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That West Ham is not be underestimated...they have got some physical lads upfront and with Hitzelsperger a massive defensive defender.

Mario is totally punkrock. I kinda like him....

Can´t believe that there are only 5 games left, followed by the sad days of no football, filled with "jumpers for goalposts"-park football and nonsense transfer news. I expect the same line up, when comfortable some young lads as subs, Torres given 30 minutes.... One game at a time. Let´t have them !

I always thought of Drogba as a holding mid, and yes, Terry is a extraordinary striker. Paulo on the wing ? Excellent decision. Carlo, you got your tactics spot on, as ever.

Half of these Press Conferences Answers are just chitchat, the way i see it. He wouldn´t answer to a question "does Chelsea need a complete overhaul in the sommer, how much do you spend, do you buy Kaka, Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Ronaldo AND Balotelli ?" with an answer like "yes of course, our current squad is too bad, we don´t stand a chance if we don´t spend a lot of dosh on players". It is something that I would call modest Club politics. He ruled out any signings in January. We got Luiz and Torres. Of course there will be some transfer buisness in the summer. No need to blast it out and probably ruin our executives plans.

somebody with a half decent stream ?

This thread sums up perfectly why I sometimes feel so sick and tired of argueing on this forum which once was a great place to discuss the issues of our beloved club. Now it seems to be overcrowded with people who don´t exactly see the complexety of the beautiful game and the dificulties that is behind all the SkySports-modelled Premier League world with all these great goal compilations, their only-surface-scratching match analyses and so on. Get yourself some football knowledge and you realise that most of the reportet stuff is just there to make money with easy minded footie talk. Go out and play football yourself and you know what it´s like to have a drop in confidence and when your team doesn´t perform and you don´t know why. There acutall human beings involved in the game, i´ve heard. I am sick of this discussions about Carlo getting the sack, potential transfers who make no sense if you look at the way our club has been doing transfer buisness lately, of all this talking about "selling lists" as if this was Fifa11 Manager or whatnot. Sometimes I get the impression that I hear opposition supporters stateting their oppinion and ripping Chelsea, it´s players and coaching staff into pieces without any sense of what is real and what not in the game. I miss members like Kez etc. who have always been a profound and reasonable voice in here. Sorry mates, rant over.

Another reason not sacking Carlo is the fact that there is no better around there. Some Chelsea fans are really spoiled in my opinion. Do people really think that José or Guus are coming back ? Please. José is waiting for the United Job to open up, Guus is an international manager. Who are we left with ? Rafa ? Lipi ? Van Basten ? Please don´t make me laugh out bitterly. I swear, if anyone thinks that one of them is capable solving our problems i piss myself laughing. On another note, Roman didn´t spend so much time to lure Carlo away from Milan, to sack him after this transitional season. Get real people. We can´t be going on with that attitude that we are on the same level as Madrid, Barcelona or United. We are on our way, we are not quite there yet.

Some of the big Premier League clashes, i.e. Liverpool-ManUnitend, Spurs-Arsenal, and so on. I´ve got loads of friends from my football team who follow different clubs so it is dead good to watch the derbys with them I am not involved in. Sometimes i watch Champions League besides our games. Although it is not that thrilling anymore, at least not this season, i have to say. When it is Euros or World Cup time i try to catch every game possible. But I don´t follow any team in the other leagues. Shoot me, but i like to have a look how the "teams on the edge" are doing in the EPL. For example the Aston Villa side under O´Neill, or Everton the year before, and Spurs this season.

Spot on !

It would be absoloute redicilous to sack Ancelotti after this season. It just doesn´t make sense in a wider perspective. He is a good manager who got us the double in our first season, who brings stability. I think that some of our players have to ask themselves some questions... Unless it is José (highly unlikely, i don´t think that he´ll get the sack at Madrid if he doesn´t win the CL, because he is the best manager they can get, there isn´t anyone around to take that job, i think. and Roman and him aren´t exactly best friends anymore i suppose) or Guus (also unlikely, we all know that he is someone who sticks to his word he has given) it makes no sense. Give Carlo another season to establish and adapt. If he can´t produce, let him go and see what the situation with the two mentioned above is like.

Scrappy win, fine with me. Positives from this game: - Torres and Benayoun link up together really well. - Torres had a good few chances and is getting really close (i know, i know...) - Drogba looks like he got his strength back. ABout time. - Our defenders look sharp, good play by Alex and Ivanovic. Fereirra looked really good i think.

To put things into perspective....

Maybe Benayoun is the missing link for Torres. They know each others game inside out. I hope that both start against Wigan.

yes mate, me too. i am so bloody nervous about this one. Although i can´t watch this i will be buzzing all night....i need a drink. now.

Don´t know if I am overconfident right now. There might be something weird happen in this game you might think after tonights results... Bloody hell, bring it on already.

thought about asking them to put the match on at the gig. maybe the 1000 other people might enjoy this also

Well, there is a band playing in town which i wanted to see live for like 10 years now and they rarely play a tour. I went to get the tickets the morning the draw was made and i hoped the match to be on the tuesday.... Two of my biggest passions collide...that hardley happens in that mean way.

So shit I can´t watch this match. But I think we get a good result against the Glazer Familie´s Cash Cow. Our attacks should have a fair chance against their torn-appart-defensive line up, although Smalling looks not that bad. Drogba and Anelka, Sub on Nando.

Yes.

Spot on about that Chicharito, Layla. He is so smug.

I didn´t really thought of the option of getting United. Had my money on Schalke and Barca. Got a good feeling for this.

I can´t watch the first leg. I was hoping it would be on the Tuesday. Tried to convince myself it is just a game of football. Didn´t work. Optimistic we can go through. They will be lucky if they get 11 players togehter. Bebe maybe making his CL debut for them

Abidal to have cancer treatment as well. Horrible. Get well soon, guys.

Spot on BlueLion. Torres will get there, we didn´t play well but we got away with it. Stuff of champions