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Of course you wouldn't care if he leaves, even though he's our best young striker. We let go of Borini, we'll probably sell off Lukaku in 2-3 seasons due to lack of playing time to some German or Spanish club and considering we're about to sell Sturridge, we'll be left with a 30 year old Spanish dude who doesn't look capable of scoring 15 goals in a season.

Don't see us winning the tie over 2 legs. 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, then a big loss at Camp Nou.

Johnson's pretty average, hope he doesn't join Chelsea, he'd be better off at Everton/Sunderland. Hope we keep Sturridge, the kid has loads of talent. Form doesn't really matter that much, he's still learning/developing at the age of 22.

You're right, we don't really need another CB and if we do require additional cover next season, Tomas Kalas should be coming back from his successful loan spell at Vitesse. We should focus more on our midfield & bringing in some proper wingers before we worry about our defence.

Javi Martinez would be a good fit but Bilbao aren't gonna sell him on the cheap...hence not sure if Chelsea are gonna spend close to 30 million on him. As for Luka, he might be interesting in moving to Chelsea but Spurs won't sell him to us.

He'd be a solid buy. He's got talent. Looks like he'll be signing for Arsenal or PSG in the next transfer window.

Not his best night for Atletico but he's had a very good season so far. Hope he gets another season on-loan before coming back to Chelsea and competing with Cech for the #1 spot.

Would be great to see him at Chelsea...but I'd expect him to stay in Serie A.

Expecting a loss against Spurs.

Extremely worrying. We need our Captain, Leader, Legend on the pitch. Isn't David Luiz carrying a knock on his ankle as-well?

Well if we actually give a chance to our brightest talents, we have a bright future. If we don't give them chances, they'll get frustrated & leave, then we have a bleak future.

He'd be a good signing but i hope that Piazon and McEachran's chances of breaking into CFC's first-team XI are not greatly affected by his possible arrival.

Yep, never understood why Johnson chose City, I mean apart from money, he's not suited to their tactics. Decent winger, should of chosen a club that uses wingers properly.

Exactly. They don't need anymore wingers..unless they are planning on selling Di Maria & Callejon in the next transfer window.

I thought Liverpool were using the 'Moneyball' strategy...even though it hasn't worked out for them.

As long as Laurent Blanc or some other average dude isn't our next manager. Wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to give RDM the permanent position, he's not world class or even that great but when you think about it, which world-class manager would want to join Chelsea FC? I don't see Guardiola leaving Barca anytime soon...and if/when he does, he'll probably take over from Fergie.

http://www.soccerpunter.com/soccer-statistics/Europe/UEFA-Champions-League-2011-2012/team_info_overall/661_Chelsea_FC Meireles is the only player on 4 yellow cards, so he'd be in danger of being suspended for the Semi Finals.

I wouldn't mind looking at Yann M'Vila for that CM/DM position in our midfield, he's got some serious ability & by recent reports, it seems like he'd be interested in moving to a 'bigger club' (Arsenal, Juve, Milan, even United have had a look at him).

Mikel should stay. Meireles hasn't done anything of significance, wouldn't be the worst thing if he was sold & maybe he could take his Portuguese mate Bosingwa with him, might open up a bench spot for McEachran/Piazon next season. Hopefully Malouda FINALLY leaves the club.

Agreed there.. As for Josh, he might not be confident atm, he might not have the physical presence required to be an EPL midfielder just yet, but he's still only 19. We should loan Josh to a Championship level side, he should be able to get some much needed game time with at least one of those clubs.

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I don't blame Mata's slight drop in performance over the course of this season. He's been told to do all the creative work while the rest of our midfield do nothing. Our lack of real wingers is a problem that must be addressed as soon as possible. If only Malouda put in 100% effort on the pitch, our LW problems would be solved temporarily and maybe that would allow Mata a bit of rest. And anyway, if our entire midfield don't put in a good shift, then how do you expect Mata to provide chances for the likes of Torres, Sturridge, DD, Lamps.

I wouldn't mind if Torres doesn't score goals, as long as he puts in 100% effort and provides some assists for the rest of the season. And anyway, with the lack of service, lack of creativity from our midfield, even the likes of RvP, Rooney, Ba..etc would struggle to score goals for us.

Don't see how Blanc will be any better than AvB was. I'd stick with Robbie & Eddie, unless we can somehow persuade Moyes to join our shipwreck.

High scoring draw or sneaking a victory would be an awesome result. But, I wouldn't be surprised if Benfica win the match.