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It was a bad tackle, but a straight red is a tad harsh. He'll miss West Brom, Fulham and Southend.....at least he wont miss the Manure game.

JT sent off........ Not good.

Anyone got an ENGLISH SPEAKING Sopcast link. I've got a Chinese one atm.....Not quite as fun

He fully deserves some sort of recognition for his performances this season. He's made the loss of Essien for much of the season a softer blow to take. He has taken on the role with both hands and is rapidly improving. Dont get me wrong, I'd have Essien back in a heartbeat, and when he does come back I'd drop Deco/Ballack on current form tbh.

We're a fecking "big team"

I have to say, I'm quite pleased with getting Juve. They're not the force they once were, but then again, we're far from firing on all cylinders ourselves. It could have been alot worse. Big Big ties for Manure and Liverpool. Its funny that we got the easier draw considering we didnt top the group.

Chelsea v Juventus Villareal v P'aikos Sporting Lisbon v B.Munich Ath Madrid v Porto Lyon v Barcelona Real Madrid v Liverpool Arsenal v Roma Inter v Manure

Juve's not a bad draw. The Tinkerman returns Villareal v P'aikos

http://www.uefa.com/ Theres a link if any of you lot havent got access to Sky at work

Essien's also been reported to be doing light training and a January return is likely.

Fans.fc I wouldnt play him against West Brom either tbh. The games after that are against Fulham and Southend, games we should have no worries in. I'd keep him for the Manure game in the new year to make sure he's 100% fit. We dont need to risk him.

Anelka looks to have settled well into the Chelsea family and his "Le Sulk" tag seems to be fading. His attitude over the last lot of weeks has impressed me alot. Its nice to see him with a smile on his face. As for Grant.......

They ran a mock draw earlier and we got Porto. I'd be pretty happy with that.

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Belfast Telegraph

I like this kid. Has loads of potential to be a star. Ibrahim Afellay (born April 2, 1986 in Utrecht) is a Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent playing for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie. He has played for the Dutch national youth team and is now part of the senior Dutch national team. He usually plays as the centre attacking midfielder for PSV but can also play at the right or left side due to his creative qualities.

Diego is a good shout. He's still young and Brazilian. Scolari could have an influence in getting him to sign.

Eye catching.....aint it. Not as eye catching as your England flag

True, but with LFS recently "joking" that he'd return to Brazil does it not surprise you that this story appeared?

Who then?, because we dont have any money to spend and we've got exactly what we need within the club already imo. If we're going to go for someone like Sneijder, Van der Vaart, etc...it'll cost £20m+ to get them from Madrid. Pirlo and others of that calibre will cost the same. Deco was supposed to be the "playmaker" we so desperatley needed, and after initially showing promise his inability to cope with the high tempo of the EPL is beginning to show. LFS needs to realise this, swallow some pride and bench him. Too many players nowadays are playing on reputation. They should be in the team on merit alone, and Deco doesnt merit a starting place.

With Fulham away after that, then Southend in the cup before the Manu game. We need to pick up 4 wins on the bounce going into that game starting with Everton. They played last weekend with no strikers, but I dont know how long they're out for. If they do have striker problems I can see Everton looking to play like the away side and deny us any space whatsoever. Its been shown already thats how we struggle. Wether or not they want to take that tactic is up to them.

As muchas I want to get rid of Malouda, we shouldnt sell until we have someone lined up to replace him.

We play with Malouda and Kalou atm who are as effective as a chocolate fireguard. Ash and Bosingwa would create the width as they do atm, but they need to get their acts together, their crossing in the past few weeks has been non existant or ineffective. ...................Mikel.................. ....Deco/Ballack or Lampard.... ...................J.Cole................. ......Anelka..............Drogba.... If need be when defending, Anelka and Joe can fall back and fill in supporting the wing backs.