BlueLion.

No. At the minute, I don't think Terry is playing well enough. It pains me to say it, because he is a Chelsea legend, but he isn't cutting the mustard right now.

Even YNWA sounded shite tonight.

Spot on. He's had about 40 minutes of league action in total.

Kalou looks a lot better to me when he comes on as a substitute, when his pace can run tired defenders ragged. I point you in the way of the United game and the FA Cup semi-final; he made a real difference. I don't think he has the quality to be a top striker but he can certainly prove a useful squad player. No need to sell him, IMO.

That is true; we probably played the better football as well whilst he was away. My point is every team has a star player that comes up with the goods time and time again. You can say United struggled without Rooney, whilst we coped without Drogba - but Arsenal have kept themselves in touching distance without Van Persie. At the end of the day, it isn't a case of who copes best with injuries, its about who wins the most points.

Who do we have there in his place? Well, maybe Ivanovic and Alex, seeing as though they're both better centre backs.

Us without Drogba's goals?

Of course we can, as long as we don't let that result affect us too badly. Win against Stoke and the confidence will come flooding back.

Only Reina has better distribution in the Premier League than Cech.

Not Chelsea news, moved to football talk.

N'Gog and Babel will still fuck Terry up.

Yep

A minimum of 8 players trained in England: Lampard, Terry, Ashley Cole, Joe Cole, Ross Turnbull, Jeffrey Bruma, Stoch, Mancienne, Borini, John Obi Mikel, Salomon Kalou, etc. Plus the 'foreigners. '

Let's give credit where it was due - Spurs were absolutely brilliant yesterday. The best team won.

Supposed to be back for Liverpool. But Ash and Ivan will start. Thank God.

I actually quite like that brown shirt Its obviously a fake though.

Spot on. He needs to he shown that he needs to up his game. That's why I said we need to take the captaincy from him. It will make him reconsider his place at the club. The more I think of it, the more I think we should have sold him to City.

Hopefully Liverpool will be fucked after playing Atletico.

Fear the backlash, Stoke.

Nope, Belletti's fit as far as I know. Was on the bench against Bolton I think. Apparently Carvalho is fit for next weekend, which would be a welcome boost.

Agreed. Had a bit of a shaky patch mid-way through but some of his clean sheets (Arsenal at home, Bolton the other night, etc.) have been crucial.

We can do it. Keep the faith.

I think I was being a bit unfair about Yuri, because he had a torrid first half. However he was decent in the second half, so his performance probably warrants a small amount of praise.

Belletti, Ivanovic, Alex, Ashley

Chelsea vs Stoke FAPL, Sunday 25th April 2010, Stamford Bridge, 1600 KO MATCH CHAT HERE