BlueLion.

Frank was awful, to put it bluntly.

De Rossi is a worldclass midfielder but he is a deep-lying defensive player much like Mikel. What's the point when we have the aforementioned, Essien, Makelele, Sidwell and Ivanovic who can play there?

I'm in mixed opinions. One part of me wants him to rest whilst another sees this as the perfect chance to regain match fitness. I'd prefer him to make a substitute appearance in the second half.

I might go and watch

Good thinking, I didn't see it that way.

Stoch is the key to everything. He has been awesome on the wing, he bombs forward and gets goals, but he also comes back and helps the defence, much like Joe Cole.

I thnk you are spot on there, Alves may want a new challenge. The EPL is the most exciting league in the world so it is likely he'll end up in England. It just depends who is willing to pay £100,000 a week and £40 million to Sevilla, ultimately.

Aye, Anelka was a winger before he ever played as a central striker and you can see even in the handful of games at Chelsea so far he has drifted to the wing. Kalou can be fielded on the wing anyway, and with Drogba flicking it on, the pace of Kalou and Anelka will rape the Huddersfield defence I hope.

LMAO! He'll probably get the AC Milan job though

At the end of the day, Kenyon is a tosser. He's a money-grabbing bastard, but he's bloody good at doing his job. Which is to be a money-grabbing bastard.

Wow, can't believe Vale beat Spurs, they were dark horses to win the competition. I can see a Chelsea-Man City final.

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Results OllieCFC - 6 points Mungii - 4 points Nicolas Anelka - 6 points Adam.k - 6 points BlueLion - 4 points BLS - 2 points Elliott - 4 points

People just predict anyway, there is no need to sign up.

I'd like to see a front three of Drogba down the centre, Anelka on one wing and Kalou on the other.

I forgot about the title the day José Mourinho left.

Amen brother

He is more of a striker than a winger though he has been played on the wing to good effect by Lyon. But Benzema is the more promising of the pair

He is a good player with a bright future ahead of him so we should snap him up immediately. He is going to be the long-term successor to Lampard and the sooner we snap him up before either one of Milan clubs or Madrid get him or his price doubles.

Whatever you say, I can understand what Grant is saying. Its obvious we are proud of the record at home and we obviously don't want to lose it - so we are playing more defensive at home and being more cautious when playing the bigger teams. This is going to cost us eventually.

Outs: Sidwell - either on loan or in a permanent deal, he wasn't good enough when we needed him to play bar a few solid games and he won't be good enough when we have Essien and Mikel back and playing regular football. Ferreira - I don't want him to go as he has done a good job ever since he arrived, but since 06/07 he has not quite been good enough. I think this is a confidence issue because he was statistically the best full-back in Europe in 2005 and the best right-back in the EPL the following season. Pizarro - I can see him going to another PL club such as Wigan or Blackburn, where he will get a good run and probably net a dozen goals a season. Good luck to him Sinclair, Stoch, Sahar, di Santo - I can see these four as prime candidates to go away on loan at various points in the season, possibly to lower-region EPL clubs. INs Karim Benzema - no introduction necessary. Daniel Alves - the missing piece in our puzzle and at the moment the only player in Europe I would swap Belletti for. Problem is is that Jules is getting old and has only a couple moe seasons left in him, I think. David Villa - I can see him coming to Chelsea whether or not we need him to. Bbut I wouldn't complain rotating between Shevchenko, Drogba, Anelka, Benzema and Villa.

As Fulham Broadway correctly points ouot, this is not a racist debate nor has it ever intentionally been so. It is a topic to discuss to differences between Jose Mourinho and Avram Grant since the latter met the same record set by the former.

Ash is a brilliant player but his body language just shouts out 'I can't be arsed.' Bridge is the more committed, I can see Ash leaving for Barca or some club where he can join the egos.

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