We need Scott around to be cover and take his chances when they come to him. I think it would be better for him to stay with us now - being that 4th choice winger is exactly what he needs.

Compatriot of Miroslav Stoch and was a very lively and exciting player in the FA Youth Cup Final. Would be a very good aquisition if we could manage to sign him..

Well that would cause problems. With Cole and Kalou out that will leave us with only Malouda as a wide man for Cluj. Sinclair isn't in the CL squad so can't be used which will mean that he will have to use Belletti more than likely in a wide position. Lets hope we can get one of them back ASAP and we don't have this problem for longer than 1 game.

Fantastic result, especially considering we managed to rest some players and give some other players valuable gaming time. It wasn't the greatest performance, a lot of stray passing. Put overall very pleasing. Would have liked to have seen Sinclair and Di Santo given more minutes on the pitch considering the circumstances.

Now that is fantastic news!!! I would like to see something like this tonight: ..........................Cudicini............................. Ferreira........Ivanovic.......Alex...............Bridge Kalou.............Mikel........Ballack............Sinclair ....................Drogba.....Di Santo................... Subs: Cech, Terry, A.Cole, Lampard, Tejera, Stoch, Anelka It would be extremely interesting to see how Stoch would fair in the first team.

Will be interesting to see what side he does put out. He said he would put out all his best players if they were available, so i am not sure what that means for the likes of Di Santo, Sinclair and Ivanovic - hopefully they will get a start because they are still top quality players.

Oh dear! That will upset the spammers for sure. Incidently why is it that the Tevez move to Man you is above board but wasn't at wet spam? I thought the rule was to do with third party ownership, well Man you are technically loaning from that Joorabchian chap arn't they? Because it isn't from West Ham or any other club i am sure.

Not exactly a fair comparison if you ask me. Both are completely different types of centre back with completely different qualities. But they compliment each other so well and make the perfect pairing.

Yup very true. I was also very suprised at how deep man you were sitting and the ammount of numbers they had back too. Made it very difficult for us to get through, especially without Deco. Like the spuds game it was a game we should have won, we had plenty of those last season that cost us, lets hope we can rectify it and not suffer again this season.

Both players are a big blow. Deco has been vital to us playing better in the final third and it showed that we missed him yesterday. Carvalho is fantastic but Alex stepped up brilliantly. 3 key players out at the moment now, we certainly don't want to see any more thats for certain.

I thought Man you were flying in quite a bit with their tackles. It wasn't the dirtiest game i have ever seen but they were also being very petulant. Neville was lucky Ballack is very honest or he would have been off for sure! Overal i would say Man you's yellows were pretty much fully deserved.

A frustrating game for sure. Overall we did well and dominated United, we had them on the back foot for the majority of the game but we were lacking in the final third, our descisions and our finishing when we got near their goal was pretty poor and we should have done better and taken our chances and won that game. Man you showed their petulance again and no big suprise it is not being picked up on, we missed Deco big time. Mikel and Alex were the stars of the show, Mikel seems to get better and better and Alex showed why he is probably the best back up centre back in European football.

Both injuries are worrying, they are key players for us and we certainly missed Deco although Alex came in for Carvalho and was excellant.

Surely it is too early to tell if he will back early or not, he has only just had the operation. Lets hope he does make it back ahead of schedule though because we will need him.

I'm sure you won't have to wait long, he will pop up on some crap reality show sooner or later!

That is an extremely valid point! There does need to more incentives for more competant people to do the job! Apparently you have to go through tough fitness tests to be a ref! You wouldn't have though it looking at he fat, balding twats who ref the premier league would you?

Tart! He would get a worse kicking from most other teams. He is just upset because Ashley can keep him on a leash and i am sure Bosingwa will too.

Not f**king Mavis!!! Lets just hope we can come out of one of his games with our keepers intact.

Silly c**t - are the words that spring to mind. Can't believe anyone would honestly say anything of the sort about that tackle! Before the appeal everyone was saying that he shouldn't have had a red, now everyone is saying it is the worst tackle ever!

Well if this kid is as good as they say he is and the club are confident of their youth coaches then £2m would be a bargain should we be able to bring him through. Saying that though how can they have a schoolboy under a proper contract?

It would be great to heap even more pressure on the Mancs, we are playing well at the moment, will be interesting with players fit if he goes back to the 4-4-2 diamond: .....................................Cech.................................. Bosingwa.........Carvalho..........Terry................A.Cole .....................................Mikel.................................. ........................Lampard.........Ballack....................... .....................................Deco.................................. .......................Drogba..............Anelka..................... He may be tempted but i am sure he will stick with pretty much the same team we have had for the last coupele of games.

An excellant appointment by Chelsea on every level i feel. Will be good to see him sitting there with Scolari on the bench against Man you. I think Ray will do a top job with us

Would be a good appointment i think. He knows what he is talking about and has a good knowledge of the club all the way down to youth level. Was around during the cobham cup tournament as well.

For me Kalou is a great talent, and i can't understand why he has yet to be used this season. For me i would have him every single time over Malouda. Kalou is a real threat and although not perfect has improved every year with us so far.