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Also, Manchester united's last 9 matches are the toughest they could have. Arsenal has some easy fixtures Hence, Arsenal needs to suffer some defeats in their last 10 matches. 5-6 years back Arsenal was all game for winning a treble only to blow up their chances in all the 3 trophies in space of Just 1 week. They lost their way in the league, knocked out of UCL and knocked out of FA all in 1 week. And finally they dint end up with anything. SO WE STILL HAVE A HOPE!!!

Well..then dont Blame the Manager when we lose. Blame the players. And yes....This one is going right down to the wire. No team can relax till it wins the very last match of the league. Chelsea has a chance only and only if they beat Arsenal and Man Utd at home. Also we HAVE TO WIN the match at WHL. I am in a way glad we had a blip against Olympiakos ,liverpool and Tottham at this stage. Cus We always seem to go on a long unbeaten run after a blip. All we gotta do is....go on a winning streak of 9-10 matches again.

Credit to Grant....for making some Bold decisions. And I mean really Bold decision to leave out someone like Drogba who I wouldnt be surprised if comes out and tells us this week that He WANTSTO GOTO MILAN and that HE IS STILL THE No. 1 Striker

And I hope we keep up with this performance till May. We always seem to have a blip and then go on a run of winning matches Last time we had it was in September End/ October beginning I guess the blip this time was Liverpool, Olympiakos and Tottenham. Now its time to go on another run of winning matches.

ARSE HOLES as always scored a goal in the last minute. We would have been 3 points behind both Man Utd and Arse had that goal not been scored. I beleive we still have a chance....This can go right down to the wire. 10 matches to be played and we CANNOT LOSE any of these. We will have an absolute Ripper of a chance only if we beat Man Utd and Arsenal at home the rest will be taken care of. Btw...Manutd's last 9 games are are the toughest I could imagine. I dont fancy them winning this title....But yes..Arsenal needs to be stopped.

WELL THE MDEIA IS CERTAINLY MAKING A MEAL OUT OF IT!!!!....I WONT BELEIVE THESE DICKHEADS WHO POUNCE ON EVERY OPPORTUNOTY TO MALIGN OUR CLUB!!!!

Juande Ramos a tactical Genius...umm...Well....Not so sure. May be. But certainly wasnt with us. With a Dodgy decision for penatly....and a Freakishly fluke goal. I reserve my comments on him. Too soon to judge him...

Former England captain Alan Shearer believes the type of training ground disagreement had between John Terry and Henk ten Cate is an everyday occurrence at most professional football club's. Shearer believes scrapes between players and staff are part-and-parcel of the game and the latest incident at Cobham is nothing to be concerned about. "It happens week-in week-out at every football club," Shearer told Sky Sports News. "I think it's all blown up more now than it ever has been. Confrontation "You have scraps, you have arguments, if you go along to a training ground everyday of the week you will find one somewhere." The former Newcastle striker believes such confrontation is to be expected when strong and passionate characters such as ten Cate and Terry work together on a daily basis. "I'm not surprised at all, " said Shearer. "What you have is people trying to give their opinions and in the heat of the moment they get taken out of context - I wouldn't worry about that at all. "I only know John Terry and I know him as a great captain and a great football player who cares very much about his team, and I think that's probably been the crossed wires. "I think every football club has to have a bit of that in it. "I think Alex Ferguson has had a bit of that http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11668_3204877,00.html

Add to that a striker in a 3 strike force and a winger too and if possible a supporting striker.

I am glad they are back on talking terms. I hope Roman realises his mistake!! I said before..its the case of "TOO MANY COOKS SPOILING THE BROTH"....We need one good manager who does everything, plans the training session, manages the team, gives the talks, etc etc. I hope Roman does something. However he may be, I am glad we have an owner like Roman, who wants to bring glory to the club. Unlike those Yanks of Liverpool.....One mistake from Roman and I hope he has realised it....Time to make amends.

unfortunately its true!!! http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3202832,00.html Henk ten Cate admits he experienced an 'F-word' row with Chelsea captain John Terry prior to the Carling Cup final. The Dutch coach, who joined Chelsea manager Avram Grant's backroom staff in October after leaving Ajax, has confirmed reports he endured a training ground bust-up with Terry. Ten Cate confesses that he and Terry had a difference of opinion regarding the 'intensity' of a Blues training session in the build-up to Sunday's 2-1 Wembley defeat to Tottenham. The defeat has heaped pressure on Chelsea's managerial staff and Ten Cate's confirmation of the dispute with club skipper Terry will not help the cause. Emotion However, Ten Cate insists the falling out will have no lasting impact and that he and Terry 'get on well'. "We are both kind of emotional, but we respect each other fully," Ten Cate told The Sun. "We just had a discussion about the intensity of the training session. That's a normal part of the game. There have been a few F-words, no doubt. But that's common in England." Grant's team selection policy at the weekend has been questioned after Chelsea stars Joe Cole and Michael Ballack began the game on the bench. Special tension And Ten Cate has confirmed that there was a tension in the Blues' camp before the final. "There was a special tension on Saturday," Ten Cate is quoted as saying on Dutch newspaper AD's website. "We have 27 players and three keepers but only a few of them could play. "John wanted to have even more intensity in training but I didn't agree as we were just one day before the match. That was all. Me and John get on well. John won't disagree."

Your first part is utter Bollocks.!!!....Again you want to play him out of position hoping that he is Anelka and can do just about anything on the field. I for one would stick to 4-3-3 rather than try different formations and try to accomodate players for their namesake specially now when we are entering the most important part of the season. I agree with your second part. Keep a fixed team train them the whole week to play with each other for the weekend match.

If Olympiakos score a goal....We'll be shitting in our pants. When was the last time we scored 2 goals in a game?

WTF...The Sun published a Bust up between Jose and Joe Cole too...FUCKING TWATS!!

You must be happy you have more supporters on your side now.

Huh, Spurs won with a dubious penalty and a lucky goal. Big shit!!!...a month back we beat them left right and left at Bridge. This isnt the first time an average mid table team has won the Cup. And yes...Big 4 will be broken, but the one that would be binned out would be Liverpool not us. Dont know why there is such a hue and cry after Chelsea were beaten by two lucky goals. Move on you guys.

Ballack played behind the 2 strikers in the World Cup and NOT as a defensive Midfielder. He is a Box to Box midfielder just like Lamps. But yeah, he did play as defensive midfielder for Bayern Munchen

There you go buddy....AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN you KEEP CHOPPING AND CHANGING to Accomodate your Stars.

http://www.talkchelsea.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1201 Go through the posts and then tell me how many were fine with 4-3-3 with Anelka playing on left. Again, ANELKA IS A TARGET MAN. HE NEVER PLAYED AS A SUPPORTING STRIKER. For God's sake, you again want him to play out of position. And how could you expect the manager to change the formation from 4-3-3 which we played with since September to 4-4-2 all of a sudden for a final just to accomodate our Stars. It seems like their arrival has jinxed our performances.

Also, Joe, If you see the threads in previous weeks, you'll find most fans wanting Grant to play Anelka on left of 4-3-3 with Drogs in centre. Some Fans even went to the extent of Changing to 4-2-2 formation ALL OF A SUDDEN IN A CUP FINAL to accomodate players. IM GLAD GRANT DINT CHANGE THE FORMATION. But he did play Anelka out of position, as Fans wanted. And when he failed...The same fans go for his head.... As far as I am concerned, HE SHOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED THE TEAM THAT WON 9 matches in a row to accomodate favourite Chelsea players. BALLACK AND JOE COLE BEHCNED....HOLY SHIT!!!!....I COULDNT BELEIVE HE ACTUALLY BENCHED THE TWO MOST INFORM PLAYERS FOR THE FINALS And yes...BALLACK IS ANYTIME A BETTER FREE KICK TAKER THAN LAMPS AND DROGBA!!!!

I know its not the Blue Lion who made the selection, but we had a small argument over introducing Lamps and Terry the other day. Now, The Formation is fine. But rotating the players is not fine. You play with 4-3-3 for the most of the season, with same set of players as we have had pver last several years. The players get acustomed to playing with each other. But when you start rotating the players, you find your self playing along side new set of players in new positions. Hence as we saw...the Passing was FucKALL......We CANNOT SEEM TO PRODUCE A GOAL FROM AN OPEN PLAY!!!.....

How do you see this? From mid December to February First week. We have been playing with more or less the same starting 11 with Ballack in midfield playing so well, Makalele the Holding Midfielder, Joe Cole and Malouda on wings And the best part of it all was SWP in the Central Midfield. With this combination, we won 9 matches in a row. Then comes the arrival of our injured players, African players...and what do we do? Introduce these players in the 11. Thus breaking the team dynamics of the one tht went on a winning streak for 9 matches. Our performances have hit ROCK BOTTAM since the arrival of these players. Grant is Rotating the players, and it definately affects the Team Dynamics. A Squad of 11 fit players in every match is the best way to go by, but Grant is trying to introduce all of his players in different matches. People like Blue Lion and others wanted Lampard and Terry in the TEAM for Finals. Why? Cus they have been Chelsea servants for years. But When you Break a Team Combination, a Team that is set and used to playing togther, IT DEFINATELY AFFFECTS THE PERFORMANCES. BALLACK WAS Benched inorder to accomodate LAMPARD, ALEX who had had such a wonderful defensive partnership with Carvalho, was benched to accomodate TERRY. And all this done in the FINAL of a cup Game. Anelka made to play on the wings (OUT OF POSITION)...why? cus he is Nicolas Anelka and he has to be in the team, dont care which position. My Biggest Fear is that Grant seems to be introducing the Rotation system. Jose was never a fan of it. I cant imagine he Benched Ballack and Joe Cole the two most inform players over the last 2 months for us to accomodate Lampard and Nicolas Anelka. Again, this Rotation policy has never won trophies for any teams. A team needs to have a core that plays in every important matches. Blue Lion, I told you Team comes first, and not your favourite beloved players. You change the team to accomodate Chelsea favourites, You are always at risk to losing out.

YES. I dont think there is anyother way of gauging your fanbase. Hence I said its an APPROXIMATE figure.

Thats one injury you dont want any player to have. Its worst than the Cisse one. http://youtube.com/watch?v=RpHufZEaFe0

90 million is an approximate figure which im assuming they come up with based on the merchandise sale globally.