Blue Armour

(Since we're still talking abt Mikel in the Sneijder topic ) I always felt it was weird that Mikel plays holding mid for us, when he plays/used to play a no. 10 role for Nigeria. He could have been used in the position behind two strikers when Carlo was trying the failed diamond formation. Think about it: quick short passes, and can hold the ball great with his strength. Cant shoot for nuts though....

Agreed. For now, the focus should be on good players. At the moment, with Lamps, JT, Ash, Sturridge and Josh there is no shortage of English talent in this Chelsea side.

Irrespective of what happened this past season, I don't see Essien or Malouda leaving this summer. They were after all, given contract extensions just before this season began...

Hope Liverpool paves the way for us...you know we can always buy from them later

Sounds like a good theory, but I don't think our board was pinning their hopes on him losing one game against Belgium to get him for free. The 4m clause was always going to be a risk from the beginning

I always thought there was some underlying logic amongst all the madness that we have seen at our football club. But I find it pretty hard to explain some of the decisions made since Ron Gourlay came along. From Roman's perspective, look at this way...I don't think he attends or watches all the games, so unlike the fans he does not observe some of the little things, like the players losing form, or unfortunate incidents taking place during the game which can affect the course of an entire title race. In a business its all about results, and so for him, his big investment and double winning team, which cruised to a domestic double last season, is unable yield even one trophy which even Birmingham city could manage to. And then he feels ok, lets get the holy grail instead, and here's 50m quid for your trouble, and even that falls apart (albeit under unfortunate circumstances). That's probably why Roman and the fans don't always see eye to eye, with the Carlo sacking, etc. On a side note, I just think he's getting bad advice at times..well,.at least this season.

I thought that transfer fees wasn't an issue? Only the player wages matter...

Look's like its Turkey vs. Chelsea over Drogba and Hiddink...lol