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Far from the dismal output of our strikers last season, Jose Mourinho faces another striking concern - this time over fitness. With Diego Costa only recently returned to training after a hamstring injury obtained in our defeat of Stoke over the Easter weekend, and Loic Remy rated by Mourinho at 50:50 for this weekend's away trip to second-placed Arsenal, the Special One may well be turning again to veteran striker Didier Drogba. But after the Ivorian withdrew from a charity match in France after sustaining an ankle injury, Mourinho may be without a frontline striker for this weekend's trip to the Emirates. Whether Drogba is truly injured or is under strict instructions from Mourinho rest easy between fixtures remains to be seen - at 37, Drogba is no longer the supremely fit forward he once was - but considering the charitable soul that Didier is, it is unlikely he would pull out of such a high profile event. Drogba, a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, withdrew from a game billed as a Match Against Poverty in St-Étienne on Monday with an ankle complaint - and it is not for the first time this season that the striker has suffered from such an injury. Should any of Chelsea's potent striking force recover in time, then all will be well for Mourinho's men, who have looked incisive in attack in recent weeks regardless of who leads the line. If the worst was to occur and Mourinho is without any of his strike force, it would not be a disaster in this particular fixture. Given the magnitude of the fixture and Arsenal's recent form, it is likely that Mourinho will look to set up his side to sit deep, soak up pressure and hit on the counter in typical Chelsea style. Either Eden Hazard, Juan Cuadrado or even former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas could all operate in a false number nine role as an adapted version of the archetypal 4-3-3 system. If any team in the Premier League has the means to cope with injuries, it is the current league leaders. But fitness concerns over Chelsea strikers this season has been a major form of concern. Costa missed much of the back end of last season at Atletico Madrid with a hamstring injury, and the occasional recurrence of that complaint has severely curtailed his involvement in a Chelsea shirt this campaign. The naturalised Spaniard has only appeared in 24 of the Blues' 32 Premier League games so far this season, but has still managed 19 goals in that period of time. Had he been fit for the entirety of the season, there would be contest in the race for the Golden Boot award, in which Costa trails Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero, who lead with 20 strikes each. Loic Remy has been equally sharp in front of goal, scoring seven times despite starting only eight games in all competitions. But after Liverpool backed out of a deal to sign the Frenchman from QPR before he finally agreed terms with Chelsea over concerns about his fitness, those fears appear to have been well-founded considering his relative unavailability at times this season. Whilst it was a heart condition, rather than the recurring calf injury that has recently kept the former Marseille frontman out of action, that deterred Brendan Rodgers from singing him in the summer, the Frenchman, who was in with half a chance of being fit for last weekend's win over Manchester United, is making slow progress in his recovery bid. The various ailments of Costa and Remy have left Drogba as Chelsea's solitary striker in recent weeks, and despite a half-dozen goals this season all scored in a glut before Christmas, the Ivorian is only a shade of the same player who led the Blues to Champions League glory in 2012. Whilst Drogba's return has been vindicated given his contribution, he has visibly been jaded in games and has struggled to play for more than 60 minutes, let alone a full 90. Drogba is now, at best, an impact player to bring on off the bench, but whilst he insists he will not hang up his boots and retire just yet, there are justifiable concerns that a role as even third-choice forward next term may be a risky move - especially given his age, the and prospect of both Costa and Remy falling into the "injury prone" bracket. It is becoming increasingly clear that Chelsea need to bring in striking reinforcements over the summer, especially should Drogba's involvement become more limited as he assumes the much-touted player-coach role. Ashley Cole's teammate at AS Roma, forward Mattia Destro, was linked with Chelsea in January and has been frustrated by a lack of regular football under Rudi Garcia this season, whilst another Serie A hot-shot in Mauro Icardi, who has managed to score sixteen goals in 29 appearances for a decidedly average Inter Milan side, is another potential target. Obvious homegrown options exist in Patrick Bamford, who, in having been on loan at Middlesbrough this season, was named the Championship's Player of the Season in an awards ceremony in London on Sunday. Another potential player to make the step up to the senior squad is Dominic Solanke. Roy Hodgson drafted in England's Young Player of the Year to train with the England senior team after a wave of injury withdrawals left them short of numbers ahead of their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier with Lithuania last month. Whether it is a homegrown option or a multi-million signing from abroad, Mourinho looks likely to have to dip into his transfer fund to bolster the Blues' attacking options this summer.

If Remy and Costa are only going to be fit for only 60% of the season, Bamford would get more play time then he might expect.

Imagine the scenes if Fabregas scores next week

Good performance. Tenacious and hard-working. A good call from Mourinho. Again.

I've missed our human full-time whistle

Why can't some people just give a player credit? I have been hypercritical of Cahill this season, but he shone yesterday. He stopped a certain goal with that block on Falcao's shot, made at least a half-dozen excellent clearances and didn't lose a single header. A good, solid performance.

Mourinho out.

Means he'll start from the bench.

If he can get 4-5 goals he may well still have a chance of winning the golden boot - especially if we let him take a penalty or two (but then again we never get any of those).....

He won't win it. I'll be surprised if does, pleasantly surprised that is, but I can't see it.

Please be fit.

In the first leg, they were the better team and I think we did very well to get a 1-1 draw, in all truth. In the second leg, we were negative. Mourinho's tactics cost us, but you have to commend PSG. They out-Chelsea'd us. They did to us what we did to Barcelona. It can be harder playing against ten men when they are so fired up. However I maintain a more attacking display that night would have seen us through, so yes, we can criticise Mourinho here. But by the same token we have to commend him for getting his tactics spot on in 90% of matches this season. He's a major reason why we're on for a Double in a year where we haven't even actually been that good!

Chelsea - 73 points, 21 points remaining Arsenal - 66 points, 18 points remaining United - 65 points, 18 points remaining Arsenal maximum - 84 United maximum - 83 United and Arsenal have to play each other. They have to play us. Mathematically 11 points secures us the title, provided Arsenal and/or United beat us, in which case we need 12 points to be certain. 11 points from seven games? The title's coming home, folks.

What a wonderful temperament he showed, I didn't think he would have started yesterday, but Mourinho put great faith in him and he repaid his manager in kind. Fantastic performance, well done Thibaut!

If Willy didn't cost £30m, everyone would praise him as being a brilliant, consistent 7/10 performer every week who can perform in a variety of positions across the midfield three. We overpaid, admittedly, but stop using that to judge him by. He won't be a 15-goal-a-season midfielder for us. He does a job, a job without which we'd be truly bollocksed.

And what little he did do, he still managed to get sucked out of position half a dozen times. All hail Willian for his defensive nous. Branna gives 110% most of the time, but I'm really not sure why he is earmarked as the league's best right-back this season ahead of Nat Clyne - although that being said, apart from Clyne and Ivanovic, there has been no single good performer from right back in any team this season, so it probably boils down to what you prefer in your right-back. I'd just be interested in seeing how well Ivan would perform if he didn't have Willian on Brainfart Duty and doubling up whenever Ivan goes AWOL.

As far as I'm concerned, if Real paid £85m for Bale, then they have to cough up £100 million for Hazard. Unlike Spurs, we don't have to sell as we are a club that actually has ambition. Hazard this season has been better than Bale in 12/13, and that is coming from someone who really, really rates Bale. If Madrid want to sign him, they have to offer mega money because we are not inclined to selling our best players.

It isn't hard to see why people are leaving, is it?

I don't think Matic is playing anywhere near "bad" at the minute. He hasn't been close to his ridiculously good best, but he has still been frightfully consistent and it is no surprise our only league defeats have been inflicted with him either absent (Newcastle away) or enduring an incredibly poor match (Spurs away). Even in his par form at present he is clearly the best in the Premier League (and Europe?) at what he does.

It isn't incorrect, but it bugs me. From my point of view, as a goalkeeper, yes Saying a penalty is "missed" when it is in fact "saved" by the goalkeeper gives no credit to the goalkeeper, which annoys me somewhat, especially when penalties are the hardest thing for a goalkeeper to prevent. For me, a penalty is "missed" if it isn't registered as a shot on target, and if the goalkeeper saves it, it is obviously "saved". But anyway, back to Patch. He's had a great season at 'Boro. Is there any harm in having him as our third choice striker next season? Costa is world class, people are beginning to realise (at last) that Remy isn't too far away from being an excellent forward himself - for a team that only plays with one forward that is enough, as far as I'm concerned. Didier may or may not be sticking around as well as an extra option in the "player coach" bracket - would there really be any risk in giving Patch ten starts and 15 sub appearances next season?

That would almost defeat the point in having a membership for people like me who can't afford to go to every game but use their memberships to have early access to those that they can go to. That isn't what needs to be changed. It is the "waiting room" aspect that needs adjusting, because it isn't a waiting room at all. It is a revolving door where you can refresh one page and it'll take you straight through whilst others will make you wait for hours.

The club's ticketing policy is absolutely abysmal. The "online waiting room" isn't a waiting room at all. All you need to do is log in before 6am, and more often than not you can open up the tickets. Just wait until 7am before you hit "Next" and you can carry out the transaction. Archaic to say the least, as other times you can be on there for hours and miss out on tickets, while others can log in randomly and get access immediately. The whole system is outdated. Coventry City have a better ticketing system.

Pretty standard for rock/punk drummers these days.

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