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Added a poll. Vote for your top three. I've gone with the names most consistently used in this thread and those on the PFA Team of the Year, which is a fair enough shortlist. I'll then use this poll to inform a top three for our official PotY awards. Nominations in the FIRST CHOICE are awarded three points per vote; nominations in the SECOND CHOICE are awarded two points; and nominations in the THIRD CHOICE are awarded one point. e.g., if Costa has 11 votes in first choice, 17 votes in second choice, and 7 points in third choice, he'll get 33 (11 x 3 points), 34 (17 x 2 points) and 7 (7 x 1 point), totalling 74 points.

That goes without saying, I couldn't pull a door.

5. Matic 4. Fabregas 3. Costa 2. Hazard 1. Terry

Let's not kid ourselves, if we wanted to develop youth players we would need to sack our manager first.

Not really, but do we need English players? Absolutely.

Awesome composure, but I expected him to shoot straight at the defender on the ground when he put them both on their arses

He was quiet last night, just like against Arsenal. He looks exhausted. But those little moments of brilliance, such as the lay off into Ivanovic for the equaliser, prove he is the best player in the league by a comfortable margin. He doesn't play well and yet still creates a game-changing moment.

I think he looked quite lively when he came on. He seriously needs to bulk up a bit, however, he is far too easily knocked off the ball.

In the first half, he played shit, and the team were shit with him. In the second half, after he got that kick on the shin, he was like "fuck this, I'm taking you bastards down". The team rallied around him after that goal, and our second half performance was the best 45 minutes of football since the first half against Swansea. Leadership is vital and that is what DD brings. He's easily the best third choice striker in the Premier League.

Fantastic save from Konchesky. We defended poorly in the first half, he did what he could. Did he make one save after half-time? I can't even remember him touching the ball.

Let's hope he beats that tosspot... oh and Henry as well!

He looked in complete control with his feet yesterday, no idea why anyone is complaining. There was one breakdown in communication between him and Ivo that nearly sent me into cardiac arrest, but other than that he was quite sensible with what he did. My gripe was that ridiculous slap straight to the feet of Mertesacker, there was no way on this earth he was going to get through that crowd of players. Joe Hart did that twice on Saturday and it gave Villa two goals, which I absolutely slaughtered him for. Mertesacker should have hit the target at least. Lucky escape.

Scenes.

Oooh you fucking tease!

Far more worried about this than I was about the Arsenal game, which was ultimately a piece of cake. Leicester are, to put it bluntly, on a fucking roll. They're buzzing, their tails are up, and they have absolutely nothing to lose considering the position they are in and the teams they still have to play. They're not safe, but you'd fancy they'll take more points against the teams they have to play later in the season - so they'll see this as an added bonus. I'll be quite honest and say I'd take a point now if you offered it to me; for three reasons - 1) the above reasoning - they're in good form, scoring goals, and not looking too shabby at the back for the first time this season; 2) I wouldn't mind Leicester staying up, as a Midlands boy I'm embarrassed by the state of Midlands football at the minute, so seeing Villa in an FA Cup final, Leicester potentially staying up and Derby having a slight chance of joining them next year through the play-offs is a good thing to me; and 3) I'd fucking love to win it against Liverpool. As for the team, I'd expect: Courtois Ivanovic - Cahill - Terry - Luis Matic - Fabregas Ramires - Hazard - Willian King Didier

Chelsea will travel to Australia at the conclusion of the season to play in a post-season friendly against Sydney F.C.. An 8pm kick-off local time (11am BST) on Tuesday 2 June, the Blues will play at the 83,500 capacity ANZ Stadium against the side who are currently second in the A-League - just three points behind leaders Melbourne Victory. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said: ‘We are very pleased we are coming to Sydney at the end of our season, for the first time in more than 40 years, and we hope our Australian fans can come and watch us play'. The last time the Blues visited Australia was also in a post-season tour in 1974 where they played six matches, whilst a month-long stay in 1965 saw the then League Cup winners play a mammoth 11 games. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 6 May and the game will be aired in the UK and Ireland exclusively on Chelsea TV.

Chelsea's Belgian wing wizard Eden Hazard has been crowned as the PFA Player of the Year for 2014/15. At an awards ceremony in London on Sunday evening, Hazard, who signed for the Blues in the summer of 2012, was named ahead of Chelsea team-mate Diego Costa, Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez, Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho, Manchester United’s David de Gea and Tottenham’s Harry Kane. One of six Chelsea players selected in the Premier League's team of the season - alongside Costa, Nemanja Matic, John Terry, Branislav Ivanovic and Gary Cahill - Hazard, last season's Young Player of the Year, has gone one step better in picking up the major honour. In the absence of top scorer Costa in recent weeks, Hazard has stepped to the fore and has almost single-handedly propelled the Blues towards the Premier League title with important goalscoring contributions in recent weeks, not least against Manchester United last weekend. With thirteen league goals and eight assists to his name, Hazard has completed significantly more dribbles and attracted more fouls than any other player in the Premier League. He is the second Chelsea player, after John Terry in 2005, to receive the award. ‘What I did this season is play very well, Chelsea played very well. I don't know if I deserve to win but it is good for me', he said upon receiving the award. ‘I started the season not to be the PFA Player of the Year but it was in my head. I want to be the best and I hope one day I can win a lot of trophies. 'I'm very happy', he continued. 'I try to score more goals than last season. Personally I have played a good season, I have been there in the big games and I scored a lot of important goals, this is why I'm better this season. ‘It is better to be voted by the players. They know everything about football. This is good'.

Four It ain't gonna happen, sadly.

They gave all they could, if they committed too many forward they'd have been done on the counter again.

So, so many positives: Arsenal gave it their all and got behind us once in 96 minutes.Terry, Azpilicueta and Willian were all absolutely magnificent.The energy and workrate were top notch from each and every one of the lads today.Defensively so, so brilliant. Compactness, doubling up on the Arsenal wingers, denying Arsenal the space needed to exploit any gaps and pressing relentlessly for most of the match.We're gonna win the fucking league!

No you totally missed my point. I was referring to your comment when you talked about his goalscoring record at Madrid. Seems you got the wrong end of the stick, but maybe I didn't make myself very clear. My point was at Real, with that team, you'd be worried if he wasn't killing teams because of his team. I'm saying Mourinho's tactics are indicative of the squad he has - at Madrid, he had a bunch of world-beaters and he massively underperformed, IMO, although Barcelona were in their absolute pomp at that time. At Chelsea he has several "functional" players at best which severely limits our attacking ability. The fact we're only beating these sides in the manner we are is down to Mourinho making a fist out of a relatively bad hand. I have no idea how we're 9 points clear, I truly don't.

de Gea Clyne Terry Bertrand Matic Schneiderlin Hazard Silva Sanchez Kane Aguero IMO.

And yet we've still beaten them, especially at times when it means the most. That's what good things do. If you want style and substance all year round then the Prem ain't the league for you, I'm afraid. It just doesn't happen, for a multitude of reasons including the fact that the so-called "lesser teams" aren't even that bad, and the so-called "big teams" are, in truth, little better than bang average compared to the likes of this season's UCL semi-finalists. If our season was flipped around and we started with 1-0s and ended up with 6-3s and 4-2s, we'd be called the most exciting team in England. That's exactly what happened in 2009/10. We beat Hull 2-1 on the opening day, we then went to places like Wigan and Villa and got flogged. We just happened to end the season with a string of 7-0s and 8-0s against abysmally shit teams with nothing left to play for. 38 games of 5-3 scorelines just doesn't happen in England. I don't know about you, but I enjoy tight and tactical 1-0s, like last weekend's game against United, far more than a 4-3.

No fewer than six Chelsea players have been named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Season. Striking sensation Diego Costa - scorer of 19 Premier League goals in just 23 appearances - is joined by Tottenham's Harry Kane in a two-man attack. Nemanja Matic and Eden Hazard consist of half of a four-man midfield, which also features Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, who has enjoyed a magnificent debut season under Arsene Wenger. Joining them in midfield is the somewhat surprising selection of Phillipe Coutinho, who seems to have been chosen on the basis of being the best of a par bunch at Liverpool, who have endured a torrid end to a promising campaign. Coutinho, despite a handful of excellent performances, frankly should be nowhere near that line-up considering the form of Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal's Santi Cazorla, Southampton's Morgan Schneiderlin and even Swansea's Glyfi Sigurdsson, who have all had outstanding seasons. Three Blues stars feature in the defence - unsurprising given that Chelsea have the joint best defensive record in the division - with John Terry, Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic all chosen; the latter of which a surprise considering the consistency of Southampton's Nat Clyne. Despite an excellent season, Cesar Azpilicueta was overlooked in favour of former Blues full-back Ryan Bertrand, whilst David de Gea is rightfully elected as the outstanding goalkeeper of the year. There is no place for the likes of Manchester City duo Sergio Aguero and David Silva, whilst the late-season form of Manchester United duo Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini has seen them overlooked this term. The PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year will be announced at the PFA awards ceremony, which takes place at Grosvenor House in London on Sunday evening. Hazard and Kane are the favourites to land the major honours.