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They ended up winning 6-3 against Cagliari, Hamsik, Cananavaro, Lavezzi penalty, Gargano, Maggio all scored plus an own goal. This is what they're manager said after that game.

I must say I'm pretty surprise with the line-up and substitutions RDM made; Starting Kalou over Sturridge and playing him for the full 90 minutes? he was rubbish against Birmingham and rubbish again today. Starting Mata on the bench? his been our best player this season, then substituting him on 30 minutes into the game. Should of started him. Half time substitution with Luiz replacing Ivanovic? when we we're at 0-0 with a extra man he subs a defender for a defender when you have Torres and Sturridge on the bench. I just found it all strange. hopefully his learns by next game that Kalou isn't in our best 11 and Mata and Sturridge needs to play. Drogba took his goal well, but I thought he was pretty poor overall, Lampard I thought was pretty good in midfield, had a few decent shots, Cahill was probably our best player. Anyway, ordinary performances with an extra man and when we did go a goal up we we're very poor, sloppy and careless passes, but the positives that we can take from this is that we got the 3 points, kept a clean sheet and held onto a lead. I'm amazed.

Noooo!! Why we he do that... on our birthday too

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech believes he can play on at the highest level for another 10 years. http://www1.skysport...s-10-more-years

The draw for the fourth and final round of the Asian Zone have just been drawn. Top 2 from each group qualify for FIFA World Cup, the two 3rd place teams play in a play-off with the winner to face 5th South American Zone team in a play-off. Games to start June 12th, FIFA Ranking in brackets () GROUP A South Korea (30) Iran (51) Uzbekistan (67) Qatar (88) Lebanon (124) GROUP B Australia (20) Japan (30) Iraq (76) Jordan (83) Oman (92) I think we (Australia) have got the harder group, but should finish top two of the group to automatically qualify for the WC.

Maybe 1 week contracts, so we wont have to pay them out if we sack them half way through the year.

West Brom play Manchester United this week, so hopefully WBA can beat them and maybe Ferguson will be sacked!

Saturday 10th March - 3pm CHELSEA vs STOKE CITY ----------------------------Stamford Bridge Head-to-Head Record League - Played 75 Chelsea Wins 35 Draw 18 Stoke City Wins 22 Total - Played 86 Chelsea Wins 38 Draw 21 Stoke City Wins 27 Last Meetings (EPL) Stoke 0-0 Chelsea - 14th August 2011 Chelsea 1-1 Stoke - 2nd April 2011 Walters '8 (Stoke) ; Drogba '33 (CHE) Stoke 0-2 Chelsea - 28th August 2010 Malouda '31 (CHE) ; Drogba '77 (p) (CHE) Chelsea 7-0 Stoke - 25th April 2010 Kalou (CHE) '24 '31 '68 ; Lampard (CHE) '44(p) '81 ; Sturridge (CHE) '87 ; Malouda (CHE) '89 Stoke 1-2 Chelsea - 12th September 2009 Faye (Stoke) '32 ; Drogba (CHE) '45 ; Malouda (CHE) '90 CHELSEA Table 5th - 46pts - W 13 D 7 L 7 GF 47 GA 32 +15 Recent Form DDLWL - 5pts v West Brom 0-1 (A) v Bolton 3-0 (H) v Everton 2-0 (A) v Manchester City 3-3 (H) v Swansea 1-1 (A) Top Scorer Frank Lampard 10 Last Games Line-up (FA Cup v Birmingham) 4-3-2-1 Cech | Ivanovic, Cahill, Luiz, Bertrand | Ramires, Mikel, Meireles | Kalou, Mata | Torres STOKE CITY Table 10th - 27pts - W 10 D 6 L 11 GF 27 GA 38 -11 Recent Form LLLWW - 6pts v Norwich 1-0 (H) v Swansea 2-0 (H) v Fulham 1-2 (A) v Sunderland 0-1 (H) v Manchester United 0-2 (A) Top Scorer Petre Crouch 11 Last Games Line-up 4-4-2 Begovic | Wilkinsin, Shawcross, Huth, Wilson | Sholton, Whelan, Whitehead, Etherington | Walters, Crouch ---------- Stoke City have won their last two games and kept a clean sheet in both of them, but lost 4 striaght before that. They have only scored 27 goals in the Premier League this season, that ranks them 2nd last for goals scored in the PL this season. I think we should start Torres over Drogba, I thought he was good mid week against Birmingham, worked hard and created a good chance for Sturridge and won a penalty, he missed some easy chances but his getting close. RDM must not play Kalou, bring Sturridge in for Kalou, play Bertrand at left back again he was pretty good against Birmingham, and I'm not sure if he'll play Lampard over Meireles after that superb goal, but I think Essien will come in for Mikel. I reckon we'll keep a clean sheet and win this narrowly 1-0 with Torres scoring the goal Prediction Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City

I recall him taking one at the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Tunisia. Besides any quality striker should be able to take a penalty, and should want too. That's the main job of a striker is to score goals.

Now here's a manager that sounds like he knows how to communicate with players.

Ramires was my Man of the Match, he was superb in the midfield, got things moving in the second half. Kalou was so so so awful! gave the ball away countless times. First half wasn't great, Birmingham controlled the game and created a lot of chances, second half we turned it around and play some good football. scored twice but could've been more, Torres has no confidence in front of goal but he worked hard throughout the game. Torres should of taken the penalty, he won it and we we're up 2-0 looking pretty good, take it and try and get some confidence back. Luiz was great in Defence and I thought Mikel was pretty solid in CDM. Into the last 8 of the FA Cup and we kept a clean sheet and RDM was able to turn around our poor performance in the first half into a good performance in the second. it's a start good start for RDM.

Sturridge on the bench - Sack him!!!

His just frustrated because we're not having a great season and his been sitting on the bench for some of the games and I'm not sure too many people came out and say "Yeah I'm enjoying sitting on the bench, it's warmer with a jacket on" I reckon he has been working very hard to try and get back into the starting 11. Just because his said his disappointment about being on the bench doesn't mean his sulking all day around the club not doing training drills, not listening to AVB etc. One thing is you can't blame him for the sacking of AVB, he got sacked because of the poor results, that's all that matters to the board.

Frank Lampard is a Chelsea legend, and he will always be one and can't believe Chelsea fans turning their back on him over the sacking of AVB and his poor form and attitude this season, after all he has done for this club. Let me just remind you, what he has done for this club. Frank Lampard - Career with Chelsea Joined 2001(11 years with Chelsea) 543 Appearances (4th in all time appearances for Chelsea) 182 Goals (3rd in all time goal scoring for Chelsea) 115 Assists Trophies won with Chelsea; Premier League (3): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10 FA Cup (3): 2007, 2009, 2010 League Cup (2): 2005, 2007 FA Community Shield (2): 2005, 2009 World Football Challenge (1): 2009 Barclays Asia Trophy (2): 2003, 2011 Individual Awards won while at Chelsea; 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year - Silver Award 2005 Ballon d'Or - Silver Award FWA Footballer of the Year - 2005 UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year - 2008 World XI - 2005 PFA Fans' Player of the Year - 2005 Premier League : Player of the Decade, (2000–2009) according to official statistics Premier League : Best player (2) - 2004–05, 2005–06 England Player of the Year - 2004, 2005 Premier League Player of the Month - September 2003, April 2005, October 2005, October 2008 Premier League Player of the Season - 2004-05, 2005–06 Chelsea Player of the Year - 2004, 2005, 2009 PFA Premier League Team of the Year - 2004, 2005, 2006 Premier League : 2004–05 Barclays Merit Award (for 164 consecutive appearances) ESM Team of the Year - 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2009/2010 FWA Tribute Award - 2010 Premier League : leader in assists - 2004–05 : 16 assists, 2009–10 : 17 assists FA Cup: Best player - 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 FA Cup Final Man of the Match: 2007 Carling Cup : Best player - 2004–05, 2006–07 Premier League : Midfielder with the most goals in premier league history - 145 goals Chelsea F.C. : Top goalscorer - 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08 Goal of the Month - April 2010 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy - player of tournament 2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup - player of tournament only player to score at least 10 goals in nine consecutive seasons in the Premier League. FA Cup 2006–07 leading goal scorer : 6 goals He is one of the Chelsea most achieved and best player we've ever seen. Just because one season where his form hasn't been the Frank Lampard we've been used too and he hasn't shown the best attitude because he hasn't been playing as much as he would like too, doesn't mean you shouldn't forget about all he has done for this club, staying loyal in the 11 years where his been so good for us, scoring important goals and playing some great matches where it's matter most. His just desperate to play for Chelsea, he still loves Chelsea no doubt, he just didn't have a good relationship with AVB. If he couldn't take that he wasn't getting much playing time and couldn't put up with AVB he could've requested a transfer in the Summer transfer window in January. But no, he didn't and his kept at it trying to win back his place in the team he loves and wants to play and get success for. he'll always be a Chelsea legend to me and you're kidding yourself not to think he isn't, just because of one bad season.

Birmingham Scouting Report Birmingham have 8 players out; Defenders Stephen Carr (knee) Steve Caldwell (ribs) David Murphy (hip) Peter Ramage (cup-tied) Curtis Davies is doubtful through illness Midfielders Andros Townsend (cup-tied) Keith Fahey (groin) Strikers Erik Huseklepp (cup-tied) Caleb Folan (ineligible) They only have one fit centre-half, Pablo Ibanez Last 5 Results (W1 L1 D3) Birmingham 2-2 Derby Birmingham 1-2 Nottm Forrest Barnsley 1-3 Birmingham Chelsea 1-1 Birmingham Birmingham 0-0 Hull City Championship 6th - 55pts - P33 W15 D10 L8 GF53 GA32 Last games line-up (4-4-2) Myhill ; Spector, Caldwell (Out), Davis (out), Ramage (out) ; Burke, N'Daw, Mucth, Townsend (out) ; King, Huseklepp (out) Leading Goal Scorer Marlon King 12 Prediction With Birmingham missing 8 players, 3 of their 4 starting defenders and with our new manager RDM in his first game I think, well I know we'll see a different Chelsea than what we've seen, it will almost feel like a fresh beginning as if it was the start of the season and I can see us winning this pretty comfortably. Chelsea 3-0

Yeah, Jesper Gronkjaer is probably my all time favourite Chelsea player. Other Favourite Chelsea players; Frank Lampard Daniel Sturridge Favourite Aussie Player; Luke Wilkshire Favourite non-Chelsea/Australian Player; Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Real Madrid Christian Eriksen - Denmark - Ajax

JOSE MOURINHO WANTS £12M A YEAR AND CRISTIANO RONALDO IF HE'S TO MAKE CHELSEA RETURN http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/306367/Jose-Mourinho-wants-12m-a-year-and-Cristiano-Ronaldo-if-he-s-to-make-Chelsea-return

I'm pretty sure it's the performances and results too. The board have high expectations and demand results and under AVB we're having our worst season since Roman took over. Everyone talks about the senior players causing the sacking over not respecting the manager, but as a good manager you've got to be able to resolve the problem, you just wonder if AVB ever sat down with Lampard and tried to work things out. You can easily get respect back by communicating with players.

Yeah but eventually the players got their way. He had no control.

Sounds like everyone supports AVB and hope he does well wherever he goes, while you now want us to fail. Don't know why? AVB did nothing good for this club.(Although he didn't have much time) but in the time he had, we've been poor, not getting results, he lost respect from players, a good manager would be able to resolve the situation and get that respect back and create good team chemistry.

What was the project under AVB? to win nothing in his first season, finish 5th, miss out on Champions League for the next season, get rid of all the old players, rebuild and hopefully start being good in 5 years? I'm sure that's exactly what the board discussed when they hired AVB..

Lol, you're joking right. his done so much for this club. you can't blame him for the sacking anyway. Every manager under Roman has been sacked when we have been in a bad run of form and results and under AVB it's been the worst results we've seen since Roman has taken over.

Seriously these so called "fans" saying hope we get smashed now, or hope we play Europa League next season, hope we finish 5th now are idiots. I wanted AVB gone, but when he was still was in charge, of course I wanted us to win games and play well.

Don't blame Lampard, It's AVB lack of player management skills. Seriously don't get all this let's play youth crap, yeah play a couple of them in League Cup games or FA Cup games, some Champions League games, but that's if they're good enough! Arsenal have been playing youth for years, how have they gone the past 6 years?

Fair enough. I just hope Rafa doesn't replace him.