BlueLion.

Correct, all we need to win the league is 15 points, or win our next four. However we can now afford to draw against all of United, Arsenal and Liverpool and arguably one other team.

Weirdly, I feel even more confident with Remy up front than with Diego. Diego offers us so much, but Loic is the better finisher of the two, undoubtedly. At this time of the year you need a fox in the box, and that is exactly what Remy is.

I hope your Grandfather pulls through.

Last year we won the Big Teams league, but lost in the Other Teams league. This year we haven't been great against the top sides (though that can be amended by going unbeaten against Arsenal, United and Liverpool) but we've been terrific against the rest. Unlike La Liga, which is won by the victors of Barcelona-Real Madrid's two matches, the Premier League is won by the best team over 38 matches. Over the first 30, we've been the best team by a fucking mile. We have to win the league from here.

How so? Compare the two squads from Saturday's matches. Starting XI Courtois > Ospina - easily Courtois is the better of the two, though Ospina is underrated, and it is criminal it took so long for Wenger to realise how much better he is than that Polish fraud. Ivanovic > Bellerin - an unfair comparison given Bellerin's age, but Ivanovic - despite his numerous faults - has easily been the best right sided full-back in the PL this season. Cahill = Mertesacker - they're both utterly useless in a high defensive block, but stick them in a deeper-lying system and they're two of the best block-tacklers around. Pretty even. Terry > Koscielny - Koscielny is the best central defender Arsenal have had since Campbell, but Terry is still the best defender in the league. Azpilicueta > Monreal - no debate even needed, Azpilicueta is the best one-on-one full-back in world football. Matic > Coquelin - Matic offers far more than Coquelin, who is unbelievably overrated Fabregas > Cazorla - tight, as I personally think Santi is Arsenal's most effective player, but overall in an attacking sense Fabregas is more pivotal to our system than Cazorla is to Arsenal's. Oscar < Ramsey - he might not be having the best season, but neither is Oscar - but I think Ramsey gives Arsenal more in an attacking sense than Oscar does for us. Willian = Ozil - Ozil can be utterly magnificent in one game and anonymous in the next four. Willian is consistently good for us whilst rarely being outstanding. Hazard > Sanchez - very tight call, but Eden Hazard is the best player in the Premier League at the minute. Sanchez has dropped off after Christmas; Hazard has turned it on and been sensational for us. Remy = Giroud - two very different strikers but Remy, despite barely playing, has won us five points in 2015 alone with his goals vs City, Hull and Stoke. Giroud is a great target man and technically he is criminally underrated. I love the way he is a threat in the air and on the deck - but right now, whilst he is scoring goals, his overall contribution to the team doesn't match the contribution of Remy. Both have their strengths, so I'd call this a tie. Subs Cech > Szczęsny - no comment even necessary. Luis > Gibbs - as above. Zouma = Gabriel - an unfair comparison, however, given the age gap, but whenever Zouma has played, he's been brilliant. Gabriel is relatively unproven at this level so I don't think it's far to pass judgement. Ramires > Flamini - I like Flamini, he has a calming influence like Mikel, but Ramires is undoubtedly better, and more versatile. Cuadrado < Rosicky - Cuadrado will come good, but I've always rated Rosicky. Whenever he plays for Arsenal, despite him being about 70 years old, he makes things happen. Cuadrado isn't having that impact. Drogba < Welbeck - I love Didier and think he has a great ability to hold the ball up, but whatever pace he had is now non-extant and Welbeck, conversely, is a fantastic impact player. Costa > Walcott - Walcott has been borderline useless since coming back from injury. Costa, when fit, is one of Europe's top strikers. No comparison. This is entirely subjective and based on my opinion of how much each player offers to each respective team. It is quite clear from the individual comparison that we're far superior in terms of both our starting XI and our strength in depth. Compare the teams through each unit, also, if you will. In terms of defensively and our goalkeepers, we are streets ahead of Arsenal's options. It is tighter between the midfielders, but I'd choose Matic-Fabregas-Willian-Hazard-Ramires as a starting five over Coquelin-Cazorla-Ramsey-Ozil-Sanchez any day of the week. I rate Welbeck and Giroud but the two don't offer as much as Remy and Costa as a pairing. Arsenal are having a good season by their standards, but I feel you are seriously over-rating their squad. United, City and arguably even Tottenham have stronger squads. Arsenal have possibly the third best starting XI, but when you start looking at squad depth, what we and City have blows them out of the water. Their position is entirely dependent on how poor City's defence of the title is. I wouldn't even be surprised if City drew at Palace tonight, although, as it is a must-win game for them, they will probably just about scrape a victory. As for the title race - mathematically we need 16 points to seal the title, as we have 70 points: City's maximum total - 85 Arsenal's maximum total - 84 United's maximum total - 83 That means, from our remaining eight games, that four wins (12) and four draws (4); or five wins (15) and a draw (1) with two losses; or simply six wins (18) and whatever else; wins us the league. And that is entirely dependant on those teams not taking points off each other. I can see United getting a draw in the Manchester derby next week, whilst Arsenal have to play United. Throw in the fact that City also have to go to Tottenham, who'll still be right in the 4th/5th place battle at that point, and that United and Arsenal have to face us, too, those teams will definitely not pick up maximum points. It might even transpire that four wins alone might be enough for us. To throw it away from here would be the biggest capitulation in Premier League title history. I have faith in Mourinho and the players that we will do it. It isn't over, not by a long shot, but we've been fantastic all season and we are the only side that deserves the league crown.

Images have surfaced online of Chelsea's possible kits for next season. The League Cup winners have sported three sleek and relatively minimalist kits this term, but things look set to change for the 2015/16 campaign. Click here for a higher resolution. The leaked images correspond with a number of mock-ups that have been floating around internet forums for some time, and in early March The Independent added fuel to the fire by speculating those mock-ups were indeed representative of the final product. Featuring the branding of Chelsea's new long-term sponsor Yokohama Tyres, the home kit boasts a red trim and button collar in a departure from this season's round-neck design. Meanwhile, the images reveal a classy and simplistic away shirt that has an elegant tricolour trim on the sleeves. A busy third kit which is very similar to the black concoction donned in the 2013/14 campaign completes the set. What do you think about our potential new kits?

Third kit - 6/10 - I love the thick white trim around the sleeves, but the design itself is far too similar to the 13/14 alternate kit. The pattern on the chest is also too busy. Away kit - 10/10 - perfection, I love the Dutch feel to the sleeves with the red, white and blue hoops. The red Yokohama logo looks the least out of place on this shirt. It is very reminiscent of our 07/08 third kit, which is one of my favourite ever adidas shirts. Home kit - ??/10 - I'll reserve proper judgement on this shirt until I see it on one of the players, but at the minute it seems there is too much going on. The buttons are great, but the collar? Not sold on that, and the stripes on the front are very distracting. Nevertheless I get the impression it'll look beautiful on the players.

Appreciated, cheers Jake.

His pace and versatility make him one of the most sensible signings we've made - it is criminal he gets so few chances!!

He was fantastic, but in the opinion of the article writer, Willian was the best player on the pitch yesterday

Who gives a fuck if we win a double?

He never really had any acceleration, but he has certainly lost what pace he did. That doesn't stop him from still being, IMO, the world's best at holding the ball up.

I agree. He has had some shaky moments, but our expectations are only so high because of the feats Cech pulled off in his debut season. I agree with this, it was a rapid turnover and I think only Charlie Adam was alive to the possibility in that moment. It was a wonderful moment of vision and an opportunistic strike, but I think Courtois reacted a little late. But with de Gea again making another bad error this weekend, it is clear there is an endemic of errors amongst the league's elite goalkeepers right now.

Holy shit. I hope that away kit is real!

Thanks Kerry! I got fed up of touts so petitioned removing it to the staff, we agreed to get rid.

It isn't even questionable - for me our midfield should be this: Fabregas - Matic Ramires - Willian - Hazard Fabregas and Ramires can interchange if necessary; Ramires offers more defensive cover which allows Ivanovic to get forward more, and Willian gets to play in the position where he is most effective.

He'd easily have scored 15 goals this season if he'd have had more opportunities. As much as I love Diego and believe his contribution to the side cannot be measured in his goals alone, I think if Remy had have been given the minutes Costa has had this season, he'd have scored more than 20 goals. But Its easy to say that in hindsight, however he really is a very good finisher and his movement off the ball and into space makes him a nightmare to mark.

The combination of hypocrisy and irony in this thread is just something else

Best player on the pitch, which is impressive considering Willian, Hazard and Remy were all also excellent.

I must have been watching another game because I thought his link-up play was sublime today.

It is a one in a million goal, but this is the one time in that million. A goalkeeping mistake, no doubt about it. His position was normal for the possession being where it was, but he was completely un-alive to the situation. Severe lapse in concentration. No goalkeeper should be beaten from that distance. If Cech had have let that in, there would be people calling for his head, say he was "finished" and say he should be sold. It is a mistake, but he will learn from it. Thankfully, like last week, it didn't cost us. The football gods are smiling on us for a change.

3 down, 16 more points to go. 16 from a possible 24. 5 wins and a draw is all we need. COME ON.

Chelsea moved seven points clear at the top of the Premier League following a tense victory over Mark Hughes' Stoke City. After a whirlwind start which saw the Potters' goalkeeper Asmir Begovic make a stunning save to turn aside Loic Remy's deflected strike, Eden Hazard set the ball rolling from the penalty spot after Cesc Fabregas had been upended inside the box. But Charlie Adam, in a moment of stupendous vision, took advantage of a lapse in concentration by Thibaut Courtois to lob the Chelsea goalkeeper from fully 60 yards. After losing Diego Costa - a half-time substitute - to a re-occurrence of the hamstring injury which had kept him out of action for Spain during the international break, Remy then bagged the winner as he converted Hazard's cut back. With Chelsea now needing just sixteen points from their remaining eight Premier League matches, this is a monumental win for José Mourinho's side - but, once again, the Blues prevailed after a fair few scares. The Blues dominated the game both territorially and in terms of possession, and but for the brilliance of Begovic this could have been a more convincing win for Mourinho's charges. They now lead Arsenal by a seven-point margin, as well as having a game in hand on Arsene Wenger's team following their 4-1 demolition of Liverpool today. Chelsea started the game at a great intensity, and after Remy's deflected drive was parried excellently by Begovic, it seemed a matter of when, not if, the breakthrough would arrive for the title-chasing hosts. Remy - the hero in Chelsea's last game, up at Hull - looked the most likely to provide the opener, and Begovic again had to be on his toes to turn aside a fierce left-footed drive from the Frenchman after he was played in by Cesc Fabregas. Courtois, a virtual spectator, was almost caught out by Steven Nzonzi's curling effort from 25 yards as the visitors finally registered an attempt after 25 minutes, whilst at the other end, Stoke's goalkeeper was continuing with his assured display when he made another fine save from the marauding Hazard. More excellent build-up play saw Willian link up brilliantly with Hazard, who teed up Oscar inside the box, but from eight yards the Brazilian could only steer his shot wide of the target. Chelsea were playing with a swagger and the next episode of fleet-footedness inside the penalty area resulted in the opening goal, as Fabregas, cleverly jinking inside, was wiped out by Philipp Wollscheid as he looked to square to the unmarked Remy. Hazard duly dispatched the penalty with consummate ease, but just as the Blues thought that they could saunter through to rapturous applause at half-time they were caught by the most sensational of sucker-punches. Instead they left to a chorus of disapproval as Adam, seeing Courtois on the edge of his box, sensationally stroked the ball home with a single swing of his left foot from at least 60 yards. Left red-faced, Courtois was in a position every goalkeeper on earth would have been with the ball being in the opposite half - but just six days after a costly error in that victory at the KC Stadium, it was another untimely error in judgement by the Belgian, who was not even close to being alive to the danger. That goal, strangely, came at a good time. After an opening fifteen minute blitz, Chelsea had been somewhat lethargic in attack and were lacking in their usual incisiveness, and the possibility of a Stoke leveller had been on the cards given the Blues' shaky home defensive record in recent weeks. They re-emerged after the interval with a greater sense of purpose and bolstered by Diego Costa - and the reinvigorated Blues were again denied by a fine Begovic parry as he continued his duel with Hazard. But Costa soon departed, again falling foul to a hamstring injury. That, coupled with the nature of Adam's freak goal and the form of Begovic, made it seem as if the footballing Gods were against the Blues this afternoon. Yet Begovic, so outstanding and putting in an assured display, then suffered from a moment of madness that cost his team the game. Errors seem to be endemic amongst the league's elite goalkeepers at present, and, following a rush of blood to the head, the Canadian-born goalkeeper saw his throw intercepted by Willian, who threaded it through to Hazard. Drawing the goalkeeper out, Hazard sat Begovic on his backside before squaring to Remy, who made it 2-1. Remy had scored with his first touch last time out; his ultimately game-securing strike here happened to be his last as he was replaced by Juan Cuadradro. With Costa set to be out for a minimum of a couple of weeks, Remy could well prove to be an ace in the hole for Mourinho as the Blues stride towards a first title in five seasons. But, like in the first half, Chelsea looked vulnerable from the moment the game resumed, and as Stoke surged forward Nzonzi again tried his luck from distance; this time his effort kissed the post as Stoke proved exactly why they look set to break their record Premier League points haul this term. Begovic made amends for his earlier error with a terrific double save to prevent Cuadrado from scoring his first Blues goal with a truly impressive piece of athleticism, but at the other end, Stoke substitute Marko Arnautovic wasted a promising opportunity when he lashed wide from an inadvertent Gary Cahill knock-down with four minutes of stoppage time signalled. Mark Hughes complained about Didier Drogba's time-wasting antics in a delicious twist of irony given Stoke's own laissez-faire attitude to the notion of a quick restart throughout, but the Blues saw through the final throes without serious incident to make it a very happy Easter weekend.

Real Sociedad, Paraguay and Bolton IMO.

Really? I wouldn't even dare judge him until part-way through next season.