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What's that got to do with the price of cheese? You can only beat what's put out in front of you. I'd be more concerned if he was only beating teams of that ilk by the odd goal in three, but instead his sides show they can absolutely ravage sides when in the mood (Swansea home and away this season are perfect examples).

As much as I'm growing to love TBO, I hope we can wrap the title up soon to give Lord Petr a shot at the PL clean sheets record

If we lose, so what? We'll be 7 points clear with a better goal difference, plus they still have to go to Old Trafford. Because of last weekend's semi-final, they don't play their extra game (which cancels out our game in hand) until the 20th of May, by which point we'll probably have too many points to be caught. My point being that if we get two draws and two wins from Leicester/Palace/Liverpool/West Brom, by May 18th we'd have 84 points, and even if Arsenal took maximum points between now and the end of the season, 84 is the very most they can achieve. We'd then only need a point against Sunderland to guarantee it. Let's say we lose today, only manage draws against Leicester and Liverpool, we need to win two of our games at West Brom and at home to Sunderland and Palace to ensure the title. But that is dependant on Arsenal getting 100% of their available points between now and the end of the season - which they won't. I can't see them winning at Old Trafford. Regardless of their cup win there this season, their league record against United, in Manchester, is frankly horrendous (they've won two out of their last sixteen trips there). Let's say they win five and draw one of their last six (16 points), that will give them 82 points. We'd need eight points from the last five games to match that, or nine to beat it, i.e. two wins and three draws. But this is all very hypothetical. This could end up being unlucky number 13 for Mourinho, however I have to admit I'm more nervous for Wednesday's game versus Leicester..... Disclaimer: I'm shit at maths so if I have failed to add up some basic sums here, you'll just have to deal with it.

Unreal banter from Google.

Doesn't matter about the tie changing goal, Torres scored the equaliser on the night. It was the nail in the coffin and one final "fuck you" to all the doubters who said Barcelona would destroy us. You can't take that moment away from him, or the fans. That was almost as good as Didier's penalty just under a month later in terms of sheer elation.

He's a striker, what else should I judge him by? Unlike Koke, for instance, who has been average at best whenever I've seen him, Icardi always impresses me. A little lazy, yes, but very clever movement and his finishing is generally excellent.

It was all worth it for that goal in the Nou Camp, let's be honest.

Icardi, bang average?! He's scored 19 league goals in one of the worst Inter sides there has been since I was born. He's been fantastic for them.

You don't have to agree with it mate, it's just my opinion! I think he's been excellent for them. I can't name one goalkeeper who hasn't made a catalogue of howlers this season. It's been a shoddy performance from the league's so called elite stoppers.

I'd rather, if we're going to spend crazy money, see us invest on a player such as Pogba or Reus who'd be a serious upgrade on the options we have now. I'll admit I haven't seen a lot of Koke, but what I have seen of him, I've not at all been impressed.

I'd be sick if I lived in Stoke as well. Sorry to any Stoke-dwellers on here, but it's like driving through the 1970s.

He has the same qualities as Oscar. This would be an absolute waste of a transfer.

I understand people want Bamford/Solanke to be given a chance, but let's say next season we go to the Camp Nou in a UCL semi-final second leg... would you trust one of those young boys to get us to the final over a proven scorer like Icardi?

FFS.

I never turned on Torres. But there was a time when I realised he'd never cut it at Chelsea, and it was this moment against Norwich:

Forster has had a good season also, but he benefits from a rigid and consistent defensive system in front of him. A goalkeeper is only as good as his defence... hence why Green and de Gea have been outstanding this season because they've constantly been let down by their defenders and yet still had solid seasons. The same applies to Courtois.

I'll finish you in a minute.

The best goalkeeper in the league this season IMO has been Rob Green, QPR would already have been relegated without him. DdG has been excellent though, I hate to admit.

The only reason de Gea will win goalkeeper of the year is because he's allowed to handle outside his own penalty area.

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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.